Abstracts

The organizing committee welcomes the submission of abstracts for presentation at the V Cross border congress on climate and coastal change that will be held on 16th and 17th novembre, 2022.

Call for abstracts

Key dates

• 2022/03/15: Opening for abstract submission
• 2022/05/20: Abstract submission deadline.
• Notification of abstract acceptance/rejection by 14/06
• 2022/09/15: Early registration fee deadline

Abstract submission guidelines

• Abstract submission languages: Spanish, English, French and Basque
• Length: the length of the abstract should not exceed 500 words
• Presentation format: Authors can submit abstracts for oral communication or poster presentation
• Abstracts must be work that has not been submitted for publication.
• Authors: At least one of the authors or coauthors of the abstract must register in the Congress. A maximum of two abstract per registration is permitted.
• The program will include poster sessions.
• Scope: the congress is focused on the Atlantic Europe but papers on countries outside the Atlantic Arc will be accepted if they are of interest
• Tracks:
  • Session 1: Our coast today and in 2050
    
    • Climate scenarios: from global to local
    • Physical science basis of climate change
    • What the past teaches us: Monitoring and paleoclimatic archives
    • Resilience and impacts on human activities, ecosystems and their services and biodiversity
    • Thresholds: Risks arising from global warming beyond 2ºC
    
    
  • Session 2: Extreme events and adaptation measures
    
    • Extreme waves, storms, meteorological tides, floods, outbreaks, heatwaves, risk management
    • Challenges for assessing the contribution of climate change to extreme events
    • Climate observatory networks and innovative monitoring instruments
    • Damages and solutions for beaches, ports, critical infrastructures and urban areas
    • Vulnerability, coastal exposure, adaptation measures and strategies
    
    
  • Session 3: Mitigating climate change and restoring biodiversity
    
    • Climate emergency and biodiversity emergency
    • Trends and balance in greenhouse gases emissions
    • The challenge of climate neutrality in 2030 and the climate summit commitments
    • Blue carbon: A hidden good under the sea
    • Decarbonising the blue economy
    • The circular economy and economic assessments
    • Mitigating coastal climate change
    • Ocean acidification
    
    
  • Session 4: Governance, management tools and communication
    
    • Integrated management of coastal areas and marine spatial planning
    • Action plans and programmes for coastal climate and European marine strategies
    • Ecosystem management and nature-based solutions
    • Early warning and decision-making tools
    • Communication, perception and citizen participation
    • Legal aspects of mitigation and adaptation
    • Pilot cases for mitigation and adaptation measures
    
    

Abstract submission process

Only abstracts submitted before 10^th, May 2022 will be accepted

Confirmation of submission: After you submit your abstract, you will receive a confirmation email. If you do not receive the confirmation email, please contact the Congress Secretariat: uhinak@ficoba.org.

Publication of abstracts in the Marine Research Journal (RIM)

Accepted abstracts will be published (extended abstract) in:

• MARINE RESEARCH JOURNAL (RIM) published by AZTI Tecnalia's Marine Research Division. All Congress papers will be published.