Student Climate Con 2024

Earth watercolour with text "Student Climate Con 2024"

STUDENT CLIMATE CON 2024

Saturday March 16th, 2024

Join the À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Climate Institute's Climate Leaders program for a full-day convention showcasingÌýstudent research and projects that are tackling climate action! Attend presentations, workshops, hands-on activities, win prizes, student awards and enjoy a delicious lunch!

Full schedule details available at the end of February!

Highlights of the Climate Con

  • Interactive workshops, panels, and collective art projects
  • Participant raffle with exciting prizes including sustainability products WATCard credit
  • Poster awards with Popular Vote prize
  • Booths from local organizations focused on climate action
  • Networking opportunities throughout the day

Agenda at a Glance

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Time Session
8:45 AM Networking Breakfast
9:15 AM Welcome & Indigenous Circle
9:45 AM Keynote: Ashoke Mohanraj
10:45 AM 1st Breakout session - workshops, presentations, panels
12:00 PM Delicious Lunch
12:30 PM Poster session & scavenger hunt with Popular Vote
1:15 PM 2nd Breakout session - workshops, presentations, panels
2:45 PM 3rd Breakout session - workshops, presentations, panels
4:00 PM Closing session & prizes with announcement of Popular Vote
4:30 PM Social with performances & music

Objectives of Student Climate Con 2024

  1. Empowering and inspiring attendees to be catalysts for change.

  2. Providing a forum for networking and fostering cross-disciplinary collaboration.

  3. Promoting climate change education and awareness.

  4. Highlighting contributions to climate change research being undertaken by UÀ¶Ý®ÊÓƵ students.

  5. Spotlighting community initiatives and leadership and movements in climate action

Climate Con Themes

  • Communicating Climate Change

    • Advocacy and Community engagement,Ìý·¡»å³Ü³¦²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô,ÌýMedia coverage,ÌýCreative and cultural responses (performance, arts, gaming etc.)

  • Climate Change Impacts, Risks and Hazards

    • Measurement of climate change,ÌýImpacts on ecosystem, natural resources and biodiversity,ÌýNatural disasters and related risk,ÌýPublic health implications

  • Technological, Economic, Political and Social Responses

    • Environmental justice and equity,ÌýIndigenous perspectives on climate action,ÌýRegulatory solutions and climate policy innovations,ÌýClimate finance,ÌýAdaptation and Resilience,ÌýEmission reduction and decarbonization,ÌýOthers