BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ae6a4bde32e4af13f41b6a8b83418695 CATEGORIES:Polar Conferences, Meetings and Events CREATED:20200623T144938 SUMMARY:Migration and Climate Change Scoping Meeting DESCRIPTION:Human migration is projected as one of the greatest adverse impacts of clim ate change with future flows of climate migrants, also referred to as clima te refugees, predicted at 200 million by 2050 (IPCC 2006).To address this i ntense and complex climate change impact, the Belmont Forum (https://www.be lmontforum.org/about/) is excited to announce the scoping of a new internat ional funding opportunity focused on Migration and Climate Change. We invi te you to participate in a special online meeting to share your expert pers pective of the state of the science as it relates to research and societal needs in Migration. We will ultimately incorporate your input into the deve lopment of research themes for an international call for proposals. Partic ipation in this event does not make you ineligible to submit a proposal onc e the call is finalized and released.\n \n The scoping meeting will be hel d online on July 10, 2020 at 11am UTC using a government-secured Zoom licen se to bring together stakeholders from multiple disciplines interested in M igration on various scales. Since Migration and Climate Change is a multifa ceted issue, it would benefit from the collaboration of many knowledge type s and international resource partners with diverse perspectives. Thus, the term stakeholder is used in its broadest sense as it includes communities, policymakers, business and industry, unionized bodies, tribal organizations , NGOs and many others. Accordingly, this meeting is the perfect opportunit y to co-design a funding call based on the collection of adept input. \n \ nPlease confirm your participation by completing this registration form. In pr eparation, please review the attached document for perspectives gathered th us far. If you are unable to join by Zoom or phone, and are interested in c ontributing, we will also be developing a WhatsApp group to exchange ideas. When you register, please share a WhatsApp-enabled phone number so we mig ht include you in this group.\n \n Thank you for your participation.\n \n Best regards,\n \n Erica Key\n \n A quick note about the Belmont Forum ( https://www.belmontforum.org/):\n \n Established in 2009, the Belmont Foru m is a partnership of funding organizations, international science councils , and regional consortia committed to the advancement of transdisciplinary science. Forum operations are guided by the Belmont Challenge, a vision document that enco urages: International transdisciplinary research providing knowledge for un derstanding, mitigating and adapting to global environmental change. Forum members and partner organizations work collaboratively to meet this Challen ge by issuing international calls for proposals, committing to best practic es for open data access, and providing transdisciplinary training.\n \n*Th e message above is sent on behalf of Erica Key, Executive Director of the B elmont Forum\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Human migration is projected as one of the greatest adverse impacts of c
limate change with future flows of climate migrants, also referred to as cl
imate refugees, predicted at 200 million by 2050 (IPCC 2006).To address thi
s intense and complex climate change impact, the Belmont Forum is excited to announce the scoping of a new inte
rnational funding opportunity focused on Migration and Climate
Change. We invite you to participate in a special onli
ne meeting to share your expert perspective of the state of the science as
it relates to research and societal needs in Migration. We will ultimately
incorporate your input into the development of research themes for an inter
national call for proposals. Participation in this event does no
t make you ineligible to submit a proposal once the call is finalized and r
eleased.
The scoping meeting will be held online on 
;July 10, 2020 at 11am UTC using
a government-secured Zoom license to bring together stakeholders from multi
ple disciplines interested in Migration on various scales. Since Migration
and Climate Change is a multifaceted issue, it would benefit from the colla
boration of many knowledge types and international resource partners with d
iverse perspectives. Thus, the term stakeholder is used in its broadest sen
se as it includes communities, policymakers, business and industry, unioniz
ed bodies, tribal organizations, NGOs and many others. Accordingl
y, this meeting is the perfect opportunity to co-design a funding call base
d on the collection of adept input.
Please
confirm your participation by completing this registration form.&
nbsp; In preparation, please review the attached document for
perspectives gathered thus far. If you are unable to join by Zoo
m or phone, and are interested in contributing, we will also be d
eveloping a WhatsApp group to exchange ideas. When you register,
please share a WhatsApp-ena
bled phone number so we might include you in this group.
Thank you for your participation.
Best rega
rds,
Erica Key
A quick note about the
Belmont Forum:
Established in 200
9, the Belmont Forum is a partnership of funding organizations, internation
al science councils, and regional consortia committed to the advancement of
transdisciplinary science. Forum operations are guided by the Belmont Challenge,&nbs
p;a vision document that encourages: International transdisciplina
ry research providing knowledge for understanding, mitigating and 
;adapting to global environmental change. Forum members and partn
er organizations work collaboratively to meet this Challenge by issuing int
ernational calls for proposals, committing to best practices for open data
access, and providing transdisciplinary training.
*Th
e message above is sent on behalf of Erica Key, Executive Director of the B
elmont Forum