Eighteenth International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts & Responses

  • Unseen Unsustainability: Addressing Hidden Risks to Long-Term Wellbeing for All
  • 20-22 April 2026
  • University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece + Online

Special Focus & Annual Themes

The Climate Change: Impacts & Responses Research Network is brought together by a common concern for the science of, and social responses to, climate change. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries. As a Research Network we are defined by our scope and concerns and motivated to build strategies for action framed by our shared themes and tensions.

The Eighteenth International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts & Responses features research addressing the following annual themes.

  • 2026 Special Focus—Unseen Unsustainability: Addressing Hidden Risks to Long-Term Wellbeing for All
  • Theme 1: The Nature of Evidence
  • Theme 2: Assessing Impacts in Diverse Ecosystems
  • Theme 3: Human Impacts and Responsibility
  • Theme 4: Technical, Political, and Social Responses

Program

We're happy to share the schedule of sessions for the International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts & Responses. We update the schedule on a weekly basis, so please make sure to check back regularly, as the schedule is subject to change. If you've recently registered but are not yet scheduled, your presentation should appear here within the next week. Because this is a draft schedule, you may be the only paper currently in your session; don't be concerned—we'll include more papers as we update the schedule.

If you have any issues locating your presentation in the event schedule, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Plenary Speakers

The Eighteenth International Conference on Climate Change will feature plenary sessions by some of the world's leading thinkers and innovators in the field.

Phoebe Koundouri

Phoebe Koundouri

Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business & University of Cambridge; Co-Chair, United Nations Global Sustainable Development Report; Chair, World Council of Environmental and Resource Economists Associations; Director, AE4RIA

(Online in English)

Stergios Vakalis

Stergios Vakalis

Assistant Professor, Department of Environment, University of the Aegean, Greece

Björn Hassler

Björn Hassler

Professor, Södertörn University, Sweden

"When “Ordinary” Science, Policy and Resilience Is Not Enough: How to Stimulate Innovative Environmental Governance from Below"

David Humphreys

David Humphreys

Emeritus Professor, Environmental Policy, The Open University, UK

"Hiding in Plain Sight: The Everyday Practices that Degrade Our Planetary Home"

Local Conference Chair

Dr. Chryssi Vitsilaki

Dr. Chryssi Vitsilaki

Professor Emerita and former Rector, University of the Aegean, Greece

Research Network Chair

Victoria Hurth

Victoria Hurth

Senior Associate, Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Host Institution

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