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
The Eighteenth International Conference on Climate Change featured plenary sessions by some of the world's leading thinkers and innovators in the field.
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)
Assistant Professor, Department of Environment, University of the Aegean, Greece
"Hidden Risks in the Renewable Era: When Clean Energy Creates Systemic Inefficiencies"
Professor, Södertörn University, Sweden
"When “Ordinary” Science, Policy and Resilience Is Not Enough: How to Stimulate Innovative Environmental Governance from Below"
Emeritus Professor, Environmental Policy, The Open University, UK
"Hiding in Plain Sight: The Everyday Practices that Degrade Our Planetary Home"
Professor Emerita and former Rector, University of the Aegean, Greece
Senior Associate, Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active research interest in the conference themes. Emerging Scholars perform a critical role in the conference by chairing the parallel sessions, providing technical assistance in the sessions, and presenting their own research papers. The 2026 Emerging Scholar Award Recipients are as follows:
McGill University, Canada
(In-Person)
Cerge-Ei, Czech Republic
(In-Person)
University of Pennsylvania, United States
(In-Person)
Kyoto University, JapanYatong-Yang
(In-Person)
Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
(In-Person)
University of Hertfordshire / World Economic Forum, United Kingdom
(In-Person)
Council on Energy, Environment and Water, India
(Online Only)
University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
(Online Only)
Michigan Technological University, United States
(Online Only)
Oregon State University, United States
(Online Only)
York University, Canada
(Online Only)
Drexel University, USA
(Online Only)
Rhodes, Greece