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

Themes and Special Focus

The Eighteenth International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts & Responses 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. We invite proposals addressing one of the following themes or special focus:

  • 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

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, Greece; Research Professor, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark; Honorary Visiting Professor, University of Cambridge, UK

(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

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

Conference Partner

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