The 2025 International Summer School on Climate Change and Related Risks will take place at the Fudan University, Shanghai, China, from June 29 to July 18, 2025, with a special focus on Human Activity and Weather/ Climate Extremes.

This prestigious program is supported by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Monitoring, Analysis, and Prediction of Air Quality International Research Program (MAP-AQ), and the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk International Program (IRDR). It is jointly organized by Fudan University’s Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS), the Institute of Atmospheric Sciences (IAS), the MAP-AQ Asian Office Shanghai, and the IRDR International Centre of Excellence on Risk Interconnectivity and Governance on Weather/ Climate Extremes Impact and Public Health (ICoE-RIG-WECEIPHE).

Following the 2024 summer school on Climate Change and Air Quality (recap video), this year’s program will focus on Human Activity and Weather/Climate Extremes.

Four modules are structured:
(1) Weather/climate extremes under global warming;
(2) Impact of human activity, including anthropogenic greenhouse gases and aerosols, urbanization, land-use change;
(3) Impact of interactions among land, ocean and atmosphere under global warming;
(4) Risks interconnectivity, mitigation and adaptation.

The summer school is tuition-free, but participants are responsible for their own transportation, health insurance, accommodation, and living expenses. Limited scholarships are available to support international travel and living costs.

Application Deadline: May 31, 2025 (April 20 for scholarship consideration).

See more details and application link: https://iss-climatechange.fudan.edu.cn

For inquiries, please, contact:

Dr. Huiling Ouyang (program officer) ouyanghuiling(at)fudan.edu.cn

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