International Conference: "Climate Change and Transport"

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the international conference “Climate Change and Transport” to be held October 9th and 10th, 2014 at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is April 18th, 2014. Paper abstracts, giving a concise overview of the topic to be covered and the method of analysis, should be about one page long. Abstracts should include the following brief sections: (1) overview, (2) methods, (3) results, (4) conclusions, and (5) references. Please download the sample abstract template The corresponding author submitting the abstract must provide complete contact details, i.e. mailing address, phone, fax, e-mail, etc. Authors will be notified by June 9^th, 2014 of their abstract status. Authors whose abstracts are accepted will have until September 20^th, 2014, to submit their full papers. Abstracts should be sent before April 18th jonathan.gomez@partner.kit.edu

Selected conference papers will be included in a peer-reviewed Special Issue of an international journal (Transportation Research D is inquired). We welcome submissions from advanced experts in this field and encourage PhD students to contribute to a successful conference.

Conference Topics:

• GHG mitigation in surface transport
• GHG mitigation in international transport
• Adaptation scenarios in transport due to climate change
• Cross-country comparison of transport GHG mitigation in developed/developing countries
• Transport as part of a global GHG mitigation regime
• GHG mitigation by electric vehicles
• Messages from transport to COP20