In 2018 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) co-sponsored an international
Cities and Climate Change Science Conference in Edmonton, Canada. Its purpose was to engage the scientific community, practitioners and policymakers in discussing the next frontier of research focused on the science of cities and climate change. Following the conference, the Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) and Organizing Committee (OC) prepared a report to inspire climate change research and collaborative scientific efforts resulting in reference reports and peer reviewed publications that will inform the IPCC’s sixth assessment cycle (2015-2022) and the Special Report on Cities planned for the seventh assessment cycle. The report highlights several areas where archaeologists might contribute to this effort. The report is available here. Check it out!
