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Hi everyone,You are invited to submit an abstract for presentation in the workshop "Climate Change, Decarbonization and the Urban Energy Transition", which will be held on October 12-13, 2017, in Hamburg, Germany.The workshop is aiming for developing key concepts and synthesizing the state of the art of urban transformation processes in relation to climate change, decarbonization and energy transition. Thematically the workshop is motivated by the worldwide growing urbanization which leads to a spatial concentration of population, economic activity and mobility on the one hand and by increasing CO2 emissions and climate change on the other. In order to promote pathways towards urban energy transition and decarbonization several strategies should be considered. Among those, the production, distribution and consumption of renewable energy are relevant key areas. There is still a lack of systematic integration of concepts, models and empirical evidence, combined with an insufficient knowledge base and a broad range of uncoordinated and dispersed solutions.The workshop focuses on developing and integrating concepts and tools of sustainable urban energy landscapes and transformation, particularly renewable energy and low-carbon pathways. Furthermore, the workshop contributes to evidence-based strategies and experiences for climate and energy policies on the urban scale. Four research areas will be addressed (For details, please visit the workshop website and the call in pdf, the links are provided below):1) Socio-technical and environmental topics of urban energy transition2) City structure, urban land use and energy consumption3) Distributional effects of urban energy policies4) Multi-level models and governance concepts to manage transition processesInvited Speakers:Derk LoorbachJanette WebbJochen MonstadtJonathan RutherfordSergio Tirado HereroStefan BouzarovskiIntended post-workshop publication: Edited volume of contributions or a special issue in a journalPlease submit your abstract (300 to 500 words) focusing on one of the above areas to the workshop coordinator Ms. Ting Ting Tracy Cheung (Email: ting.ting.cheung@uni-hamburg.de) by Wednesday, 31st May 2017.For more information, please visit our website and read the call in pdf.Call for papers:https://www.clisap.de/fileadmin/B-Research/B/B5/Workshops/CfP_Climate_Change__Decarbonization_and_the_Urban_Energy_Transition.pdfConference webpage:https://www.clisap.de/research/b:-climate-manifestations-and-impacts/b5:-urban-systems-test-bed-hamburg/workshop-climate-change-decarbonization-and-the-urban-energy-transition-2017/Please feel free to distribute to people who might be interested.Best regards,Tracy Ting Ting, CheungConference coordinator--PhD candidateInstitute of Geography / Clisap, University of HamburgEmail: ting.ting.cheung@uni-hamburg.deTel.: +49 (0)40 42838-5213Address: Bundesstrasse 55, 20146 Hamburg, Germany