June Newsletter 2026

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In this month's newsletter, June 2026

Monthly webinar: 24 June, 12:15 – 13:15 on Adaptation in motion: Temporary mitigation under heat stress. Register here.

London Climate Action Week: 20 - 28 June

IPBES: Call for experts, deadline 21 June.

Annual SEEDS conference: Call for papers, deadline 25 June.

Adaptation in motion:

Temporary mitigation under heat stress

with Moumita Das, University of California Santa Cruz

Join the UKNEE Webinar on June 24th, 2026, for a talk by Moumita Das, PhD Candidate in Economics at UC Santa Cruz, discussing "Adaptation in Motion: Temporary Migration Under Heat Stress" from 12:15 to 13:15.

We welcome you to join us for our June webinar. You can register here.

Following about a month after the release of the UK's Climate Change Risk Assessment by the Climate Change Committee, we will be hosting PhD Candidate Moumita Das to discuss the economic implications of climate-driven migration. Using a large-scale panel survey in India, this study explores two key migration channels: temperature-induced reduction in productivity and under provision of local public services. This study also explores and quantifies the change in welfare costs of restricting each migration channel given different scenarios.

About Moumita Das

Moumita is a PhD Candidate in Economics who works at the intersection of labour, climate change, and environmental impacts in developing countries. She has worked with the Asian Development Bank's Climate Adaptation Team on climate resilience in food systems in Southeast Asia.

London Climate Action Week

20 - 28 June 2026

Logo for London Climate Action Week, featuring the word "LONDON" with the 'O' represented as a colourful circle symbolizing diversity and global unity in addressing climate change.

London Climate Action Week takes place from 20 to 28 June, bringing together an international network working in climate and nature across economics, finance, law, and science. The Climate Innovation Forum is the opening event taking place on Monday, 22 June in London’s Guildhall. Some other highlight events include: Nature's Economic Future: Balancing solutions and growth in the UK hosted by the RSPB, The Economic Case for Action on Climate and Clean Air hosted by Grantham Research Institute and Climate & Clean Air Coalition, and From risk to opportunity: Making nature investible at scale by Natcap and Global Canopy. You can find more events here.

IPBES secretariat call for experts

Application deadline 21 June 2026

Logo of IPBES (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) emphasizing the connection between science, policy, people, and nature.

The IPBES secretariat has published a call for the nomination of experts to participate in a workshop. This specific call looks to address future work under objective 1, assessing knowledge. The call seeks experts with interdisciplinary backgrounds in natural science, social science, or humanities, and with a particular focus on biodiversity, climate change, pollution, and poverty. The workshop will be conducted in-person and take place over three days in November 2026. You can find more information and the application form here.

Annual SEEDS conference: Call for papers

Deadline 25 June 2026

Call for Papers: Join the SEEDS Annual Conference at the University of Ferrara from December 2-4, 2026, hosted in collaboration with BiofAIRnet.

The Annual SEEDS Conference 2026, hosted by the University of Ferrara in conjunction with the Horizon Europe BioFairNet project will explore how circular economy and bioeconomy approaches can contribute to tackling climate change and the EU’s transition. Contributions across all qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methodologies and disciplines from senior scholars, PhD students, and early-career researchers are all welcome. You can find out more about the conference here.