Adaptation Strategies for Coastal Territories in the Age of Climate Change

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The International Scientific Conference “Adaptation Strategies for Coastal Territories in the Age of Climate Change" will take place from April 16-17, 2026, in Sevastopol, hosted by A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS.

The conference is organized with financial support from the the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation under grant № 075-15-2024-657: «Assessment of vulnerability of coastal ecosystems in the tropical zone to climate change for the purpose of adapting of governance nature management» (VULNECOAST).

Conference work areas (sections)

Climate Change and its Impact on Coastal Ecosystems.
Vulnerability and Risk Assessment of Coastal Territories.
Innovative Adaptation Strategies and Solutions.
Natural Resource Management and Adaptation Policy.
Digital Technologies and Artificial Intelligence in Coastal Zone Adaptation.

Conference format: on-site and online using the Yandex Telemost platform.

Report formats: oral (plenary and sectional)

Working languages: English.

To register for the conference, please submit your application to the organizing committee's email address: adapt@ibss-ras.ru

Following the conference, a proceedings volume with an assigned ISBN code will be published and made available on the conference website, in the open-access repository of IBSS RAS, as well as in the national bibliographic database of scientific citation RSCI.

Program Committee

Tatyana Gorbunova

Chairman
PhD in Geography,
A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, Sevastopol, Russia

Roman Gorbunov

Doctor of Geographical Sciences,
IO RAS, Moscow, Russia

Ekaterina Kashirina

PhD in Geography,
A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, Sevastopol, Russia

Svetlana Krasheninnikova

PhD in Geography,
A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, Sevastopol, Russia

Alexandra Nikiforova

A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, Sevastopol, Russia

Osvaldo
Moura Rezende

Doctor of Science, Professor,
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Safonova Maria

Candidate of Geographical Sciences,
A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS (IBSS)
299011, 2 Nakhimov Ave., Sevastopol

Serykh Ilya

Candidate of Physico-mathematical Sciences,
IO RAS, Moscow, Russia

Vladimir Tabunshchik

PhD in Geography,
A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, Sevastopol, Russia

Fábio Luiz Peres Krykhtine

Doctor of Science, Professor,
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Felix Mora-Camino

PhD, Professor,
Durban University of Technology, South Africa

Organizing Committee

Voitsekhovskaya Veronika

Secretary A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, Sevastopol, Russia

Nikolay Bratanov

A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, Sevastopol, Russia

Drygval Anna

A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, Sevastopol, Russia

Drygval Polina

A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, Sevastopol, Russia

Maria-Elizaveta Kelip

A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, Sevastopol, Russia

Nastasia Lineva

A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, Sevastopol, Russia

Chikanov Nikita

A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, Sevastopol, Russia

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Conference work areas (sections)

Important Dates

April 1, 2026

April 9, 2026

April 16 – 17, 2026

Program Committee

Organizing Committee

Contacts

Organizing committee