The application is now open for the submission of abstracts that propose papers, policy briefs, roundtables, and research-policy tools from scholars, students, practitioners, and the United Nations staff and delegates and for volunteers to serve as a Chair or Discussant until Friday, 10 January 2025, 11:59PM EST. Selected participants will be notified in February 2025. 

Submissions are invited under one of the following broad thematic categories:

• Multilateral Environmental Agreements: The Path Forward for Climate, Nature, Pollution, and Social Justice
• Peace and Global Security: Addressing Conflict and Inequity through Ecological Solutions
• Indigenous Communities and Civil Society: Inclusivity, Transparency, and Consensus-Building in Global Environmental and Social Governance
• The Science-Technology-Policy Interface in Tackling the Triple Planetary Crisis, Advancing Social Equity, and Reducing Inequity
• The Role of Small States Leadership in Shaping Global Environmental and Social Solutions
• Environment, Sustainable and Human Development in achieving Equity in Multilateral Environmental Governance
• Urbanism and Human Settlement
• Social Justice, Inequity and the Environment: Assessing sustainability and distribution, measuring inequity, and identifying elements of social justice in local, national, and multilateral environmental governance
• Inclusive Economies and Finance for Environment and Social Governance: Beyond GDP; From Decarbonization to Ecosystem Restoration and Equity

When forming panels, participants are encouraged to ensure diversity, with particular attention to geography and gender.

Complete this application form by Friday, 10 January 2025, 11:59PM EST.