For details: The General Convener, KEC 2015

Centre for Environment and Development Vattiyoorkavu P.O.,Thiruvananthapuram - 695013 Phone: 0471 2369720, 2369721 | Fax: 2369720

E-mail: kec@cedindia.org | URL: www.cedindia.org

Registration Fee Delegates: L 300/-Students and research scholars: L 150/-Additional fee for spot registration: L 50/-Registration fee includes working lunch and tea during the seminar days and the Proceedings Volume of the Congress. Students and research scholars shall enclose bonafide certificate for availing the concession rate.

Key Dates Receipt of full paper along with Registration form: 10th March, 2015Communication on acceptance of paper: 10th April, 2015Delegate Registration for Congress participation: 15th April, 2015

Accommodation Hotel accommodation is available on payment basis. The Organizing Committee will provide the details of the tariff of various hotels, on request. Delegates requiring accommodation may request the General Convener to provide necessary support.

Sponsorship Any organization/individual paying L 50,000/- will be accepted as a co-sponsor of the event and their names will be published in the Proceedings of the Congress. They can also send three delegates without any registration fee.

Payments All payments towards KEC 2015 shall be made by Demand Draft drawn in favour of “Executive Director, Centre for Environment and Development” payable at Thiruvananthapuram.

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to prove age, certificate from the research guide and an undertaking that the work has not been presented elsewhere or has not been submitted for publication / award, shall be enclosed with the registration form. In the case of multiple authorship, the first author will be considered for the award, and he / she shall present the paper.The soft copy of the full paper shall be submitted by email or in CD. The papers shall not exceed 5 pages (Times New Roman, 10 point normal, single line space and with adequate margins) including figures, tables, etc. The references shall be given at the end of the paper in alphabetic order (no footnotes allowed).

and increasing temperature extremes have been observed across most of the world over the past century. The report has provided compelling evidence that climate change is advancing rapidly as a global risk with impacts far beyond just the environment. Even though the climate change is affecting various development sectors, there is also scope for reducing emissions and deliver jobs and economic opportunity through wise use of resources. The KEC 2015 will be a thought provoking process in this direction, with the participation of people from all walks of life like scientists, researchers, policy makers, development managers, NGOs, media etc. The Congress will also identify the research and policy needs for developing viable programs to address climate change issues in the ongoing development process in India with particular reference to the State of Kerala

CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT The Centre for Environment and Development established in 1993 is an independent research and development, training and consultancy organisation focussing in fields related to Environment and Development. The major Program Areas of CED are: (i) Natural Resources and Environment Management (ii) Water, Sanitation and Health (iii) Climate Change and Energy Studies (iv) Urban and Rural Studies (v) Information and Knowledge Management and (vi) Culture and Heritage Studies. CED is recognised as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India.CED is also the Centre of Excellence on Solid Waste and Wastewater Management of Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India;National Key Resource Centre on Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government of India and Regional Resource Agency of Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change, Government of India. CED is an ISO 9001 – 2008 Certified Institution and has completed more than100 projects sponsored by various agencies during the last 22 years.

KERALA ENVIRONMENT CONGRESS CED initiated the Kerala Environment Congress (KEC) in 2005, with the main objective of creating a common platform to bring together scientists, academicians, policy-decision makers, development managers and research students. Till date CED has organized ten KECs with focal themes as Coastal and Marine Ecosystem, Forest Resources of Kerala, Wetlands of Kerala, Environmental Sanitation Health and Hygiene, Water Resources of Kerala, Solid and Liquid Waste Management, Energy and Environment, Agriculture and Environment, Culture, Heritage and Environment and Water and Energy Security – Issues, Challenges and Potentials.

11th Kerala Environment Congress (KEC 2015)The Eleventh Kerala Environment Congress (KEC

2015) will be held at Kottayam, from 6th to 8th May, 2015. The Congress will include Key

note address, invited paper presentations by experts on various sub themes, oral/

poster presentations on the theme by researchers all over India and oral/

poster presentations by young researchers (below 30 years) for

Young Scientist Award.

Focal ThemeThe focal theme of this year’s Congress is “Climate Change and Sustainable Development” Climate change has now emerged

as the biggest developmental challenge for the planet. The IPCC

5th Assessment Report, has clearly mentioned that the warming trends

•Climate Smart Agriculture and Food Security

•Climate Change and Water Security•Climate Change and Energy•Climate Change, Ecosystems and

Biodiversity •Climate Change, Habitat and

Urbanization•Climate Change and Health•Climate Change and Coastal

and Marine Resources•Climate Change and Transport•Climate Change and Disaster

Management•Climate Change and Buildings•Climate Change and Tourism•Climate Change and Plantations•Climate Change and Industries •Climate Change and

Weather extremes•Climate Change Education and

Communication•Climate Change, Legal and

Policy Aspects

Subthemes: The major subthemes identified under the main theme are

Padmasree M R Kurup Memorial Keynote AddressThe Keynote address of the congress is dedicated to our founder Chairman Padmasree (late) M R Kurup.

Young Scientist AwardCED has instituted the Young Scientist Award in the name of our former friend and colleague (Late) Dr R. Satheesh, for the best Oral and Poster presentations in the Congress.

Open ForumThe final session of the Congress is an Open Forum which discuss a topic of high relevance to the society and which can be taken up for implementation with the participation of the community.

Call for Papers Full papers based on original research work carried out on the focal theme are invited from scientist/researchers all over India for both Oral presentation and Poster presentations. After scrutiny, the accepted papers will be put either in paper or poster category, which will be duly communicated to the authors. The size of the poster shall be 1m x 1 m and only one poster per person will be allowed.Papers from research students of age below 30 years alone will be considered for the Young Scientist Award. Certificate