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Forest Ecosystems under Climate Change
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submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 28343 | Submission Open
Keywords: land cover change; forest ecosystems; fire and droughts; biodiversity; remote sensing and GIS; ground-based observations; carbon cycling and balance; mitigation and adaptation; resilience
Advances of Flood Risk Assessment and Management
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submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 17496 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; flood risk assessment; flood management strategies; rural vulnerability; hydrological conditions; risk treatment efficiency; flood risk management; public participation in disaster risk reduction; climate scenarios
Confronting the Climate Change and Health Nexus: Interactions, Impacts, and Adaptation Strategies
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submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 15482 | Submission Open
Keywords: global climate change; human health; public health; decarbonization; socialeconomic justice; adaptation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Policy, Governance, and Social Equity)
Global Warming and Extreme Drought submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 15106 | Submission Open
Keywords: droughts; climate change; compound events; case studies; climate indices; impacts on health
Climate Change and Cooperative Management of National and Transboundary River Basins submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 501 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change impacts; transboundary waters; climate– hydrology coupling; international rivers; lakes; and aquifers; transboundary cooperation; adaptation to climate change; hydrodiplomacy; integrated water resources management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Climate and Environment)
Sustainable Development Pathways and Climate Actions
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submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 342 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable development; SDGs; climate action; climate justice; climate resilience; climate mitigation; climate adaptation; green solutions; climate resilient livelihoods; nature-based solutions; climate policy; climate governance
Climate Change Scenarios and Impacts for the Mountain Regions at Middle Latitudes submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 666 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate trend; mountain climate; intermediate latitude; measured data; nivology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Climate and Environment)
Climate, Ecosystem and Human Health: Impacts and Adaptation
edited by Xiaoyue Liu and Shixue Li
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1256 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change and health; climate and weather extremes; ecosystem disruptions; vector-borne diseases; non-communicable diseases; environmental health risks; early warning systems; climate adaptation strategies
Climate Variability in the Mediterranean Region (Second Edition)
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submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 812 | Submission Open
Keywords: Africa; aridity; Asia; climate variability and change; climate– society nexus; Europe; hydrology; land cover and land-use change; teleconnections; urban climate
(This special issue belongs to the Section Climate Dynamics and Modelling)
Global and Local Climate Change: Building and Urban Mitigation Technologies Under Changing Climates submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban heat island; mitigation strategies; climate change; building envelope; nature-based solutions; thermal comfort; adaptive technologies; reflective technologies; evaporative strategies; urban vulnerability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Climate Change and Urban Ecosystems)
Climate Adaptation and Mitigation in the Urban Environment
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submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 989 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban health; climate change adaptation; climate change mitigation; urban resilience; sustainable urban planning; governance; nature-based solutions; climate finance; multi-level governance; urban climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Climate Change and Urban Ecosystems)
Climate Change Impacts at Various Geographical Scales (2nd Edition)
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13257 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; satellite derived essential climate variables; climatic indices; climate monitoring and analysis; vulnerability assessment and mapping; climate change and water resources; climate change and food security; climate change and natural disasters; climate change and socio-economic impacts; climate change and land use changes; climate change and ecosystems; climate change and energy demand; adaptation strategies; scenario analysis; mitigation
Climate and Human-Driven Impacts on Tropical Rainforests submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 9753 | Submission Open
Keywords: land cover changes; forest degradation; ecophysiology; fire and droughts; remote sensing; ground-based observations; belowground biogeochemistry; forest-atmosphere interactions; water and carbon cycling; greenhouse gas emissions
New Perspectives in Air Pollution, Climate, and Public Health
edited by and Gabriela Narcizo de Lima
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2832 | Submission Open
Keywords: air pollution; climate change; climate risks; public health; environmental policy; resilience strategies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Climate and Environment)
Climate-Driven Shifts in Snow Drought and Hydrological Extremes: Ecological Impacts and Resilience
edited by and
submission deadline 24 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 49 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; snow drought; precipitation phase shift; soil moisture– vegetation feedback; ecosystem; hydrological cycling
Climate Change Adaptation Costs and Finance
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submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 16701 | Submission Open
Keywords: adaptation; cost assessment; cost function analysis; climate investment; climate finance; financial mechanism
Modeling and Forecasting of Climate Risks
edited by and Raymond Swaray
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11243 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate risk measures; climate risk predictability; sustainability; climate adaptation; green finance; green economy; global warming; climate change economics; climate change modeling; climate econometrics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Climate and Economics)
Hydro-Meteorological Hazards: Causes, Impacts, and Mitigation Strategies submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3369 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change impacts; extreme weather events; flooding and drought risk; risk assessment; hazard mitigation strategies; resilience and adaptation; early warning systems; Anthropogenic influences; climate-driven disasters; early warning systems
The Importance of Long Climate Records (Second Edition)
edited by , and Antonio della Valle
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1947 | Submission Open
Keywords: long weather records; climate change; metadata; homogenization; case studies from stations with century-scale records; recovery of early instrumental observations (e.g.; 17th century; 18th century; and first half of the 19th century); early instruments; protocols; calibrations; and units; instrumental and proxy data rescue and recovery; calibration of proxy and instrumental data
Hydroclimatic Extremes: Modeling, Forecasting, and Assessment
edited by Parisa Hosseinzadehtalaei
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydroclimatic extremes; extreme precipitation; droughts; and floods; compound extreme events; climate modeling; uncertainty quantification; early warning systems; adaptation strategies
Climate Change and Transport System
edited by , Nnene Obiora and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban climate; transport system; delivery services and last mile logistics; emissions; transportation infrastructure; air pollution
Climate Change and Food Sustainability: A Critical Nexus submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; food security; food sustainability; agriculture; livestock; fisheries; food safety; foodborne illness; mitigation; adaptation; food policy; food systems; sustainable agriculture; food waste; climate impacts; food security; nutritional quality; global change
Effects of Climate Change on Ecosystem Behavior Across Varied Environments
edited by , and Ning Chen
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; ecosystem behavior; biodiversity; ecosystem services; carbon cycling; extreme weather events; ecosystem resilience; climate-induced shifts; species distributions; ecosystem functioning; tipping points; biogeochemical cycles; nature-based solutions; ecosystem restoration; global change impacts
Urban Heat Adaptation: Potential, Feasibility, Equity submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban; climate change; heat island; heat waves; thermal comfort; public health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Climate Change and Urban Ecosystems)
Extreme Weather Detection, Attribution and Adaptation Design submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14151 | Submission Open
Keywords: numerical weather forecasting and nowcasting; applications of machine learning in severe weather prediction; data assimilation in numerical weather forecasting models; severe weather warning systems; spaceborne satellites/radar weather detection; impact of climate change on weather extremes
Impacts of Climate Change and Human Disturbances on Carbon Cycling and Greenhouse Gas Emission in Ecosystems
edited by Jianghua Wu
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 8492 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; human disturbances; carbon cycling; elemental cycling; greenhouse gas emissions; microbial communities; biological processes; biogeochemical processes
Evolving Plant Phenology Responses and Resilience in a Changing Climate submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1941 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant phenology; responses and resilience in a changing climate; patterns and predict future shifts; plant adaptation strategies; conservation implications; strategies and impacts of climate change on natural and agricultural landscape
(This special issue belongs to the Section Climate and Environment)
Climate Risk in Agriculture, Analysis, Modeling and Applications
edited by and Fotoula Droulia
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open
Keywords: agriculture; climate change; drought/flood; irrigation; food-water-energy nexus; pest management; organic farming; agro technology
Impacts of Climate Change on Hydrological Processes
edited by Jun Liu and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; hydrological processes; water cycle; extreme events; hydrological model; climate model
(This special issue belongs to the Section Climate and Environment)
El Niño-Southern Oscillation and Pan-Tropical Climate Interactions: Dynamics, Predictability, Modeling and Projections
edited by Tao Geng and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open
Keywords: ENSO; climate variability and change; tropical dynamics; air-sea interactions; inter-basin interactions; greenhouse warming
(This special issue belongs to the Section Climate Dynamics and Modelling)
Monitoring Water Resources Under Climate Change and Human Activities: Multivariate Assessment and Sustainable Management
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submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 49 | Submission Open
Keywords: precipitation; evapotranspiration (ET); runoff; soil moisture; droughts; climate change; human activities; water resources management; water cycle; extreme hydrology; multivariate evaluation; disaster and risk assessment; model analysis; sustainable management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Climate and Environment)
Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) in a Changing Climate and Its Impacts on Human Health
edited by , and Daniel Thomas
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3771 | Submission Open
Keywords: PM2.5; health effects; climate change; epidemiology
Extreme Precipitation and Responses to Climate Change
edited by Fengjiao Chen and Xiao Pan
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3316 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; numerical models; high-impact weather; extreme precipitation; dynamics; evaluation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Weather, Events and Impacts)
The Dynamics and Impacts of Ocean-Atmosphere Coupling on Regional and Global Climate
edited by and Mengrong Ding
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1180 | Submission Open
Keywords: ocean– atmosphere coupling; multiple scales; climate change; S2S and S2D prediction; heat and momentum exchanges; ENSO; storm track
Wind‑Speed Variability from Tropopause to Surface
edited by Zhi-Bo Li and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open
Keywords: wind speed variability; tropopause and jet‑stream dynamics; boundary layer turbulence; extreme wind gusts; model evaluations and projections; wind energy resource; reanalysis and paleoclimate winds; data assimilation and machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Weather, Events and Impacts)
The Impacts of Climate Change on Hydrology and Water Resources submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; hydrology; water resources; impacts; hydrological modeling; water scarcity; drought; floods; compound hazard; water quality; adaptation; resilience                
Climate Impact on Human Health submission deadline 27 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 14374 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; extreme weather; climate risk; burden of disease; physical health; mental health; climate policy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Weather, Events and Impacts)
Climate Change Impacts on Hydrologic Variables across Timescales and Spatial Scale
edited by and
submission deadline 27 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12780 | Submission Open
Modelling for the Influences of Climate and Landscape Processes on Hydrology submission deadline 27 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9681 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrology; landscape; modelling; climate change; landscape rehabilitation; mitigation measures
Climate Change, Health and Multidisciplinary Approaches submission deadline 27 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5399 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; global health; extreme weather events; air pollution; health adaptation; health resilience; eco-health approach; multidisciplinary approaches; health vulnerabilities due to climate change; urban resilience; climate change narratives; utopian and dystopian climate change
Recent Climate Change Impacts in Australia submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 37658 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change impacts; ecosystem collapse; climate change and variability; Australia
Climate Change—Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals in Urban Contexts submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 25249 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; nature-based solutions; participatory planning instruments; rural– urban migration; urbanization; urban governance; urban planning and development; UN Sustainable Development Goals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Climate Change and Urban Ecosystems)
Applications of Smart Technologies in Climate Risk and Adaptation submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5832 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change mitigation; climate change adaptation; pollution prevention and control; carbonation technology; greenhouse gas (GHG); biodiversity; ecosystem; sustainable development; water resources; marine resources
Meteorological Forecasting and Modeling in Climatology
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submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 22 | Submission Open
Keywords: meteorological events; climate variability; extreme weather events; numerical weather; forecasts and modeling; atmospheric physics; complex coupling model
(This special issue belongs to the Section Climate Dynamics and Modelling)
Multi-Physics and Chemistry of Urban Climate Modelling
edited by , , , Lin Liu, and Guanwen Chen
submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open
Keywords: urbanization; urban climate; air quality; urban heat island; pollutant dispersion; multi-physics and chemistry; energy consumption; human health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Climate Change and Urban Ecosystems)
Ecological Modeling for Adaptation to Climate Change
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submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2892 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; climate data; climate niche; bioclimate envelope; species distribution; adaptation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Climate and Environment)
Climate Resilience and Equity Through Nature-Based Solutions for Rainwater Management and Urban Heat Island Mitigation submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 34 | Submission Open
Keywords: nature-based solutions; green-blue infrastructure; urban heat island; rainwater management; data-driven approaches; NbS-integrated planning; GBI policies in urban and rural areas; climate regulation; adaptation; and mitigation; public health and wellbeing; social equity and climate justice
Advances in Climate and Water Resources Management and Drought Assessment
edited by and Hany F. Abd-Elhamid
submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 12 | Submission Open
Keywords: meteorologicl drought; hydrological drought; climate change adaptation; water resources; risk assassment; water management
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