Dear IAUC community,

Due to technical issues affecting the distribution of the election announcement, some IAUC members received the voting information only after the original voting deadline had already passed.
In response to requests received by the IAUC Secretariat, the IAUC Latin America Electoral Committee has decided to extend the voting period to ensure all eligible members have a fair opportunity to participate in the election process.
BUT PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU HAVE ALREADY CAST YOUR VOTE, DO NOT VOTE AGAIN!
The voting period is now extended until February 6, 2026, 11:59 PM (Brasília local time).
If you are an IAUC member and were born, live, or work in Latin America, we invite you to vote for the new IAUC Representative for Latin America using this form:
https://forms.gle/NaNLvW4RL3xYM3ic7
You are eligible to vote if you are an IAUC member and have signed up for the IAUC mailing list. In the voting process, you will select the candidate of your choice to represent Latin America. You can view the candidates’ profiles here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ry3uvYyG0msRooOByU6lWrRHvh8QSXji/view?usp=sharing
For questions, please contact the IAUC Latin America Electoral Committee.

Sincerely,
IAUC Latin America Electoral Committee
Antonio Carlos da Silva Oscar Júnior (antonio.junior@uerj.br)
Fernanda Berlitz (fernanda.berlitz@gcu.ac.uk)
Renato D’Alençon (dalencon@uc.cl)IAUC_LATAM_Candidaturas

We are pleased to announce that our session, “Regional and global urban climate processes across multi-temporal scales” (Session ID: M-IS13), has been accepted for the JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2026.

As cities continue to act as critical nodes in the global climate system, understanding their interaction with regional and global scales is more important than ever. We invite researchers, students, and practitioners to submit their abstracts and join us for this hybrid session held in Chiba, Japan.

Session Details Session ID: M-IS13 Title: Regional and global urban climate processes across multi-temporal scales Format: Oral and Poster (Hybrid) Language: English

Scope of the Session This session focuses on urban climate across multiple scales, examining new insights into dynamics from regional to global levels and defining the role of urban environments in the context of global climate change. We welcome submissions on:

Physical mechanisms of urban climate

Quantification and attribution of the urban effect on climate

The reciprocal impact of climate change on cities

Novel approaches to urban climate research

Regional and global-scale modeling and observations

Atmospheric chemistry over urban areas

Important Dates

Submission Opens: January 15, 2026 (14:00 JST)

Early Submission Deadline: February 5, 2026 (23:59 JST)

Final Submission Deadline: February 17, 2026 (17:00 JST)

Meeting Dates: May 24 – May 29, 2026

Location The meeting is a hybrid event held on-site at Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan, and online via the JpGU Meeting Portal.

Conveners: Alvin Christopher Galang Varquez (Institute of Science Tokyo); Dan Li (Boston University); Hiroyuki Kusaka (University of Tsukuba); Rui Ito (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)

How to Submit For the full session description and abstract submission guidelines, please visit the official JpGU-AGU 2026 website and search for session M-IS13.

The Bochum Urban Climate Lab invites applications for the Bochum Urban Climate Summer School 2026 (BUCSS 2026), which will take place from 14 to 18 September 2026 at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany.

Applications are open now until 08 February 2026 23:59 CET.

BUCSS is aimed at Master and PhD students as well as other early-career researchers who wish to explore the intersection of urban climate, data science, and artificial intelligence. The program combines lectures, hands-on workshops, and interactive sessions designed to foster interdisciplinary learning and collaboration.

Participants can expect:

• To meet renowned speakers on urban climatology
• To meet the founders and junior experts of the advancing field of Urban Climate Infomatics
• Hands-on work with urban climate data from different sources
• Machine learning / AI applications in urban climate contexts
• Collaborative exercises, poster sessions, and networking
• Excursions or off-campus activities to ground the research in real urban settings
• A joint conference dinner and social activities

Travel Grants:

To support participation from students and early-career researchers from underrepresented regions, a limited number of travel grants (up to €800 each) will be awarded. Applicants may indicate their interest and provide a short motivation letter as part of the application process.

Fees:

There are no participation fees. Participants are expected to cover their own travel and accommodation costs unless awarded a travel grant. Social events may involve a small extra cost.

We look forward to welcoming you to Bochum for a week of learning, collaboration, and discovery in the field of Urban Climate and AI!

Apply here