Resilient and Sustainable Future through Climate and Seismic Resilience
1. Home - Landing Overview of the Summit & Winter School
Event Title & Theme
Resilient and Sustainable Future through Climate and Seismic Resilience
An international Summit and Winter School focusing on integrated climate action and seismic resilience, addressing sustainable development, disaster risk reduction, and resilient infrastructure in vulnerable regions.
Dates & Location
February 14–17, 2026
University of Bojnord, Bojnord, Iran
Quick Highlights:
- Plenary Lectures
- Panel Discussions
- Winter School Certificate Programs
- Regional & Global Perspectives
- Seismic Resilience & Earthquake Engineering Sessions
- Resilient Infrastructure and Critical Facilities
- Post Earthquake Recovery and Reconstruction
- Performance Based and Resilience Based Design
Call to Participate
An open invitation to academics, professionals, policymakers, and students to join high level lectures, technical workshops, and certificate oriented training modules addressing climate and seismic resilience.
Join us for this unique opportunity to address climate and seismic risks simultaneously, with a particular focus on semi-arid, earthquake-prone, and vulnerable regions.
Bridging Research, Practice, and Policy
The Summit serves as a science–practice–policy platform addressing climate and seismic risks simultaneously, promoting knowledge exchange between academia, industry, and policymakers.
2. About the Summit - Scientific Mission & Conceptual Framing
2.1 Vision & Objectives
The Summit serves as a science–practice–policy platform addressing climate and seismic risks simultaneously, with a particular focus on semi-arid, earthquake-prone, and vulnerable regions.
It aims to bridge research, professional practice, and decision making by promoting:
- Climate and seismic resilience of buildings, infrastructure, and cities
- Integration of earthquake engineering with climate adaptation strategies
- Knowledge exchange between academia, industry, and policymakers
2.2 Why Resilience?
Many regions face compounded risks arising from climate change and seismic hazards, threatening urban safety, economic stability, and social well-being.
Urgent resilience challenges include:
- Climate change impacts
- Water scarcity
- Energy transition pressures
- Air pollution and environmental degradation
- Strong earthquakes and aftershocks
- Aging and non-engineered building stock
- Cascading disasters (earthquake–flood–fire interactions)
2.3 Global Frameworks
The Summit aligns with major international agendas and frameworks, including:
- United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Climate Action and Adaptation Plans
- Decarbonization and Net Zero pathways
- Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015–2030)
- Resilience-based and performance-based seismic design principles
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3. Regional Focus - From Global Agendas to Local Realities
3.1 Focus Regions
- Iran
- Middle East
- Semi-arid and developing regions
- D-8 Countries (Turkey, Pakistan, Malaysia, Egypt, Indonesia, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Iran)
3.2 Regional Challenges
- Extreme temperatures
- Water scarcity and river stress
- Dust storms and floods
- Climate-induced migration
- Energy dependency
- High seismicity and active fault systems
- Vulnerable housing and infrastructure
- Limited post-earthquake recovery capacity
4. Program Structure - Summit + Winter School
4.1 Summit Components
- Opening Ceremony and Keynote Speeches
- Plenary Lectures
- Panel Discussions
- Public Sessions
- Multistakeholder Dialogue and Fireside Chats
4.2 Winter School (2 Days)
Certificate-oriented intensive programs offering focused workshops and professional training modules on climate, seismic resilience, and sustainable development.
5. Scientific Themes - Core Pillars of the Summit
5.1 Climate Change & Resilience: Urban and regional adaptation strategies, resilience thinking, climate risk, and climate-induced migration.
5.2 Water Resources: Water scarcity, river basin protection, flood risk management, and sustainable water governance.
5.3 Energy Transition: Zero energy buildings, zero carbon and low carbon design, green building rating systems, urban decarbonization pathways.
5.4 Cities, Health & Environment: Urban Heat Island effects, air pollution and environmental quality, public health, safety, and urban livability.
5.5 Disaster Preparedness: Floods, dust storms, and climate-driven hazards, earthquake hazard, risk, and resilience, seismic performance of buildings and infrastructure, critical facilities and lifeline systems, cascading and compound disasters.
5.6 Seismic Resilience & Earthquake Engineering: Performance-based and resilience-based seismic design, seismic assessment of existing buildings, retrofitting and strengthening strategies.
