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It is the aim of this interdisciplinary and international EGU Humboldt Conference to bring together earth system researchers from diverse specializations, largely involving scientists from African countries. Hosting an EGU Humboldt Conference in Cape Town will strengthen the discourse amongst African scientists and their international colleagues.

With a shared vision of a sustainable Africa, this will send a powerful message to the African leadership to engage in scientific debate and to act with well informed agendas. The students/young scientists’ workshop preceding and/or following the conference aims at providing an introduction to Earth Systems and modeling applications. Strong participation by students from Africa is expected and will be catered for.

Contributions from all fields of the Geosciences are welcome. In particular the conference will focus on:

• 1. Climate change and coupled systems;
• Fluctuation in African Climate Systems;
• Changing topography of Africa: coupled earth systems from core to space;
• Palaeo-climate analyses in Africa and its surrounding oceans; and
• Economics and social issues of climate change.

We expect to have contributions, amongst others, on: ocean currents around Africa, African atmospheric circulation and weather patterns, solar radiation variability, magnetic field changes, African biosphere, African river basins and geomorphology, palaeo-ecodynamics, palaeoclimates, CO2 sequestriation, geothermal energy, ecological economics, natural resources, risk management, social engagement through outreach, and capacity building.