The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science (UGSAS), Gifu University and Universitas Sebelas Maret (Indonesia) co-hosted the virtual "7th International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC): "Can Vaccine Protect Us Against Climate Change?" on Thursday, November 18, 2021.

After an opening speech by Professor Ken Hiramatsu (UGSAS Dean), Professor Emeritus Fumiaki Suzuki delivered a keynote speech titled, "Possible Prevention & Protection Against Infection Diseases." Including Dr. Suzuki, five speakers gave keynote speeches and 140 participants made their presentations at 10 different parallel sessions. Two hundred seventy people joined the 7th conference in total.

Since its launching, ICCC members have been closely monitoring impacts of climate change on human lives and environment and continue to address environmental issues. In the 7th conference, participants discussed climate change from various perspectives such as environment, agriculture, law, society, economy, culture, etc. While the pandemic is still raging around the globe, holding international conferences is not always an easy option, but under a strong leadership of Associate Professor Komariah from Universitas Sebelas Maret, two conferences were successfully held in AY 2021, both of which became valuable venues for people to exchange their opinions.

The details of the 7th ICCC will be compiled into the form of research papers and registered by Scopus*. It is our hope that ICCC successful achievements can further accelerate the advancement of climate change research by scholars and engineers in the future.

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