We invite proposals that explore how data visualisation can support understanding, engagement, and meaningful action in the face of climate and environmental crises. Submissions may address how climate and environmental information is transformed into compelling visual narratives for diverse audiences including policymakers, researchers, and frontline communities.
We welcome scientific, journalistic, artistic, and design-based visualisations, as well as academic papers, tools, methods, and case studies involving interdisciplinary collaboration and co-design.
All submissions must include:
The submission platform will allow you to select the contribution type (talk, workshop, or paper). For papers, the full paper has to be submitted before the deadline – see the Papers section below for more information.
Submission deadline: 30 April 2026
Notification of acceptance: 30 June 2026
Participants may submit proposals for talks (15 minutes including questions). Accepted contributions will be assigned to thematic sessions across scientific visualisation, media and news visualisation, artistic and creative work, or tools and services.
Submit your talk proposal using this form.
We welcome workshops, artistic interventions, hybrid formats, collective sessions, or other interactive contributions that do not fit the oral structure. Workshops are typically 90 minutes, though shorter formats may be considered.
Submit your workshop proposal using this form.
Accepted papers will be publicly available through the Visualising Climate 2026 Proceedings and a subset of the accepted papers will additionally be considered for publication in the Journal of Visualization and Interaction (JoVI), which is a diamond open access journal (open access without charging authors).
Submit your paper proposal using this form, making sure that in addition to filling in the abstract, you also upload the FULL PDF of your paper by 30 April 2026.
We invite the submission of short to medium-length papers (4–8 pages) for peer review, in PDF format. For the initial submission there are no further formatting requirements. Regarding the content, we expect authors to adhere to generally accepted practices for academic papers, e.g.: The work is placed into context with regard to the relevant existing literature, which is referenced appropriately. In case that claims are made, these are substantiated with appropriate evidence. Aspects of, or insights from, the paper seem generalisable for application to other cases or other contexts. If you want to increase the probability of your paper being selected for publication in the journal, please have a look at JoVI’s author guidelines – which defines types of contribution and other requirements.
Each paper will be reviewed by at least two reviewers from the conference's Scientific Review Committee. The reviewers will either reject the paper or accept it into one of two categories:
All papers that are accepted for the conference will have to be presented in person during the conference in order for the paper to be published. This means that at least one author has to register for and come to the conference (no virtual presentations).
All participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation.