International Association for Urban Climate

Dear Carlos & all IAUC members
I have spoken to the ICUC10 Organizers. They are aware of recent restrictions to travel to US for certain countries, and are considering the possibility of holding a few on-line sessions for those affected authors. A final response on this will be issued in the next few weeks. The Organizers advise to all authors…[Read more]

Dear IAUC members,

My paper has been selected for oral presentation at ICUC10, however, I have travelled several times to Iran and it seems I am not eligible anymore for an ESTA.

I am afraid of any kind of unforeseen situation that might happen when landing in NY if I try to attend the ICUC10 in August.

Have been any kind of action or…[Read more]

Also, I’d like to share a recent news published in a Spanish newspaper.
http://elpais.com/elpais/2017/06/12/inenglish/1497255708_979712.html

This clearly shows that even people that do not have passport from the 6 banned countries, but they visited them recently may have problem at the borders

A few days ago, I contacted the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), to ask about the real situation at the borders. I post below the answer I received:

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Dear Alberto,
 
My name is Bianca and I am a paralegal at the National Immigration Law Center (NILC). I am in receipt of your email inquiry below.
 
With regards to the t…[Read more]

I would like to share a short list of the main ideas about possible actions that came up from informal discussions among a reduced group of members in order to react against the ban and guarantee an inclusive environment for IAUC activities. These are only ideas – some of them are in contrast between each other – so they are just meant to sti…[Read more]

Hello and welcome to this focus group discussion!

We have created this page to discuss the implications of US travel ban on the Urban climate community. Accordingly, the aim of this group is twofold:

1) To collect ideas from the members and generate a debate about actions that the IAUC can undertake to guarantee an inclusive environment for all…[Read more]