Several of the parallel sessions happening at the "Our common future under climate change" Conference have been organised by members of the CLIVAR community and linked to the CLIVAR Research Foci, together with some partner programmes. The deadline for abstract submission for those sessions has been extended to 22nd March. Below is a list of some of the CLIVAR related sessions.

- “The Earth’s energy imbalance and exchanges at the atmosphere-ocean interface: from fundamental research to societal concern” - Conveners: K. von Schuckmann, C. Guieu, K. Trenberth, E. Breviere (please choose parallel session theme “Atmosphere-Ocean interface")

- "Climate variability, change and vulnerability in the Pacific, Indian and Southern Oceans" - Conveners: E. Guilyardi, V. Sarma, B. Pelletier, JB Sallée, M. Collins, M. Levy, D. Victors, A. Wahlin

- "Observing the changing ocean climate" - Conveners: A. Fischer, B. Dewitte, V. Garçon, PY Le Traon, A. Melet, R. Roca, M. Visbeck

This four-day Conference is the largest forum for the scientific community to come together ahead of the COP21 of the UNFCCC in 2015. The Conference will address key issues concerning climate change in the broader context of global change. Organized around daily themes, the Conference focuses on moving from present knowledge to future solutions.