An information retrieval workshop series that brings together researchers and practioners in information retrieval for climate change impacts
Climate change is a far-reaching, global phenomenon that is already impacting many aspects of our society. The evidence base for observed climate impacts is expanding, and the wider climate literature is growing exponentially. Systematic reviews and systematic maps offer structured ways to collectively identify and describe this evidence while maintaining transparency, attempting to ensure comprehensiveness and reduce bias.
The primary theme of the MANILA workshop series is information retrieval for climate impact. The purpose of the workshop is to provide a venue for discussing, compiling, and advancing a research agenda for information retrieval for climate change impacts. The IPCC Working Group II (WGII) assesses the impacts of climate change, from a world-wide to a regional view of ecosystems and biodiversity, and of people and their diverse societies, cultures and settlements.
The MANILA workshop series brings together researchers, applied researchers, and practitioners in climate impact, information retrieval, natural language processing, and systematic reviews to gain a broader understanding of the information retrieval challenges faced in climate impact in general and by the IPCC Working Group II in particular. We aim to foster collaboration, discussion, and create broader awareness in the IR community of the unique challenges posed by the climate impact domain.
MANILA25 will be held during SIGIR 2025, on July 17, 2025, in Padova, Italy.
Submissions due: May 7, 2025
Notifications: May 21, 2025
More details: the MANILA25 workshop page
Submission site: https://openreview.net/group?id=ACM.org/SIGIR/2025/Workshop/MANILA#tab-your-consoles
The MANILA workshops are focused on jointly developing, maintaining and executing an evolving research agenda for information retrieval for climate change impacts. We encourage participants to contribute to this agenda and to use it in their own research and acquisition efforts.
MANILA is an interdisciplinary workshop dedicated to bringing together researchers and practioners from information retrieval, natural language processing and climate science. To maximize interaction, a mixture of formats will be used, with a small number of brief keynotes, lightning talks, panels, and a collaborative writing session.