Strategies for Survival New book publication / call for contributions: Focus. The book initiative is launched to assemble significant initiatives, suitable to help halt the slide towards global tipping points in atmospheric and oceanic carbon concentrations; to stabilize and even improve the livelihood of the many communities under climate change pressures; or/and to drastically lower energy risks by moving away from fossil and nuclear fuel use. A worldwide web presence will be provided. Submission format and deadlines. Please submit a 100-200 word synopsis or outline of your intended contribution, along with a description of yourself, your work and/or that of the group you are representing in no more than 50 words, either by return email, or by mail to Prof. Peter Droege, Editor, Strategies of Survival <peter.droege@newcastle.edu.au>. After a period of editorial review you will receive a response with further advice on your submissions, and, as appropriate, on scope, format and timing for your ultimate contribution. It is envisioned that the ultimate length of most entries will be in the 3-6,000 word range. Background and aims of the publication. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference (COP 13, Bali, 3-14 December 2007) has again fallen far short of delivering tangible agreements, even in the modest aims and target ranges aimed at by most participants. Many important proposals and strategies have been developed. However, there is a risk that most will remain relatively unknown, while a common denominator is being sought that is low enough to be capable of being used as a point of departure. Indeed, while a possible consensus is being formed slowly, a growing group of communities, organizations and groups already pursue solutions, concepts and pathways to acting early and effectively. This rising determination to seek more rapid and significant change to sustainable paths forward is dramatically reinforced by new scientific and empirical evidence. It makes it clearer every day that the widely promoted, ‘acceptable’ levels of change (2-3 degrees of warming, or 450 ppm as atmospheric GHG concentration capable of limiting warming to this range) are set too high, and are both risky and tenuous.   Far bolder and decisive policies and practices seem needed, across a range of domains, including global food consumption, lifestyle change, forest preservation, aviation and sea and ground transport, international debt relief - or a bold, even dramatic move towards abolishing fossil fuel as primary energy source world-wide. Strategies for Survival will deliver these signals and practices, gathered from within and beyond the UNFCCC process, in a well-referenced and structured volume, at the same time providing resources and networks. In summary, the book is conceived as a compendium of critical, immediately relevant action paths and practical solutions already available at local, national or international scales - while a global consensus on wider, collective action  is being pursued. This book is being developed to make ideas, programs and concrete successes in climate change action action, such as immediately effective activities to dramatically lower reliance on fossil fuels and deforestation, more widely known and understood internationally - contributions from any field or perspective are sought, both general and specific. Peter Droege Editor, Strategies for Survival Conjoint Professor, University of Newcastle