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Navigating the Earth’s Governance System
Date:
16/03/2012
Excerpt:
A more effective environmental governance system needs to be instituted soon, according to an article published in the journal Science. Researchers in the Tyndall Centre have contributed to the piece, which is a key contribution of the science community to the June 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (“Rio+20”). Launch of “Planet Under Pressure” Policy Brief Series “U.N. Overhaul Required to Govern Planet’s Life Support System”
Date:
10/01/2012
Excerpt:
For the 2012 London Conference “Planet Under Pressure” a series of policy briefs has been prepared. They aim at providing policy-makers with access to the latest scientific research on sustainable development issues in the preparation process to Rio+20. The consortium of Planet Under Pressure has now released the first five of nine policy briefs. 2012 Lund Conference on Earth System Governance
Date:
18/04/2012
Excerpt:
Registration for the “Lund Conference on Earth System Governance – Towards a Just and Legitimate Earth System Governance: Addressing Inequalities” is now open. The conference is part of the global series organized by the Earth System Governance Project, and will be held 18-20 April, 2012 in Lund, Sweden. Earth System Governance Tokyo Conference "Complex Architectures, Multiple Agents"
Date:
28/01/2013
Excerpt:
The Tokyo Conference on Earth System Governance will be held from 28-31 January, 2013 at the United Nations University (UNU) Conference Center at the UNU headquarters, Tokyo, Japan. The conference will cover themes such as the Architecture of Earth System Governance in the 21st century and Nuclear Safety and Post-disaster Governance. 6th Dubrovnik Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems
Date:
25/09/2011
Excerpt:
The Dubrovnik Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems is dedicated to the improvement and dissemination of knowledge on methods, policies and technologies for increasing the sustainability of development by de-coupling growth from natural resources and replacing them with knowledge based economy. ... New Online Discussion Forum on International Environmental Governance and the Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development
Date:
11/07/2011
Excerpt:
The "Earth System Governance Project" has created a new online discussion forum on international environmental governance and the institutional framework for sustainable development. It is meant to generate new ideas from academia and the policy community on how to advance the international debate with a view to the upcoming Rio+20 summit. ... Thor Heyerdahl Summer School 2011: Environmental Governance: Institutions for Sustainable Development
Date:
20/06/2011
Excerpt:
A summer school series is established at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. The series aims at giving PhDs and young researchers the opportunity to develop high level skills in analyzing environmental governance issues. The first course is on 'Environmental governance: Institutions for sustainable development' (20 June - 1 July, 2011). Organized science, usable knowledge and multilateral environmental governance- Debate with Prof. Peter Haas
Date:
14/03/2011
Excerpt:
As controversies on the validity of scientific discourse in climate or public health matters have reached a new peak, it is important to assess scientists’ present and future results and possible role within institutions that can tackle international level issues. Professor Peter Haas will address this question in the light of his current research. 2010 Berlin Conference: The social dimensions of environmental change and governance
Date:
08/10/2010
Excerpt:
The 2010 Berlin Conference was the 10th conference in the well established series of European Conferences on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change. This year’s conference adressed the “Social dimensions of environmental change and governance”.