Events
The Swiss and Austrian Alps are moving closer – at least in terms of research! To foster existing partnerships and to develop new research collaborations between the two Alpine countries, the first Swiss-Austrian Mountain Days will be organized for the mountain research community to capitalize on the Swiss-Austrian Alliance for Mountain Research. The CH–AT Alliance was endorsed by the Swiss State...
The AGU Fall Meeting is the largest worldwide conference in the geophysical sciences, attracting more than 20,000 Earth and space scientists, educators, students, and other leaders. Attendees will have the opportunity to present research, learn about the latest geophysical breakthroughs and connect with their peers. The 2012 meeting dates are Monday, 3 December – Friday, 7 December.
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Greetings from Bala Vikasa People Development Training Center Warangal, A.P, India.
Bala Vikasa PDTC is extremely happy to announce Four week-long Capacity Building Program with Field Exposure in “Community Driven Development” (CDD). This program is scheduled from 3 – 27th September, 2012 at Bala Vikasa PDTC Premises.
The course consists of both theoretical and practical aspects...
You are engaged in the management of natural resources for (agricultural) production purposes, or for conservation? Then you have most likely noticed that competition over water, land, resources on that land, even over clean air has drastically increased. Resulting conflicts between land uses and groups of people are common in our work even such that “natural resources management (NRM)” can be...
'Non-greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants in China' is the subject of the next webinar from the IEA Clean Coal Centre. Dr Andrew Minchener OBE will present the findings of his latest report in a webinar on 11 July at midday (UK time). Attendance is free, but registration is reguired.Visit http://www.iea-coal.org/site/2010/news/webinars? or click on the webinar button on our...
The High-level Side Event on Sustainable Energy for All will showcase commitments to actions by all stakeholders towards the objectives of the Secretary-General’s Sustainable Energy for All initiative. It will provide a unique platform for global leaders, including heads of states, CEOs and heads of civil society organizations, to announce their major initiatives, commitments and partnerships...
The World Development Report 2012 has established that gender equality is smart economic policy. Background papers explore the linkages between energy, gender and development.The UN Secretary-General has launched the Sustainable Energy for All initiative to ensure universal access to modern energy services, double the rate of improvement in energy efficiency and double the share of renewable...
The objective of this side event is to provide an opportunity, for policymakers, private sector and civil society representatives from developing and industrialized countries to discuss the implementation of Montreal Protocol projects and its impact on climate change. Besides depleting the ozone layer, most ozone depleting substances (ODS) can have both direct and indirect adverse consequences on...
GWP Participation at Rio+20 18 June 2012, 09:30 - 11:00 Side Event: Mountain knowledge solutions for sustainable green economy and improved water, food, energy, and environment nexus Venue: P3-A, RioCentro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. GWP Executive Secretary Dr Ania Grobicki will be a speaker at the side event that highlighting the need to better manage mountain natural resources as global public...
Please join us at:ENERGY DAYGlobal Energy Assessment Special SessionTuesday, June 19, 19:50-21:00,Riocentro Convention Centre - Pavilion 3, P3-3OVERVIEWThe Rio+20 Energy Day is a full day thematic session on energy hosted by UN-Energy. The day will culminate in a special session on the Global Energy Assessment (GEA) presenting highlights of the Key Findings in the context of Rio+20.The...