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The "Third workshop on water and adaptation to climate change in transboundary basins: Making adaptation work" will take place on 25 and 26 April 2012 in the Palais des Nations in Geneva, back-to-back with the fifth meeting of the Task Force on Water...
The International Energy Program Evaluation Conference (IEPEC) is an annual professional conference for energy program implementers, evaluators of those programs, local, state, national and international representatives, and academic researchers actively working in the field of evaluation. The purpose of the conference is to provide a forum for the presentation, critique and...
Renewable energy sources contribute 16% of the global energy consumption and most nations are working to increase the share of renewables in their total energy budget, to reduce the dependence on fossil fuel sources. Most Nordic and Baltic countries have already surpassed the target set for EU countries by 2020, to produce 20% of energy use from renewables like hydropower, solar energy, wind...
MRD is pleased to announce the publication of a Supplement Issue containing keynote papers, a synthesis paper, and policy papers that emerged from the 2010 “Global Change and the World’s Mountains” conference, which took place in Perth, Scotland, from 26–30 September. The peer-reviewed keynote papers address issues ranging from mountains as a global common good to mountain communities’...
As the world belatedly turns its attention to the pressing issues of environmental degradation, resource scarcity and climate change, the concept of sustainability takes its rightful place at centre stage in discussions about agricultural and rural development.
The Thirty-fifth Session of IFAD’s Governing Council provides a forum for Member States, partners and the public to discuss and...
This meeting aims to bring together both senior and junior scholars with an interest in migration and/or climate change in mountain areas, covering the world*s major mountain ranges, including (but not necessarily limited to) the Himalaya, Andes and Alps.
The aim will be to take stock of existing knowledge, focusing on findings from empirical studies, and develop a mountain-...
The IHP-HELP Centre for Water Law, Policy & Science (under the auspices of UNESCO) and WWF will co-organise a symposium on...
From 9 to 20 July 2012, the International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP) will convene an ICAP Summer School on Emissions Trading for Emerging Economies and Developing Countries in Dublin, Ireland. Designed for 25-30 carefully selected policy makers and other stakeholders from the nongovernmental, academic and private sectors, the course will convey an in-depth understanding of emissions...
Grand Challenges Canada has announced a Request for proposals for investigators in low and middle income countries who are within 10 years after their latest degree (Young innovators) .
With this proposal, Grand Challenges Canada is seeking emerging innovators (within 10 years of graduation from a Masters level or PhD) from developing countries. We are looking for bold ideas with big...
Issue 48 - Month 1 - Year 2012
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40 years of UNESCO World Heritage Convention
This year marks the 40th anniversary of UNESCO World Heritage Convention.
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