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City2020+ Conference
January 1, 2012No Comments
The City2020+: Engineering Life Quality for the Future Conference will be happening 18-20 April 2012 in Aachen, Germany. For more information on the conference and how to submit a paper can be downloaded here.
Seminar on sharing environmental data
January 1, 2012No Comments
The seminar on “Sharing environmental data” will be held in Porto Alegre, Brazil in August 2012. Call for papers: If you would like to submit a paper you can find more information on the project website. Alternatively you can download submission forms in your language directly English Spanish Portuguese
COP 17 talks conclude with ‘landmark deal’
December 11, 2011No Comments
The United Nations says the deal that has been signed after climate talks in Durban is historic. Nearly 200 countries have signed the deal that will for the first time see all countries work towards a legal agreement on the climate by 2015. The agreement will come into force from 2020. The next commitment period [...]
IGU Santiago Regional Conference concludes
November 13, 2011No Comments
The IGU Regional Geographic Conference concluded in Santiago on Friday 18th November and was declared a success. The Local Organising Committee and its associated organisations worked tirelessly to ensure that the programme of scientific sessions, technical visits, field trips and social events all went off smoothly. There are many photograps available from the conference website [...]
On 8-11 November 2011 the IGU Commission on Gender and Geography hosted the hugely successful inaugural Latin-American conference on ‘Space, Gender and Power’ at Pontificia Universidade Católica in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Organised by Dr Joseli Maria Silva and Dr Augusto César Pinheiro da Silva the conference attracted approximately 50 local delegates as well as [...]
IYGU Information flyer and brochure now available
September 28, 2011No Comments
Information on the IGU’s IYGU initiative is now available as downloadable pdf files both as a summary flyer and as a more detailed brochure. The International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) addresses the ways in which we inhabit an increasingly globalized world. How do we transform nature? How will we build new social and political [...]
The International Geographical Union aims to promote the study of geographical problems, initiate and co-ordinate geographical research...
Geography is the discipline that attempts to explore how environments emerge by natural processes...