Planet Under Pressure: new knowledge towards solutions. London, 26-29
March 2012. A major international conference sponsored by the
International Council for Science and its four global-change programmes
The Planet Under Pressure 2012 Scientific Organizing Committee
invites proposals for parallel sessions. Deadline for submissions: 18
March 2011.
For details and online submission form see:
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Conference outline
The four-day conference will follow this flow:
Day 1: State of the planet: the latest knowledge about the pressures
on the planet
Day 2: Options and opportunities: exchanging knowledge about ways of
reducing the pressures on the planet, promoting transformative
changes for a sustainable future and adapting to changes in the global system
Day 3: Challenges to progress: clarifying what is preventing or
slowing humanity from implementing potential solutions
Day 4: Ways ahead: a vision for 2050 and beyond, and exploring new
partnerships and pathways towards global sustainability
Conference themes
A. Meeting global needs: food, energy, water and other ecosystem services
B. Transforming our way of living: development pathways under
global environmental change
C. Governing across scales: innovative stewardship of the Earth system
"Given the mounting evidence of the sheer scale of global changes
we are witnessing, the scientific community has a responsibility to
urge public officials, citizens, and private firms in all countries
to focus on the need for major policy changes to avoid major
irreparable damage to our planet. I sincerely hope the 2012
conference will make a significant contribution to placing
sustainability on everyone?s agenda." Elinor Ostrom, 2009 Nobel
Laureate Economics, Chief Scientific Advisor to the Planet Under
Pressure conference
On behalf of the Planet Under Pressure co-chairs, Lidia Brito and
Mark Stafford Smith.
Planet Under Pressure is organised by:
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
DIVERSITAS
International Human Dimensions Programme
World Climate Research Programme
and their Earth System Science Partnership
and sponsored by the International Council for Science
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Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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