“Mediterranean Mountains: climate change, landscape and biodiversity”, is a workshop organized by the Italian delegation* of the Alpine Convention and held at the Bio Mediterranean Cluster on 4th September 2015. The Workshop’s intent was to encourage sharing of experience and strengthening and expanding networking and cooperation among regional stakeholders in the Mediterranean on the governance of mountain territories.
Here is possible to download the full report.
The two days event will be held 24-25 April 2017, at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA The symposium does not require a registration fee. It is envisioned that papers will lead to special issues of journals and edited volumes.
• To submit a paper proposal, send a 300-word abstract, a short biographical note, and full contact information.
• To submit a session (panel/roundtable) proposal please provide a 300- word session abstract as well as abstracts from and information about each presenter. Panels are expected to include 3-4 presenters and roundtables 4-5 presenters.
• Deadline for both is November 1st, 2016.
• For further information and to submit a proposal please send a message to EnvironmentalJusticeCSU@gmail.com
The call for session proposals for The Science Centre World Summit (SCWS) is now open for a month!
The SCWS is a global meeting of professionals of science centres/museums and their networks from around the world, convened once every three years. The second Summit will be held in 2017 in Tokyo, Japan, hosted by Miraikan and countries in the Asia and Pacific region.
The SCWS offers an opportunity for science centres/museums to discuss their strategies for their new roles in society. At this Summit, representatives of participating science centres / museums will have discussions with scientists and educators as well as other stakeholders in society, including policymakers, industry and citizens communities, and build varied partnerships to create new approach to global issues followed by concrete actions.
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Two days of informal consultations took place in Rabat, Morocco on 9 September, 2016. Invited by the Moroccan incoming Presidency of the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22/CMP12)140 delegates and climate negotiators from over 50 countries kicked off the closed-door meeeting to advance on discussions around key issues.
The opening session to the two-day closed-door consultations included remarks from Salaheddine Mezouar, COP22 President and Morocco Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Aziz Mekouar, COP22 Ambassador for Multilateral Negotiations, Hakima El Haite, COP22 Special Envoy and Morocco High-Level Climate Champion. French COP21 Climate Ambassador Laurence Tubiana was also on hand as well as a video message to delegates from COP21 President Segolene Royal.
Like COP22 President Salaheddine Mezouar, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa also stressed the need to make significant progress on the $100 billion roadmap and for countries to increase their capacity to fight global warming. The Executive Secretary stated that “success for Marrakech means carrying the historic Paris Agreement forward and implementing it to transition towards a low-carbon economy”.
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