2016 World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders

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The 2016 World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders, themed ‘Local Voices for a Better World,’ opened on Wednesday, 12 October 2016, in Bogotá, Colombia, and will continue through Saturday, 15 October. The World Summit, organized by United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), is the largest global gathering of mayors, councilors, representatives of local governments, and other interested policymakers and practitioners.
Four major deliverables are expected from the 2016 World Summit. The Global Agenda of Local and Regional Governments for the 21st Century will reflect the discussions held in the Summit’s plenaries and policy dialogues, highlighting local and regional authorities’ priorities that are not currently included in global development negotiations surrounding Habitat III and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Accompanying the Global Agenda will be the launch of the 4th Global Report on Local Democracy and Decentralization (GOLD IV), providing analysis, innovative examples and case studies from around the globe to support the recommendations of the Global Agenda. Another major output will be the Bogotá Statements, which will capture the major challenges that local and regional governments have identified during the Summit. The fourth and final expected outcome is the Key Recommendations of Local and Regional Governments to Habitat III.

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UNEP report on ‘Environment, Religion and Culture’

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UNEP, in collaboration with the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Department of the Environment, Iran, has published the report ‘Environment, Religion and Culture’ in the Context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’.

It shows how religion and culture interpret the Five P’s of people, planet, prosperity, peace and partnership and provides examples of how some faith-based and nongovernmental organizations address them. It also encourages religious, cultural leaders and organizations to actively engage in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and calls on religious scholars to continue engaging in dialogue with the scientific world.

To learn more see here.

Environmental and Ecological Education Panel Athens Greece

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The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), a world association of academics and researchers based in Athens, organizes A Panel on Environmental and Ecological Education, 22-23 May 2017, Athens, Greece as part of the Twelfth Annual International Symposium on Environment, 22-23 May 2017, Athens, Greec. 

Proposals for presentation  need to received  by email to atiner @ atiner.com, before 24 October 2016. The registration fee is 540 euro and includes accommodation during the days of the conference, participation to all sessions of the conference, breakfasts, two lunches and all taxes. If you need more information, please let me know and our administration will send it through to you.

The language of the conference is English for both presentations and discussions. Abstracts should be 200-300 words in length and it should include names and contact details of all authors. All abstracts are blind reviewed according to ATINER’s standards and policies. Acceptance decisions are sent within four weeks following submission. Papers should be submitted one month before the conference only if the paper is to be considered for publication at ATINER’s series.

2016 World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders

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The 2016 World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders, themed ‘Local Voices for a Better World,‘ opened on Wednesday, 12 October 2016, in Bogotá, Colombia, and will continue through Saturday, 15 October. The World Summit, organized by United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), is the largest global gathering of mayors, councilors, representatives of local governments, and other interested policymakers and practitioners.

Four major deliverables are expected from the 2016 World Summit. The Global Agenda of Local and Regional Governments for the 21st Century will reflect the discussions held in the Summit’s plenaries and policy dialogues, highlighting local and regional authorities’ priorities that are not currently included in global development negotiations surrounding Habitat III and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Accompanying the Global Agenda will be the launch of the 4th Global Report on Local Democracy and Decentralization (GOLD IV), providing analysis, innovative examples and case studies from around the globe to support the recommendations of the Global Agenda. Another major output will be the Bogotá Statements, which will capture the major challenges that local and regional governments have identified during the Summit. The fourth and final expected outcome is the Key Recommendations of Local and Regional Governments to Habitat III.

To learn more visit here.

UNEP report on ‘Environment, Religion and Culture’

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UNEP, in collaboration with the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Department of the Environment, Iran, has published the report ‘Environment, Religion and Culture’ in the Context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’.

It shows how religion and culture interpret the Five P’s of people, planet, prosperity, peace and partnership and provides examples of how some faith-based and nongovernmental organizations address them. It also encourages religious, cultural leaders and organizations to actively engage in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and calls on religious scholars to continue engaging in dialogue with the scientific world.

To learn more see here.

Mediterranean mountains

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“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.

Call for paper and session proposals – Environmental Justice in the Anthropocene Symposium, 24-25 April 2017, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA

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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

Science Centre World Summit 2017 Call: Call for a proposal is open

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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.

For more information visit the website

COP22 international climate change conference. Informal consultations kick off in Skhirat

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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”.

 

THE 9TH WEEC CONGRESS WILL CELEBRATE TBLISI + 40

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The WEEC Permament Secretariat is honored to welcome the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia, Gigla Augulashvili, at the 9th World Environmental Education Congress to be held on September 9-15, 2017, in Vancouver, BC,Canada.

The next congress – Culturenvironment: Weaving new connections – will be the occasion to celebrate the 40th anniversary of 1977 Tbilisi Declaration, which is a significant platform of global educational efforts towards a sustainable world.

For more information please visit the official website here.

 

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