Diary

Article Type: Diary From: Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, Volume 20, Issue 2

Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers

Las Vegas, USA, March 22-27 2009

Given colliding global challenges such as climate change, food crises,increasing urbanisation, economic downturns and rising energy prices, there is an increasing need to consider how to define and create local, sustainable communities. The Association of American Geographers welcome delegates to their Annual Conference, to be held in Las Vegas in Spring 2009. The theme of the conference is “Building Sustainable Communities”. Submissions should address specific themes in the context of sustainable communities including but not exclusive to: urban planning; climate change; food systems; social enterprises; animal welfare; social justice including social inclusion and exclusion, gender, the ethics of care, and labour; new urban-rural interfaces and networks; and environmental welfare issues. Further details are available at: www.aag.org/annualmeetings/2009/index.htm

2nd EIC Climate Change Technology Conference

McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 12-15 May 2009

The Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) invites delegates to attend the 2nd EIC Climate Change Technology Conference (CCTC2009). This important international event covers all aspects of climate change and focuses on engineering solutions. The conference is highly interdisciplinary, with contributions from various areas of engineering (civil, chemical, mechanical management, nuclear, geotechnical, etc) and many related fields. In addition to the many presentations that are planned, the conference features 19 plenary talks by internationally recognized authorities on a range of important topics.

Further details can be found at the conference web site: www.cctc2009.ca

World Business Summit on Climate Change-Delivering recommendations to a new climate treaty

Copenhagen, Denmark, 24-26 May 2009

Climate change, typically viewed as a threat, also presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to lead the next industrial revolution as the world shifts to a low carbon economy. At the World Business Summit on Climate Change, the Copenhagen Climate Council and the world’s foremost low carbon pioneers will take the lead in kick-starting this industrial revolution. The Summit’s ambition is to demonstrate clearly that climate change is not just a risk and a challenge to humanity, but also a significant opportunity to create innovative solutions and new ventures that may result in better quality of life for millions of people across the world.

The Summit will bring together business leaders with the world’s top scientists, economists, civil society, media leaders, politicians and other thought leaders to show how business can help solve the climate crisis through innovative business models, new partnerships and the development of low carbon technologie. The Summit will send a strong message to the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference (COP15) on how to remove barriers and create incentives for implementation of new solutions in a post-Kyoto framework.

Further details are available at: http://copenhagenclimatecouncil.com/index.php/the-world-business-summit-on-climate-change-2

International Conference on Human Ecology

Manchester, UK, 30 June-3 July 2009

This Conference, under the theme “Human Ecology for an urbanising world” will examine the status of, and current challenges facing, human ecology around the world. It aims to bring together scholars and practitioners associated with the study and practice of human ecology to demonstrate the relevance of the discipline, and its philosophy and applications, for the contemporary environment and for society. The continued growth of cities and the increasing rates of consumption of hundreds of millions of urban people are continuing to have impacts far beyond urban areas themselves. The transformation of the earth’s surface, atmosphere and waters is both modifying ecosystems and changing societies. The resolution of the many problems that these transformations create requires the holistic, integrative approach to the earth as the home of humankind that human ecology fosters and promotes. This conference aims to bring together the diverse perspectives embraced by the wide range of approaches to these problems and to produce new ideas and practical suggestions for improving the efforts being made to improve people’s lives and to better care for the planet.

Global Conference on Global Warming

Istanbul, Turkey, 5-9 July 2009

Further to the success of previous events, the Global Conference on Global Warming will be held in Istanbul, Turkey on 5-9 July 2009. The primary themes of the conference are global warming and climate change, not only in engineering and science but also in all other disciplines (e.g. ecology, education, social sciences, economics, management, political sciences, and information technology). The event covers a broad range of topics on energy and environment policies, energy resources, energy conversion technologies, energy management and conservation, energy security, renewables, green technologies, emission reduction and abatement, carbon tax, sustainable development, pollution control and measures, policy development, etc. Therefore, papers on related topics are solicited from all relevant disciplinary areas, ranging from current problems,projections, new concepts, modeling, experiments and measurements, to simulations.

Further details can be found at the conference web site: www.gcgw.org/