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März 2013
14- 16 April 2013: Take places the "Final Colloquium: Megacities-Megachallenge: Informal Dynamics of Global Change" in Bonn.
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März 2013
28 March 2013: Last day of the Early Bird registration for the 2nd international BMBF conference "Future Megacities in Action – Innovative Solutions for Energy- and Climate- Efficient Urbanization" from 14 to 16 May 2013 in Hamburg.
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März 2013
8. – 12. April 2013: "Metropolitan Solutions" Messe in Hannover.
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März 2013
28 March 2013: Abstract submission deadline for the European Conference "Climate Change and Nature Conservation in Europe - an ecological, policy and economic perspective" 25- 27 June 2013, Bonn.
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März 2013
25 March 2013: Registration deadline for the "International Conference on Biodiversity" which will be held from 16 to 18 April 2013 in Berlin.
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March 2013
31 May 2013: Abstract submission deadline for the "African Climate Conference 2013" which will be held from 15 to 18 October 2013 at Arusha International Conference Centre, Tanzania.
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March 2013
3 May 2013: Deadline for abstract submission for the "7
th HyMeX Workshop" from 7 to 10 October 2013 in Cassis, France.
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March 2013
15 March 2013: Extended deadline for applications for the Summer School "Adaptation Governance: Spatial, Temporal, and Cultural Constraints and Opportunities" from 26 June to 4 July 2013 in Budapest, Hungary.
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March 2013
15 March 2013: Proposal submission deadline for the "People and the Planet 2013: Transforming the Future" Conference from 2 to 4 July 2013 in Melbourne Australia.
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Nationale News 2013
März 2013
Megacities and megaurban regions have become a focal point of economic, political and social development in the late 20th century. Many of the complex megaurban processes and structures are linked to global change processes, and many of them are strongly influenced by informal networks and institutions. In the past six years more than 100 researchers in Bangladesh, China and Germany have been collaborating within the research framework of the Scientific Priority Program "Megacities-Megachallenge. Informal Dynamics of Global Change" to explore the interlinkages of informality and global change in the megaurban contexts of Dhaka (Bangladesh) and the Pearl River Delta (China). The research program’s final colloquium will reflect this collaborative work with presentations on interdisciplinary research in the key areas of research. In order to broaden the scope of presentations and discussions, the organizers also invite presentations of papers by researchers outside the research program who work on the respective subjects.
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The international conference Future Megacities in Action will highlight good practice examples of energy and climate efficient urbanisation from Asia, Africa and America, set against the European background. It will feature the results of the research programme "Future Megacities" funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research since 2005: technical, social and economic solutions developed by participating bilateral and trans-disciplinary research teams for and with cities. It will also present innovative approaches taken in other cities that stand out in their efforts towards achieving greater sustainability. The conference aims to address an audience made up of representatives from all sectors of urban development. It will offer ample opportunities to meet other actors in the field and exchange ideas with international practitioners, researchers and dedicated urbanists from many disciplines.
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2013 wird die Metropolitan Solutions erstmals in der Messehalle 1 stattfinden – und mit ihrem völlig neuen Konzept als "Stadt in der Messe" Fachbesucher aus allen Kontinenten anlocken. Dabei profitieren Sie von Synergie-Potenzialen der insgesamt 11 parallel stattfindenden internationalen Leitmessen der HANNOVER MESSE: Nur hier wird zeitgleich die gesamte Wertschöpfungskette der industriellen Produktion abgebildet. Ein entscheidender Mehrwert für die Messeplanung von Gestaltern urbaner Infrastrukturen.
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Climate change is already affecting Europe’s ecosystems. We can expect potentially severe effects on biodiversity and ecosystem function and services in the future. The resulting challenges need to be met by appropriate action despite uncertainty about the timing and magnitude of possible climatic changes. This European conference will bring together experts from science, policy and practice to highlight and debate the importance of adapting to climate change in conservation from an ecological, policy and economic perspective, and will also showcase successful conservation partnerships across Europe. Following up on the discussions of the previous BfN/ENCA conference on biodiversity and climate change, held in Bonn in 2011, the conference in 2013 will go a step further and explore how adaptation can be put into practice.
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The 2nd International Conference on Biodiversity and the UN Millennium Development Goals will focus on the Nexus Biodiversity and Health. The goal of the forthcoming conference is to discuss the interactions between biodiversity and human health under rapidly changing environmental conditions, to identify research gaps, and to develop novel, innovative approaches on how to manage ecosystems and biodiversity for the benefit of humans and nature. The 2.5 day conference with plenary sessions and poster presentation will address scientists as well as practitioners. No conference fee will be charged. Due to the space limitation the number of participants is restricted to 200. The conference is jointly organized by the Leibniz Association and the French Institut Ecologie et Environnement-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (InEE-CNRS), and co-financed by the German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina.
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The use of indicators to monitor our environment and to inform and diagnose environmental hazards and their impacts remains a challenge. Standardization of these monitoring efforts is of great importance in order to get reliable data for an accurate assessment of the current state of the environment and to thus form the basis for policy. This international conference will bring together experts from government departments, consultancies, and academia to meet this challenge. You are invited to submit abstracts for oral or poster presentation. Please note that each participant should only submit one abstract as the presenting author. After 01 March 2013, all submitted abstracs will be evaluated by the Conference Organizing Committee. You will be informed at 31 March 2013 if your submission is accepted for presentation.
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Das Bundesumweltministerium (BMU) und das Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN) veranstalten am fünften März in Berlin das fünfte Nationale Forum zur biologischen Vielfalt. Bundesumweltminister Peter Altmaier wird zusammen mit Holger Lösch, Mitglied der Hauptgeschäftsführung des BDI, und Eberhard Brandes, Vorstand des WWF Deutschland, den Startschuss für die langfristig angelegte Dialog- und Aktionsplattform „Unternehmen Biologische Vielfalt 2020“ gegeben. Außerdem werden im Rahmen des Forums Vertreter namhafter Unternehmen mit dem Bundesumweltminister über die Herausforderungen und Chancen der biologischen Vielfalt für Unternehmen sprechen. Ideen und zusätzliche Ansätze für Aktivitäten, die Teilnehmende mit ihrer Anmeldung für die neue Plattform vorschlagen, werden am Nachmittag vorgestellt.
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The goal of the Hamburg Conference is to increase knowledge and management inputs through an intensive learning process of decision-making, action and evaluation. Therefore we invite contributions showing tools and actions to deal innovatively with environmental and climate-induced migration. Central and final aim of the conference is to collect evidence-based knowledge and experiences and produce an outcome document, along the lines of the Nansen Principles on Human Displacements, thus contributing to setting the future agenda on climate induced migration. Contributions from scientists, experts, practitioners and decision-makers, with a special attention to contributions coming from the Global South, are invited. The conference aims at shedding light on environmental induced migration (CIM) and on the driving forces for action. The organizer seeks to promote not only the debate around CIM but also to increase the participation, exchange of knowledge and capacity building between the Global South and the North.
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Forschung und Wissenschaft sind vor allem dann überzeugend und glaubwürdig, wenn sie sich den ethischen Prinzipien, die sich mit Nachhaltigkeit verbinden, verpflichtet fühlen. Dies gilt sowohl für die Durchführung der Forschung als auch für die Auswahl und kritische Begleitung von Forschungsthemen. Auch die Gesellschaft erwartet bei der Bewältigung von Nachhaltigkeitsproblemen Lösungen von der Politik und der Wissenschaft. Das Symposium setzt einen Startschuss für die „Sustainability in Science Initiative“. Im Dialog mit Fachleuten aus Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Zivilgesellschaft soll erarbeitet werden, wie Forschungseinrichtungen und Wissenschaftler Nachhaltigkeit in ihrem Tätigkeitsfeld konkret umsetzen können. Es soll ein Ort des Austausches sein, der Raum für inhaltliche und strategische Diskussionen schafft, in dem sich bestehende Initiativen vorstellen und vernetzen können. Gemeinsam mit Experten aus Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Zivilgesellschaft diskutieren Sie über die verschiedenen Dimensionen von Nachhaltigkeit in der Forschung und ihre Umsetzung in die Praxis.
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Please elaborate your abstract using max. 2000 words. Please also remember to target one of the key challenges outlined in the visioning document. Papers should be submitted as a standard PDF-file. Details of the preferred format are described in the downloadable style-sheet. It can be used as a template for MS Word or as style guide for other word processing applications. Full papers will be published online prior to the conference. They are intended to help prepare the grounds for in-depth discussions of the key challenges at the conference itself. Following the conference, a special issue of a selection of papers will be envisaged in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.
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Im Auftrag der nationalen IPCC-Kontaktstelle im Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit sind Sie eingeladen, sich an der Fachbegutachtung zu beteiligen. Die Organisatoren würden sich freuen, wenn Sie mit Ihrer Expertise dazu beitragen würden, die hohe Qualität der IPCC-Produkte zu sichern. Falls Sie sich als Fachgutachter/in beteiligen möchten, registrieren Sie sich bitte online auf der Webseite der IPCC Task Force on Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI) unter
http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/forms/wetlandsreview_registration.html. Sie erhalten dann direkt von der Geschäftsstelle der TFI alle weiteren Unterlagen. Weitere Informationen finden Sie
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Die nationale IPCC-Kontaktstelle im Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit lädt Sie ein, sich an der Fachbegutachtung zu beteiligen. Die Gutachter/innen können den Entwurf im Detail kommentieren und so zu seiner Verbesserung beitragen. Wir hoffen, dass Sie bereit sind, mit Ihrer Expertise die hohe Qualität der IPCC-Berichte zu sichern. Die Fachbegutachtung findet vom 7. Januar bis 3. Februar 2013 statt. Falls Sie sich zum Kreis der geeigneten Expertinnen und Experten zählen, registrieren Sie sich bitte online auf der Webseite der IPCC Task Force on Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI) unter
http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/forms/kpsgreview_registration.html. Zusätzliche Informationen finden Sie außerdem
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Achieving sustainable development requires a transition from the current state of the human-envi-ronment system, to a more sustainable one. It is agreed upon that this transition cannot be supported by single scientific disciplinary knowledge alone. There is a need to develop tools which are able to exchange and pro¬duce knowledge at the interface between disciplines as well as between science and society. Furthermore, science should develop tools for anticipating potential outcomes of scenarios,strategies, e.g. societally relevant decisions and policies and assessing them from a sustaina¬bility perspective. Thus, two elements seem key to support a transition towards sustain¬ability from a scientific perspective: transdisciplinarity and simulation modeling. The potentials of transdisciplinary research and modeling for fostering production and exchange of knowledge between science and society to induce transitions towards sustainability are in the center of this conference. We will analyze the communalities, diffe¬ren¬ces and linkages between transdisciplinary methods and modeling tools in the con¬text of transition processes.
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The aim of the GLP 2nd Open Science Meeting 'Land Transformations: between global challenges and local realities' is to bring together large parts of the international research community working on land change issues, showcase the width and scope of ongoing research, help build a community in this highly interdisciplinary field, inspire new research and facilitate review, theory building and extrapolation. The conference will synthesize and discuss the role of the land system as a platform for human-environment interactions, connecting local land use decisions to global impacts and responses. The Global Land Project is a joint research project for land systems for the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) and the International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP). The Global Land Project Science Plan represents the research framework for the coming decade for land systems.
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The conference organisers invite contributions from different disciplinary perspectives. The main objective is to gain a better understanding about the conditions, dynamics and impacts of energy transitions towards sustainability. Energy systems are understood as complex socio-technical systems that require transdisciplinary methods and a focus on policy and action oriented research. The conference programme will entail high-level keynote speeches, parallel thematic sessions as well as a policy-meets-science event. For more information and for submitting an abstract please click
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BIOHYDROLOGY 2013 addresses many contemporary issues surrounding water scarcity, climate change and increase pressure on land. The conference focuses on the interaction between biological and hydrological systems, including positive impacts such as water harnessing and flood mitigation, and negative aspects including threats to food production, water repellency and environmental degradation through unsustainable land use practices. Experts from hydrology, ecology, soil science, biology, geography, forestry and engineering will meet in a forum designed to get different disciplines working together.
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Jeder ist herzlich eingeladen an einer gemeinsamen Strategie zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung der Nordwest-Region aktiv mitzuwirken. Neben einem intensiven regionalen Informationsaustausch ist das Ziel der Fachtagung von 'nordwest2050', die Eckpunkte für eine langfristig orientierte Landnutzung und den vorausschauenden konstruktiven Umgang mit Flächenknappheit in der Region in Form der „Auricher Erklärung“ zu erarbeiten und zu verabschieden.
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