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Frankfurt Water Symposium: Adaptation in Action
We are pleased to announce the second Frankfurt Water Symposium organized by KfW Entwicklungsbank which will take place from February 2–3, 2012 in Frankfurt. The symposium “Adaptation in Action – Climate Change and Water” will focus on adaptation to climate change in the water sector.
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Prep for Water-Food-Energy Nexus: Bonn 2011
05/09/11 19:30 Filed in: Conference | Policy
“Towards Bonn2011 Conference: The Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus - Solutions for the Green Economy”
September 3, 2011, Saal Schuman 14:15 – 15:45
The German Government and Stakeholder Forum invite you to participate in the workshop “Towards Bonn2011 Conference: The Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus - Solutions for the Green Economy”.
The workshop will offer civil society organisations the opportunity to input into the Bonn 2011 Conference: The Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus - Solutions for the Green Economy to be held from 16 to 18 November 2011; and therefore, into the Rio+20 discussions on the Green Economy.
Water in a globalizing world: conference results
The contributions to an international scientific workshop (20-23 June 2011, Bad Schoenbrunn, Switzerland) are published online now as Workshop Proceedings:
http://www.hfph.de/igp/proceedings2011
This four-day workshop, which was organised by the Institute for Social and Development Studies (www.hfph.de/igp) at the Munich School of Philosophy, was about "water management options in a globalised world - promoting a dialogue between economics, ethics and other disciplines". About 20 scientists from various backgrounds came together to discuss about an adequate problem framing, different management options and ethical aspects.
Kind regards,
Martin Kowarsch
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http://www.hfph.de/igp/proceedings2011
This four-day workshop, which was organised by the Institute for Social and Development Studies (www.hfph.de/igp) at the Munich School of Philosophy, was about "water management options in a globalised world - promoting a dialogue between economics, ethics and other disciplines". About 20 scientists from various backgrounds came together to discuss about an adequate problem framing, different management options and ethical aspects.
Kind regards,
Martin Kowarsch
(martin.kowarsch@hfph.de) Read More...
UNEP "Adaptation Knowledge Day" event
UNEP, IUCN and the World Bank would like to warmly invite you to join us at the Second Adaptation Knowledge Day, to take place on Saturday 11 June, at the Gustav-Stresemann-Institut (GSI) in Bonn. Read More...
GWP event in Bonn, Germany, for UNFCCC
31/05/11 20:45 Filed in: Policy
We would also like to inform you that during the June session of the UNFCC negotiations in Bonn, Germany, the Global Water Partnership (GWP) will have a side event focusing on "Water, Climate and Development." Read More...
UNESCO conference on climate change, biodiversity
31/05/11 06:38 Filed in: Conference | Research
On 27 and 28 June 2011, an international high-level conference with the title “For life, for the future. Biosphere reserves and climate change“ will take place in Germany, in the city of Dresden. The conference is held on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the UNESCO MAB programme. It is organized by UNESCO-MAB, the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation and the German Commission for UNESCO.
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German sustainability and climate change report
08/04/11 18:38 Filed in: Report
On April 7, the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)
submitted his new report "World in Transition – A social contract for
sustainability" to the German Federal Ministers Dr. Norbert Röttgen
(environment) and Dr. Annette Schavan (research).
The summary for policymakers can be dowloaded at
http://www.wbgu.de/index.php?id=403&L=1
The full report will be available in fall 2011. Read More...
submitted his new report "World in Transition – A social contract for
sustainability" to the German Federal Ministers Dr. Norbert Röttgen
(environment) and Dr. Annette Schavan (research).
The summary for policymakers can be dowloaded at
http://www.wbgu.de/index.php?id=403&L=1
The full report will be available in fall 2011. Read More...
