Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the International Geographical Union (IGU)Thematic Conference on “Islands in Relations: Conflicts, Sustainability, and Peace” will be held at Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan, from April 4th to 6th, 2023. The Conference will be organized in a hybrid format (a combination of in-person and virtual sessions) with the [...]
In April 2022, dozens of geographers from across the globe participated in an online meeting of the world's geographical societies ahead of COP15 of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in Kunming. An initiative of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, in collaboration with the International Geographical Union, the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and the Royal [...]
Dear Colleagues A synthetic version of program of IGC Paris 2022 'The Centennial Congress' is released. Participants can navigate to know 1) The programme at a glance; 2) The programme of sessions and 3) Find the reference of a session using congress website link "https://www.ugiparis2022.org/index.php?langue=en&onglet=29&acces=&idUser=&emailUser="
Dear IGU Colleagues The IGU is delighted to note that our President, Professor Michael Meadows has been awarded a Fellowship by the Geographical Society of China (GSC) in recognition of his outstanding support for the Society and for Chinese geography. The Fellowship recognizes Professor Meadows’ constant support for the GSC, as well as his valuable [...]
Dear IGU Colleagues Firstly, allow me to thank you all for being willing to stand for election for the vacant IGU Vice-President positions. Thanks to the diligent work of both Aharon Kellerman and Jarkko Saarinen as tellers, I am pleased to be able to report the official results of the recent e-ballot. 51 National Committees [...]
The widely used QEN Paleovegetation Atlas has existed for more than 20 years, but its maps were in a simple JPEG form, not in GIS form. This has limited their use for modelling in biogeography, archaeology and climate modelling. Thanks to funding generously provided by the School of Geography and Oceanography of Nanjing University, the [...]
The IGU Is pleased to announce the winners of its various awards. These will be presented at the Extraordinalr International Geographical Congress in Paris, 18th to 22nd July 2022. Two new awards were inaugurated this year: the IGU Award for Distinguished Practice and the Early Career Award, along with its long-standing Lauréat d'Honneur, and Planet [...]
The IGU Commission Excellence Award winner for 2021 is the IGU Commission on Rural Sustainability. The award recognizes the IGU Commission (or Task Force) that is judged as most successfully advancing the objectives of the IGU in, for example, encouraging and facilitating the involvement of young researchers, female researchers and researchers from low income countries [...]
Professor Jean-Robert Pitte, President of the French Societé de Geographié has written an open letter to Vladimir Putin and Sergei Shoygu, respectively Chairman of the Board, and Executive President, of the Russian Geographical Society. We present here an English translation. the version in French can be found here Dear Presidents, I authorize myself to write [...]
Following on from the highly successful event held in June 2021 ahead of COP26 (Climate Change) in Glasgow, the IGU (in collaboration with the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and the Royal Geographical Society) is co-hosting a second international gathering – this time in connection with COP15 on the UN Convention [...]
