On behalf of the Chair of the IGU Commission on Land Degradation COMLAND (Paul Hudson), we are pleased to advise of an upcoming COMLAND meeting and field trip in Tasmania, Australia. This will be in late October 2014 and be in partnership with the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ). The EIANZ is [...]
The deadline for submission of abstracts for the upcoming IGU Regional Conference in Krakow, Poland, has now passed and the excellent news is that more than 1000 papers have been submitted for consideration. Visit the conference website for further information www.igu2014.org The following dates are still important to note: 25 February 2014 Notification of results of [...]
This week the world says farewell to perhaps the greatest human being of our time. Nelson Mandela, known affectionately in South Africa as Tata Madiba, died peacefully on 5th December at his home in Houghton, Johannesburg. Madiba has a special relationship with the IGU since he opened the Durban Regional Conference in 2002 and was [...]
Chinese glaciologist and climate scientist and IGU Vice-President Dr. Qin Dahe has been awarded this year’s Volvo Environment Prize. The award winner is a key contributor to the fifth assessment report from the UN climate panel (IPPC), whose first section, the “Physical Science Basis”, was released in September. He attracted wide attention last year with [...]
SPRINGER SERIES ON ADVANCES IN GEOGRAPHICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Springer’s new book series editor R.B. Singh invites proposals from the IGU Commission Chair, Chair of the IGU National Committees, geographers, environmental scientists and organisers of the related international conference/seminars for negotiating a volume under Springer special book series on Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences. [...]
The IGU Kyoto Regional Conference is underway and registration opened Sunday afternoon 4th August with the opening ceremony scheduled for Monday morning. Around 1600 delegates have registered to attend, more than half of which come from beyond Japan, in all 69 countries. The conference, which concludes Friday, has more than 1200 presentations as well as a number of parallel events and exhibitions. [...]
Preparations remain on track for the upcoming IGU Regional Conference in Kyoto, Japan, to take place from 4th to 9th August 2013. The Kyoto Local Organising Committee has announced with great pleasure that the preliminary program is now available on the website (http://www.igu-kyoto2013.org/). Please check the program to confirm the day, time and session of your own [...]
Breaking news from the Kyoto Local Organising Committee: Extension of Deadline for Abstraction Submission From October 10 last year, we started to receive abstract submissions for IGU Kyoto Regional Conference (KRC), which will be held August 4-Â?9. As you know, the original deadline for submission (January 15, 2013) is drawing near. Unfortunately, however, the number [...]
The International Geographical Congress that concluded at the University of Cologne just a few weeks ago was an unprecedented success for the IGU. Thanks to the selfless efforts of the IGC2012 Local Organising Committee under the fine leadership of Dr Frauke Kraas and Professor Dieter Soyez the congress went off without a hitch. Moreoever, the [...]
Eight years of waiting and anticipation: the hard work is almost done. The machine that is the Local Organising Committee - a younger and more energetic team you cannot find - is now fine-tuning the operations to welcome more than 2000 delegates to the International Geographical Congress at the University of Cologne. With just a few [...]
