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International Association for Promoting Geoethics awards Geoethics medal to IGU Vice-President Hay
The 2021 International Association for Promoting Geoethics has awarded the Geoethics Medal to IGU Vice-President Iain Hay. The citation reads as follows: Iain Hay has pioneered the field of geographies of domination and oppression in a lifetime’s work acknowledged by a rare Doctor of Letters (University of Canterbury 2009). His research unmasks unintended and insidious [...]
October IGU e-newsletter now published
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Geographer elected to International Science Council Governing Board
At the recent General Assembly (virtual) of the International Science Council (ISC), geographer Professor Maria Paradiso was nominated by the IGU and subsequently elected as a member of the ISC Governing Board. Professor Paradiso is a long-standing supporter of the IGU and has worked incredibly hard over many years to promote our aims and objectives. [...]
WORLD’S GEOGRAPHY COMMUNITY CALLS FOR A GLOBAL REDOUBLING OF EFFORTS TO CONFRONT CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATURE LOSS
As the world begins to gather in its continuing efforts to tackle the climate and nature crises, the global geography community, co-ordinated by the IGU, the Scottish Royal Geographical Society, the Royal Geographical Society, and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, is calling on world leaders to redouble their efforts and place the protection of nature [...]
International Workshop on Geography and Sustainability 23-24 November 2021
Background The world is changing at an accelerating pace because of the increased human pressure on the earth’s resources and the consequent climate crises. The 2019 IPBES report indicated that 14 of the 18 categories of nature’s contributions to people had declined globally since 1970. The 2021 UN report on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) noted [...]
Hurricane Ida aftermath
A BBC news report (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58409267) includes images that provide a graphic picture of the damage caused by Hurricane Ida that left huge areas of the southeastern and eastern United States devastated. Satellite images taken by Maxar on Tuesday show extensive damage along the Gulf Coast and southern Louisiana following the fifth strongest storm to ever [...]
34th International Geographical Congress
The 34th IGC, postponed from 2020, concluded yesterday with a closing ceremony. Over the five days, more than 600 papers were delivered in the online event, with authors from 75 different countries. At its conclusion, the Congress flag was handed over by the chair of the local organizing committee and President of the Turkish Geographical [...]
34th International Geographical Congress
The 34th IGC, postponed from 2020, concluded yesterday with a closing ceremony. Over the five days, more than 600 papers were delivered in the online event, with authors from 75 different countries. At its conclusion, the Congress flag was handed over by the chair of the local organizing committee and President of the Turkish Geographical [...]
iGeo 2021 hailed a great success
The International Geographical Olympiad, known as iGeo, concluded on Sunday 15th August in Istanbul - although of course the participants (from no less than 48 countries) joined the event virtually. The winning team was Singapore, and the top Gold Medal was awarded to Rustam Bigildin of Russia. Congratulations to the local organizers, the iGeo Task [...]