Dear Colleagues IGU COMMISSION GEOGRAPHY OF GOVERNANCE WEBINAR THE RESPONSE OF LOCAL GOVERNANCE TO THE GLOBAL CLIMATE EMERGENCY 8 November 2022 The IGU Commission on the Geography of Governance organizes a Webinar on 'The Response of Local Governance to the Global Climate Emergency', on 8 November 2022, 13:00 - 16:30 (UTC). The program includes 8 [...]
Title: “The Ocean and Seas in Geographical Thought” IGU Thematic conference As a contribution to the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030), this thematic conference of the IGU, will focus on the ocean and seas as complex and relational geographical 'objects' through a plurality of foci. For centuries, the ocean and seas [...]
IGU Commission on Local and Regional Development Annual Meeting, Cuenca, Spain, 13-15th October 2022 Topic: Sociodemographic change and its impact on territorial development policies Organized by the International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission on Local and Regional Development, the Spanish Working Group of Local Development, which is part of the Association of Spanish Geographers (AGE), and [...]
2nd International Scientific Conference Landscape Dimensions of Sustainable Development: Science – Mapping – Planning – Governance http://icldscartogis.tsu.ge/en Tbilisi, Georgia Dear Colleagues, The 2nd International Scientific Conference “Landscape Dimensions of Sustainable Development: Science – Mapping – Planning – Governance” will take place in Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia on 12-16 September 2022 to commemorate the 75th [...]
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 [...]
Dear Colleagues The registration tab of The IGU Extraordinary Centennial Congress 2022 scheduled at Paris during 18th July 2022 to 22nd July 2022 is now hidden. From now on, if participants who have submitted an abstract and are confirmed, e.g. colleagues who may be informed of their financial support late, they should contact the organisation [...]
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 [...]
