Dear IGU Colleagues 6th Edition of the GeoNight // 6e édition de la Nuit de la Géographie WEBINAR GOVERNING THE URBAN NIGHT LOCAL GOVERNANCE OF THE URBAN NIGHT TIME The IGU Commission Geography of Governance organizes a Webinar on 'Governing the Urban Night', during the 6th edition of the Night of Geography (https://www.geonight.net/), on [...]
The International Geographical Union (IGU) has already expressed its strong objection to the invasion of Ukraine, an independent sovereign state, by Russian armed forces (see: https://igu-online.org/declaration-by-the-international-geographical-union-on-the-ukraine-crisis/). However, the escalation of the military offence and its consequent humanitarian crisis warrants our further response. The Executive Committee of the International Geographical Union (IGU) has, therefore, taken the [...]
14th January is World Logic Day. In association with the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH), IGU favours the practice of geographical investigation on the principles of reasoning and strongly supports the celebration of the principles that World Logic Day represents. Despite its undeniable relevance to the development of knowledge, sciences and technologies, [...]
Dear IGU Colleagues, It is my great pleasure to inform that the calls of nominations of the candidates for the following four IGU Honors & Awards 2022 is still open for nomination. The IGU Lauréat d’honneur, established to recognize individuals who have achieved particular distinction or who have rendered outstanding service in the work of [...]
International Conference LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN A TIME OF GLOBAL EMERGENCIES IGU Commission Geography of Governance Annual Conference - 2022 Mexico City, 29 - 31 August 2022 Date: 29 - 31 August 2022 Conference venue: Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM), Mexico,Casa de la Primera Imprenta de América, Mexico City Themes: The Conference is organized into 4 tracks [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The IGU deeply regrets to announce the passing of our beloved Secretary-General, the great Indian geographer, Professor R.B. Singh (b. 03 February 1955 ~ d. 22 July 2021; MA and PhD - Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi). Known to us affectionately as 'RB", he was elected as IGU Vice-President in 2012 and was the first Indian [...]
The Awards Committee of the International Geographical Union is delighted to announce the recipients of the IGU Awards for 2021. Mr. Dangermond is awarded the Planet and Humanity Medal (which honours individuals (not necessarily geographers) who have made outstanding contributions to peace, welfare, or sustainability). Professor Eckart Ehlers and Helen Kerfoot are awarded the Laureat [...]
GeoNight 2021 - what a great result! Here are some first data extracted from the Geonight international website: https://www.geonight.net/ In the GeoNight week (April 3-9), the website had 63557 events (in this regard "events" are page views, downloads etc.). This is NOT the same as the number of event participants (it may be very different, because [...]
