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. [...]
Buckingham Palace announced on Saturday that Prof. David Newman is among the more than 1,000 people being presented an award by the Queen as part of her Birthday Honours list. Newman will receive an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his promotion of the academic partnership between Britain and Israel. He has been a [...]
IGU Commission on the Mediterranean Basin (COMB) has been notified these days on the approval of a FP7 Marie Curies IRSES project entitled 'Mediterranean changing relationships: global change, networks and border openings' (MEDCHANGe). FP7 is a prestigious research frame in Europe and the Marie Curies IRSES framework supports scholars working on mobilities and networked research [...]
The International Council for Science (ICSU), on behalf of the Science and Technology Alliance for Global Sustainability, has announced that Professor Frans Berkhout will be the Interim Director of Future Earth. Professor Berkhout will lead the implementation of Future Earth – bringing existing and new research communities and stakeholders together to deliver solutions-oriented knowledge for global sustainability. He [...]
International Course/Workshop on Forensic Investigations of Disasters associated with landslides The workshop will take place at Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez Chiapas, Mexico during June 24 – July 5, 2013. The main objective of the workshop is to share FORIN-Forensic Investigations of Disasters, a methodology proposed by the program on Integrated Research on [...]
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 [...]
International Geographical Union Union Géographique International 2012 Annual Report The International Geographical Union (IGU) The IGU was founded under the auspices of the International Research Council in 1922 in Brussels, having been conceived some years earlier in Paris. Its debut as a formal, continuing organization was preceded by ten International Geographical Congresses, the first of which was held [...]