At its last meeting, the Council of the Academia Europaea (London) confirmed the election Prof. Dr. Benno Werlen, chair of the IGU Commission on Global Understanding and IGU Laureat d'honneur winner, as chairperson of the social science section "Human Mobility, Governance, Environment and Space". This section is concerned with interdisciplinary and internationally comparative studies of [...]
Dear Colleagues, On Sunday, June 2, 2024, at 11.00, the inauguration of the bust of the geographer Emmanuel de Martonne will take place, on Calea Victoriei (intersection with Calea Griviței, opposite the statue of the Runners & the Ministry of Economy), in the presence of numerous guests (representatives of the Presidency, the Government, the City [...]
The Africa Regional Conference & Exhibition on Education and Skills Development (ARC-EDS) The Africa Regional Conference Exhibition and Education and Skills Development (ARC-EDS) is an initiative of ESDEV Foundation Africa, a Project Partner of The Jena Declaration. It is organized in partnership with Ghana’s premier Technical University – The Accra Technical University. The conference aims [...]
Geography and Sustainability BNU Summer School, June 4-7 2024, Beijing & Online About the Course In order to promote the integrated research of geography and serve the regional and global sustainable development, Beijing Normal University will provide a summer course on geography and sustainability. The course will bring together researchers around the world and present [...]
IGU Commission Excellence Award 2023 I am delighted to report that the IGU Commission Excellence Awards Committee has unanimously recommended that the award for 2023 should be jointly conferred upon the IGU Commission on Local and Regional Development and the IGU Commission on Land Use and Land Cover Change. At our recent meeting of the [...]
Following the recommendation of the IGU Honors and Awards Committee, chaired by former IGU President Professor Ron Abler, we are delighted to announce the winners of our 2024 awards. These will be presented to the awardees at the closing ceremony of the 35th International Geographical Congress on 29th August 2024 in Dublin. Congratulations to our [...]
Dear Colleagues Professor Yansui Liu the Chair IGU-AGLE commission is very honored to be interviewed by the Global Times, an English-language Chinese newspaper under the People’s Daily. The editor Global Times was interested in the role that geographers play in serving the national strategies. (i.e., poverty alleviation and rural revitalization) and improve human well-being by [...]
The World Academy of Arts and Science (WAAS) is hosting an online webinar on natural geoengineering methods to mitigate climate change. Event details: Wednesday 28th February 2024 13h00 to 14h30 CET. Register here For further information on speakers etc. navigate to: https://worldacademy.org/conference-page/science-for-human-security-nature-based-climate-control/
To: All Members of the International Science Council (ISC) Dear ISC Member, Acknowledging the persistent gender gap in STEM worldwide, the ISC and UNESCO supported a statement by Ambassador Kridelka at the 9th Assembly of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. He represented the co-chairs of the UN Group of Friends on [...]
Dear colleagues, In order to submit an event proposal, you can then fill out the following form until the 20th of February: https://www.geonight.net/propose-an-event-for-the-2024-geonight-edition/ La Nuit de la Géographie / GeoNight In 2017, the French National Geographical Committee (CNFG) initiated the first « Nuit de la Géographie (GeoNight) », which took place in Paris and in a [...]
