The 2nd national forum on geographic modeling and simulation（and the launch ceremony of the training course on domestic geographical analysis models) was successfully completed The 2nd national forum on geographic modeling and simulation (and the launch ceremony of the training course on domestic geographical analysis models) was successfully held in Nanjing Normal University during Jan [...]
Dear Colleagues Department of Geography, Faculty of Earth Sciences is organizing the IGU India International conference (Virtual), 2020 on “Global to Local Sustainability & Future Earth” involving IGU commissions from 18th to 20th December 2020 at MLSU, Udaipur, India Register to Participate: Link for Registration- https://bit.ly/3kMHwAy Website: www.mlsu.ac.in Conference Brochure: IGU Udaipur brochure 2020 Contact [...]
It is with great regret that I must inform you that Prof. Dr. Joan Vilà i Valentí, who was Vice-President of the International Geographic Union during the period 1980-1984, passed away at the age of 95 in Barcelona on August 23rd 2020. I met him in person during Barcelona IGU Regional Conference in 1986. He influenced [...]
Dear IGU National Committee, Due to the postponement of the 2020 Istanbul Congress and General Assembly, I am writing to you in connection with two important matters that need to be resolved by e-ballot, viz. i) election of IGU President and four Vice-Presidents for the period 2020-2024, and ii) selection of the location for the [...]
Dear Colleagues, As widely reported, the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) is spreading in China and in some other countries, and it may possibly even be poised to become a global pandemic. The virus not only endangers human life, but without effective measures it threatens to seriously impact our life support systems, economic, social, cultural and [...]
Earth Commission to Identify Risks, Guardrails, and Targets for the Planet Three of the world’s foremost scientists will co-chair a commission of leading international experts to identify risks and develop a coherent suite of scientific targets to protect Earth’s life support systems. Johan Rockström, Joyeeta Gupta, and Dahe Qin will co-chair the Earth Commission https://futureearth.org/2019/09/19/earth-commission/ [...]
The International Geographical Union regrets to announce the death of one of its most prominent colleagues, Professor Christian Wichmann Matthiessen, who passed away on Thursday 8 March 2018. Professor Matthiessen was Danish delegate to the International Geographical Union (1998-2012), and member of the steering committee - and subsequently Chair - of the IGU Commission on [...]
To view the information in Spanish, please click here. In 2017 the International Geographical Union (IGU-UGI) will organize two Thematic Conferences, instead of a large Regional : one about “Energy, Geography & Balanced Development” in Baku (Azerbaijan), and one about “Geographies for Peace” in La Paz (Bolivia). The Thematic Conference in La Paz will be [...]
