Developing and transition economies will be increasingly concerned with environmental and natural resources management issues; they will have to solve a three-fold challenge: a better environment, good economic performances and poverty reduction as targeted by the Millennium Development Goals....

Ester Boserup was one of the pioneers of an integrated theoretical approach to questions of development and sustainability. 2010 marks the centennial of her birth. The Ester Boserup Conference 2010 "Long-term trajectories in population, gender relations, land use, and the environment" wishes to...

The aim of conference is to discuss different perspectives on scaling and governance issues. The starting point is that scaling and governance deserve more attention as a combination, not just in separate studies. We look at this integration as a major challenge for both the social, economic and...

The conference will be structured around five themes: - Social institutions and ecosystem changes - Managing tradeoffs between multiple ecosystem services - Resilience and vulnerability of social and ecosystems to climate change - Biodiversity, ecosystem change and human wellbeing - Drivers of...

Sustainable Innovation 2010 welcomes conceptual and research-based papers covering sustainable innovation, technology, product and service design and development. Papers particularly focused on the relationship between sustainable innovation, products, technology, entrepreneurship and job...

CONFERENCE THEMES: - Sustainable Universities and Higher Education - Knowledge Collaboration for Sustainable Innovation, Design, Business & CSR - Sustainable Consumption and Production - Climate, Energy, Water - Sustainable Cities and Regions - Sustainable Consumption and Production in...

GLP invite you to submit abstracts under one of the six main themes listed below: 1. Effects of land use change on ecosystems and their services 2. Inter-linkages between ecosystem functions and ecosystem services 3. Vulnerability and resilience of land systems 4. Processes and pathways of...

Topic areas: - Effects of and Responses to Climate Change in Urban Areas - Land Use and Land Cover - Biodiversity, Habitat Conservation and Urban Areas - Public Health - Governance and Institutions Furthermore, the joint UGEC/GLP day will follow the theme of "Sustainable land systems in the era...

UN Global Compact Leaders Summit 2010 will provide the platform for organizations to convene, collaborate and commit to building a new era of sustainability – an era where environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are deeply integrated into business based on both material and ethical...

The Journées Louis-André Gérard-Varet are open to all fields of public economics, both applied and theoretical. Are especially (but not exclusively) requested papers in the following categories of topics: Taxation (including transfers, social security, etc.); Local Public Economics and...