Broad themes of the conference are: a) Development and Livelihood b) Environment and Sustainability c) International Trade and Growth d) Recent Issues in Financial Economics e) Gender Discrimination, Social Exclusion and Development

The main objective of the workshop is to help the leaders of local governments and national level policy makers develop a strategic approach in dealing with environmental and social issues facing businesses. This can be achieved by: - Demonstrating the potentials of transforming SME clusters...

Topics: 1. Competitive identity of Western Balkan countries 2. Economic Development strategies 3. SME development during transitions 4. Labour market evolution in transition countries 5. Destination management and investment promotion 6. Sustainable development and social responsibility 7....

The workshop agenda will focus on issues related to uncertainty and learning as they relate to the economics and management of environmental and natural resources. Appropriate paper topics include decisions under uncertainty, the value of information, and different models of learning (including...

The 2009 European PhD Winter School on The Challenge of Adaptive Governance aims to help students to better understand the causes of global change in an integrated manner and at the same time to develop options for the governance of a transition to more sustainable development paths at the...

This conference will be the ninth event in the series of annual European Conferences on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, begun in Berlin in 2001. This year's conference will also be the global launch event of the Earth System Governance Project, a new ten-year research...

Vorträge: Dr. Sonja Peterson (IfW, Institut für Weltwirtschaft, Kiel) Dr. Alexander Popp (PIK, Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung) Sandra Blessin (BUKO Agrar Koordination). Das GIGA Forum beleuchtet kurz vor Beginn der Verhandlungen in Kopenhagen verschiedene Aspekte des Klimawandels...

Im Kontext von Klimawandel, steigender Nahrungsmittelnachfrage und Bioenergieproduktion wird Land immer mehr zu einer knappen Ressource. Wie entwickelt sich die weltweite Landnutzung, welche Rolle spielt die Wasserverfügbarkeit für die Nahrungsmittel- und Bioenergieproduktion und welche Rolle...

The theme for this biennial in "North by Northwest, South by Southwest, Canada and the United States: Past, Present and Future". All proposals should have a distinctive Canadian focus, but we also encourage submissions that consider Canada in a comparative context. We are particularly interested...

El programa del seminario: - Ciencia, emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero y efectos económicos - Cambio climático y análisis económico - Instrumentos de política ambiental y comercial para el cambio climático - Negociación de la Convención de Cambio Climático: Kioto y el camino a...