The workshop will focus on sustainable development issues and compare the problems, experiences and policies of China and European countries. A non-limitative list of topics, which can be investigated, is: - Global warming and air pollution. - Fertility, changes in family configuration, gender...

Environment and development concerns will remain on the agendas, although the financial and economic crises have diverted attention from global and local environmental threats and natural resource management issues in developing and developed economies. The IPCC will release its 5th Assessment...