London, UK
26-29 March 2012
The 2012 international Planet Under Pressure conference will provide a comprehensive update of the pressure planet Earth is now under. The conference will discuss solutions at all scales to move societies on to a sustainable pathway. It will provide scientific leadership towards the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development - Rio+20.
The key aims of the conference include:
Building on a comprehensive update of knowledge of the Earth system and the pressure it is under, the Planet Under Pressure conference will present and debate new insights into potential opportunities and constraints for innovative development pathways based on novel partnerships.
The International Council for Science (ICSU)
The global scientific community must take on the challenge of delivering to society the knowledge necessary to assess the risks humanity is facing from global change. It must provide knowledge of how society can effectively mitigate dangerous changes and cope with the change we cannot manage.
Three broad themes will guide the conference:
View conference themes in detail
To achieve the conference aims, global sustainability scientists must work in partnership with decision-makers in policy, development, business and the wider non-government sector to manage the pressures and move societies to a sustainable pathway.
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