25 mars 2015
00:00
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27 mars 2015
00:00
Conference Series // Dresden Nexus Conference (DNC 2015) "Global Change, Sustainable Development Goals and the Nexus"
The conference is a first in a series of biyearly conferences aiming at developing a post-2015 agenda for a nexus approach on water, soil and waste
Organized by UNU-Flores, the Technical University Dresden and the Leibnitz Institute, many other organisations such as German ministries, governmental and non-governmental organisations as well as independent researchers from all over the world will take part. Preparing workshops have already been conducted in India and Tanzania.
Questions
- How can environmental resources be maintained and enhanced?
- How can a more efficient and sustainable use of environmental resources be facilitated?
- How to attract support for the promotion of research, capacity development and implementation related to achieving the SDGs?
- How can a transition towards a green economy be facilitated?
Focus
- Day 1: Demography: How to cope with the increasing demand for biomass?
- Day 2: Urbanization: What kind of governance arrangements can foster sustainable use of environmental resources?
- Day 3: Climate: How to cope with the impact of increasing frequency
Keynotes
Day 1:- Elena Manaenkova (World Meteorological Organization)
- Joseph Alcamo (University of Kassel, Germany)
- Saeed Nairizi (International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage)
- William Rees (University of British Columbia, Canada)
- Michael Herrmann (United Nations Population Fund)
- László Miklós (Technical University Zvolen, Slovakia)