Call for papers: STEPS Conference 23-24 September 2010
UK HD GEC Community Mourns Prof Ken Green
Word Urban Forum 4: Harmonious Urbanisation, Nanjing, China 3-6 November 2008
The UK National
Committee for Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change was established
at a meeting in London in late October 2006, in order to provide a coherent
voice for the diverse community of researchers in the UK working in
this dynamic area. The Committee is affiliated to the of the Royal Society’s
Global Environmental Research Committee (GERC), and is recognised by
the IHDP as one of its associated National Committees. It is being supported
financially by the UK
Economic and Social Research Council, as a vehicle for funding approved
human dimensions activities, especially those promoting international
networking. If you are interested in finding out more about the committee,
contact the Chair, Prof. David Simon (d.simon@rhul.ac.uk).
Information
about our sponsors: The Economic and Social Research Council is the
UK's leading research funding and training agency addressing economic
and social concerns. The ESRC aims to provide high quality research
on issues of importance to business, the public sector and government.
The Royal Society’s Global Environmental Research Committee promotes
and coordinates UK participation in the activities of global environmental
research programmes, particularly those of the Earth System Science
Partnership (ESSP) of international programmes set up by the International
Council of Science Unions.
Moving forward on climate: 'Billions wasted on UN climate programme'...
Our IHDP Scholar, Ana Peña del Valle, draws attention to the opportunities for youth to become engaged in climate change activities
