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National Conference on Global Change

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) are organizing a three days national conference on Global Change. The conference will take place in Gauteng (precise venue to be confirmed) on 26 – 28 November 2012 under the auspices of the Hon. Minister of Science and Technology.
What
  • Basic science
  • Applied science
  • Data and information
  • Education
  • Climate research
  • Capacity building
When Nov 26, 2012 09:00 AM to
Nov 28, 2012 05:45 PM
Where To be determined (SA)
Contact Name
Contact Phone +27 12 4814143
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Strategic Context

 

Following the finalization of the Global Change Implementation Framework, one of the decisions by the global change research and policy communities was to have an annual event to reflect on the progress in, and showcase products and services emerging from the implementation of the Framework. These annual events would run from 2011 to 2018, and would consist of dedicated high level publications alternating with national conferences. The first event in this series was the publication in 2011 of Change in South Africa’ Network (SAEON). This dedicated high profile volume documents the latest observations of Global Change trends and their policy implications. The national Global Change Conference will constitute the high profile annual event in 2012. ‘Observations on Environmentalchampioned by the South African Environmental Observation

 

Conference Theme

 The central theme of the 2012 Global Change conference is: Innovation for a Resilient Society “Global Change Science and”. Sub themes will be defined in the next circular.

 For first circular /announcement and call for papers please click here

For Registration form please click here

 

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