Planet Under Pressure 2012
New Knowledge Towards Solutions
26-29 March 2012 * London, UK
Organised by the global-change programmes of the International Council for Science.
Register now for this major international conference focusing on solutions to the global sustainability challenge.
Early booking deadline: 20 January 2012
Register now to:
- Hear from renowned plenary speakers in a comprehensive four-day programme on the state of the planet, global sustainability solutions and challenges, and planetary stewardship.
- Gain an insight into the latest research – more than 3700 abstracts have been reviewed for inclusion in the Conference Sessions as oral and poster contributions.
- Network with a wide variety of stakeholders at this important sustainability conference in the run-up to Rio+20
Confirmed plenary speakers include:
- Bina Agarwal
Delhi University, India - John Beddington
UK Chief Scientific Advisor - Jeremy Bentham
Shell International, UK - Irina Bokova
UNESCO - Lidia Brito
UNESCO, France - Nigel Cameron
Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies, USA - Partha Dasgupta
Chair of IHDP, University of Cambridge, UK - Sandra Diaz
Córdoba National University, Argentina - Luisa Diogo
Former Prime Minister, Mozambique - Henri Djombo
Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Forestry, Republic of Congo - Rowan Douglas
Willis Re UK - Margit Fisher
First Lady of Austria - Gustavo Fonseca
Global Environmental Facility, USA - Connie Hedegaard
European Commissioner for Climate Action, Denmark - Maria Ivanova
Global Environmental Governance Project, USA - Jill Jaeger
Sustainable Europe Research Institute, Austria - Barbara Krumsiek
CEO Calvert Group, USA - Diane Liverman
University of Arizona, USA - Georgina Mace
Imperial College London, UK - Daniëla Mariuzzo
Rabobank International, Brazil - Oliver Morton
The Economist - Henri Ossebi
Minister of Science and Technology, Congo - Elinor Ostrom
Nobel Laureate, University of Indiana, USA - Carlos Nobre
Ministry of Science and Technology, Brazil - Andrew Revkin
New York Times - Johan Rockström
Stockholm Environment Institute and Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden - Sybil Seitzinger
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, Sweden - Mohammad Shabaz
Higher Council for Science and Technology, Jordan - Mark Stafford-Smith
CSIRO, Australia - Will Steffen
Australian National University, Australia - Achim Steiner
United Nations Environment Programme - Coleen Vogel
Witwatersrand University, South Africa - Richard Wilkinson
University of Nottingham and UCL, UK - Oran Young
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Participate: Networking opportunities in advance and at the conference
Planet under Pressure 2012 will provide a comprehensive update on the state of the planet. The conference will discuss solutions at all scales to move societies on to a sustainable pathway and will provide scientific leadership towards the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development – Rio+20.
The programme is designed to attract senior policymakers, industry leaders, NGOs, young scientists, the media, health specialists, and academics from many disciplines.
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Exhibition
An exhibition will run alongside the conference and a range of commercial sponsorship opportunities are available.
