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News Future Earth Workshop for Middle East and North Africa

As part of a regional consultation process on Future Earth, ICSU in partnership with the Cyprus Institute organised a workshop for the MENA region, funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). This workshop took place in Cyprus on 3-5 June 2013.

The Future Earth workshop for the MENA region brought together about 30 scientists working on global environmental change and other stakeholders to explore pathways for developing and implementing Future Earth in the region. This workshop is seen as an initial step to build the Future Earth community in the region as well as to establish collaboration with regional and local stakeholders.

  • Background documents
  1. Future Earth report
  2. Workshop agenda (draft)
  3. List of participants (draft)
  4. Logistical information
  5. Break-out sessions
  • Presentations

Day 1

1. Introduction to ICSU

2. Introduction to Future Earth

3. Examples of research on global sustainability in the MENA region

4. Break-out group session 1: building a regional vision for Future Earth

Day 2

1. Sida perspective on key directions for sustainability research

2. Belmont Forum

3. The role of the Joint Research Center and the European Commission in promoting sustainable development and the Future Earth initiative

4. Break-out group session 2: How could Future Earth be implemented in the MENA region?

Day 3

1. Atmospheric and climate research in Cyprus

2. Climate change and its consequences for Energy and Water Security in the Eastern Mediterranean

 

3. LinkSCEEM-2 and Cy-Tera: A Computational Resource for the Development of Computational Sciences in the Eastern Mediterranean

Contact information Anna Sakkalli (email: sakkalli@cyi.ac.cy)
Phone: 22208753
News type Inbrief
File link http://www.icsu.org/future-earth/events/future-earth-workshop-for-the-mena-region
File link local Future Earth_MENA_list of participatns_final.pdf (PDF, 281 Kb)
Source of information ICSU
Subject(s) AGRICULTURE , ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INDUSTRY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , INFRASTRUCTURES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RIGHT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , SLUDGES , TOOL TERMS , TOURISM - SPORT - HOBBIES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY
Relation http://www.emwis.org/thematicdirs/events/2013/06/round-table-discussion-climate-change-impact-environment-and-mitigation-actions
Geographical coverage Cyprus,
News date 23/06/2013
Working language(s) ENGLISH
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