Conference titled 'Climate Change and Sustainable Development - in Less Developed Countries'
March 26, 2007.
Dear Colleague
We are pleased to announce that University of Copenhagen's (UC) 'Rio-initiative', the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) and the Global Land Project (GLP) are jointly organizing a conference titled 'Climate Change and Sustainable Development - in Less Developed Countries'
The conference will be held May 7-8th, 2007 at Department of Geography and Geology, UC, Copenhagen, Denmark.
The conference will seek to understand the roles and positions of LDCs, and the threats and challenges they face, in relation to climate change and the factors driving it. It is the responsibility of universities in the well-off part of the world to focus research on these issues, with a view of sharing and creating partnerships with research communities in LDCs.
We are also please to announce that registration is now OPEN!
If you have any questions about the conference, please contact:
lj@geogr.ku.dk
Please do not hesitate to distribute this announcement as appropriate.
We look forward to meeting you in Copenhagen
More information about the conference is also to be found on: www.geogr.ku.dk/projects/rio/
Best regards,
Kjeld Rasmussen and Lars Jorgensen
Med venlig hilsen/Best Regards
Lars Jorgensen
International Project Office
Global Land Project (GLP)
Department of Geography
Geocenter Copenhagen
Oster Voldgade 10
DK-1350 Copenhagen K.
Denmark
Tel.: +45 35 32 25 08
Fax: + 45 35 32 25 01
E-mail: lj@geogr.ku.dk
www.geogr.ku.dk
www.globallandproject.org
