Climate Change, Forests & the Law in Africa; Mountaineering in a changing climate

[Lera Miles, UNEP-WCMC]

1.      Symposium on ‘Climate Change, Forests and the Law in Africa: Addressing Governance & Research Challenges’ this Saturday, 9 November, from 9am-6pm, in St John's Divinity School, University of Cambridge. More information here: http://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk/events/symposium-climate-change-forests-and-law-africa-addressing-governance-research-challenges. Attendance is free, and although registration closed last week, Stuart Bruce, the organiser of the symposium, would be very happy for people from CCI organisations/Departments to attend – please get in touch with him directly if you are interested (see http://www.cisdl.org/whats-new.html)

2.      The Cambridge Forum for Sustainability and the Environment is holding an event entitled 'Mountaineering in a changing climate' on Friday 22 November between 5.30pm and 7pm in Lady Mitchell Hall, Cambridge. A panel including eminent mountaineers, a glaciologist and two Tibetan scholars will use their experiences of mountain landscapes to talk about changes they have seen over their lifetimes, what those changes indicate and the future challenges surrounding environmental stewardship of these extreme environments. Speakers include Doug Scott, Kurt Diemberger and Georg Kaser. Tsering Dawa and Lobsang Yongdan will also give an insight into the significance of mountains in the “Land of Snow” and the role they play in local environmental knowledge. The event is free and you can get tickets in advance from this site: http://www.mountaineeringchangingclimate.eventbrite.com/.