Fw: PRESS RELEASE: Climate Change and People
Dhiraj Pradhananga
From: The Small Earth Nepal <small...@wlink.com.np>
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Sent: Sun, November 14, 2010 11:59:43 PM
Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Climate Change and People
International Graduate Conference on Climate Change and People
(Kathmandu, 14 November 2010, Sunday)
Climate change and its impacts on ecosystems have far reaching consequences on societies regardless of their wealth or capacity. Reports of severe and prolonged droughts, untimely flash floods, receding glaciers, extended heat waves, and other climate-related impacts are becoming more common around the globe. Nepal along with other vulnerable countries including Bangladesh, Bhutan and Maldives among others in South Asia is facing the brunt of climate change ranging from sea level rise to melting of Himalayan glaciers.
Therefore, to provide a common platform and broader linkage among the dynamic youths in South Asia and beyond, The Small Earth Nepal (SEN) and Consortium for Capacity Building (CCB), University of Colorado, Boulder, USA, with a base funding from Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) are going to organize a five-day conference titled ‘International Graduate Conference on Climate Change and People’ from November 15 - 19 in Kathmandu. During the conference, around 150 participants from 20 different countries will attend presentations on a variety of themes related to climate change, interact with the experts and participants, and participate in networking and capacity building activities.
Issues related to climate change have increasingly captured the attention of governments worldwide; governments have just begun to respond to the threats of changing climates and remain hindered in their responses by much wrangling. And it is the responsibility of the up-and-coming generation of decision makers, many of whom are today’s graduate and undergraduate students representing “eco-generation.” to act decisively to this greatest of threats. To further the advancement of the eco-generation a common platform to learn and share information with each other is needed.
The Conference is mainly focused on the multidisciplinary capacity building of graduate students of various disciplines through the sharing of knowledge and experience by experts and participants on Climate Affairs, from climate-related science, impacts, policy & economics, to ethics & equity.
The conference has been co-organized by the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Government of Nepal, Centre of Research for Environment Energy and Water (Nepal), Asian Institute of Technology (Thailand) and International Research Center for River Basin Environment, University of Yamanashi (Japan). The conference is co-sponsored by The British Council Nepal; INSTAAR; International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD); Asia Pacific Mountain Network (APMN); Himalayan University Consortium (HUC); Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) - Asia; United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC, Nepal); Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST); International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS); Real Times Solution (RTS); Prime Life Insurance Company and Everest Insurance Company.
(For further information please contact: Jeeban Panthi at +977-9841516390, panthi...@gmail.com)
Dhiraj Pradhananga
President
The Small Earth - Nepal
626 Bhakti Thapa Sadak
Naya Baneshwor
P O Box 20533, Kathmandu
Nepal
Tel: +977-1-4782738
Mob: +977-9841218296
Email: small...@wlink.com.np
URL: http://www.smallearth.org.np