The Forum will bring experts in the field of measuring the different dimensions of resilience to discuss the most recent developments and possible future developments. In particular, the Forum will have two technical sessions could be devoted to the measurement of: - Economic and social...

With the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the United Nations in September 2015, a new set of objectives for global sustainable development will guide the global development agenda. Due to the universal acceptance and the integration into national goals, the SDGs provide a...

The key questions of the 14th ABIS Annual Colloquium will be: - What are the future “must-haves” for sustainable living and lifestyles, from industry, governments and society at large? What leadership profiles will be required? - To what extent will these transform current models of...

Development and planning problems continuously affect both rural and urban areas all over the world. Urban development has led to deterioration of the environment and has also worsened the problems faced by rural areas, such as mountain regions, coastal areas and many others. Taking into...

Themes: - Increasing system knowledge - Impact of climate change and hydrological/weather variability - Assessment of national policy - Field research and data interpretation - Managing protected areas - Decision-making and implementation

“Agriculture in an Interconnected World” is intended to capture the widespread adoption of new communication technologies. The theme embraces a wide range of interconnections that are contributing to unprecedented changes in global agriculture, such as: - links between agricultural and...

The school will be of interest to those working on topics including (but not limited to) economics of standards, pollution taxes, tradable permits, comparative performance of instruments, Self-regulation, Information-based regulation, disclosure programs and green labeling, Impacts of regulation...

We offer a three-day hands-on course in which you will learn the workings of the most misunderstood and controversial set of government actions that have ever impacted contemporary food commodity price and policy analysis. In assessing the broad spectrum of proclaimed policy goals, this course...

The Organizing Committee of the 19th ICABR Conference invites the submission of abstracts and session proposals addressing the theme of the impact of the Bioeconomy on agricultural sustainability, the environment and human health. Possible themes for individual presentations and panel sessions...

The OECD plans - as part of the BEPS initiative - to add various provisions to the existing Model Convention. The OECD further wants to make sure that changes to the OECD Model Convention can be implemented very quickly in the existing bilateral tax treaties. Therefore these changes will have an...