TWAS conference benefits South Africa November 23, 2009
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From left: Prof Robin Crewe (ASSAf), Prof Jacob Palis (TWAS), Prof Mohamed Hassan (TWAS), President Jacob Zuma (RSA), and Minister Naledi Pandor (DST).
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) hosted an International Conference of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) from 18 – 23 October 2009 at the Durban International Convention Centre. The conference was attended by 452 participants from 63 countries in the developing world.
These participants included TWAS Fellows, TWAS Young Affiliates, DST senior officials, representatives from other government departments, Presidents of Science Councils in South Africa, Presidents of African science academies, and university representatives. The conference was also attended by the Ministers of Science and Technology of South Africa, Brazil, and India, other high ranking technical advisers of various governments in the developing and developed world, and representatives of Indian, Chinese, and Brazilian diplomatic missions in South Africa.
Vote Earth Now November 16, 2009
Posted by admin in : Uncategorized , add a commentIn December this year, world leaders will gather in Copenhagen to determine how the world deals with climate change. Their choice is simple – a future for planet earth or global warming.
Climate change will have the greatest impact on the poor, people who have limited resources to cope with changing rainfall patterns, reduced agricultural yields, water shortages, more frequent extreme weather events and the spread of disease. This is the future that awaits us here in South Africa and the rest of the world if climate change is allowed to continue unchecked. There is hope for turning the situation around and preventing runaway climate change, but only if our leaders act now.
Add your voice and help create a global mandate for a fair and effective new climate deal that will keep global warming as far below 2 degrees as possible. Show your vote for Earth and call on world leaders to secure a deal in Copenhagen that will protect people, and protect the planet.
In December this year, world leaders will gather in Copenhagen to determine how the world deals with climate change. Their choice is simple – a future for planet earth or global warming.
Climate change will have the greatest impact on the poor, people who have limited resources to cope with changing rainfall patterns, reduced agricultural yields, water shortages, more frequent extreme weather events and the spread of disease. This is the future that awaits us here in South Africa and the rest of the world if climate change is allowed to continue unchecked. There is hope for turning the situation around and preventing runaway climate change, but only if our leaders act now.
Add your voice and help create a global mandate for a fair and effective new climate deal that will keep global warming as far below 2 degrees as possible. Show your vote for Earth and call on world leaders to secure a deal in Copenhagen that will protect people, and protect the planet.
