July
Events
27th- 1st
17th International
Conference on
Photochemical
Conversion &
Storage of
Solar Energy,
Sydney,
Australia
28th- 31st
4th
International
Conference on
Environmental
Science &
Technology
Houston, USA
29th
Innovations
for the Built
Environment,
London
31st The
Waste
Strategy for
England 2007:
The Vision for
Sustainable
Waste
Management,
London
Aug.
Events
6th- 8th
Energy
Security &
Climate
Change:
Issues,
Strategies &
Options,
Bangkok,
Thailand
17th- 22nd
28th
International
Symposium on
Halogenated
Persistent
Organic
Pollutants,
Birmingham
Sept.
Events
1st- 3rd
Building
Resilience:
Responses to
a Turbulent
World, Oxford
10th- 11th
The Energy
Event 08,
Birmingham
15th
Euromoney
and Ernst &
Young Global
Renewable
Energy
Awards,
London
17th- 19th
PUrE
Conference
2008: Impacts
of Pollution in
a Changing
Urban
Environment,
Manchester
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details on
these and
other events,
see the
events page
of the IES
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July 2008
Introduction
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IES News
Burntwood Lecture 2008: Venue Change
The 2008 Burntwood Lecture will now be held at the Royal Society on 12th November. The Lecture will be given by Baroness Barbara Young, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, who will speak on ‘Energy and the Environment’.
Clarification of Application Grading
The points system by which applications for membership are judged is now available on our website in order to provide greater transparency to the application process. If you are thinking of re-grading your membership, please visit our updated requirements page.
Journal Schedule
The timetable and forthcoming topics for future editions of the Environmental Scientist are now posted our website here.
Consultation on Strategic Statement and Action Plan for Sustainable Development in Higher Education
The IES is coordinating a response to the above consultation, which can be found here. The report is both a progress report and a consultation on sustainable development in the higher education (HE) sector. Comments are invited using the IES Proforma, avaliable to download here.
Articles
The John Rose Award
As the 21st century unfolds, environmental science is becoming increasingly sophisticated and ever more necessary. There has never been a greater need for understanding and solutions. The Institution of Environmental Sciences is therefore pleased to announce the launch of the John Rose Award to honour and publicise a piece of outstanding post-graduate environmental science research that will inform and motivate the general public. read more....
Cities and Climate Change: Response and Adaptation
Sarah Shubinsky
Cities around the world are waking up to the potential risks posed by climate change, with policymakers from Paris to Philadelphia planning how best to adapt to heatwaves, droughts and floods.
This article presents a brief overview of how selected cities plan to adapt to climate change. In some cases, cities vulnerable to high temperatures and flooding have had relevant adaptation strategies for some time, whilst others have begun to respond specifically to climate change. Hotter countries may be able to share best practice with their temperate counterparts as the latter prepare to deal with potentially warmer weather. read more....
Lawson, Nigel – An Appeal To Reason: A Cool Look At Global Warming
Sachs, Jeffrey – Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet
Reviewed by Harry Joll
Adherents of national stereotyping will enjoy the very different approaches Nigel Lawson and Jeffrey Sachs take to climate change. Both men take a largely economic view from very different perspectives. Lawson was a key economic player in the Thatcher cabinet; Sachs, a liberal American, is a high-profile adviser to international governments on development economics. The former refuses to deal in those "attractively alliterative weasel words 'climate change'", aiming his 106 pages instead at the alarmist picture painted of global warming. Sachs’ much larger book goes in the opposite direction, proposing that environmental degradation, poverty, population and international co-operation can and must be tackled together. read more....
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