FIG WORKING WEEK 2024
Conference: 21-23
May 2024
FIG General Assembly: 20 and 24 May 2024
Pre-events: 19-20 May 2024
Pre and Post tours
ACCRA GHANA
It is now time to look ahead into 2024 and plan
your attendance at the FIG Working Week 2024.
Call for papers
Do you have a special experience, interesting
results, new or productive procedures,
exciting ideas, new research result or something else that you would
like to share with your colleagues?
Do you want to be included in the technical
programme?
The FIG Working Week is unique because it
addresses both academics and practitioners. In
previous years the attendees have been divided
equally with a third between Government,
Academics and Private Practitioners. The
technical programme should reflect this, too,
hence we would be glad to hear from you and
get your abstract.
The
overall theme is
Your World, Our World:
Resilient Environment and Sustainable Resource Management for all
Submit your abstracts and contribute to the global dialogue on
building a sustainable future.
The 2030 Agenda for sustainable development adopted by all United Nation
as Member States in 2015 provides a shared blue print, that at its heart
has five key dimensions: people, planet, partnership, peace and
prosperity.
The World Bank environment strategy lays out an ambitious agenda to support
green, clean and resilient paths for developed and developing
countries as they pursue poverty reduction and development in
an increasingly fragile environment.
Natural resources use, relate to all three internationally
accepted dimensions of sustainability: which are social
justice, environmental health and economic development.
This environmental strategy recognizes that, while there has
been significant progress in reducing global poverty, there has
been significantly less progress in managing the environment
sustainability while developing countries will still need rapid
growth to reduce poverty over the next decade, the global
environment has reached a critical state that could undermine
livelihoods, productivity and global stability.
It has been globally defined that Green
refers to a world in which natural resources, including oceans,
land and forest are sustainably managed and conserve to improve
livelihoods and ensure food security. Green indicates a world
in which healthy ecosystem increase all the economic returns
from the activities they support under Green environment. Under
Green environment growth strategy are focused on over all
wealth rather than GDP as its currently measured. Governments
should pursue regulations that encourage innovations,
efficiency, sustainable budgeting and green growth. In a dream
world, good policies enable the private sector to use resources
sustainability as part of good business, creating jobs and
contributing to long term growth.
Over the forty years’ forests has seen annual loses of over
5.2 million hectares over two decades from the year 2000
despite declines in deforestation rates and increase forest
plantation. To achieve some green growth strategies, data is
needed in real time and analysis made to inform decision makers
and all stakeholders to be able to manage our natural resources
sustainably.
Clean is defined as a low-pollution, low
emission world in which clean air, clean water and ocean enable
people to live healthy, productive lives. It is a world where
development structures put premium in low emission, climate
change, smart agriculture, efficient transport, low emission
energy and sound urban development.
The poorest countries suffer directly from an increasing
polluted and degraded environment. Air and water pollution are
rising sharply in cities in lower and middle income countries.
Water resources are under threat from waste from mineral
resources extraction, as an example in Ghana, illegal mining
(Galamsey).
Resilient refers to being prepared for
shocks and adapting effectively to climate change. In resilient
world, countries are better prepared for more frequent natural
disasters, more volatile weather pattern and long term
consequence of climate change.
Healthy and well-managed ecosystem are more resilient and so
play a key role in reducing vulnerability to climate change
impacts. Climatic resistance is integrated into urban planning
and infrastructure development. Through effective social
inclusion policies, countries and communities are better
prepared to protect vulnerable groups and fully involve women
in decision-making.
The aim of united nation sustainable development goals is to
end poverty, protect planet and to ensure that all people enjoy
peace and prosperity now and in the future.
Submit your abstract
We invite your engagement and submission of papers that provide
insights for debate and action in topics that contribute to the
advancement of a greener and more resilient world and encourage high
quality contributions of researchers and practitioners in the following
overall topics:
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Land And Mineral Resources |
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Water, Oceans |
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Land Management and Governance incl.
Urbanisation/RuralGeospatial |
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Technology and Ethics |
The call for papers specifies further
areas of interests within the ten Commissions,
Task Forces, Networks and Permanent
Institutions of FIG.
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