The present paper refers to some of the new trends in Geography related to an increased interest in global environmental change issues. During the last decades Geography was recognized as a discipline with a high potential of involvement in the evaluation, at different scales, of both natural and social components of the Earth System. Such evaluations could be done in connection with the stakeholders in a new transdisciplinary research process of co-design, co-production and co-dissemination of the scientific information, relating at the same time with the new Sustainable Development Goals (Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, United Nations 2015). These goals are the outcome of long term activity of ICSU global environmental change programs, including the International Programme Future Earth – research for global sustainability, as well as UNEP and other international structures. The presentation will be illustrated with several examples from geographical researches on environmental change topics.
Conference Invitation
Dear colleagues,
We have the honor to welcome you to ReTES conference, the annual scientific event that Human and Economic Geography Department is organizing in behalf of Faculty of Geography, University of Bucharest on:
Re-shaping Territories, Environment and Societies: New Challenges for Geography
The hosting institution aims to organize ReTES as a forum of discussions for geographers and all the specialists in the related fields. The organizers’ main objective is to generate a suitable environment for exchanging ideas and practice between the areas of applied research and teaching in both higher or school education.
ReTES is expected to provide the scientific context for debates on: relevant theories related to the current process Geography is undergoing: re-thinking its own paradigm. Therefore, the issues of geographical theory, philosophy or methodology are at the core of the event. In extension debates will focus on: space and place, natural/physical environment, global changes, economic crisis, environmental crisis, water crisis and global warming, policy development, political dimensions in developing societies, development forecasting, project implementation and field educational reform challenges for both, the Romanian environment and other European countries.
ReTES dates and venue:
November 15 – 16, 2024
Hoping you will find ReTES challenging and of scientific interest.
The organizing committee