SCOPE is pleased to announce that the first volume and issue of ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT, the transdisciplinary journal of SCOPE published by Elsevier, is now online.
It is available free of charge on Sciverse ScienceDirect at
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/22114645/1/1
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Prof. Wang Rusong has been elected served to the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He served as Vice-President of SCOPE 2002 to 2009 and has co-directed several SCOPE projects on urban systems. Academician Wang currently co-chairs a new project on urban futures, a collaborative programme in development with UNESCO. His research interests since the early 1980s have explored integrative methodology for sustainable development in urban systems, and socio-economic-natural complex ecosystem studies, focussing in particular on ecological integration, industrial ecology, eco-city planning and sustainability management.
International Environmental Sciences Forum – On 27-30 November 2011, SCOPE and the Zhongyu Environmental Technologies Corporation brought together invited experts, young early-career scientists, and decision-makers and practitioners from the civil society at an International Forum in Yixing, China.
SCOPE-Zhongyu Environmental Awards 2011 – The Young Scientists Awards acknowledge individuals who have developed innovative approaches in their research, demonstrated capacity to address broad issues, and an outstanding publication record. SCOPE is pleased to announce the 2011 laureates :
Environmental science – Jonathan Belmaker (Israel)
Environmental technology and innovation — Taicheng An (China)
Environmental management — Felicia Wu (USA)
UNESCO-SCOPE-UNEP Series
Just published* Policy Brief n° 14 – Engineering the Climate: research questions and policy implications.
Download free of charge or request hard copies from the Secretariat
Policy Brief n° 13—Third Pole Environment examines key questions in the Third Pole region and their consequences for ecosystems and society. Download free of charge or request hard copies from the Secretariat.
INI News–Ten papers produced from the workshop on Nitrogen Deposition, Critical Loads, and Biodiversity in Edinburgh in November 2009 will be published in a special edition of Environmental Pollution « Nitrogen Deposition, Critical Loads and Biodiversity », Volume 159, Issue 10, Pages 2211-3142 (October 2011).
UNEP Year Book 2012 – Invited experts considered two topics - decommissioning of nuclear reactors and benefits of soil carbon - at the August writing workshop to draft the Emerging Issues section of the Year Book.
