Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014

Session information

Oral

Symbol U (Union) » Union

[U-07_1AM2] Future Earth - The Integrated Research for Sustainable Earth

Thu. May 1, 2014 11:00 AM - 12:40 PM 501 (5F)

Convener:*Yukio Himiyama(Faculty of Education, Hokkaido University of Education), Teruyuki Nakajima(Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute), Tetsuzo Yasunari(Research Institute for Humanity and Nature), Mitsuo Uematsu(Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo), Chair:Toshio Yamagata(Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)

The world global environmental studies are being re-organized under the flag of Future Earth led by ICSU, ISSC etc. Geoscience, which specializes in the dynamic nature and phenomena of the earth's surface, including lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere and human-geosphere, assumes unique responsibility in contributing to Future Earth. The session is intended to discuss the crucial issues related with it.