Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2015

Session information

Oral

Symbol U (Union) » Union

[U-05] Future Earth - The Integrated Research for Sustainable Earth

Mon. May 25, 2015 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM 103 (1F)

Convener:*Yukio Himiyama(Faculty of Education, Hokkaido University of Education), Teruyuki Nakajima(Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute), Makoto Taniguchi(Research Institute for Humanity and Nature), Eiji Ohtani(Department of Earth and Planetary Materials Science, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University), Chair:Yoshiki Yamagata(National Institute for Environmental Studies)

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, 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.