Abstract deadline: 16 Sept 2011Registration deadline: 20 Jan 2012 (early rate)

The conference will discuss solutions at all scales to move societies on to a sustainable pathway. It aims to provide scientific leadership towards the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development - Rio+20.

For PAGES, the conference presents an exciting opportunity to highlight paleoscience contributions to the global sustainability knowledge base.

Sessions initiated by PAGES:

How has the planet responded to large climate change pressures in the past?Eric Wolff, Hubertus Fischer & Denis Didier Rousseau26 March 2012, 14:00, Room 13

Past and Present Sea Level RisePhilip Woodworth, Simon Holgate, Svetlana Jevrejeva, Anders Carlson & Mark Siddall27 March 2012, 14:00, Room 8

Adding value to Earth-system science via networking, capacity enhancement and communicationTobias Langanke, Thorsten Kiefer, Ninad Bondre, Joao Morais, Patricia Pinho 27 March 2012, 11:00, Room 17

Searching the Past for Clues to the FutureSander van der Leeuw & Carole Crumley27 March 2012, 12:45, Room 12