Academic Conference
Footprint Forum’s Academic Conference: The State of the Art in Ecological Footprint Theory and Applications
Wednesday, June 9 2010: 10:00 am – 7:00 pm, dinner at 8:00 pm, held in Colle di Val d’Elsa
Thursday, June 10 2010: 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm (breakout session of public conference), held in Siena
Submission period for abstracts is now closed and abstracts selected for presentation will be announced shortly. If your abstract is selected, you will have the opportunity to speak at the session for up to 15 minutes, followed by at least 10 minutes of discussion. In addition, a special issue of Ecological Indicators will include extended versions of a selection of papers presented at Footprint Forum. If your abstract is not selected, you will have the option of having it presented as a poster at the Forum.
About Footprint Forum:
Copenhagen – COP15 – showed us that national governments and political leaders are finding it difficult to act collectively in the global interest. Global Footprint Network is convinced that climate action will only gather momentum once nations see that decisive action is in their own best interest. This compelling self-interest story becomes obvious once we understand climate change in the context of ecological resource constraints, as one of a number of related crises – food, energy, water, biodiversity, and so forth – emerging from humanity’s systematic overuse of available resources. This reframing presents a great impetus for transformation. The focus of Footprint Forum 2010 is on how we can capitalize on this opportunity.