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NATO ARW workshop "Influence of Climate Change on the Arctic"
Date: May 8-10, 2008 Location: Liege, University Campus, Belgium The Advanced Research Workshop will provide specialists the opportunity to collate and discuss their findings and expectations on the evolution of the Arctic/sub-arctic environmental and geopolitical situation. Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy
Date: May 10-11, 2008 Location: Yale University, New Haven (USA) The event brings together academic experts and practitioners from governments, inter-governmental organizations, civil society and the private sector. Participants will take stock of contemporary research and knowledge gaps at the intersection of institutions, public participation and environmental sustainability.  FOGAR SummitDate: May 12-14, 2008 Location: Tangiers, Morocco This Summit will provide the opportunity for the world's Regions to reinforce their position in a multi-level system of governance that can no longer ignore the territories Climate Change Impact on Public Health in the Russian Arctic
Date: May 19-20, 2008 Location: Moscow, Russia Russian Arctic is among most vulnerable to global climate change impact regions on Earth. Changes of epidemiological status of Arctic population will be one of important consequences of global warming. In particular, it will be reflected in a wider than earlier distribution of existing and the emergence of new infectious diseases, as well as growth of non-communicable diseases. Arctic System Model Workshop
Date: May 19-21, 2008 Location: Boulder, Colorado (US) The workshop will address a growing need for numerical tools to downscale information from global models to the temporal and spatial resolution of in situ and satellite measurements and scales appropriate for planning for economic and social change in the Arctic. Ecohydrological Processes and Sustainable Floodplain Management
Date: May 19-23, 2008 Location: Lodz, Poland This conference will bring specialists from various disciplines, cont r ibut ing to perceiving floodplains as an integrative element of strategies to manage water-related disaster risks and enhance opportunities for sustainable management. Canadian Arctic Summit
Date: May 28-30, 2008 Location: Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) As part of a year long celebration of the University of Alberta's Centenary, the School of Energy and the Environment is hosting its signature event - the Canadian Arctic Summit from May 28-30, 2008. Over three days, invited experts in northern development, economics, politics, environmental change, technology and innovation, and northern culture will lead panels in a series of discussions.
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