Waddenacademie will attend conference Planet under Pressure

The London conference will focus the scientific community’s and the wider world’s attention on climate, ecological degradation, human well-being, planetary thresholds, food security, energy, governance across scales and poverty alleviation.

The conference, with more than 2800 international attendees - including UK ministers, academics, leaders of multinational corporations, Nobel Laureates and representatives from the world's media - will discuss solutions, at all scales, to move societies on to a sustainable pathway. It will provide scientific leadership towards the 2012 UN Rio +20 conference, also in 2012. Pavel Kabat and Klaas Deen (chair and executive secretary of the Waddenacademie) will attend the conference and present a poster.