The Conference on Climate Resilience and Waste Management for Sustainable Development (CReWAS), organised by the Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies (IESS), University of Ghana, in collaboration with Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) seeks to bring together experienced researchers, academics, policymakers, private sector and civil society groups to discuss and share ideas, research findings and innovative models on key aspects of climate resilience and waste management for sustainable development. The conference will provide a platform for both seasoned and young scholars as well as entrepreneurs to present relevant research work and sustainable business models. It will also feature a multi-stakeholder forum organised by the United Nations University-MERIT, under the aegis of the Worldwide Universities Network on "A cross-National Study of Urban Solid Waste Management: Learning and Way Forward".
Innovative concepts, decision support tools and prototype technologies for climate resilience and waste management can be showcased at the conference. Accepted abstracts will be published in a "Book of Abstracts". Relevant papers will also be selected after the conference and published in a Special Issue of West African Journal of Applied Ecology. Poster sessions would be held in parallel. A plenary session will climax the event.
A Call for Abstracts covering the following areas is open until July 15, 2019;
- Climate change impacts and adaptation
- Climate smart agriculture
- Enhancing resilience in the coastal zone
- Solid waste research and management
- Liquid waste, sanitation and hygiene research and management
- Resource use efficiency and circular economy
- Sustainable production and consumption
- Green entrepreneurship
- Information systems for environmental management
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