IYPE Global Launch Event
On 12 and 13 February 2008, the International Year of Planet Earth will be officially launched at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris. This event will be co-organized by the IYPE Corporation and the National Committee of the IYPE in France, together with IUGS and UNESCO. UNESCO’s Director General Koïchiro Matsuura will host the Event and some Heads of State will be invited to address the audience.During the Global Launch Event three conceptual issues will be addressed: (1) Population growth & climate change: challenges for Planet Earth (2) Earth resources: threat or treat? (3) Geohazards: minimizing risk, maximizing awareness.
These issues will be discussed by top scientists, CEOs of leading industries and leading politicians. Such discussions will be preceded by selected essays or poems from a crowd of 200 invited, award-winning students across the globe. National Committees will play a key role in selecting the best students. Significant time has been scheduled for the participants to be involved in the discussions.
Other IYPE Launch Events
Another IYPE Launch Event has been announced for Africa and will take place in Arusha, Tanzania, on 22 & 23 May 2008. Other such continent wide events are currently being organized in South America and North America. Many IYPE Launch Events on a national level are scheduled for 2008, while some such national events have taken place already in Brazil, India, Japan, Portugal, UK, Norway et cetera  |
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UNESCO Director General Koïchiro Matsura addressing the participants of the IYPE Information meeting on 11 February 2004 |
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