Institut Veolia Environnement (IVE), The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), and Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relationships (IDDRI) announce the 3rd Future Environmental Trends Conference on "Energy, Environment, and Development - Analyzing Opportunities for Reducing Poverty", to be held during 14-16 December 2006 in Bangalore, India. The conference will focus on challenges for sustainable development that arise from the nexus between energy, environment, and poverty. It will provide an opportunity for researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and the donor community to engage in constructive dialogue on possible solutions. It will attempt to identify an agenda for action and policy relevant research, particularly focusing on developing countries in Asia.

Conference Themes
The conference will have six themes that focus on the linkages between energy, environment, and development.
1. Energy - the "missing MDG"?
2. Sustainable lifestyles
3. Local dimensions of global environmental challenges
4. Globalization - forces of change
5. Technological leapfrogging
6. Revitalizing research and development

More details about the conference themes are available at http://www.teriin.org/events_inside.php_id_17298

Call for papers
Submissions of paper abstracts are invited on the conference themes in the attached format. (The format can also be downloaded from http://www.teriin.org/events/images/applicationform.doc) All inquires and submissions must be made electronically to the Conference organizers at eed@teri.res.in

The last date for receiving applications has been extended to 15 August 2006

Selection of papers will be on the basis of scientific excellence, by an eminent Advisory Committee. Notification of acceptance will be received by 30 September 2006. Additional information including details about the conference arrangements, venue, and programme will be provided at that time to participants.

Funding support
There is limited funding for developing country participants whose papers are accepted. Decisions about funding will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis considering the relevance of work, and regional and thematic balance.

New deadlines
Abstract submission: 15 August 2006
Notice of acceptance: 30 September 2006
Registration form deadline: 31 October 2006

Advisory committee
H E Mr Malik Amin Aslam, Minister of State for Environment, Government of Pakistan*
H E Mr Benji Dorji, Advisor-National Environment Commission, Royal Government of Bhutan
Prof. Akio Morishima, Chair, Board of Directors, Institute of Global Environmental Strategies, Japan
Dr Mohan Munasinghe, Chairman, Munasinghe Institute for Development, Sri Lanka
Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General TERI and Chairman Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Dr Emil Salim, Former Minister for Population and Environment, Indonesia
Prof. Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate, and Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard University
Dr Farooq Sobhan, President, Bangladesh Enterprise Institute, Bangladesh*
Dr Georges Valentis, Managing Director, Institut Veolia Environnement
(* invited)


About the organisers

Created in 2001, the Institut Veolia Environnement promotes foresight reflection on subjects related to the environment in partnership with universities or research organizations in order to shed light on the important issues for the upcoming decades. www.institut.veolia.org/en

A dynamic and flexible organization with a global vision and a local focus, TERI was established in 1974, and conducts research activities in the fields of in the fields of energy, environment, and sustainable development. www.teriin.org

Founded in 2001 as a research consortium, IDDRI became a non-profit, non-governmental think tank in 2003. It provides forums and networks creating common culture on sustainability issues among stakeholders. http://www.iddri.org/iddri/

Contact
Should you have any questions, please contact eed@teri.res.in