IVE, TERI, and IDDRI announce the 3rd Future Environmental Trends Conference on “Energy, Environment, and Development – Analysing 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.

Conference Themes :
Theme I: Energy - the “missing MDG”?
Theme II: Sustainable lifestyles
Theme III: Local dimensions of global environmental challenges
Theme IV: Globalization - forces of change
Theme V: Technological leapfrogging
Theme VI: Revitalizing research and development

see: http://www.teriin.org/events/eedconference

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.

Submissions of paper abstracts are invited on the conference themes. The deadline for submitting an application is 15 July 2006.