Deadline for submitting abstracts for papers and posters 9 January 2026 Friday by 23:59 Istanbul time (GMT+3)

Wishing you all a year filled with peace, knowledge, learning, happiness and success! Happy New Year 2026!

IGU CDES 2026 Conference, May 27-29, 2026, Turku, Finland “Strengthening Economic Resilience: Geographies of Policies, Knowledge Co-Creation and Industry Transformations” Abstract submission deadline: 15 February 2026. sites.utu.fi/igucdes/abst... Conference website: sites.utu.fi/igucdes/

32nd Annual Conference of the Commission on Sustainability and Rural Systems (CSRS) from December 2–7. The opening ceremony was honored by the presence of the University Rector, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Baguio, and First Vice-President of the IGU, Professor Rubén C. Lois González.

Joint to celebrate International Mountain Day 2025 International Geographical Union (IGU) Commissions Seminar, "Mountains in a Changing World" 11th December, 2025 (Thursday)-15:00-16:30 GMT

GEONIGHT 2026, April 10th 2026 Visit website: www.geonight.net

Dear members of the IGU community Please find below the latest IGU e-newsletter October 2025 Use link below to download both in English & French igu-online.org/wp-content/u... igu-online.org/wp-content/u...

IRC 2026, Call for Abstracts Submission: Deadline 9th January, 2026 www.irc2026.org/en/

The Scientific Committee of the IRC 2026 now invites the submission of abstracts for oral and poster presentations. Visit: www.irc2026.org/en/ABSTRACT-... Deadline for submitting abstracts for papers and posters 9 January 2026 Friday by 23:59 Istanbul time (GMT+3)

International Conference "Montology and Chimborazo: Convergence in Ecoregional Sustainability for Science, Technology, and Innovation" Room 473, Tate Student Center, fourth floor, UGA campus Athens, October 8th,9th, and 10th, 2025

IGU Seminar on Geodiversity from Geographical Perspectives 2025 10:00-12:40 GMT, 6th October, 2025 (Monday)

The International Geographical Union (IGU) Executive Committee have followed up their April, 2025 statement with an important new statement about geography, human rights and Palestine. Both English and French version is accompanied by a Q&A sheet. igu-online.org/igu-statemen...

IGU Seminar on Geodiversity from Geographical Perspectives 2025

IRC 2026 Regional Conference, Istanbul, Türkiye, from 17–21 August 2026. Session Proposals deadline has been extended to 21 August 2025! Click (lnkd.in/gzAFEBCr) to submit your IRC 2026 Session Proposal For more information, please visit: www.irc2026.org

📢 Reminder: Global hashtag International Science Council (ISC) survey on participation in scientific organizations: 🗓️ Deadline: 5 August 2025 🔗 Take the survey now: www.surveymonkey.com/r/scientific...

IRC 2026 Regional Conference, Istanbul, Türkiye, from 17–21 August 2026. Session Proposals deadline has been extended to 14 August 2025! Click (lnkd.in/gzAFEBCr) to submit your IRC 2026 Session Proposal For more information, please visit: www.irc2026.org

IGU Regional Conference (IRC 2026) Gentle Reminder: Deadline for Session Proposal submission is 31st July, 2025. Link to Session Proposal Form: www.irc2026.org/SessionForm/ Visit Conference Website: www.irc2026.org/en/

Geography and Sustainability International Workshop (GEOSUS 2025) will be held on Oct. 17-20, 2025, in Xi’an, China. Abstract submission deadline: Aug. 31, 2025. More details can be found on the conference website 2025.geosus.org

Geography and Sustainability journal metrics 2024 released: JIF 2024 of GeoSus is 8.0, ranking 3/67 in Geography, Physical (Q1); CiteScore 2024 of GeoSus is 14.7, ranking 2/183 in Earth-Surface Processes (Q1)

Empowering communities for climate action—students from Paris 8’s VARAP program, in collaboration with Boomforest and IGU, are planting citizen-led urban micro-forests in Plaine Commune using the Miyawaki method to boost biodiversity and ecological resilience.

IGU President Prof Nathalie Lemarchand and Secretary General Prof Barbaros Gonencgil at the 150th anniversary of the Romanian Geography Society The Romanian Society of Geography is a member of the IGU The event took place under the auspices of the Royal Family of Romania, June 6-8, 2025 Bucharest.

IGU Newsletter, May 2025 English: igu-online.org/wp-content/u... French: igu-online.org/wp-content/u...

15:00 – 16:00 UTC: FUTURE AVENUES FOR SCIENCE ADVICE IN THE UN SYSTEM: NEW RESEARCH ON SCIENCE ADVICE AND THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY – featuring leading science-policy experts and presenting the results of the ISC project "Science advice at the UN General Assembly", council.science/events/futur...

Dear All Be ready to join today ISC GeoUnions IDSSD Distinguished Lecture at 12h00 (GMT) Attendance is free, join the session on Zoom here: us06web.zoom.us/j/8636104731...

ISC IDSSD GeoUnions Distinguished Lecture Series, Tuesday 13th May 2025 at 12h00 UTC (GMT) Join the session on Zoom here: us06web.zoom.us/j/8636104731... “Decolonizing African Agriculture: Food Security, Agroecology and the Need for Radical Transformation” Speaker: Professor William G. Moseley

IGU Thematic Conference 2025 October 27 to November 1, 2025, Santa Marta, Colombia Website: www.ugi2025colombia.com Email: [email protected]

The Jena Declaration Asia Conference 2025 📆 Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2025 🎙️ Hosted by: UNESCO Chair on Global Understanding for Sustainability ➡️ Find detailed program here: lnkd.in/estfcc5H 🔗 Zoom Link: lnkd.in/e74Y37s8 🆔 Meeting ID: 848 1789 2081 🔐 Passcode: 260492

International Geographical Union (IGU) Executive Committee (EC) meeting, April 10th and 11th, 2025 @Cairo, Egypt.... hosted by the Egyptian Geographical Society

AGLE Annual Conference 2025

Call for Chapter Contributions “Youth, Sustainable Development Agendas and Future Earth”

International Women's Day 2025

Submit articles to [email protected], [email protected] before March 31, 2025.

IGU THEMATIC CONFERENCE ON BRIDGING PERSPECTIVES: EXPLORING LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LAND USE CHANGE, HEALTH, AND BIODIVERSITY FOR A STRONGER CONNECTION BETWEEN AND WITHIN GLOBAL NORTH AND SOUTH October 13-17 2025 Lima, Peru Abstract Submission: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

September 21-26, 2025 XVI National Meeting of Graduate Studies and Research in Geography Geographies in a world in crisis Federal University of Amapá - UNIFAP, Campus Marco Zero of Ecuador - Macapá - AP enanpege.com.br

International Mountain Conference September 14 - 18 2025 Innsbruck/ Austria The CMS of the International Geographical Union is organizing sessions at the International Mountain Conference. You can submit abstracts to the sessions. Check the website for details or scan the QR code imc2025.info

Registration: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join IGU Social Media bsky.app/profile/igu-... www.linkedin.com/company/inte... www.facebook.com/IGUOnline/ www.instagram.com/igu_online/ International Geographical Union

IGU President Nathalie Lemarchand, Vice President Maria Paradiso and Ex Past President Yukio Himiyama representing International Geographical Union (IGU) at Geo-Unions meeting in the Muscat Global Knowledge Dialogue and Third ISC General Assembly in Oman (26-30 January 2025)

IGU Egypt 2025, Thematic Conference Geo-Spatial Technology, Global Changes and Sustainability: Abstract submission deadline approaching: January 31, 2025

Wishing all a year filled with peace, knowledge, learning, happiness, and success Happy New Year 2025 Best Regards IGU Executive Committee