6 - 8 December 2010, USP, Suva, Fiji
First Circular

Introduction

Pacific countries face many challenges that are common to them all. They have no fossil fuel reserves of their own, and their remoteness means they have to import fuel from far away at exorbitant costs to their economies. Their low-lying islands with large coastal regions are subject to the worst negative impacts of climate change – extreme weather events, sea level rise, storm surges and ground water pollution to name a few.

These problems are not unknown to the developed nations, whose extravagant use of fossil fuel is in part to blame for the global warming that is the cause of climate change. But these nations only have second-hand knowledge of the full impacts of climate change on the PICs and the true economic austerities these island nations face.

The International Conference on Renewable Energy and Climate Change (ICRECC10) will, for the first time, provide a common venue where the peoples of the Pacific will sit down together and device their own strategies for solving their common problems. ICRECC10 will necessarily be multi-disciplinary in nature. It will cover topics ranging from renewable energy resources, to technologies and their relevance to the development of the region and cross-cutting socio-economic and policy issues. It will also include a comprehensive discussion of the impact of climate change as experienced by the people of the Pacific nations themselves.

Theme and scope
This will be a multi-disciplinary conference covering all aspects of renewable energy and climate change as they impact on the lives of the Pacific people. Topics covered will include (but not be restricted to):

Related Conference
The ICRECC10 will take place immediately after a related conference being organized at USP during 29 Nov - 3 Dec 2010. Further information on this earlier conference is available at www.usp.ac.fj/conference

Further Information
More information on registration, abstract deadlines, conference fees etc. will appear on this website very soon. To register your interest in this conference in the meantime, you may e-mail the conference secretariat at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Be at one with the Pacific people

Identify yourself with their concerns and aspirations

Contact
SEP: Dr. Anirudh Singh, ph 3232437, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Mr. Denise Chand, Ph 3232645, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Martha Volau (secretary, SEP) Ph 3232223, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it