Call for Papers WRF 2011 - World Resources Forum

The World Resources Forum (WRF) is taking place in Davos/Switzerland 19 - 21 September 2011 and analyses,  discusses and debates challenges and solutions for the resource problems which the world is facing: the environmental, social and economic risks of unsustainable extraction, manufacturing, consumption, disposal and dissipation of natural resources.

 Papers on these 5 topics are welcome:

(1)       Security of Supply

(2)       Growth, Innovation, Decoupling, Efficiency and Sufficiency

(3)       Assessment Methods, Resource Use Indicators and Targets

(4)       The Social Dimension of Resources

(5)       Communication and Education

Topic 3 deals especially with Life cycle assessment, Ecological footprint, Grey energy, Carbon footprint, other Greenhouse-gas-related indicators, Water footprint, Soil-related indicators, Material flow indicators and (per-capita) targets, Standards.
 
Please find the Call for Papers at: www.worldresourcesforum.org/call-papers-wrf-2011

Abstract submission deadline: January 31, 2011.
 
If you have any questions regarding the World Resources Forum 2011, please visit www.worldresourcesforum.org or contact wrf@empa.ch