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The Commission on Geo-science for Environmental Management is now comprised of seven individual working groups: Dust, Gold and Mercury, Land Subsidence and Groundwater, Communicating Environmental Geoscience, Climate Change Adaptation, Man Made Strata and Geopollution and Drinking Water. The former Working Group on Forensic Geology has now been adopted as a separate IUGS Initiative. The working group on communicating Environmental Geoscience is due to close later in 2012. A new working group on major geological hazards is under consideration.
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The IUGS-GEM annual meeting scheduled for November 14th to 17th in Bangkok, Thailand in collaboration with the 48th Session of the Coordinating Committee for Geoscience in East and South-East Asia had to be postponed due to major flooding in that area. New arrangements will be announced soon.
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The Working Group on Climate Change Adaptation still has a call for contributions to its next book. Examples of implementing climate change adaptation measures from regions beyond the Baltic Sea Region are particularly welcome. See an information pamphlet on books from this working group.
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About IUGS-GEM Recognizing the importance of the geo-sciences to sustainable development, GEM's mission is to encourage the integration of geoscience knowledge into policy and society. As the developing world faces the largest environmental and socio-economic challenges, GEM strives to build bridges both between the developed and developing world, and between developing world countries. |
Governance The principles of a non-profit organization are followed. The Commission meets annually to hold a business meeting and an educational workshop with participation from the host's community. The annual meeting and workshop are integrated with small or large geoscientific congresses to maximize GEM's outreach and for the professional development of GEM officers. |
Operations and Funding To operate, GEM recruits geoscience experts from across the world to form Working Groups. These groups run projects aimed at integrating geoscience knowledge into society. There are currently seven Working Groups. Funds to operate working groups are acquired through grant applications. |
