The teach-in will happen just before the Royal Society’s “Planet Under Pressure” conference, a large international technology conference preparing for the RIO Earth Summit.
The Planet Under Pressure conference will happen in the ExCel centre, London from March 26th through 29th (Monday -Thursday). The Conference is organised by the Royal Society and the IGBP (an international science group) with the tagline “New Knowledge Towards Solutions”. In the words of the conference website they intend to “provide scientific leadership towards the 2012 UN Rio +20 conference”. Plenary speakers and panellist include a speaker from the World Bank, a Shell Oil Company Vice President, and the Chief Scientist of the UK. Individual participation in the conference costs over 400£. Isn’t it time to open up global decision making about our future to all the people who will be affected?
http://www.planetunderpressure2012.net