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Introduction: Energy and environmental management play central role in determining the form and rate of economic development. Both energy and environmental issues have been addressed in the different countries in different ways depending on the national situation. Because energy and environmental issues transcend boundaries, global goals and targets can be useful to provide guidance on the priority national and regional issues to be addressed and therefore, International co-operation in energy and environment is needed more than ever in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). The Secretary General of the Unit ed Nations has realized the interdependency of the major development and environmental issues: the water and sanitation, energy, health, agriculture and biodiversity and has merged these issues in an integrated initiative called WEHAP presented in the World Summit on Sustainable development in Johannesburg. In addition to efforts being made by the United Nations System, new initiatives are needed to strengthen international co-operation in order to mobilize investments in energy and environmental management for sustainable development. Being a technical university with diversity of technical and science disciplines, the Palestine Polytechnic University (PPU) is initiating and organizing an international conference on Energy and Environmental Protection that is going to address several relevant issues by local, regional and international experts and scientists. The conference would represent an opportunity for national and international experts and scientists in addition to national decision makers to interact aiming at enhancing the United Nations initiative. The conference is expected to commence over three days with participants from local and international institutions in addition to invited international keynote speakers. The PPU has previously organized and run several initiatives tackling both environment and energy issues. It has organized the First Palestinian Environmental Symposium during 22-23 March 2000 in cooperation with the Environmental Quality Authority. The event was co-sponsored by the Heinrich Boel Foundation (HBF) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The university has also implemented two social mobilizing programs in the fields of environment, culture and education. Both programs were funded by the UNDP and implemented by the Renewable Energy and Environmental Research Unit (REERU) at the PPU. In addition, the university has participated in the multilateral cooperative program: ''Enhancing Environmenta l Sustainability through Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Technology'' with the American University of Beirut, the Jordan University of Science and Technology, the University of Central Florida and the Northwest Energy Education Institute of the University of Oregon. The project was funded through the US-Citizen Exchange Program of the US- Department of Energy. Objectives: The objectives of the conference are: 1. To bring together scholars, scientists, experts and researchers, decision makers, and other stakeholders from private sectors in one platform to discuss issues related to energy and environmental protections in the sustainable development. 2. To introduce the latest advancement in the two fields. 3. To propose crosscutting issues relevant to both main topics that might also be added in order to integrate social, health and economics of the Sustainable development. 4. To strengthen and enhance the reliability and availabil ity of information and experience exchange on advanced and efficient technologies in both energy and environmental management issues. 5. To emphasize the issue of harnessing alternative energy resources, including renewable, to the domestic and commercial needs. 6. To strengthen regional and international cooperation in fields of global concerns. Topics: The ICEEP conference will cover a number of topics that will focus, but not limited to, the following themes: • Environment Policies and Planning • Energy Policies and Planning • Climate Change • Renewable Energy Technology (Hydroelectric Power, Geothermal Energy, Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal, Wind Power – Large and Small Scale, Biomass and Waste, Fuel Cells and Hydrogen, etc.) • Energy Resources and Demand • Solid Waste Management • Waste Water Treatment and Re-Use • Energy Efficiency and Rational Use of Energy • Environmental and energy systems planning • Environmental data and information management • Environmental Economics • Natural Resources Management • Environmental Awareness and Education • GIS Techniques in Energy and Environmental Planning The conference will be held for three days starting on May 8, 2007 at the PPU Campuses in the city of Hebron. The language of the conference is English. Instant interpretation in the Opening Ceremony is available. |
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