CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – University of Environment and Sustainable Development

2nd Sustainable Conference Details
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2nd Sustainable Conference Details

UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

2^NDSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE

25^th – 27^th August, 2022

Theme: Towards Environment and Sustainable Development Financing in the Wave of COVID-19: The Role of Stakeholders

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Since, the Earth Summit in Rio De Janeiro in 1992, the Global Leadership has fairly and widely recognized that unsustainable approaches to most development initiatives have necessitated the continuous call for more sustainable actions – an action that encourages the judicious use of environmental resources, promotes people’s social well-being and provides economic value for investors.

The United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Mr. António Guterres, said that the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is still in its early stages around the world and in developing countries to be specific. The current level of financing and investment associated with the implementation of the SDGs is far below what is needed, and there is a growing concern about how to close this financing gap, globally. Financing for sustainable development in developing countries risks collapsing as all available resources, domestic and external, public and private, are inadequate, even before COVID-19.

Globally, countries are not on the right track of achieving the SDGs, as gender inequality gap widens, and world hunger has risen for the third year in a row. Biodiversity is being lost at an alarming rate, and greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, with all the devastating effects on health and societies. In short, much has not been done to ensure dignity, opportunity and justice for all, and we risk irreversible degrading of the natural systems that sustain life. However, there is a common understanding that the SDGs can be achieved through mutual collaborations and partnership. These should facilitate mobilization of funds to address the financing gap of $2.5 trillion a year, It is against this back drop that the 2^nd Edition of the UESD Sustainability Conference is being organized.

This conference aims to provide an opportunity to review and create knowledge for addressing constellation of SDGs financing gaps related to Water and Sanitation, Power and Energy, Food Security and Agriculture, Climate Change Mitigation, and Adaptation, Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Health and Wellbeing, Education, Social Inclusion, Transportation, Telecommunication, among others. This conference seeks to provide opportunity for academics (scholars) and practitioners to engage and brainstorm on recommended policies and strategies to address sustainable development financing challenges in Ghana and beyond.

Interested researchers and practitioners should submit abstracts for oral and poster presentations under the following thematic areas:

Ecosystems, Biodiversity, and Climate Change
Environment and Public Health
Gender, Education, Digitization and Innovation
Economics, Energy, and Sustainable Financing

Circular Economy and Agriculture

Important Dates

Deadline for submission of abstracts —10^th July, 2022
Notification of decision on abstracts — 20^th July, 2022
Submission of full papers for conference proceedings — 30^th July, 2022
Submission of revised papers — 12^thAugust, 2022

Guidelines for Abstract Submission

Please submit your abstract of 250 words and a maximum of 5 keywords to the email address conferences@uesd.edu.gh. Abstracts shall be subjected to peer-review, and only those that pass the peer-review process will be invited to present (Oral or Poster) at the conference. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 10^th July, 2022, at 23:59 hrs GMT.

Conference Registration form: https://forms.gle/18k3SnHAv9mvxnuC6

Publication

Conference Proceedings will be published in a Springer Edited Book Submitted for indexing to ISI Proceedings, EI-Compendex, SCOPUS, Google Scholar, and SpringerLink.

Conference Fee

Delegate Ghc 500
Student Delegate Ghc 300
Accompanying Person Ghc 300
International delegate $150
Online Delegate $50 (Only International)

Registration

Early bird registration – 30^th July, 2022 with 20% waiver
Late Registration 20^th August, 2022
Registration during the conference will be accepted with 5% of the applied fee

Important things to Note

Accommodation is not included in the conference fee. Information on rates provided by local hotels will be advertised on the conference website in due course.
Registration covers one paper only, attendance to all programme sessions, conference material, lunch, tea and coffee breaks, welcome reception, opening ceremony, conference dinner, conference bag etc.

Conference Venue

University of Environment and Sustainable Development

Instruction for Presenters

Sustainable Development Conference – 2022 Edition

The following are the instructions for the presenters or authors:

Each presenter has twenty (15) minutes per presentation. Ten (10) minutes for an uninterrupted presentation and the remaining five (5) minutes for discussion on what was presented. Presenters should be forthright and demonstrate brevity.
The order of presentations as circulated per the conference programme (with respect to slots) will be strictly followed. Therefore, if a presenter misses his/her slot, no provision will be made for such presenter.
All presenters should be seated before the conference
Please your slides should be readable at a distance (28 -32 font size) and must be submitted to the conference committee at least two hours before the presentations.
Presentation should cover Introduction/background, theoretical/conceptual framework, methodology (materials and Methods), Results, Discussions, Conclusion and recommendations.

Conference Committee

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