International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies — 45th Session

The Role of Science in the Third Millennium

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Physics, Energy

• Author: R Ragaini
• ISBN: 9789814531795
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication: June 27, 2013
• Imprint: WSPC
• Language: English

Proceedings of the 45th Session of the International Seminars on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies held in Erice, Sicily. This Seminar has again gathered, in 2012, over one hundred scientists from 43 countries in an interdisciplinary effort that has been going on for the last 31 years, to examine and analyze planetary problems which had been followed up, all year long, by the World Federation of Scientists' Permanent Monitoring Panels.

Contents:

• Opening Session
• Mitigation of Terrorist Acts
• Climate & Climate Economics
• Global Nuclear Energy Issues
• Energy & Sustainability in Cities
• Global Food Production & Forest Dynamics
• Water, Pollution & Terrorism
• Brain Aging & Behavior
• Frontiers in Fast Computing & Informatics
• Information Security
• Messaggio Del Presidente, Della Repubblica Italiana: Le Emergenze Planetaire E IL Progetto WFS
• WFS General Meeting — PMP Reports
• Seminar Participant

Readership: Scientists in all fields, universities and institutes in all fields of science — politicians and decision makers — ministries of science, interior and security, foreign affairs — international organisations.
Key Features:

• Freely-expressed scientific point of views on the most important contemporary and future emergencies facing humanity