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Union(U) Session Sub Category Union Session ID U-07 Title Future Earth - The Integrated Research for Sustainable Earth Short title Future Earth Convener Name Yukio Himiyama Affiliation Faculty of Education, Hokkaido University of Education Email himiyama.yukio@a.hokkyodai.ac.jp Co-convener 1. Name Teruyuki Nakajima Affiliation Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute Email teruyuki.nakajima@aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp Co-convener 2. Name Tetsuzo Yasunari Affiliation Research Institute for Humanity and Nature Email yasunari@chikyu.ac.jp Co-convener 3. Name Mitsuo Uematsu Affiliation Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo Email uematsu@aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp International Symposium No request Language Japanese Scope The world global environmental studies are being re-organized under the flag of Future Earth led by ICSU, ISSC etc. Geoscience, which specializes in the dynamic nature and phenomena of the earth's surface, including lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere and human-geosphere, assumes unique responsibility in contributing to Future Earth. The session is intended to discuss the crucial issues related with it. Type of presentation Oral and Poster presentation Invited papers Eduardo de Mulder (President of Earth Science Matters Foundation, Former President of IUGS, Former President of IYPE) Tetsuzo Yasunari (RIHN) Yukio Himiyama (Hokkaido Univ. of Edu.) Koji Tanaka (Kyoto University) Taikan Oki (IIS/UT) Seita Emori (NIES) Toshio Koike (Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo) Nobuyuki Yagi (The University of Tokyo) Yoshiyasu Ida (Univ, of Tsukuba) Yutaka Takigami (Kanto Gakuen Univ.) Makoto Taniguchi (RIHN) Toshio Yamagata (Application Lab, JAMSTEC) Hiromichi Fukui (Chubu Institute for Advanced Sutudies) Mitsuru Osaki (Hokkaido University) Kaoru Sugihara (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies) Norichika Kanie (Tokyo Institute of Technology )