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Innovation for Sustainability in a Changing World: Proceedings of the 2nd South African-German Conference on Research for Sustainability

The proceedings from the 2nd South African-German Dialogue on Science for Sustainability, which took place in October 2009 in Pretoria, have been published.

Apart from editing the publication, UNU-ViE wrote the chapter "Multilateral Approaches to Science and Technology Cooperation for Sustainability" and contributed to the introduction.

For brochure download and requests for hard copies please visit the Dialogue on Science for Sustainabilty (D4S) website.

UNU-ViE coorganized the event in cooperation with the International Bureau of BMBF, the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation (IERI) and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Pretoria.