There is a strong link between the environment and the 11 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) that were developed by the United Nations and adopted in Egypt’s Strategic Plan 2030. There are several environmental challenges and with the most prominent one is the climate change, which threats the entire world especially poor and developing countries in our region, although we were not responsible for that.   Hence our continuation in holding this international Arab conference in its 12th edition aims to develop solutions of the environmental challenges including the climate changes and to achieve the goals of the sustainable development based on scientific foundations. This conference is held by a cooperation between two centers of Assiut University: the Center for Environmental Studies and Research and the Center for Sustainable Development. We hope this conference provides valuable scientific solutions to develop sustainable and integrated environmental systems for the benefit of all Arab countries.    

Topics of the Conference:

1- Sustainable development goals and how to achieve its targets and measure its indicators.

2- Impact of climate change on environments and how to overcome it.

3- Various environmental pollutants and how to treat and reduce them.

4- Population communities and optimization of geographic information systems and remote sensing.                    

5- Biological diversity.                   

6- Waste management and recycling. 

7- Desertification and land reclamation.

8- Improving the efficiency and management of energy systems and the use of new and renewable energy sources.

9- Management of water resources.

10- Role of stakeholders and concerned entities in finding solutions to various environmental and developments issues (NGOs).

11- Information technology (IT), artificial intelligence (AI) and digital transformation (DT) in addressing climatic and environmental issues.

12- Contemporary environmental issues and their relationship to law, arts, media, health and society .........etc.

13- Any other topics related to environment and development.