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2007 media releases

  28.11.2007 Michael Palin speech praising geography
at Speaker's House event, 27 November 2007

  13.11.2007 Government scientific advisers to speak on African health
One day conference discussing how to improve African healthcare.

  23.10.2007 Kofi Annan and Bob Geldof to discuss future of Africa at the Royal Geographical Society with IBG
Annan and Geldof discussing the future of Africa in the 21st Century.

  11.09.07 Bombay Africans - from faceless to facebook
Exhibition on the Africans from the expeditions of Stanley and Livingstone.

  10.09.07 Launch of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report
The full impact of climate change on mankind announced at RGS-IBG.

  31.08.07 British bogs create climate stink
Upland peatland erosion and climate change.

  30.08.07 Cheap flights addiction hard to break
Greens struggle to give up bargain flights.

  30.08.07 London pedicabs - a gap year for Columbians and Poles
Research presented at the RGS-IBG conference.

  28.08.07 Arsenic in drinking water a global threat to health
Arsenic in drinking water affects 137million people.

  11.07.07 Exhibtion takes the heat out of climate change debate
'Changing climate, changing lives?'  funded by Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA),

  04.06.07 Royal medal award winners announced 
Professors Roger Barry and Paul Curran praised for pushing the boundaries of geographical science.

  23.04.07 Safer adventure holidays and field trips for British abroad
British Standards Institution has published a standard for adventurous activities.

  16.04.07 From Kabul to Kandahar 1833 to 1933
Exhibition on the history of Afghanistan and the British presence there, repeated from 2006.

  22.02.07 Into the Cryptosphere
An artist's residency exploring the Society's unparalelled collection of over a million maps. 

  15.02.07 Local student wins geography prize
Awards for excellence in geography at GCE A Level around the country.

climbers on a mountain / Professor Paul Curren shows the medal he won

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