EIGHTH GLOBAL NITROGEN CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON SDG’S

EIGHTH GLOBAL NITROGEN CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON SDG’S

Subject: International Relations

Context: The United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the main focus of the eighth triennial conference of the International Nitrogen Initiative (INI) being held virtually from May 31-June 3, 2021.

Concept:

• The International Nitrogen Initiative (INI) is an international program, set up in 2003 under sponsorship of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) and from the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP).

The key aims of the INI are to:

• Optimize nitrogen’s beneficial role in sustainable food production, and
• Minimize nitrogen’s negative effects on human health and the environment resulting from food and energy production.
• The program is currently a sustained partner of Future Earth.

INI Conferences

• The INI holds a conference every three years, inviting members of the international nitrogen community to meet up and discuss ideas and exchange knowledge on nitrogen issues. The last INI conference was held in Melbourne, in December 2016.