South Africa
SA's bid to host the 35th IGC was conceived as a bid for southern African region and thus has lobbied for support from all regional member states prior to the
"At the time of the bid, South Africa had the full support of Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia and Tanzania, and a process will now be set in motion to ensure that 35th IGC is a collaborative venture involving the earth science communities of all the states in the region," said IGC statement.
At the conference latest insights into processes has put more emphasis on climate change and its impact on natural earth system processes were dealt with, also taking into consideration the energy crisis and the potential of non-renewable resources such as oil, coal and uranium, to meet ever growing demand in the future.
