The FAO/UNECE Timber Section, in cooperation with the UNECE Environment, Housing and Land Management Division, and with the active support of UNCTAD and UNEP, has organized on Tuesday and Wednesday, 16-17 February 2010 a seminar on "Environmental Governance towards Green Economy", in the context of the annual tour of students, MSc. Environmental Governance, from the University of Freiburg, Germany, to visit international organizations. You will find here the presentations which were made available by the various speakers at this occasion.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need any further information.
Programme
Monday 15 February | ||||||
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12.30 -14.00 | WHO lunchtime seminar « Environment & Health Governance » WHO, Salle B | Prof. Robert Percival, University of Maryland | ||||
14.30 -17.30 | Welcome by and Introduction to International Organizations in Geneva Palais des Nations, Room XXIII (Presentations 15’ & discussions 15’) |
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14.30 – 15.00 | UNECE – Environment, Housing and Land Management Division PDF179 KB | Ms. Monika Linn | ||||
15.00 – 15.30 | UNECE/FAO Timber Section | Ms. Franziska Hirsch Mr. Ed Pepke
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15.30 – 16.00 | UNCTAD PDF 159 KB | Mr. Ulrich Hoffmann | ||||
16.00 – 16.30 | UNEP PDF 612 KB | Mr. Jaco Tavenier | ||||
16.30 – 17.00 | ILO PDF | Ms. Lene Olsen
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17.00 – 17.30 | WTO PDF 375 KB | Mr. Matthias Helble | ||||
Tuesday 16 February | ||||||
Seminar on Environmental governance towards Green Economy Palais des Nations, Room XXIII | ||||||
9.00 - 11.00 | Green Economy: context & concepts (Presentations 15’ & discussions 15’) | |||||
9.00 - 9.30 | UNEP - PDF 806 KB | Mr. Derek Eaton | ||||
9.30 - 10.00 | IISD PDF | Mr. Chris Beaton
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10.00 - 10.30 | UNCTAD PDF | Mr. Ulrich Hoffmann | ||||
10.30 – 11.00 | UNECE PDF 379 KB | Ms. Laura Altinger | ||||
11:00 - 13.00 | Towards a Green Economy: some sectoral and cross-sectoral issues / case studies (Presentations 15’ & discussions 15’) | |||||
11:00 – 11:30 | UNCTAD - Organic agriculture PDF 345 KB | Ms. Sophia N. Twarog | ||||
11:30 – 12:00 | UNCTAD - Renewable energy PDF 578 KB | Ms. Dong Wu | ||||
12:00 – 12:30 | UNEP – Chemicals: Stockholm and Rotterdam Conventions | Mr. David Ogden | ||||
12:30 – 13:00 | UNEP – Basel Convention: Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal PDF 769 KB | Mr. Nelson Sabogal | ||||
14.00 - 15.00 | Towards a Green Economy: some sectoral and cross-sectoral issues / case studies (continuation) (Presentations 15’ & discussions 15’) | |||||
14:00 – 14:30 | UNECE - Housing and Land management PDF 538 KB | Ms. Paola Deda | ||||
14:30 – 15:00 | ILO - Green Jobs PDF 83 KB | Ms. Ana Sanchez | ||||
15.00 – 17.30 | Panel discussion: Why is Green Economy so promising and not yet happening? Governance & financing issues (Statements/Presentations followed by round table discussion) | Facilitated by Laura Altinger | ||||
| UNEP – Finance Initiative PDF 1.3 MB | Ms. Synnöve Sandberg
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| UNCTAD PDF 218 KB | Mr. Ulrich Hoffmann | ||||
| International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) PDF 543 KB | Mr. Peter Wooders | ||||
| World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) PDF | Mr. Kija Kummer Brown
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| International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) PDF | Mr. Mahesh Sugathan | ||||
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IUCN - The World Conservation Union PDF 574 KB |
Mr. David Huberman
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Wednesday 17 February | ||||||
9.00 – 12.00 | Round table on Governance for sustainable natural resources management - mechanisms & results International Environment House, Room 3 | |||||
9.00 – 9.10 | Welcome by UNEP | Ms. Diane Rizzolio | ||||
9.10 - 9.30 | UNECE Aarhus Convention PDF 225 KB | Ms. Aphrodite Smagadi | ||||
9.30 – 9:50 | Ramsar convention PDF 2.8 MB | Ms . Monica Zavagli
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9:50 – 10:20 | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) PDF | Mr. Stephen Nash | ||||
10:20 – 10:50 | Pan-European Forest Certification (PEFC) PDF 435 KB | Ms. Sarah Price | ||||
10:50 – 11:10 | Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) PDF 112 KB | Mr. Tatjana Terekhova | ||||
11:10 – 12:00 | Roundtable discussion | Facilitated by Mr. Cédric Pène | ||||
13.30 - 17.30 | Focused initiatives and governance regimes
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13.30 – 14.00 | Biodiversity – UNEP | Mr. David Duthie | ||||
14.00 – 14.30 | UN-REDD – the UN Collaborative Programme PDF 3 MB | Ms. Linda Rosengren | ||||
14:30-15.00 | Environment & security initiative (ENVSEC) PDF 1.5 MB | Ms. Marianne Chaumel | ||||
15:00 – 16:00 | The ethical aspect of environmental governance (UNEP) PDF | Mr. Arthur Dahl | ||||
16.00 – 16:15 | Closing |
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