Vision for RIO+20: System Change for Green Economy and Poverty Reduction

                                                                     (Live Webcast) 

  

Date: Friday, 6 May 2011
Time: 1.15-2.30pm (EST)
Venue: UNU Video Portal 

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Event Summary

This seminar will show how changes in price structure and sustainable infrastructure can lead to poverty reduction in a green economy. The speaker argues that the transition towards a low carbon green growth can be realized without a fundamental restructuring of the price structure, by internalizing ecological prices through environmental taxes and environmental fiscal reform.  The two core features of environmental fiscal reforms, revenue neutrality and double dividend, are powerful tools for changing the price structure while stimulating economic growth.  

In terms of sustainable infrastructure, the speaker makes a case for developing countries to promote sustainable infrastructure through urban planning and design, green buildings and making the switch from private transportation to public transportation modes so that they are not locked into unsustainable consumption and production patterns.

The seminar is part of the UNU Midday Forum Series, which offers an intimate and informal platform of discussion for the UN permanent missions, the UN Secretariat, UN agencies, academia, NGOs and the private sector to exchange ideas on important topics related to the UN.

Speakers

• Rae Kwon Chung, Director, Environment and Development Division, UNESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand 

Moderator

• Jean-Marc Coicaud, Director, United Nations University Office in New York

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Sustainable Consumption and Production: Educating, Engaging and Empowering Stakeholders for Low Carbon, Inclusive Growth

              (Live Webcast) 

  

Date: Wednesday, 4 May 2011
Time: 1.15-2.45pm (EST)
Venue: UNU Video Portal 

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This is a side event of the 19^th UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD19) in New York organized by UNU-ONY and the Interagency Committee (IAC) for the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD).

The side event aims to highlight the role of education in promoting consumption and production systems that lead to low carbon, inclusive growth. In order to meaningfully contribute to this goal, the stakeholders of sustainable consumption and production (SCP), including children and young people, need to be engaged in empowering learning processes, leading to more sustainable practices.

Members of the Interagency Committee for the DESD will present and assess ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) actions that have the potential to reorient modern consumption and production patterns. The discussion will focus on analysis of the processes and projects that simultaneously pursue two interrelated goals: 1) engagement and empowerment of the key SCP stakeholders, including youth and children, through learning processes, and 2) facilitating consumption and production that leads to low carbon inclusive societies. By doing so, both process and results of learning and empowerment will be discussed.

Speakers

• Kazuhiko Takemoto, Senior Fellow, United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies
• Zinaida Fadeeva, Research Fellow, United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies
• Mark Richmond, Director, Division of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development, UNESCO
• Stephanie Hodge, Programme Specialist responsible for Cross-Sector Coordination, UNICEF
• Suchitra Sugar, Consultant, UNICEF Education Section

Moderator

• Jean-Marc Coicaud, Director, United Nations University Office in New York 
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Sustainable Consumption and Production: Educating, Engaging and Empowering Stakeholders for Low Carbon, Inclusive Growth

(Live Webcast) 

  

Date: Wednesday, 4 May 2011
Time: 1.15-2.45pm (EST)
Venue: UNU Video Portal 

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Event Summary

This is a side event of the 19^th UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD19) in New York organized by UNU-ONY and the Interagency Committee (IAC) for the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD).

The side event aims to highlight the role of education in promoting consumption and production systems that lead to low carbon, inclusive growth. In order to meaningfully contribute to this goal, the stakeholders of sustainable consumption and production (SCP), including children and young people, need to be engaged in empowering learning processes, leading to more sustainable practices.

Members of the Interagency Committee for the DESD will present and assess ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) actions that have the potential to reorient modern consumption and production patterns. The discussion will focus on analysis of the processes and projects that simultaneously pursue two interrelated goals: 1) engagement and empowerment of the key SCP stakeholders, including youth and children, through learning processes, and 2) facilitating consumption and production that leads to low carbon inclusive societies. By doing so, both process and results of learning and empowerment will be discussed.

Speakers

• Kazuhiko Takemoto, Senior Fellow, United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies
• Zinaida Fadeeva, Research Fellow, United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies
• Mark Richmond, Director, Division of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development, UNESCO
• Stephanie Hodge, Programme Specialist responsible for Cross-Sector Coordination, UNICEF
• Suchitra Sugar, Consultant, UNICEF Education Section

Moderator

• Jean-Marc Coicaud, Director, United Nations University Office in New York 
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Global Trends as a Challenge for Global Governanc

(Live Webcast) 

  

Date: 29 April 2011
Time: 9.00-10.15am (EST)
Venue: UNU Video Portal 

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This seminar explores the far-reaching political, diplomatic and security consequences of the recent rapid changes in the Arab world, from the perspective of security studies.  It seeks answers to the following questions: How can governments and organizations - both directly and indirectly linked to the change - navigate the new global political landscape that has emerged as a result? Have the trends of globalization, such as security threats and migration, helped or hindered the ability of world governments to deal with the political and diplomatic issues that arise from these changes?

The seminar is part of the UNU Midday Forum Series, which offers an intimate and informal platform of discussion for the UN permanent missions, the UN Secretariat, UN agencies, academia, NGOs and the private sector to exchange ideas on important topics related to the UN.

Speakers

• Álvaro de Vasconcelos, Director,European Union Institute for Security Studies
• Luis Peral,Research Fellow, European Union Institute for Security Studies

 Moderator

• Jean-Marc Coicaud, Director, United Nations University Office in New York

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Realizing the Development Potential of Diasporas

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 Realizing the Development Potential of Diasporas 

  

Date: 13 April 2011
Time: 1.15pm-2.30pm (EST)
Venue: http://videoportal.unu.edu  

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Event Summary

The United Nations University Office at the United Nations is organizing an event as part of the UNU Midday Forum Series entitled "Realizing the Development Potential of Diasporas". 

 This event will focus on the much claimed but little studied proposition that the contribution of Diasporas to sending economies extends well beyond the remittance flows these economies receive. Particular attention is paid to the issue of Diaspora investment and entrepreneurship. There will be an analysis   of   the  financial  and  non-financial  channels  of  Diaspora contribution  and  areas  where  policies can effectively leverage diaspora capital  to  facilitate  development.  The speakers will emphasize the importance of public policies to widen the role of Diasporas in contributing to development. They will also suggest a categorization of diaspora activities and a framework for understanding diaspora diversity and its impact on development. 

 Speakers:

• Krishnan Sharma, Economic Affairs Advisor, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations (UNDESA)

• Paul Ladd, Advisor to UNDP on issues related to inclusive globalization, including development finance, debt sustainability, trade and migration.

• Manuel F. Montes, Chief, Development Strategy and Policy Analysis Unit, UNDESA

Moderator:

• Jean-Marc Coicaud, Director of the United Nations University, Office at the United Nations in New York (UNU-ONY).

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"Coping with Global Environmental Change, Disasters and Security".

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Coping with Global Environmental Change, Disasters and Security

Threats, Challenges, Vulnerabilities and Risks

  

Date: 23 March 2011
Time: 1.15pm-2.30pm (EST)
Venue: http://videoportal.unu.edu  

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The United Nations University Office at the United Nations is organizing an event as part of the UNU Worldwide in New York Series entitled "Coping with Global Environmental Change, Disasters and Security".

During the conference the speakers will present the recently published Global Environmental and Human Security Handbook for the Anthropocene (GEHSHA), which comprises 95 peer-reviewed chapters which were written by 164 authors, and analyzes concepts of military and political hard security and economic, social and environmental soft security. Regional focuses include the Near East, Asia, and North and Sub-Sahara Africa, as well as addressing hazards in urban centers.

The major focus of this conference will be on coping with global environmental change - climate change, desertification, water, food and health - and with hazards and strategies pertaining to social vulnerability and resilience-building. The speakers will also examine scientific and political strategies, policies and measures - such as early warning of conflicts and hazards - and discuss a political geo-ecology and a "Fourth Green Revolution."

 Speakers

• Jean-Marc Coicaud, Director of the United Nations University, Office at the United Nations in New York (UNU-ONY).

• H.E. Ambassador Professor Dr. Joy Ogwu, Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations, author of a foreword.

• H.E. Ambassador Dr. Peter Wittig, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations.

• Mr. Jorge Laguna-Celis, Delegate to the Second Committee, representing thePermanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations.

• Hans Günter Brauch, Adj. Professor, Free University of Berlin; senior CASA fellow, UNU-EHS (Bonn); chairman of AFES-PRESS, Germany; co-editor, author.

• Úrsula Oswald Spring, Professor, Centro Regional de Investigaciones Multidisciplinarias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (CRIM-UNAM, Cuernavaca, Mexico); first MR Chair on Social Vulnerability, UNU-EHS; co-editor, author.

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CHORUS POUR LES LANGUES: LE MULTILINGUISME, DES PRINCIPES AUX ACTE

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CHORUS POUR LES LANGUES: LE MULTILINGUISME, DES PRINCIPES AUX ACTES

Multilingualism, from Principles to Actions

The event will be in French and interpreted into English.
Date: 21 March 2011
Time: 1.00pm-2.45pm (EST)
Venue: http://videoportal.unu.edu  

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Event Summary

L'Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, l'Université des Nations Unies et le Département de l'Information des Nations Unies organisent dans le cadre de la célébration de la Journée de la Langue française aux Nations Unies, un Séminaire sur le thème : «Chorus pour les langues: le multilinguisme, des principes aux actes».

The International Organization of La Francophonie, the United Nations University Office at the United Nations and the United Nations Department of Public Information organized as part of the celebration of the French Language Day at the UN, a seminar on "Multilingualism, from principles to actions".

 Speakers

• Dr. Jean-Marc Coicaud, Director of United Nations University Office in New York. 

• Mr Kiyo Akasaka, Under Secretary General for the United Nations Department of Public Information and Coordinator of multilingualism at the United Nations.

• H.E. Mr.Moussa Makan Camara, Ambassador, Permanent Observer of the Francophone to the United Nations

• Mr Dominique Hoppe, Co-ordinator of the Association of Francophone Public Servants in the International Organizations. 

• Prof. Philippe Van Parijs, Professor of Philosophy, Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium).

• Prof. Emilienne Baneth-Nouailhetas, Director of Research, National Center for Scientific Research (France)

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