{"id":91,"date":"2009-10-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/2009\/10\/01\/uniting-for-sustainability-3\/"},"modified":"2009-10-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-01T00:00:00","slug":"uniting-for-sustainability-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/uniting-for-sustainability-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Stakeholder Forum and the European Economic and Social Committee host multi-stakeholder conference: \u2018Uniting For Sustainability\u2019: Towards a World Summit on Sustainable Development 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

1st \u2013 2nd October 2009:<\/strong> Together with the European Economic and Social Committee, Stakeholder Forum hosted a two-day multi-stakeholder conference on Earth Summit 2012 in Brussels. It was the first major event to be held in Europe to discuss a possible Rio+20 conference in 2012.<\/p>\n

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The conference was attended by a range of governmental and non-governmental actors, and there were presentations from a number of high-profile figures in  the field of sustainable development and environmental governance.<\/p>\n

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After the event, the Swedish Presidency of the European Union issued a response to the conference in which it welcomed the focus on the Green Economy and Global Environmental Governance of a proposed Earth Summit or high level event in 2012. To read the full response, please follow the links below.<\/p>\n

You can download the programme here (French<\/a> and English<\/a>)<\/p>\n

A biography of the Speakers is available here<\/a><\/p>\n

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All the speakers\u2019 presentations and speeches can be accessed below:<\/p>\n

Lars-G\u00f6ran Engfeldt, Former Ambassador, Sweden –
Overview of the state of implementation of the sustainable development commitments taken in 1992 and 2002<\/a><\/p>\n

Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director European Environment Agency –
“Environmental security \u2013 the other challenge for sustainable development”<\/a><\/p>\n

Tom Spencer, Vice-Chairman, the Institute for Environmental Security –
“Taking environmental security seriously: can we do so by 2012?”<\/a><\/p>\n

Luc Bas, The Climate Group –
“The Climate Group: States and regions alliance – contributing to environmental security”<\/a><\/p>\n

Simon Le Grand, DG Development, European Commission –
“The EU Development Context”<\/a><\/p>\n

Felix Dodds, Executive Director of the Stakeholder Forum –
“Sustainable Development Governance”<\/a><\/p>\n

Mike Mathias, Chairman, CONCORD Policy Forum –
Copy of M. Mathias’s speech delivered in response to Franz Perrez, Deputy Head of the International Affairs Division, the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment  <\/a><\/p>\n

John Scanlon, Principle Advisor to the Executive Director on Policy and Programme, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) –
“The Green Economy & International Environmental Governance”  <\/a><\/p>\n

John Hontelez, Secretary-General, European Environmental Bureau –
“A European Eco-efficient economy”  <\/a><\/p>\n

Ida Edwertz, Division for International Affairs, Ministry of the Environment, Sweden –
Speech in response to discussions on behalf of the Swedish Presidency of the European Union<\/a><\/p>\n

Ricardo Neiva Tavares, Ambassadror of Brazil to the European Communities –<\/div>\n
Towards a World Summit of Sustainable Development 2012<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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