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Previous Roundtable Events
Proceedings and short papers from selected GEN roundtables.
World Environment Day (04 June 2010) Roundtable - Financial crisis and the green economy (23 August 2009) Roundtable - Your Planet Needs You-UNite to Combat Climate Change (05 June 2009) Pre- Poznan Roundtable (17 November 2008) Briefing on the outcome of the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and UNCCD High Level Policy Dialogue (08 September 2008) Preventing Overshoot and Collapse: Managing the Earth’s Resources (24 August 2008) Exposures to Mercury: Valuable Lessons for Human Health and the Environment (08 August 2008) Towards a low-carbon economy World Environment Day roundtable Thursday, 5 June 2008 (05 June 2008) Brown-bag lunch: Tackling illegal wildlife trade (06 May 2008) Can legacies of the past offer opportunities for a sustainable future? Examples from South-East Europe, Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (22 April 2008) Water, Toxic Wastes, Climate Change - Environment-related resolutions under the Human Rights Council (18 April 2008) Obtaining research funding from the EU - a presentation by Euresearch. (27 February 2008) Le Grenelle Français de l'Environnement (French only) (05 December 2007) Paying nature for services rendered - the case of water (29 November 2007) Priorities for the Bali climate change talks (22 November 2007) UNEP’s 4th Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4) (25 October 2007) World Environment Day Roundtable: Climate change (05 June 2007) The Global Environment Facility (23 May 2007) International environmental governance (17 January 2007) Assessing priorities for global action on the eve of the Nairobi climate change talks (30 October 2006) Towards a new international regime on forests (05 July 2006) World Environment Day Roundtable: The case for Global Environmental Goals (02 July 2006) Promoting compliance with environmental treaties (20 April 2005) World Water Day Roundtable: “Water for Life”: Expectations for the International Decade for Action 2005 – 2015 (22 March 2005) Rainwater harvesting as an effective means of flood prevention (21 February 2005) Briefings on Sport and the Environment: The International Year of Sport and Physical Education - 2005 (World Expo - Sport Summit for Environment) (07 September 2004) World Environment Day Roundtable: The global water crisis: from the mountains to the seas (04 June 2004) Biotechnology, trade and the environment (19 May 2004) World Water Day Roundtable: Natural disasters - is climate change responsible? (22 March 2004) The environmental impact of the Asian Tsunami disaster and priorities for recovery (15 March 2004) Human rights and the environment (12 March 2004) Globalization of water resources - the interlinking of Indian rivers (10 October 2003) World Environment Day Roundtable: Providing freshwater for all (05 June 2003) The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: Ecosystems and human well-being (13 February 2003) Who benefits from agriculture? Understanding the roles of producers, distributors and consumers (French only) (21 October 2002) World Environment Day Roundtable: Sustainable tourism (05 June 2002) Precaution in environmental policy-making (16 May 2002) Access to genetic resources, benefit-sharing and the Convention on Biological Diversity (02 April 2002) World Habitat Day Roundtable: Cities without slums (01 October 2001) World Environment Day Roundtable: Illegal environmental trade (05 June 2001) The environmental impacts of war (06 May 2001) Preparing for the World Summit on Sustainable Development (16 January 2001) The FSC forest certification scheme: benefits and constraints (04 December 2000) Climate change scenarios for The Hague: Possible trade-offs for a final climate change deal (18 September 2000) World Environment Day Roundtable: The Global Ministerial Environment Forum: Results and next steps (05 June 2000) The Biosafety Protocol (31 March 2000) The Basel Convention: The next ten years (26 November 1999) |
 Previous Environment
House Newsletters
A round-up of topical essays by the members of the Geneva Environment Network.
Issue 16: The opportunity for change (05 June 2007) We are at a pivotal moment in history. This century, this decade, this year – is like no other in its importance to the future of human life on Earth. This year the science of climate change became unequivocal: our planet is warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has confirmed it. Issue 15: Basel Convention hosts World Forum on E-wastes (01 December 2006) The member governments of the Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal met at the United Nations Office in Nairobi from 27 November to 1 December to seek solutions to the world’s rising tide of hazardous wastes. Issue 14: From knowledge to action (01 June 2006) Since its creation, UNEP has been a catalyst for international action on the environment. We can point to numerous conventions and protocols on environmental issues as evidence of UNEP’s success in this role. But what should we be doing in the next few years to play our part in helping to achieve the Millennium Development Goals? Issue 13: International Year of Deserts and Desertification (01 December 2005) The issue of desertification is often obscured by an all-too-common misperception: that it involves a “natural” problem of advancing deserts in faraway developing countries. In reality, of course, desertification is anything but that. Issue 12: The Roles of Cities in Sustainable Development (01 June 2005) The increasing importance of cities for the environment makes the “Green Cities” theme of World Environment Day 2005 very timely. The environmental problems of cities in developing countries, and especially megacities, are posing serious health threats to many urban residents. Issue 11: The International Year for Sport and Physical Education (01 December 2004) In November 2003, the fifty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 58/5 entitled “Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace”. The resolution proclaimed 2005 as the International Year of Sport and Physical Education. Issue 10: Invaders of the Geneva basin (01 May 2004) To celebrate its 100th Anniversary, the Botanical garden and herbarium of Geneva (CJBG) will hold a series of public events, one of which is an exhibition entitled “Envahisseurs!” (Invasive species!). Issue 9: New Annex for International Environment House (01 December 2003) Residents and visitors at the International Environment House will have noticed the new building taking shape right next door. Despite its name, Bâtiment Administrative du Balexert, or BAB, this new building has in fact been built as an annex to the House, where space is starting to become scarce. Issue 8: Conflict and the environment: lessons learned (01 June 2003) Military conflicts always bring human suffering. But what do we know about their environmental consequences? What risks do they pose to human health and the recovery process? And how can the environment be integrated into reconstruction efforts? Issue 7: Mountains: Safeguarding our future (01 June 2002) With more than half of humanity depending on mountains to provide the water it needs to drink, grow food, generate electricity and sustain economic development, IUCN would be disregarding our common future if it did not pay attention to mountains in its work programme. Issue 6: The health agenda for Johannesburg (01 January 2002) The Rio conference in 1992 heralded a new approach to dealing with environment and development issues and represented a significant advance in thinking since the Stockholm conference on the human environment held 20 years earlier. Looking back over the past 15 years, and reflecting on the work of the World Commission on Environment and Development, the Rio conference in 1992, and the subsequent work of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), I see evidence of much progress, as well as many setbacks. Issue 5: IPCC sounds alarm on climate change (01 August 2001) When the UN Environment Programme and the World Meteorological Organization launched the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 1988, no one imagined how effective and influential its work would become. Issue 4: Preparing for Rio+10 (01 January 2001) The review conference in 2002, ten years after the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, offers Governments and others the opportunity to not only review the progress made in the implementation of Agenda 21, but also assess the adequacy of the institutions involved and remove major obstacles for sustainable development. Issue 3: CITES rules on elephants, whales, turtles (01 October 2000) The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, whose secretariat is located at the International Environment House, held its 11th conference of the Parties at UNEP’s Nairobi headquarters in April. Since OPs are held only every two-and-a-half years, they are much-anticipated events on the international environment calendar. This year’s meeting was attended by close to 1,400 participants, including around 700 delegates from 145 governments, 250 journalists, and 400 members of 157 non-governmental, UN, and intergovernmental organizations. Issue 2: Geneva Environment Network gets active (01 February 2000) The second half of 1999 saw the Geneva Environment Network (GEN) grow from an idea into a reality. This cooperative partnership of over 30 Geneva-area organizations active in environment and sustainable development organized several successful events and strengthened its information resources. Issue 1: Networking the environment (01 September 1999) “Synergies” and collaboration”: these new catch-phrases are a response to the growing complexity of global environmental challenges and the institutional arrangements that have evolved for responding to them. |