Special Event

Date and Time

November 10, 2011
12:30PM - 02:00PM EST

"Countdown to the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development"

Light lunch and refreshments will be served The purpose of the event is to spur a multi-stakeholder conversation on the challenges and opportunities presented by the agenda of Rio+20. What will a transition to the green economy look like? What are the building blocks necessary for a revived global governance system supportive of sustainable development?

 

Co-sponsored by the Regulatory Policy Program, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government; the Environment and Natural Resources Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; and the Harvard Environmental Economics Program, Harvard University.

Speakers:

John Matuszak, Division Chief, Sustainable Development and Multilateral Affairs, US State Department.

Jorge Laguna Celis, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations.

Felix Dodds, Executive Director, Stakeholder Forum.

Chair:

Joseph Aldy, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.

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