MINISTERIAL CONSULTATIONS:
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| Katherine Sierra,
World Bank, moderated the panel discussion on "Global crises: national chaos?
Coping with multiple challenges and capturing the
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| Hilary
Benn, Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs, United Kingdom |
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Jean-Louis
Borloo, Minister of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Territorial Development,
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Batilda
Burian, Minister of State for the Environment,
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Erik
Solheim, Minister of Environment and Development
Cooperation, Norway |
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| Khalid
Al-Irani, Minister of Environment, Jordan |
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Ligia
Castro de Doens, Minister of Environment, Panama |
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Yvo
de Boer, Executive Secretary, UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change |
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Jos
Delbeke, Deputy Director-General, Environment-Directorate,
European Commission. |
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Oliver Dulić, Minister of Environment, Serbia,
GC-25/GMEF President. |
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| Robert
Watson, University of East Anglia |
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COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE:
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| Jukka
Uosukainen, Finland, confers with the Czech Republic and
Indonesian delegations. |
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| Members of the
Tunza Youth and Environmental Network presented
their statement to the COW: L-R: Anne Walraven
and Margaret Koli of Tunza. |
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| CONTACT GROUPS AND INFORMAL GROUPS:
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| CHEMICALS:
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| L-R: John Roberts (UK)
and Per Bakken (UNEP Chemicals); delegates negotiated the revised draft decision on mercury paragraph-by-paragraph. |
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AROUND THE BREEZEWAYS:
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ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: "
Towards a Low-Carbon Future: Making the climate neutral case to the
public"
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after the launch of UNEP's Climate Neutral Network and with
less than 300 days to go before the Copenhagen COP 15, the
roundtable presented an opportunity to take stock of the
experiences in moving towards low-carbon economies and
societies and debate what is needed to make a strong
political, business and consumer case for a low-carbon future. |
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SASAKAWA PRIZE:
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The UNEP Sasakawa prize is awarded
yearly to individuals or institutions who have made a substantial
contribution to the protection and management of the environment. The
theme for the 2008 awards was "Moving towards a low carbon
economy," the theme of the World Environment Day. This year the
Sasakawa prize went to Sunlabob Rural Energy Ltd. (Lao PDR) and
Practical Action (Peru).
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| Takeju Ogata,
President, Nippon Foundation with Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive
Director |
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| Takeju Ogata,
President, Nippon Foundation with Achim Steiner,
UNEP Executive Director presented the Sasakawa Award
to Alfonso Carrasco Valencia, Practical Action. |
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Takeju
Ogata, President, Nippon Foundation with Achim Steiner,
UNEP Executive Director presented the Sasakawa Award to Andy
Schroeter, Sunlabob Rural Energy Ltd. |
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Takeju
Ogata, President, Nippon Foundation; Angela Cropper,
UNEP Deputy Executive Director; Andy Schroeter; Alfonso
Carrasco Valencia; Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai
and Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director |
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