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9 May 2007

High-Level Segment

8:30 - 10:00 AM

ECOSOC
 Chamber

Closed Ministerial meeting/Straight Talk
Introductory session

10:00 - 1:00 PM 

 

 

General Assembly Hall

[Watch archived video]

Official Opening

Opening statements:

  • Chairman of CSD-15
  • Secretary-General
  • Mrs. Gro Harlem Brundtland

10:30

Turning Commitments into Action
Working together in Partnership


Interactive discussions/ Official statements

1:00 PM                  Ministerial lunch discussion (Hosted by Qatar - by invitation)

3:00 PM

Conf. Room 4

Turning Commitments into Action
Working together in Partnership


Interactive discussions/ Official statements
4:00 PM

Conf. Room 4

Roundtable focusing on: Energy for sustainable development and Industrial development

Conf. Room 2

Roundtable focusing on: Air pollution/Atmosphere and Climate change
 
                                      No Partnerships Fair activities scheduled
 
10:00 - 1:00 PM - No course scheduled
3:00 - 6:00 PM

Conf. Room B

Reorienting Large School System to address Climate Change, Energy, Water and Waste Management Issues in Broader Context of UN Decade of ESD
by Charles Hopkins, Peter Woods, et al

Sponsor: UNESCO

 
1:15 - 2:45 PM Conf. Room 7 Benefiting from Renewables: Investment and Deployment
Organizers: Federal Ministry of the Environment of Germany, Renewable Energy Policy Network
DHLA* Transatlantic 21 – Solar Energy for the Future
Organizers: Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN
Conf. Room 4 Climate Change and Sustainable Development in the High Altitude and in the Remote Areas
Organizers: Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DG Development Cooperation
Conf. Room B Bringing the Benefits of Bio-Energy to Family Farmers and Rural Communities
Organizers:  International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP) – FAO
6:15 - 7:45 PM Conf. Room 7 Update on IEA’s Sustainable Development Activities
Organizers: International Energy Agency
Conf. Room B  Scaling Up Responses: The Gleneagles Dialogue on Climate Change, Clean Energy & Sustainable Development – Civil Society Consultations (link to ENB site)
Organizers: Deutscher Naturschutzring – Forum Umweit & Entwicklung and Chatham House
DHLA* Biosphere Reserves as Learning Laboratories for Sustainable Development
Organizers: Permanent Mission of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam & UNESCO
*DHLA = Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium
 
     

Related Events

1:15 - 2:45 PM West Terrace,
UN HQ, 4th Floor
Sustainable Growth – A Nordic Point of View (link to ENB site)
Organizers: 
Nordic Council of Ministers
1:15 - 2:30 PM Conf. Room 8 Developing Resilience to Natural Disasters in SIDS
Organizers: ISDR secretariat and UN-OHRLLS
 7:00 - 8:30 PM The Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN
871 UN Plaza
At 1st Ave and 49th Street
Sustainable Energy and Resource Efficiency – Key Issues for Sustainable Development (link to ENB site)
Organizers: German Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
 
8:30 - 9:00 AM

Conf. Room C

Local Authorities
9:00 - 10:00 AM Conf. Room C

NGOs informational meeting

10:00 - 11:00 AM Conf. Room C Youth and Children
11:00 - 12:00 AM Conf. Room C Indigenous People
12:00 - 1:00 PM Conf. Room C Energy
1:00 - 2:00 PM Conf. Room C Asia
2:00 - 3:00 PM Conf. Room C Farmers
3:00 - 4:00 PM Conf. Room C Experience sharing on community based adaptation activities, coordinated by IIED
4:00 - 5:00 PM Conf. Room C Earth values
5:00 - 6:00 PM Conf. Room C Workers and Trade Unions
6:00 - 8:00 PM Conf. Room C NGOs policy strategy meeting