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(Blog in spanish and english,go to translator)cgayoso01http://www.blogger.com/profile/13712637499325804492noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074117763092469385.post-21657666271922827552009-07-18T19:53:00.000-07:002009-07-18T21:00:40.018-07:00Informe ONU : Crisis financiera mundial y sus efectos en el Desarrollo.Documento final de la Conferencia ONU sobre la Crisis financiera y economica mundial y sus efectos en el Desarrollo : (July 09)<br /><a href="http://www.un.org/spanish/aboutun/unorgans/ga/63/president/63/index.shtml">Http://www.un.org/spanish/aboutun/unorgans/ga/63/president/63/index.shtml</a><br /><br /><br />CEPAL : Crisis llama a la Creacion de un nuevo Orden Economico Mundial.<br />Encuentro en Club de Madrid. (July 09)<br /><a href="http://www.eclac.cl/">http://www.eclac.cl/</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ir al Boletin No 8 de la Red Democratica :<br /><a href="http://boletin08.blogspot.com/">Http://boletin08.blogspot.com</a>cgayoso01http://www.blogger.com/profile/13712637499325804492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074117763092469385.post-54135975101669650582009-03-29T10:22:00.001-07:002009-03-29T10:22:41.875-07:00Understanding the Financial Crisis | Yale Univeristy<p></p><br /><p><embed src="http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.2291496" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" AllowScriptAccess="never" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" wmode="transparent" flashvars="&rel=0&border=0&" width="425" height="350" ></embed></p><br /><br /><span style="display:block;font-size: 10px">more about "<a href="http://vodpod.com/watch/1472375-understanding-the-financial-crisis-yale-univeristy?pod=alcatrazz">Understanding the Financial Crisis | ...</a>", posted with <a href="http://vodpod.com/vpbutton/install">vodpod</a></span>cgayoso01http://www.blogger.com/profile/13712637499325804492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074117763092469385.post-59137275656772295552008-10-31T14:25:00.000-07:002008-12-22T12:54:48.730-08:00DOSSIER : Panel Naciones Unidas : Global financial crisis .<div align="center"><strong>Red Democratica y ConexionLima</strong></div><div align="center">Presente en el evento AG-NY</div><div align="center">Debate y videos </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">(30/oct/2008)</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/interactive/gfc.shtml">Http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/interactive/gfc.shtml</a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">DOSSIER</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong>Comentarios sobre el tema</strong> :</div><div align="center">Unasur y la crisis en AL (Dec 08)</div><div align="center"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion/message/26260">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion/message/26260</a></div><div align="center">Where do we go from here ? (Dec 08)</div><div align="center"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion/message/26277">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion/message/26277</a></div><div align="center"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion/message/26222">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion/message/26222</a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Boletin South Centre (27 nov 08)</div><div align="center"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion/message/26067">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion/message/26067</a></div><div align="center">Fin de Wall Street y la City Londinensa ? (Nov 08)</div><div align="center"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion/message/26077">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion/message/26077</a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">La caida del Muro de Berlin y el desplome de Wall Street</div><div align="center">(14 nov 08) Oswaldo de Rivero</div><div align="center"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion/message/25939">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion/message/25939</a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Reflexiones al pie de la crisis (13 nov. 08)</div><div align="center">Oscar Schiappa</div><div align="center"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion/message/25921">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion/message/25921</a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Desiciones Copernicanas para Cumbre G-20 (15 nov 08, Washington)</div><div align="center">(11 nov. 08) Francisco Placarte.</div><div align="center"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion/message/25906">Http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion/message/25906</a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div>cgayoso01http://www.blogger.com/profile/13712637499325804492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074117763092469385.post-86538943248328702052008-10-28T10:39:00.000-07:002008-12-22T12:49:56.721-08:00<div align="center"><div align="center"><a href="http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/interactive/gfc.shtml"></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><strong>Propuesta de "Cumbre Global" para reformar el Sistema financiero Internacional<br /></strong></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">From :<br />UN-NGLS - United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service <info@un-ngls.org><br /><br />Invitation: Interactive Panel of the General Assembly <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion/message/25785" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion/message/25785</a><br /><br />Los principales países consideran un nuevo orden financiero mundial</div><div align="center"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion/message/25769" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion/message/25769</a><br /><br />Frente a Cumbre 15 de noviembre en Washington sobre crisis financiera global<br /><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion/message/25762" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion/message/25762</a><br /><br /><br /><a class="labelLink" title="'" href="http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/14/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Communication</a><br /><a class="labelLink" title="'" href="http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/26/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Globalization</a><br /><a class="subcatLink" href="http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/4/86/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">African Descendants</a><a class="subcatLink" href="http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/4/83/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Disabilities</a><a class="subcatLink" href="http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/4/2/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Gender</a><a class="subcatLink" href="http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/4/34/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Indigenous Peoples</a><a class="subcatLink" href="http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/4/31/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Migration</a><a class="subcatLink" href="http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/4/87/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sexual diversity</a><br /><a class="subcatLink" href="http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/5/6/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Education</a><a class="subcatLink" href="http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/5/12/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Health</a><a class="subcatLink" href="http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/5/1/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Human Rights</a><a class="subcatLink" href="http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/5/32/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Social Development</a><br /><a class="subcatLink" href="http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/21/53/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Biodiversity</a><a class="subcatLink" href="http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/21/59/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Natural Resources</a><a class="subcatLink" href="http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/21/38/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sustainable Development</a><br /><a class="subcatLink" href="http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/14/52/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Information and Communication Technologies</a><a class="subcatLink" href="http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/14/82/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Media</a><br /><a class="subcatLink" href="http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/26/60/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Economy and Financial Affairs</a><a class="subcatLink" href="http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/26/40/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Trade and Regional Integration</a><a class="subcatLink" href="http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/26/10/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">World Peace and Security</a><br /><br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" name="spanish"></a>Por favor firmar la siguiente declaración hasta el Martes 28 de octubre de 2008 a medianoche GM<br /><strong>Declaracion sobre la propuesta de una </strong></div><div align="center"><strong>“Cumbre Global” </strong></div><div align="center"><strong>para reformar el sistema financiero internacional</strong><br /><br /><strong>Antecedentes </strong><br /><br />En los últimos meses se ha visto una de las crisis financieras más significativas de la historia de Norte América y Europa. La respuesta fue igual de histórica. Para evitar recesiones regionales y globales y restablecer la estabilidad y la confianza en el mercado, los gobiernos del Norte están llevando a cabo un programa masivo sin precedentes de intervención gubernamental y nacionalización de bancos, inyección generalizada de subsidios a instituciones en crisis y la re-regulación de sus sectores financieros.<br /><br />Esta respuesta contrasta directamente con las austeras políticas neoliberales que se le vienen imponiendo a los países en desarrollo por parte del Banco Mundial, el Fondo Monetario Internacional y los países desarrollados durante los últimos treinta años. Los gobiernos fueron forzados a liberalizar las barreras comerciales, desregular los mercados financieros y laborales, privatizar las industrias nacionales, abolir los subsidios y reducir el gasto social y económico. El estado vio drásticamente reducido su rol.<br /><br />Este doble estándar no solamente es inaceptable, sino que también es una señal de la desaparición del fundamentalismo del libre mercado. El sistema financiero internacional, su arquitectura e instituciones han sido sobrepasados totalmente por la magnitud de la actual crisis financiera y económica. El sistema financiero, su arquitectura e instituciones deben ser completamente replanteados.<br /><br /><strong>Una verdadera respuesta global a una crisis global<br /><br /></strong>En las últimas semanas, dirigentes mundiales han reconocido las deficiencias del sistema actual y manifestado la necesidad de reunirse para abordar un conjunto más amplio de propuestas para reformar el sistema financiero mundial y sus instituciones. El G20 se va a reunir en Washington DC el 15 de Noviembre para comenzar las discusiones.<br /><br />Es, por supuesto, imprescindible llegar a un acuerdo sobre medidas inmediatas para hacer frente a la crisis, y hacemos hincapié en que debe darse prioridad a los impactos sobre los empleados y trabajadores comunes, a los hogares de bajos ingresos, jubilados y otros sectores muy vulnerables. Pero nos preocupa profundamente que las reuniones propuestas se lleven a cabo de una forma apresurada y no incluyente, y que por lo tanto no aborden la amplia gama de cambios necesarios ni asignen equitativamente la carga de los mismos.<br /><br />Aunque la crisis se originó en países del Norte, los impactos serán probablemente mayores en los países en desarrollo. Por lo tanto, es fundamental que todos los países tengan voz en el proceso de cambio de la arquitectura financiera internacional. Soluciones no equitativas ni sustentables para transformar el actual sistema serían el resultado de una conferencia preparada con urgencia y que excluye a muchos países y a la sociedad civil. Esos esfuerzos pueden socavar de hecho aun más la confianza pública y limitar a los países que ya están optando por soluciones regionales por sobre un sistema financiero internacional más fuerte, más coherente y más justo.<br /><br /><strong>Nuestras demandas –tiempo para repensar a fondo<br /></strong><br />Nosotras, las organizaciones de la sociedad civil abajo firmantes, apoyamos una transformación imprescindible y de largo alcance del sistema económico y financiero internacional. Para servir a este fin, apoyamos una conferencia internacional convocada por las Naciones Unidas para examinar la arquitectura financiera y monetaria, sus instituciones y su gobierno, pero solamente si la reunión se compromete en un proceso que:<br /><br />Es incluyente y da participación a todos los gobiernos del mundo;<br />Incluye a representantes de la sociedad civil, a grupos ciudadanos, movimientos sociales y otras partes interesadas;<br />Tiene un calendario claro y un proceso de consultas regionales, en particular con quienes son más afectados por la crisis;<br />Es amplio en su alcance, encarando toda la gama de temas e instituciones;<br />Es transparente, con propuestas y proyectos de documentos puestos a disposición del público y discutidos antes de la reunión.<br />Debe hacerse pleno uso del nuevo grupo de trabajo de las Naciones Unidas sobre el sistema de financiación mundial, la próxima reunión sobre Financiación para el Desarrollo y otras instancias de la ONU para preparar esa reunión mundial.<br /><br />No existen atajos fáciles en la búsqueda de soluciones en la transición del sistema actual –que ha fomentado la inestabilidad y la inequidad- hacia otro justo, sostenible y responsable que genere beneficios para la mayoría de los pueblos del mundo<br /><br />>>> <a class="enlacecampania" href="http://www.choike.org/bw2/listado.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ver 1076 firmas </a><br /><a rel="nofollow" name="french"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/interactive/gfc.shtml#text" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Skip navigation</a><br /><a href="http://www.un.org/ga/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">General Assembly</a><br /><a href="http://www.un.org/english/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">UN Home</a><br /><a href="http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/sitemap.shtml" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sitemap</a></div><div align="center"><br />PRESIDENT of the 63rd SessionUnited Nations General Assembly<br /><a href="http://www.un.org/english/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"></a><br /><a href="http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Home </a><br /><a href="http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/issues/issues.shtml" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Main Issues </a><br /><a href="http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/interactive/dialogues.shtml" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Interactive Thematic Dialogues </a><br /><a href="http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/letters/letters.shtml" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Letters </a><br /><a href="http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/statements/statements.shtml" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Statements </a><br /><a href="http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/presskit/president.shtml" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Press Kit </a><br /><a href="http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/news/index.shtml" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Newsroom </a><br /><a href="http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/office.shtml" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Office </a><br /><a id="text" rel="nofollow" name="text"></a><br />The Interactive Panel of the United Nations General Assembly on the Global Financial Crisis<br />30 October 2008, United Nations Headquarters<br /><br />PROGRAMME<br /><a href="http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/PDFs/gfc_programme.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Programme</a><br /><a href="http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/interactive/gfcbios.shtml" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Background Information on the Speakers</a><br />DOCUMENTS<br /><a href="http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/PDFs/gfc_concept.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Concept note</a><br />LETTERS<br /><a href="http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/letters/gfc161008.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Letter to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations</a> regarding the Interactive Panel of the United Nations General Assembly on the Global Financial Crisis to be held on 30 October 2008. Also included are the <a href="http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/PDFs/gfc_concept.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">concept note</a> and <a href="http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/PDFs/gfc_programme.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">programme</a>. (16 October)<br />USEFUL LINKS<br /><a href="http://www.un.org/esa/ffd/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Financing for Development</a><br />NEWS<br /><a href="http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/PDFs/pressrelease_ffd.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Press Release</a> </div>cgayoso01http://www.blogger.com/profile/13712637499325804492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074117763092469385.post-81198338532468912592007-09-12T12:05:00.000-07:002008-10-28T10:49:02.994-07:00Saludos Chair de la 60th DPU/NGO Conference a evento en Lima.<div align="center"><strong>Saludos de Richard Jordan , </strong></div><div align="center"><strong>Chair de la 60th DPU/NGO Conference</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>durante la sesion de apertura en la Asamblea General de NNUU</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>el 5 de Septiembre del 2007</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>al evento en Lima-Peru</strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Richard Jordan, Chair, 60th DPI/NGO Conference<br />Opening Session: Introductory Remarks<br />5 September 2007<br /><br />Madam President of the General Assembly, Madam Deputy Secretary-General, Mr. Kiyo Akasaka, Under-Secretary-General of the Department of Public Information, Excellencies, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, and everyone viewing on the internet,<br /><br />On behalf of all the members of the Planning Committee, and please raise your hands Planning Committee so we can acknowledge you, allow me to welcome you to my hometown, New York City and to the 60th Annual Dpi/NGO Conference.<br /><br />My name is Richard Jordan, and I grew up just across the East River in Flushing, New York, which hosted the UN General Assembly during the UN’s infancy.<br /><br />2, 506 of you from 80 countries have registered for this conference. 400 of you are youth.<br /><br /><strong>There are innumerable people to thank:</strong> our keynote speakers, Achim Steiner, Executive Director of UNEP and Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, our closing speaker; to private sector corporations such as BMW, Bayer and Nikon; <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">to Mayors across Peru who will be having their own consultation around ours via internet, and many others</span>.</strong> The celebratory Journal, “60 Years with the UN: The Journey Continues”, that you have was the work of three members of the Planning Committee, Sherrill Kazan, Jonina Sutton and Margo LaZaro.<br /><br />Thanks to the UN Correspondents Association, to the 72 student journalists who are here, and to Mr. Gary Fowlie of the UN for his help.<br /><br />Thanks to DPI staff, Mr. Akasaka, Mr. Raymond Sommereyns, Mr. Ramu Damodaran, Juan Carlos Brandt, Chief of the NGO Unit, and our colleagues from the Unit, Robin, Sol and Zen.<br /><br />We have a great multigenerational film created by Jun Ren and Public Service Announcements created by the Art College of Design.<br /><br />The Conference itself coincides with the 800th Anniversary of the birth of the Sufi poet, Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi. It also marks the 35th Anniversary of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, the 20th Anniversary of the Brundtland Report, the 15th Anniversary of the Rio Summit, and the 5th Anniversary of Johannesburg.<br /><br />This conference will help us to disseminate information by all manner of resources – in the future that there may be ways to do this via 3 dimensional technologies. Exciting prospects!<br /><br />But think in the present – rural development for billions of people in the light of climate change is an unimaginable prospect. Cross-cutting issues of gender, education, human rights, health and migration need to be articulated. Small Island Developing States do not contribute to climate change but are only paid lip service in many negotiations.<br /><br />We, collectively, need to pause for these three days and consider what are the reasons for our lack of progress. Then, all too soon, it will be 9 AM, the Monday morning after the conference – what will each of us do to help combat this very serious challenge to the entire human-earth community.<br /><br />This conference will produce a declaration, the draft of which you will find in Conference Rooms 1 and 4. The declaration is on one side of the page, the process is on the reverse.<br /><br />Our purpose in giving this to you is that by the end of this Conference, we expect that you will have a greater understanding of climate change and its impact. We expect that by that time, we can make a consensus declaration, not a sign-on statement, but a statement we can all agree with, no matter what our NGO’s area of interest and concern. We call it a draft since we want you to have the chance to suggest refinements.<br /><br />As soon as possible, I urge you to read both the Declaration and the process. Suggestions of 25 words or less can be given either in writing on the cards you will find in the conference rooms, or by giving them in person to one of the members of the three-person drafting group, and I will ask them to stand, Bill Gellermann, Moki Koikoris and Larry Roeder.<br /><br />The deadline is 6 PM Thursday September 6. We also envision collaboration over the next 12 months to create a report that will be given to the Secretary-General.<br /><br />This is an experiment in encouraging broad mobilization for disseminating information by our NGO community.<br /><br />On Friday, at the closing session, I will read the one-page Declaration and hopefully receive your agreement. On the back of that page on Friday will be practical recommendations to help you consider solutions to climate change, as well as room for you to start considering your own action plans.<br /><br />Let me leave you with one closing image, from the great film “Battleship Potemkin.” If you have seen this movie, you recall the image of the baby carriage careening down the Odessa Steps. If we can draw the analogy, the UN is here to prevent the baby carriage from ever starting on its perilous journey in the first place.<br /><br />But since the baby carriage of climate change has started its journey, all of us together need to work with the UN in the run-up to the Bali Conference on Climate Change this December to prevent a calamity.<br /><br />But now, we are in recess until the workshops will be held starting at 1:15 PM.<br /><br />Thank you and see you this afternoon.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div>cgayoso01http://www.blogger.com/profile/13712637499325804492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074117763092469385.post-13759230496333093652007-09-12T05:32:00.000-07:002007-09-12T05:38:34.910-07:00<div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Efectos del Cambio Climatico en el Peru</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Sumario</span></strong></div><div align="center">En las costas , rios , represas , Amazonia .</div><div align="center">Eventos anteriores</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://www.geographos.com/BLOGRAPHOS/?p=104http://www.universia.edu.pe/noticias/principales/destacada.php?id=58895" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.geographos.com/BLOGRAPHOS/?p=104http://www.universia.edu.pe/noticias/principales/destacada.php?id=58895</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.medioambienteonline.com/site/root/resources/industry_news/2132.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.medioambienteonline.com/site/root/resources/industry_news/2132.html</a><br /></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Pasividad peruana sobre los efectos climaticos</div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.proteger.org.ar/doc651.html">http://www.proteger.org.ar/doc651.html</a></div><div 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rel="nofollow">http://www.elcomercio.com.pe/EdicionImpresa/Html/2007-03-25/ImEcLima0695806.html</a><br /><br /><br /> </div>cgayoso01http://www.blogger.com/profile/13712637499325804492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074117763092469385.post-46768430026342316012007-09-11T20:46:00.001-07:002007-09-11T20:52:39.185-07:00<div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Grabacion de los paneles</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">en Lima</span></strong></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center">Todos los programas del 10 al 13 de Sept. estan siendo grabados y </div><div align="center">se colgaran en una pagina web. </div><div align="center">Los videos podran ser bajados y vistos posteriormente visitando la pagina web </div><div align="center">que posteriormente se anunciara.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Se agradecera comentarios y sugerencias a esta pagina.</div><div align="center">(Ver al final de cada pagina del blog)</div>cgayoso01http://www.blogger.com/profile/13712637499325804492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074117763092469385.post-47056282581607741252007-09-11T17:18:00.000-07:002007-09-13T15:25:54.843-07:00<div align="center"><strong>ORGANIZA : MUNICIPALIDAD DE Lima, </strong></div><div align="center"><strong>Consejo Nacional del Medio Ambiente (CONAM).</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>Colabora : Red Democratica</strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong>HORARIOS</strong></div><div align="center"><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">CICLO DE CONFERENCIAS SOBRE CAMBIO CLIMATICO PERU</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Hacia una Agenda Municipal para el Peru</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Una perspectiva desde el Sur</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">(10-13 Sept.2007) </span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">(Lunes a jueves)</span></strong></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">WEBCASTING </span></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>DE LA 60 CONFERENCIA ANUAL DE NACIONES UNIDAS<br /><br /></strong>(1) POR INTERNET</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">WEBCAST </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">DE 3:30 A 4:30 PM (Lima)<br />4:30 -5:30 PM (NY)</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">9:00PM-10:00PM(Lima)</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">10:00-11PM(NY)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">En ambos portales, en simultaneo :</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><a href="http://grupopacifico.org/senales.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span style="font-size:130%;">http://grupopacifico.org/senales.html</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.munlima.gob.pe/tv/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span style="font-size:130%;">http://www.munlima.gob.pe/tv/</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />(2) POR TELEVISION </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Canal 41 (UHF)</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Radio Television Pacifico</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">DE 9:00-10:00 PM(Lima)</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>PROGRAMA</strong></span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">JUEVES 13</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">(Ultimo día)</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">TEMA</span></div><div align="center"><strong>SEGURIDAD INTERNACIONAL Y El PROBLEMA DEL AGUA</strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Conducción General:<br />Sr. Jorge Márquez (Regidor Metropolitano de Lima)</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Sr. Jorge Alvarez Lam (CONAM)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong>Comentarios:</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>Sr. Embj. Oswaldo de Rivero desde NY</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>Ex-Representante del Peru </strong></div><div align="center"><strong>ante las Naciones Unidas</strong></div><div align="center"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion/message/23749">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion/message/23749</a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong>EXPOSICIONES DE LOS </strong></div><div align="center"><strong>REPRESENTANTES DE :</strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">SUNASS<br />SEDAPAL<br />DIGESA<br />CONAM</span> </div><div align="center"><strong></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">MIERCOLES 12</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong>TEMA</strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong>¿CUALES SON LAS RESPONSABILIDADES SOBRE EL CAMBIO CLIMATICO EN EL PERÚ?<br /><br /></strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Conducción General: </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Sr. Jorge Márquez (Regidor Metropolitano de Lima)<br />Sr. Jorge Alvarez Lam (CONAM)</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Saludos desde NNUU del</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Sr. Juan Carlos Brandt , </strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Jefe de la Secccion de ONGS de NNUU<br />Richard Jordan , </strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Chair de la Conferencia sobre Cambio Climatico</strong></span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">EXPOSICIONES DE </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">LOS REPRESENTANTES DE:<br /></div></span><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Maria Luisa del Rio</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">CONAM</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Carmen Tazza Mari</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">MINISTERIO DE TRANSPORTES</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Cesar Albarracin C.<br />MINISTERIO DE LA PRODUCCION</span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><div align="center"><br />Ruth San Miguel</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />INRENA </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></div></span><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>MARTES 11</strong></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong> </strong><br /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">TEMA:<br />¿CUALES SON LAS EVIDENCIAS DEL CAMBIO CLIMATICO EN EL PERÚ?<br /><br />Conducción General: </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Sr. Jorge Márquez (Regidor Metropolitano de Lima)<br />Sr. Jorge Alvarez Lam(CONAM)<br /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Sr. Ing. Castañeda Lossio<br />SALUDO DEL ALCALDE LIMA<br /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">SALUDO DEL PRESIDENTE DEL CONAM </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">(CONSEJO NACIONAL DEL AMBIENTE) </span></div><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">EXPOSICIONES </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">DE LOS REPRESENTANTES DE: </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">SENAMI</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">CONCYTEC<br />INRENA</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div>cgayoso01http://www.blogger.com/profile/13712637499325804492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074117763092469385.post-60156268087782011772007-09-11T17:06:00.000-07:002007-09-11T17:18:15.203-07:00<div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Presentaciones de la 60va Conferencia Anual DPI/NGO de Naciones Unidas </span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center">Todos las presentaciones de los expositores durante la conferencia de NNUU</div><div align="center">pueden ser encontradas en:</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/conference/Conference.htm">http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/conference/Conference.htm</a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Conference Schedule<br /><a href="http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/conference/OpeningSession.htm">Conference Opening Session</a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Roundtables</span></strong></div><div align="center"><br />Conference participants can attend four of the following seven multi-stakeholder roundtables, featuring representatives of the United Nations, governments, civil society and the private sector. Each roundtable will have a proactive moderator and four to six speakers, who will engage in a dialogue with each other and with the audience. The roundtables will address the following themes:<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/conference/Roundtable1.htm">Climate Change: The Scientific Evidence</a><br /><a href="http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/conference/Roundtable2.htm">Indigenous Peoples, Culture and Traditional Knowledge</a><br /><a href="http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/conference/Roundtable3.htm">Water Security and Climate Change</a><br /><a href="http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/conference/Roundtable4.htm">Coping with Climate Change: Best Land Use Practices</a><br /><a href="http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/conference/Roundtable5.htm">The Economics and Politics of Energy and Climate Change</a><br /><a href="http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/conference/Roundtable6.htm">Streamlining the System</a><br /><a href="http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/conference/Roundtable7.htm">Sustainable Development, Accountability & Ethical Standards</a><br /><a href="http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/conference/ClosingSession.htm">Conference Closing Session</a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Para ingresar a leer las ponencias (en ingles) hay que hacer un click en </div><div align="center">el link de la Mesa Redonda que interese (arriba mencioanda) y luego </div><div align="center">al ingresar en la siguiente pagina , hacer otro click en el nombre del </div><div align="center">expositor de la ponencia que se desea leer.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div>cgayoso01http://www.blogger.com/profile/13712637499325804492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074117763092469385.post-22523352933183763342007-09-10T09:34:00.000-07:002007-09-10T09:42:05.884-07:00<div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">DPI-NGO </span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">United Nations</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">CONFERENCE </span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">DECLARATION </span></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><em><strong>CLIMATE CHANGE THREATS</strong></em></span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">AN NGO FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION<br />(NY, Sept. 3-5 2007)<br /></span></strong>We, over 2500 participants representing over 500 Non-Governmental Organizations from more than 80 countries,<br />q recognizing that we share one planet and its environment, as well as a responsibility to protect future generations,<br />q recognizing the special vulnerabilities of the indigenous, poor, coastal and rural populations,<br />q having met at the 60th Annual UN Department of Public Information Conference for NGOs at UN Headquarters from 5-7 September, 2007, with representatives of Member States, UN agencies and programs, the scientific community, the private sector, media and civil society, and<br />q having reviewed the latest scientific evidence from a wide variety of experts as well as hearing about the experiences of indigenous peoples to better understand climate change, its threats and how NGOs can broaden the base for knowledge and action to reduce those threats;<br />make the following declaration:<br /><br />1. We affirm that climate change is mainly anthropogenic and is one of the most serious<br />threats humanity and our environment have ever faced which if not addressed will<br />cause:<br />(a) catastrophic effects to Earth’s ecosystems, biodiversity and infrastructure;<br />(b) significantly reduced availability of food, water, energy and transport;<br />(c) massive migration of populations and the possible destruction of entire cultures and small island nations,<br />(d) significant damage to our economic, political, cultural, social and spiritual structures,<br />(e) increased local, national and international violence,<br />(f) significant psychological and emotional distress to individuals and communities<br />(g) irreversible harm to the lifestyles of indigenous peoples,<br />(h) increased spread of vector-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever, and<br />(i) negative impacts on human health and life expectancy.<br /><br />2. We commit ourselves over the next 12 months to a Framework for Action that will<br />propose NGO solutions to these threats before they become irreversible:<br />(a) unify behind a common vision of collaboration – even if we disagree on tactics -- to develop and implement plans for adaptation and mitigation<a title="" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=2074117763092469385#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1">[1]</a> taking into account the full range of consequences;<br />(b) act as vocal, active partners for change with the UN, governments at all levels, NGOs and other members of our global community;<br />(c) develop, implement and publicize individual and collaborative action plans for personal, economic and political change.<br /><br />3. We commend Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s leadership in highlighting climate<br />change as a major priority. We urge government, industry, and UN leaders, in<br />partnership with the NGO community to emphasize proactive climate change priorities<br />for the greater good in preparation for the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali,<br />December, 2007, and subsequent negotiations.<br /><br />4. We strongly recommend, for the sake of future generations, that government and industry leaders, the UN, other international organizations and the whole of civil society partner behind and implement concrete solutions, taking into account recommendations that emerge from the Framework for Action, and to promote capacity building to monitor compliance and report effective practices.<br /><br />5. We also strongly recommend that:<br />(a) all governments and civil society foster an ethical, moral foundation for ongoing sustainable development in our interdependent world making the well-being of all of humankind our priority.<br />(b) all educational institutions and media organizations more effectively educate about the issue of climate change with special emphasis on youth,<br />(c) governmental authorities consider penalties for excessive consumption and pollution as a method of financing climate change improvements, as well as financial incentives to foster climate-friendly technologies so that fossil fuel and nuclear based technologies can be phased out.<br />(d) governments recognize that war is damaging to the climate.<br />(e) all governments ratify UN conventions on climate change.<br /><br />6. Finally, in order to implement the Framework for Action – recognizing that our views on<br />challenges and opportunities will evolve as this process continues – we request that:<br />(a) the NGO/DPI Executive Committee and the Conference of NGOs in Consultative<br />Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO) foster a plan as soon as possible to<br />implement the Framework as a tool for the NGO community to participate in an<br />open, practical and transparent collaborative approach based on networking;<br />(b) the Framework discussion culminate in an internet-based progress report to be<br />submitted to the Secretary-General in one year and that a long-term dialogue for<br />future action be fostered thereafter;<br />(c) the Framework process should network NGO’s that might not otherwise typically<br />collaborate by bridging the spectrum of NGO concerns interconnected by climate<br />change, such as sustainable development, agriculture, forestry, issues affecting<br />indigenous peoples, biodiversity, livestock and animal welfare, nuclear proliferation,<br />sustainable disarmament, and the end of war, justice, ethnic groups,<br />multigenerational issues, youth, gender equality, education, poverty, food and water<br />security, culture of peace, interfaith cooperation, national global security and<br />economic justice, as well as mental, spiritual and physical health.<br /><br /><br /><br />DECLARATION PROCESS<br />CLIMATE CHANGE THREATS – AN NGO FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION<br /><br />The Preparatory Committee of the 60th NGO/DPI Conference (September 5-7, 2007) invites all participants to concur by consensus on September 7th with the Declaration on the reverse of this sheet.<br /><br />Substantive suggestions for improvement are also invited; but they must be received by 6pm on September 6th and should foster a consensus. Recommendation forms should be placed into the boxes in Conference Rooms 1 and 4, or given to the Drafting Committee members, Mr. Larry Roeder, Dr. William Gellermann and Ms. Moki Kokoris, who will often be in the UN Cafeteria near the windows overlooking the East River. Recommended suggestions MUST BE 25 words or less.<br /><br />The Drafting Committee’s work is supervised by a Senior Review Committee made up of Sister Joan Kirby (outgoing Chairperson of the NGO/DPI Executive Committee), Jeffery Huffines (incoming Chair of the NGO/DPI Executive Committee), and Richard Jordan (Chair of the 60th NGO/DPI Conference)<br /><br />Members of the NGO/DPI and ECOSOC NGO communities deal with a spectrum of issues that might not normally involve collaboration; but networking will be crucial to dealing with Climate Change, especially as it challenges all of us. The purpose of the Declaration is to provide a framework for action and collaborative networking, a tool to enable us to work together on the threats of climate change, which is essential to serving all of our particular mandates.<br /><br />The Declaration envisages that over the next 12 months, we will collaborate and report our efforts to the Secretary-General, while continuing our collaboration in coping with the threats. The process by which this is to be done will be facilitated by the NGO/DPI Executive Committee. The recommendations that come out of the process do not need to have full consensus support across the entire NGO community; but they do need to be developed in the spirit of collaboration with and among all NGOs.<br /><br /><br /><a title="" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=2074117763092469385#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1">[1]</a> Adaptation implies making lifestyle adjustments. Mitigation implies alleviating the problem.</div>cgayoso01http://www.blogger.com/profile/13712637499325804492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074117763092469385.post-89723256735150867012007-09-10T07:33:00.000-07:002007-09-10T08:35:25.302-07:00<div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Una Perspectiva desde el Sur</span></strong></div><div align="center">In Memorian </div><div align="center">de </div><div align="center">Don Isaias Gomez Linares</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">WEBCASTING</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO: UNA AGENDA MUNICIPAL </span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">PARA EL PERU</span></strong></div><div align="center">Lugar :<br />Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima<br />Fecha : 10, 11, 12 y 13 de Septiembre 2007<br />Participantes : Alcaldes provinciales y Distritales y Público<br />en General<br /><br />Objetivo General :<br />Conscientizar las autoridades locales sobre la necesidad de establecer una agenda ambiental municipal con enfoque vinculado a la gestión de riesgos y adaptación al Cambio Climático; teniendo, como base las disertaciones efectuadas sobre dicho tema en la 60 Conferencia Anual DPI/NGO de las Naciones Unidas.<br /><br />Metodología:<br />1. Se proyectarán las intervenciones realizadas en la Conferencia Anual en Nueva York, las cuales serán trasmitidas a través del webcasting a las provincias del interior del país.<br />2. Se organizarán mesas de opinión de autoridades locales y especialistas inmediatamente después de espectar la Conferencia en Nueva York. desde las posibilidades de acción y de interés de los gobiernos locales.<br />3. En dichas trasmisiones los participantes en provincias podrán enviar preguntas a los comentaristas en el auditorio de la Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima las cuales serán absueltas en tiempo real a través del correo: <a href="mailto:cambioclimaticoperu@yahoo.com">cambioclimaticoperu@yahoo.com</a>.<br /><br />Temas de Trabajo<br />Cambio Climático: La Evidencia Científica.<br />La Economía y Política de Energía y Cambio Climático.<br />Desarrollo Sostenible, Responsabilidad y Normas Éticas.<br />Seguridad del Agua.<br /><br />Resultados esperados<br /><br />1. Iniciar las bases para construir una Agenda Ambiental Municipal, que incluya como uno de los ejes principales el Cambio Climático, a través de las siguientes líneas de acción:<br /><br />(a) Vulnerabilidad, adaptación y mitigación, considerándose en ésta el fortalecimiento de capacidades para la evaluación de la vulnerabilidad y de medidas de adaptación y mitigación a nivel de los gobiernos locales;<br /><br />(b) Desastres naturales asociados al cambio climático, en la que se considera el establecimiento de sinergias entre las iniciativas en curso de cambio climático y la prevención de desastres<br /><br />2. Plan de trabajo para las próximas actividades en el 2008, la organización, los participantes (roles y responsabilidades).<br /><br />Organizadores<br />1. Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima<br />2. Consejo Nacional del Ambiente<br /><br />Programa<br /><br />Lunes 10 de septiembre del 2007<br />(Evento de 3:30pm a 6:30pm)<br /><br />Primera Mesa Redonda. “La economía, la política energética y el Cambio Climático”.<br />Saludo del Alcalde Metropolitano de Lima.<br />Saludo del Presidente de CONAM.<br />Expositores de la 60 Conferencia de Naciones Unidas desde Nueva York.<br />Comentaristas en Lima:<br />Coordina la mesa: Munic. de Lima (Regidor Sr. Jorge Márquez) y CONAM (Sr. Luis Geng)· Centro de Información de las Naciones Unidas CINU – Ines Scudellari· Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores – Embajador Sergio Kostritsky, Dirección General de Medio Ambiente.· Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas – Jorge Escurra Director General de Programación Multianual· MEM - Viceministro de Energía Pedro Gamio· Diario El Comercio.<br /><br />Martes 11 de septiembre del 2007 (Evento de 3:30pm a 6:30pm)<br />Segunda Mesa Redonda. “Evidencias científicas del Cambio Climático”.<br /><br />Coordina la mesa: Munic. de Lima (Regidor Sr. Jorge Márquez) y CONAM (Sr. Luis Geng)Expositores de la 60 Conferencia de Naciones Unidas desde Nueva York.<br />Comentaristas en Lima:· SENAMHI - Wilar Gamarra Molina Presidente del SENAMHI· CONCYTEC - Juan Tarazona· INRENA – Marcos Zapata Instituto Nacional de Glaciología· IGP - Pablo Lagos.<br /><br />Miércoles 12 de septiembre del 2007 (Evento de 3:30pm a 6:30pm)<br />Tercera Mesa Redonda. “Desarrollo sustentable, responsabilidad y estándares éticos”.<br />Coordina la mesa: Munic. de Lima (Regidor Sr. Jorge Márquez) y CONAM (Sr. Luis Geng)Expositores de la 60 Conferencia de Naciones Unidas desde Nueva York.<br />Comentaristas en Lima:<br />· CONAM – César Villacorta, Secretario Ejecutivo (e)· INRENA - Roberto Ángeles Lazo Jefe del INRENA· PRODUCE - Ing. Carmen Mora Dirección de Asuntos ambientales -)· MTC - Lic. Paola Naccarato Dirección General de Asuntos Socio Ambientales· MUNILIMA: Ruth San Miguel, Sub Gerente de Medio Ambiente.<br /><br />Jueves 13 de septiembre del 2007 (Evento de 3:30pm a 6:30pm)<br />Cuarta Mesa Redonda. “Seguridad del agua”.<br />Coordina la mesa: Munic. de Lima (Regidor Sr. Jorge Márquez) y CONAM (Sr. Luis Geng)Saludo del Coordinador del evento y de los invitados.<br />Expositores de la 60 Conferencia de Naciones Unidas desde Nueva York.<br />Comentaristas en Lima:· CONAM – César Cervantes, DICAREN· SEDAPAL (Gerencia de Producción – Rubén Emzian Sansuy)· DIGESA (Directora General – Sra. Fabiola Capurro Villarán)· SUNASS Presidente – Jose Salazar)</div>cgayoso01http://www.blogger.com/profile/13712637499325804492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074117763092469385.post-46066877189999467452007-09-09T05:47:00.000-07:002007-09-10T09:08:10.220-07:00<div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Una perpectiva desde el Sur</strong></span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center">In memorian de Don Isaias Gomez Linares</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Panel Cambio Climatico :</div><div align="center">Una agenda Municipal para el Peru</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Organizado por</div><div align="center">Municipalidad de Lima Y CONAM</div><div align="center">con el apoyo de la Red Democratica</div><div align="center"><br />Webcast<br /><br />Trasmision en Linea : (10-13 Sept.)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.munlima.gob.pe/tv/">http://www.munlima.gob.pe/tv/</a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Saludos desde la Asamblea General de NNUU del Organizador del evento , Richard Jordan en NY al Panel en Lima.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Saludos de Juan Carlos Brandt , Jefe de la seccion de ONGS-DPI de NNUU en NY</div><div align="center"></div>cgayoso01http://www.blogger.com/profile/13712637499325804492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074117763092469385.post-14939730041175349442007-09-05T05:10:00.000-07:002007-09-05T06:18:46.269-07:00<div align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Para participar VIA "on line" en la Conferencia de NNUU </strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>sobre Cambio Climatico en NY.</strong></span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">(5-7 Sept. 2007)</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">(Miercoles-Viernes)</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/conference/Webcast1.htm"><span style="font-size:85%;">http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/conference/Webcast1.htm</span></a></strong></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><br /></strong></span>Puede : </div><div align="center"><br />1. Enviar un e-mail a : <a href="mailto:section1@un.org." target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:section1@un.org.">section1@un.org.</a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">2. Entrando a la pagina web de UN WEBCAST , a la pagina Forum y desde alli enviar tus comentarios y/o preguntas . Lo puedes ver en la pagina web :<a href="http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/conference/Forum.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/conference/Forum.htm</a> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Preparacion de preguntas</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><strong>Preparing live questions or comments for submission by email<br /><br /></strong>Sessions generally include Q&A, conducted by the chair of the session, with questions or comments invited from the floor in writing, or from sites around the world by email.<br /><br />When the chair of a session says that questions or comments may be submitted by email, participating sites around the world should immediately send their questions or comments with the goal of having them selected for reading and response during Q&A in the live session and live webcast by streaming video and permanent recording as part of the official archive of the session.<br /><br />Questions or comments should be prepared in advance so they're ready to send immediately, and should maximize their attractiveness to be selected for reading and response during Q&A, so among other things they should be:<br />Very brief<br /><br />Compelling, vivid, and memorable<br /><br />Relevant, responsive, and constructive<br /><br />This is an opportunity for people and organizations around the world, even if they can't be physically present in a meeting or event, to participate and to go on the permanent record, and they'd be well advised to make the most of it.<br /><br />Information about the Conference is on the United Nations website at:<br /><a href="http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/annual-conf.asp" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/annual-conf.asp</a><br />and information about the plenary sessions, which are the ones to be webcast, is on the Conference website:<br /><a href="http://www.unngodpiconference.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.unngodpiconference.org/</a><br /><br />Click on:<br /><a class="MenuLink" href="http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/conference/Conference.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Conference Programme</a><br />All the sessions described there are plenary sessions and will be webcast<br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">The 60th Annual DPI/NGO Conference website is specially designed to create a global forum for ensuring the widest possible exchange of views and experiences. It hosts live webcasts of all plenary sessions, which will be archived and available within the <a href="http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/conference/Webcast1.htm">Webcast</a> page.</div><div align="center"><br />Online participants can join the discussion by submitting questions to the speakers via the <a href="http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/conference/Forum.htm">Forum</a> page. The site also features conference programmes, special events, midday workshops, details of speakers, youth initiatives, as well as other resources for conference participants and the media. Hopefully, the website will cultivate a network of contacts to engage all. Please use it as a tool that gives you an opportunity to act. </div>cgayoso01http://www.blogger.com/profile/13712637499325804492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074117763092469385.post-50296406637323126742007-09-05T04:44:00.000-07:002007-09-05T04:49:58.479-07:00<div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>C</strong></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>ONFERENCE DECLARATION<br />CLIMATE CHANGE THREATS – AN NGO FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION </strong></span></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong>United Nations, NY 2007</strong></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">DECLARATION PROCESS </div><div align="center"><br />CLIMATE CHANGE THREATS – AN NGO FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION<br /><br />The Preparatory Committee of the 60th NGO/DPI Conference (September 5-7, 2007) invites all participants to concur by consensus on September 7th with the Declaration on the reverse of this sheet.<br /><br />Substantive suggestions for improvement are also invited; but they must be received by 6pm on September 6th and should foster a consensus. Recommendation forms should be placed into the boxes in Conference Rooms 1 and 4, or given to the Drafting Committee members, Mr. Larry Roeder, Dr. William Gellermann and Ms. Moki Kokoris, who will often be in the UN Cafeteria near the windows overlooking the East River. Recommended suggestions MUST BE 25 words or less. </div><div align="center"><br />The Drafting Committee’s work is supervised by a Senior Review Committee made up of Sister Joan Kirby (outgoing Chairperson of the NGO/DPI Executive Committee), Jeffery Huffines (incoming Chair of the NGO/DPI Executive Committee), and Richard Jordan (Chair of the 60th NGO/DPI Conference)<br /><br />Members of the NGO/DPI and ECOSOC NGO communities deal with a spectrum of issues that might not normally involve collaboration; but networking will be crucial to dealing with Climate Change, especially as it challenges all of us. The purpose of the Declaration is to provide a framework for action and collaborative networking, a tool to enable us to work together on the threats of climate change, which is essential to serving all of our particular mandates.<br /><br />The Declaration envisages that over the next 12 months, we will collaborate and report our efforts to the Secretary-General, while continuing our collaboration in coping with the threats. The process by which this is to be done will be facilitated by the NGO/DPI Executive Committee. The recommendations that come out of the process do not need to have full consensus support across the entire NGO community; but they do need to be developed in the spirit of collaboration with and among all NGOs.<br /><br /><br /><br />CONFERENCE DECLARATION<br />CLIMATE CHANGE THREATS – AN NGO FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION<br />1. We, over 2500 participants representing over 500 Non-Governmental Organizations from more than 80 countries,<br />having met at the 60th Annual UN Department of Public Information Conference for NGOs at UN Headquarters from 5-7 September, 2007, with representatives of Member States, UN agencies and programmes, the scientific community, the private sector, media and civil society, and<br />having reviewed the latest scientific evidence from a wide variety of experts to better understand climate change, its threats and how NGOs can broaden the base for knowledge and action to ameliorate those threats;<br />make the following Declaration.<br /><br />2. We affirm that climate change is potentially the most serious threat humanity and our environment have ever faced, possibly causing:<br />catastrophic effects on our Earth’s eco-system and biodiversity;<br />significantly reduced availability of food, water, energy and transport;<br />massive migration of populations;<br />significant damage to our economic, political, cultural and social bases and<br />increased domestic and international violence.<br /><br />3. To tackle these threats before they become irreversible, we commit ourselves over the next 12 months to:<br />unify behind a common vision of collaboration through a Framework for Action to develop and implement plans for adaptation and mitigation;<br />act as vocal, active partners for change with the UN, its Member States, NGOs and other members of our global community;<br />develop and implement individual and collective action plans.<br /><br />We commend Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s leadership in highlighting climate change as a major priority. We urge government and UN leaders to emphasize proactive climate change priorities for the greater good in preparations for the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali, December, 2007 and to partner with the NGO community. </div><div align="center"><br />For the sake of future generations, we urge government leaders, the UN and the whole of civil society to partner behind concrete solutions and to effectively implement them.<br />To that end – recognizing that our views on the challenges and opportunities needing response will evolve as this process continues – we recommend that: </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">the NGO/DPI Executive Committee and the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO) collaborate to foster an implementation tool for the NGO community by facilitating the creation of an open, practical and transparent collaborative approach based on networking; </div><div align="center"><br />this process bridge the spectrum of issues of concern to the entire NGO community such as agriculture, indigenous peoples, biodiversity, livestock, nuclear proliferation, ethnic groups, multigenerational issues, poverty, food security, peacemaking, mental and physical health and sustainable development – thus networking NGOs that otherwise might not typically collaborate;<br />a progress report be submitted to the Secretary-General in one year and that a long-term conversation be fostered. </div>cgayoso01http://www.blogger.com/profile/13712637499325804492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074117763092469385.post-45507174766424090792007-09-03T19:30:00.000-07:002007-09-03T19:34:56.925-07:00<div align="center">WEBCASTING<br />CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO: AGENDA MUNICIPAL<br /><br />Lugar : Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima<br />Fecha : 10, 11, 12 y 13 de Septiembre 2007<br />Participantes : Alcaldes provinciales y Distritales y Público </div><div align="center"> en General<br /><br />Objetivo General<br /><br />Conscientizar las autoridades locales sobre la necesidad de establecer una agenda ambiental municipal con enfoque vinculado a la gestión de riesgos y adaptación al Cambio Climático; teniendo, como base las disertaciones efectuadas sobre dicho tema en la 60 Conferencia Anual DPI/NGO de las Naciones Unidas.<br /><br /> Metodología:<br /><br />1. Se proyectarán las intervenciones realizadas en la Conferencia Anual en Nueva York, las cuales serán trasmitidas a través del webcasting a las provincias del interior del país.<br />2. Se organizarán mesas de opinión de autoridades locales y especialistas inmediatamente después de espectar la Conferencia en Nueva York. desde las posibilidades de acción y de interés de los gobiernos locales.<br />3. En dichas trasmisiones los participantes en provincias podrán enviar preguntas a los comentaristas en el auditorio de la Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima las cuales serán absueltas en tiempo real a través del correo: <a href="mailto:cambioclimaticoperu@yahoo.com">cambioclimaticoperu@yahoo.com</a>.<br /><br />Temas de Trabajo<br /><br />Cambio Climático: La Evidencia Científica.<br />La Economía y Política de Energía y Cambio Climático<br />Desarrollo Sostenible, Responsabilidad y Normas Éticas.<br />Seguridad del Agua.<br /><br />Resultados esperados<br /><br />1. Iniciar las bases para construir una Agenda Ambiental Municipal, que incluya como uno de los ejes principales el Cambio Climático, a través de las siguientes líneas de acción:<br /><br />(a) Vulnerabilidad, adaptación y mitigación, considerándose en ésta el fortalecimiento de capacidades para la evaluación de la vulnerabilidad y de medidas de adaptación y mitigación a nivel de los gobiernos locales;<br />(b) Desastres naturales asociados al cambio climático, en la que se considera el establecimiento de sinergias entre las iniciativas en curso de cambio climático y la prevención de desastres<br /><br />2. Plan de trabajo para las próximas actividades en el 2008, la organización, los participantes (roles y responsabilidades).<br /><br />Organizadores<br /><br />1. Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima<br />2. Consejo Nacional del Ambiente<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong>Programa<br /></strong></span><br /></span>Lunes 10 de septiembre del 2007 (Evento de 3:30pm a 6:30pm)<br /><br />Primera Mesa Redonda. “La economía, la política energética y el Cambio Climático”.<br />Saludo del Alcalde Metropolitano de Lima.<br />Saludo del Presidente de CONAM.<br />Expositores de la 60 Conferencia de Naciones Unidas desde Nueva York.<br />Comentaristas en Lima:<br />· Coordina la mesa: Munic. de Lima (Regidor Sr. Jorge Márquez) y CONAM (Sr. Luis Geng)<br />· Centro de Información de las Naciones Unidas CINU – Ines Scudellari<br />· Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores – Embajador Sergio Kostritsky, Dirección General de Medio Ambiente.<br />· Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas – Jorge Escurra Director General de Programación Multianual<br />· MEM - Viceministro de Energía Pedro Gamio<br />· Diario El Comercio.<br /><br />Martes 11 de septiembre del 2007 (Evento de 3:30pm a 6:30pm)<br /><br />Segunda Mesa Redonda. “Evidencias científicas del Cambio Climático”.<br /><br />Coordina la mesa: Munic. de Lima (Regidor Sr. Jorge Márquez) y CONAM (Sr. Luis Geng)<br />Expositores de la 60 Conferencia de Naciones Unidas desde Nueva York.<br />Comentaristas en Lima:<br />· SENAMHI - Wilar Gamarra Molina Presidente del SENAMHI<br />· CONCYTEC - Juan Tarazona<br />· INRENA – Marcos Zapata Instituto Nacional de Glaciología<br />· IGP - Pablo Lagos<br /><br /><br />Miércoles 12 de septiembre del 2007 (Evento de 3:30pm a 6:30pm)<br />Tercera Mesa Redonda. “Desarrollo sustentable, responsabilidad y estándares éticos”.<br /><br />Coordina la mesa: Munic. de Lima (Regidor Sr. Jorge Márquez) y CONAM (Sr. Luis Geng)<br />Expositores de la 60 Conferencia de Naciones Unidas desde Nueva York.<br />Comentaristas en Lima:<br />· CONAM – César Villacorta, Secretario Ejecutivo (e)<br />· INRENA - Roberto Ángeles Lazo Jefe del INRENA<br />· PRODUCE - Ing. Carmen Mora Dirección de Asuntos ambientales -)<br />· MTC - Lic. Paola Naccarato Dirección General de Asuntos Socio Ambientales<br />· MUNILIMA: Ruth San Miguel, Sub Gerente de Medio Ambiente<br /><br /><br />Jueves 13 de septiembre del 2007 (Evento de 3:30pm a 6:30pm)<br />Cuarta Mesa Redonda. “Seguridad del agua”.<br /><br />Coordina la mesa: Munic. de Lima (Regidor Sr. Jorge Márquez) y CONAM (Sr. Luis Geng)<br />Saludo del Coordinador del evento y de los invitados.<br />Expositores de la 60 Conferencia de Naciones Unidas desde Nueva York.<br />Comentaristas en Lima:<br />· CONAM – César Cervantes, DICAREN<br />· SEDAPAL (Gerencia de Producción – Rubén Emzian Sansuy)<br />· DIGESA (Directora General – Sra. Fabiola Capurro Villarán)<br />· SUNASS Presidente – Jose Salazar)<br /> </div>cgayoso01http://www.blogger.com/profile/13712637499325804492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074117763092469385.post-87908987531477424582007-09-03T14:43:00.000-07:002007-09-04T05:20:20.151-07:00<div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Panel Cambio Climatico</strong></span> </div><div align="center">Lima,10-12 septiembre 2007</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Proxima trasmision via video Internet sobre la Conferencia Cambio Climatico desde el local de Naciones Unidas , ubicado en Nueva York , conectada con Lima a ser retransmitida desde el Portal electronico de la Municipalidad de Lima, Peru . <a href="http://www.munlima.gob.pe/">http://www.munlima.gob.pe/</a>, </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">ud, se puede registrar para participar en la siguiente direccion :</div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.munlima.gob.pe/registro/WebForm1.aspx">Http://www.munlima.gob.pe/registro/WebForm1.aspx</a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">La retransmision se realizara con la participacion de un Panel de especialistas en el Auditorio principal de la Municipaliad de Lima los dias 10 al 12 de septiembre del 2007 , contando con la presencia de especialistas y el Alcalde Lima. En ella se analizara las distintas propuestas y paneles que se presentaran en Nueva York vinculados a la Agenda municipal de Lima.</div><div align="center"></div><p align="center">El Panel se encuentra dirigido a todos los alcaldes del Peru y publico en general a que se puedan conectar , a fin de participar de esta conferencia via Internet y analizar el tema , enviando sus preguntas telefonicamente o via e-mail al panel en Lima.</p><p align="center">Las conclusiones y el video del Panel de Lima formaran parte del reporte final de la Conferencia de NNUU en Nueva York.</p><div align="center"></div><div align="center">El evento es organizado por la Municipalidad de Lima y el Consejo Nacional del Ambiente (CONAM) <a href="http://www.conam.gob.pe/">Http://www.conam.gob.pe</a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">y cuenta con el apoyo de los organizadores del evento en Nueva York. y la colaboracion de la Red Democratica.</div><div align="center"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion">Http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion</a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Mayor informacion comunicarse con el Coordinador General Sr. Regidor Jorge Marquez </div><div align="center">a su E-mail : <a href="mailto:jorgemarquezch@yahoo.com">jorgemarquezch@yahoo.com</a></div><div align="center"><a href="mailto:cambioclimaticoperu@yahoo.com">cambioclimaticoperu@yahoo.com</a></div><div align="center"></div>cgayoso01http://www.blogger.com/profile/13712637499325804492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074117763092469385.post-17104218428992650442007-09-03T13:46:00.000-07:002007-09-03T13:57:50.886-07:00Immediate Release: September 2, 2007<br />The Light Millennium<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lightmillennium.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.lightmillennium.org</a><br />THE WILD CARDS IN CLIMATE CHANGE: WEATHER WARFARE, GEOENGINEERING AND ENMOD Department of Public Information, United Nations, Non-Governmental Organizations – 60th Annual Conference –<br />New York Midday Workshop - Conference Room#1<br />Date: September 5, 2007 Time: 1:15-2:45 PM<br /><br />As part of the UN/DPI-NGO 60th Annual Conference’s Midday Workshop programs (September 5-7, 2007), Light Millennium is leading a program entitled, “The Wild Cards in Climate Change: Weather Warfare, Geoengineering and ENMOD” in the context of “Climate Change: How It Impacts Us All” on Wednesday, at the Conference Room#1 on September 5, 2007.<br /><br />The co-sponsoring organizations are: Peace Action, Peace Caucus; The Turkish Cultural Center, NY; Campaign for the Earth; and The Ribbon International.The speakers on the program are:Professor Zafer AYVAZ, Ege University, Editor, Ecology (Ekoloji) Magazine, and President of the Environmental Research and Protection Agency, Turkey; Allan BUCKMANN, California State Fish and Game Department, Retired; Pauline CANTWELL, Peace Action, Convener of Peace;Caucus Rosalind PETERSON, President, Agriculture Defense Coalition.<br /><br />The Midday Workshop will be moderated by Joanne Fleming VALIN, Campaign for the Earth, Canada. This workshop will discuss military weapons designed to intentionally modify the climate and weather, earth systems, and/or trigger seismic events as part of a strategic or tactical war. <br /><br />Environmental warfare is almost always a violation of the 1978 UN Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques (ENMOD). Geoengineering projects, such as dumping iron filings in the oceans to stimulate plankton growth and sequester carbon or creating clouds with persistent jet contrails to increase the albedo (reflectivity) of the planet, could have far-reaching impacts on humans, animals, and plants. One wild card not factored into mainstream climate change analysis is the failure to address deliberate weather modification and weather control, including weather warfare. Superpower militaries have quietly made advances to control weather, perfecting ways to exploit the powerful energies for tactical advantages in war. <br /><br />The same labs that brought us nuclear weapons have been working on these projects in secret.Professor Zafer Ayvaz will speak on what international law mechanisms exist to govern the conduct of nations during wartime. He will explore how these mechanisms can be applied to determine whether or not the military actions of a nation that result in environmental destruction are lawful. He will focus on adapting the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) to create a framework for civil compensation for environmental damage caused by war. Pauline Cantwell will speak on weather warfare and ENMOD. Since environmental warfare, however carried out, is almost always a violation the 1977 United Nations Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques (ENMOD), this conference should call for a review and strengthening.<br /><br />Another wild card is the harmful effects of geoengineering projects being promoted as a solution to climate change. <br /><br />Rosalind Peterson will speak on climate change associated with persistent jet contrails and the man-made clouds they produce, exploring how jet contrails exacerbate global warming and change our climate. Allan Buckmann will address the harmful effects of geoengineering programs on plant and animal life. He will speak on restoration of the ecosystem using accelerated organic processes. He will discuss the priorities of water restoration, soil restoration and plant protection and funding for such bioremediation projects.<br /><br />The Light Millennium, as the sponsoring organization of the program to the UN/DPI during the Conference, associated with the DPI/UN on December 12, 2005, which is a 501 (c) (3) charitable public benefit organization whose mission is to provide an international platform for the free expression of ideas and experiences in order to foster a global connection among all people.<br /><br />The organization is based in Queens, New York. For more information, see: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lightmillennium.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.lightmillennium.org</a>.The Department of Public Information/ NGO section (UN DPI/NGO) seeks to reach people around the world to help them better understand the work and aims of the United Nations. Acting as a liaison between the United Nations and over 1,500 NGOs around the world, and other civil society organizations, it provides information services and oversees the annual conference of NGOs. See: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/index.asp" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/index.asp</a>. Or <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.undpingoconference.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.undpingoconference.org</a><br /><br />The speeches of the program will be e-published in the Fall-2007 issue of the Light Millennium.<br /><br />Contact: Bircan Unver<br />The Light MillenniumWeb site: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lightmillennium.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.lightmillennium.org</a><br />E-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://us.f841.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=bircanunver@lightmillennium.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:bircanunver@lightmillennium.org">bircanunver@lightmillennium.org</a> /or<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://us.f841.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=contact@lightmillennium.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:contact@lightmillennium.org">contact@lightmillennium.org</a><br />Or Pauline Cantwell Peace ActionWeb: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.peaceaction.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.peaceaction.org</a><br />E-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://us.f841.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=KCantw9473@aol.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:KCantw9473@aol.com">KCantw9473@aol.com</a>"<br /><br />The Light Millennium, is a 501 (c) (3) Tax Exempt and Public Benefit Organization & Associated with the Department of Public Information of the United Nations effective on December 12, 2005. <br /><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lightmillennium.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.lightmillennium.org</a> - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.isikbinyili.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.isikbinyili.org</a> - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.turkishgreeksynergy.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.turkishgreeksynergy.net</a> -<br /><br />Based in New York - On the Web since August 1999... ARE THE SOUL OF THIS GLOBAL PLATFORM. & WE ARE FOR THE GREATNESS IN HUMANITY."cgayoso01http://www.blogger.com/profile/13712637499325804492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074117763092469385.post-30227041157601962922007-09-03T13:31:00.000-07:002007-09-03T13:38:48.747-07:00Light Millennium TV Series (LMTV) at QPTV Web Site: <a href="http://www.lightmillennium.org/" target="_blank">http://www.lightmillennium.org/</a><br /><br />E-mail: LMTV@lightmillennium.orgLight Millennium<br /><br />TV proudly presents...<br /><br />****UN/NGO Profiles # 8: Sir Joan KIRBY & Sherrill KAZAN****<br /><br />On the Upcoming UN/DPI-NGO 60th Annual Conference:"CLIMATE CHANGE: HOW IT IMPACTS US ALL"<a href="http://www.undpingoconference.org/" target="_blank">http://www.undpingoconference.org/</a><br />Cablecasting schedule of the LMTV/UNNGO Profiles at QPTV - September 2007:****<br /><br />UN-NGO Profile 8: Sir Joan KIRBY & Sherrill KAZAN<br />On Monday, September 3, 2007, Ch 356 8:30 pm.<br />On Sunday, September, 16, 2007, Ch #56, 7:30 pm<br />On Wednesday. September. 19, 2007, Ch. 56, 11:30 am.<br /><br />**** UN-NGO Profiles 7: Juan Carlos BRANDT & Richard JORDAN<br />On Tuesday, Septe,ber 4, Ch#57 @ 9:30PM. (re-run)<a href="http://www.lightmillennium.org/unngo_profiles/brandt_jordan.html" target="_blank">http://www.lightmillennium.org/unngo_profiles/brandt_jordan.html</a><br /><br />(For the transcription of the UNNGO Profiles 7)<br /><br />Light Millennium TV (LMTV) proudly presents UN/NGO Profiles 8: Sir JoanKIRBY & Sherrill KAZAN on the United Nations DPI/NGO 60th AnnualConference: "Climate Change: How It Impacts Us All".<br /><br />In conjunction to the upcoming the UN/DPI-NGO Annual 60th Conference entitled, "CLIMATE CHANGE: HOW IT IMPACTS US ALL", at the United Nationson September 5-7, 2007.<br /><br />A series of television profiles are scheduled aspart of the Light Millennium TV Series on Queens Public Television. The series, entitled "LMTV/UN-NGO Profiles," features key figures from the UNstaff and local members of NGOs working with the UN, discussing how climate change affects every individual and what citizens can do about theproblem.<br /><br />The second of this season's series features the chair of the ExecutiveCommittee of the UN/DPI NGO and the representative of the Temple of Understanding to the United Nations, Sir Joan KIRBY, and Sherrill KAZAN, co-chair of the Events and Fundrasing Committee of the Annual 60th Conference, and representative of the World Council of the Peoples andthe Mexican Acedemia of the International Law to the United Nations.<br /><br />The LMTV UN-NGO Profiles series was launched by the Light Millennium TV Series at Queens Public TV in July 2006. The producer of the series is Bircan ÜNVER and the host is Dr. Judy KURIANSKY.<br /><br />The Light Millenniumassociated with the DPI/UN on December 12, 2005. If you have any queries about the Light Millennium TV/UNNGO Profiles, produced by Bircan Unverplease contact LMTV at <a href="mailto:LMTV@lightmillennium.org">LMTV@lightmillennium.org</a>. Light Millennium TV Series (monthly "LMTV") has been airing on Queens Public TV (<a href="http://www.qptv.org/" target="_blank">http://www.qptv.org/</a>) since January 2000.<br /><br />Based in New YorkCity, LMTV is under the umbrella of the Light Millennium organization, a501 (c) (3) charitable public benefit organization whose mission is toprovide an international platform for the free expression of ideas andexperiences in order to foster a global connection among all people.<br /><br />For more information, see: <a href="http://www.lightmillennium.org/" target="_blank">http://www.lightmillennium.org/</a>.<br />The Department of Public Information/ NGO section (UN DPI/NGO) seeks toreach people around the world to help them better understand the work andaims of the United Nations.<br /><br />Acting as a liaison between the UnitedNations and over 1,500 NGOs around the world, and other civil society organizations, it provides information services and oversees the annualconference of NGOs.See: <a href="http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/index.asp" target="_blank">http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/index.asp</a>.Or <a href="http://www.undpingoconference.org/" target="_blank">http://www.undpingoconference.org/</a><br /><br />Contact: Bircan UnverThe Light Millennium TV Series <a href="http://www.lightmillennium.org/" target="_blank">http://www.lightmillennium.org/</a><br />E-mail: <a href="mailto:LMTV@lightmillennium.org">LMTV@lightmillennium.org</a><br /><br />Date: September 1, 2007cgayoso01http://www.blogger.com/profile/13712637499325804492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074117763092469385.post-42310106592066300512007-07-26T17:16:00.000-07:002007-07-26T17:25:34.991-07:00<div align="center"><br /><strong>THEMATIC DEBATE </strong></div><div align="center"><strong>OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY<br />UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK<br />31 JULY / 1 AUGUST, 2007<br />"CLIMATE CHANGE AS A GLOBAL CHALLENGE"<br /></strong></div><div align="center"><strong>(SECOND PART)</div></strong><strong></strong><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong>V. THE NEXT STEPS IN THE GLOBAL RESPONSE TO CLIMATE<br />CHANGE.</strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong><br /></div><div align="center">38. Around the world, discussions on climate change are moving with a<br />new sense of urgency and openness. Climate change has been included<br />in the agenda of several important international and regional meetings this<br />year, many of which have called for successful outcomes at the United<br />Nations Climate Change Conference to be held in Bali in December 2007.<br />The Bali Conference will provide the world with an opportunity to further<br />engage in the multilateral climate change process under the auspices of<br />the UN and to collectively craft the next steps in the global response to<br />climate change. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">39. To facilitate an exchange of views and to galvanize political will for<br />the Bali Conference, on 24 September 2007 the Secretary-General will<br />convene an informal high-level event in New York on the margins of the<br />General Assembly. The event will provide an opportunity to involve all<br />countries and other stakeholders in the multilateral process.<br /><br /><strong>Annex A</strong></div><div align="center"><br /><strong>THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK: THE UNITED NATIONS<br />FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE KYOTO<br />PROTOCOL</strong></div><div align="center"><br />40. General Assembly resolution 45/212 launched negotiations that<br />resulted in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change<br />(UNFCCC). The convention was opened for signature on 4 June 1992 at<br />the Rio de Janeiro ‘Earth Summit’ the United Nations Conference on<br />Environment and Development. Fifteen years later, the UNFCCC is at the<br />centre of the global response to climate change. The Convention<br />recognizes that man-made emissions of carbon dioxide and other<br />greenhouse gases are altering the world’s climate. Its have established a<br />long-term objective to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the<br />atmosphere to prevent dangerous human interference with the climate<br />system while allowing development to take place.</div><div align="center"><br />41. The provisions of the Convention were not sufficient so a substantial<br />extension to the Convention – the Kyoto Protocol – was adopted at the<br />third Conference of the Parties in December 1997. The Kyoto Protocol,<br />which entered into force on 16 February 2005, established legally binding<br />emission targets for industrialized countries. Since adoption, both<br />instruments have been further elaborated by decisions of Parties at their<br />annual meetings. These collective decisions now make up a detailed set<br />of rules for implementation of both the Convention and its Kyoto Protocol. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><strong>A. Commitments under the UNFCCC</strong></div><div align="center"><br />42. The UNFCCC sets an overall framework for international efforts to<br />tackle the challenge of climate change. All Parties must develop and<br />periodically submit special reports called national communications, which<br />must contain information on the greenhouse gas emissions of that Party<br />and describe the steps it has taken and plans to take to implement the<br />Convention. Each national communication is subject to an "in-depth"<br />review to provide a comprehensive, technical assessment of a Party's<br />implementation of its commitments.</div><div align="center"><br />43. The Convention also requires all Parties to put in place national<br />programmes and measures to control emissions and to adapt to the<br />impacts of climate change. Parties also agree to promote the development<br />and use of climate-friendly technologies; education and public awareness<br />of climate change and its impacts; sustainable management of forests and<br />other ecosystems that can remove greenhouse gases from the<br />atmosphere, and to cooperate with other Parties in these matters.<br /><br />44. Industrialized countries, which are called Annex I Parties under the<br />Convention, have additional commitments. These Parties agreed to<br />undertake policies and measures with the specific aim of returning their<br />greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2000. Annex I Parties must<br />also provide more frequent national communications and must separately<br />provide yearly inventories of their national greenhouse gas emissions,<br />which are subject to an annual technical review process.<br /></div><div align="center">45. They must also promote and facilitate the transfer of climate<br />friendly technologies to developing countries and to countries with<br />economies in transition, as well as provide new and additional financial<br />resources to help developing countries implement their commitments.<br />Such financial resources are to be provided through the Global<br />Environment Facility, which serves as the Convention’s financial<br />mechanism, and may also be provided through bilateral or other<br />multilateral channels. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><strong>B. Commitments under the Kyoto Protocol</strong></div><div align="center"><br />46. The Kyoto Protocol shares the Convention’s ultimate objective to<br />stabilize atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases at a level that<br />will prevent dangerous interference with the climate system. The Kyoto<br />Protocol builds upon and enhances many of the commitments already in<br />place under the Convention. Only Parties to the Convention can become<br />Parties to the Protocol. Although all Parties have agreed to further<br />advance the implementation of their existing commitments under the<br />Convention, only Annex I Parties took on new commitments under the<br />Protocol. Specifically, these Parties have agreed to binding emission<br />targets over the 2008 – 2012 timeframe.</div><div align="center"><br />47. To assist Annex I Parties in meeting these targets, and to promote<br />sustainable development in non-Annex I Parties, the Kyoto Protocol<br />adopted three innovative mechanisms, by which Annex I Parties may avail<br />themselves of low-cost emission reductions achieved elsewhere. To<br />support the implementation of these mechanisms, the Kyoto Protocol<br />strengthened the Convention’s reporting and review procedures and<br />created a system of electronic databases, called national registries, to<br />monitor transactions under the Kyoto mechanisms, and an international<br />transaction log to verify transactions of emissions credits, including their<br />issuance, transfer and acquisition between registries. It also established a<br />compliance system designed to strengthen the Protocol’s environmental<br />integrity, support the carbon market’s credibility and ensure transparency<br />of accounting by Parties. It is overseen by a committee, which has the<br />authority to determine and apply consequences for non-compliance.<br /><br /><strong>C. Market Mechanisms and the Carbon Market</strong></div><div align="center"><br />48. The Kyoto Protocol’s market mechanisms seek to lower the costs of<br />achieving emissions targets: the clean development mechanism, joint<br />implementation and emissions trading. The clean development<br />mechanism, or CDM, allows Annex I Parties to invest in projects in non-<br />Annex I Parties that reduce emissions, or that enhance sinks through<br />afforestation or reforestation. The Annex I Party can then use credits<br />generated by these projects toward meeting its emission target. Similarly,<br />through joint implementation (JI) Annex I Parties can receive credit for<br />investing in projects in other Annex I Parties. Finally, emission trading<br />allows Annex I Parties to trade credits or emission allowances among<br />themselves.</div><div align="center"><br />49. Among these mechanisms, the CDM stands out, as it provides a<br />vehicle to finance sustainable development projects that reduce<br />greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries. It is overseen by an<br />Executive Board, operating under the authority of the CMP, that approves<br />methodologies for baselines and monitoring, registers projects and issues<br />credits. With over 1200 projects in the pipeline, the CDM has an overall<br />emission reduction potential of about 1.4 billion tonnes by 2012 (of which<br />590 million are already in the form of registered projects). The CDM is<br />gaining speed very rapidly, but the market needs long-term policy certainty<br />in demand beyond 2012 to continue to deliver.</div><div align="center"><br />50. Currently, CDM projects are not evenly distributed across geographic<br />regions. As a result, the Nairobi Framework was initiated by the United<br />Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations<br />Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Bank Group, the African<br />Development Bank, and the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework<br />Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at the Nairobi Climate Change<br />Conference in 2006. It aims to help developing countries, especially those<br />in sub-Sahara Africa, to improve their level of participation in the CDM.</div><div align="center"><br /><strong>D. Financial architecture to address climate change</strong></div><div align="center"><br />51. The contribution of countries to climate change and their capacity to<br />prevent and cope with its consequences vary significantly. The Convention<br />and the Protocol therefore call for financial assistance from countries with<br />more resources to those less endowed and more vulnerable. The Parties<br />to the Convention assigned operation of the financial mechanism to the<br />Global Environment Facility on an on-going basis, subject to review every<br />four years. The financial mechanism is accountable to the COP, which<br />decides on its climate change policies, programme priorities, and eligibility<br />criteria for funding. In addition, three special funds have been established:<br /><br />(a) Special Climate Change Fund to finance projects relating to<br />capacity-building, adaptation, technology transfer, climate change<br />mitigation and economic diversification for countries highly<br />dependent on income from fossil fuels.</div><div align="center"><br />(b) Least Developed Countries Fund intended to support a special<br />work programme to assist the LDCs.</div><div align="center"><br />(c) Adaptation Fund, will finance practical adaptation projects and<br />programmes in developing countries and support capacity-building<br />activities. It will be funded from the adaptation levy on CDM projects.<br />Parties may contribute as well. It will become operational with the<br />entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol.</div><div align="center"><br />52. Different financing efforts need to be reconciled in a long-term legal<br />framework in order to provide security for carbon markets, investments and<br />long-term policy results. Existing financial structures and project-based<br />mechanisms need to complement each other so that available finances can<br />best be directed at both adaptation and mitigation. Governments will<br />consider existing and planned investment flows and finance schemes<br />relevant to the development of an effective international response to climate<br />change at Bali Conference in December 2007, with a particular focus on the<br />needs of developing countries. </div><div align="center"><br /> </div><div align="center"><strong>E. Technology</strong></div><div align="center"><br />53. Clean technologies are central to combating climate change and<br />many are already available. Cleaner technologies and energy efficiency<br />can provide win-win solutions, allowing economic growth and the fight<br />against climate change to proceed hand in hand. Given the continued<br />dominant role of fossil fuels in the global energy mix, energy efficiency,<br />cleaner fossil fuel and carbon capture and storage technologies are needed<br />to allow their continued use without jeopardising climate change objectives. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">54. Encouragingly, according to UNEP and New Energy Finance (NEF),<br />sustainable energy investment has increased markedly over the past couple<br />of years, with wind, solar and biofuels attracting the highest levels of<br />investment. This reflects technology maturity, policy incentives and investor<br />appetite. Investor appetite suggests that existing technology is ready for<br />scale-up and that renewable energy can become a larger part of the energy<br />mix without waiting for further technology development yet investments in<br />climate-friendly technologies are still in their infancy.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">55. To fully meet the mitigation challenge across the globe, the scale-up<br />needed requires greater cooperation between industrialised and developing<br />countries. Clear and predictable policy frameworks for private investors to<br />operate within and, innovative financing approaches that allow public funds<br />to attract private investment will also help. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">56. The UNFCCC has facilitated a number of investment instruments and<br />opportunities targeted at technology transfer. The current technology<br />transfer framework provides opportunities to attract financing for climate<br />change technology transfer by identifying priority technology needs of<br />developing countries and working to create enabling environments for<br />technology transfer. It is also important to build capacity at the national<br />level to improve legal and regulatory framework, and to help project<br />developers at the sectoral level to demonstrate to private financiers that<br />proposed projects are financially attractive. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">57. In addition, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) aims to play a<br />catalytic role in the development of markets related to climate change. It<br />allocates and disburses about USD 250 million per year in grants for climate<br />change projects. GEF funds have been used to stimulate innovative<br />financing mechanisms, such as risk mitigation schemes, loan guarantee<br />programs and micro-finance. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">58. The CDM also provides a number of opportunities for attracting<br />finance for climate change projects by offering a legal framework and a<br />marketplace for Parties that are required to reduce greenhouse gas<br />emissions. The CDM makes it easier to attract financing for climate change<br />projects, through sales of carbon emissions reductions. As such, the carbon<br />market has an important role to play in bridging the technology and<br />investment challenge, while addressing climate change concerns. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">59. The interest of development finance institutions also indicates that<br />there is an opportunity for climate change technology transfer in emerging<br />markets. An important aspect of their activities is that they attract private<br />financiers to climate change projects. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><strong>F. Deforestation</strong> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">60. Reducing deforestation plays an increasing role in carbon mitigation,<br />as well as in other sectors such as stemming biodiversity loss. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">61. The UNFCCC acknowledges the need to protect forests as part of<br />efforts to combat climate change. Under the Kyoto Protocol, emissions from<br />deforestation in developed countries are taken into account as part of<br />national commitments to reduce greenhouse gases. Tropical deforestation,<br />however, was excluded from the Kyoto Protocol due to controversies<br />surrounding sovereignty, uncertainty and implications for efforts to reduce<br />fossil fuel emissions. Discussions on reducing emissions from deforestation<br />in developing countries are underway within the UNFCCC process, at the<br />initiative of developing countries. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><strong>H. Calendar of meetings</strong></div><div align="center"><br />• Fourth workshop under the Dialogue on long-term cooperative action to<br />address climate change by enhancing implementation of the Convention and<br />the resumed fourth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further<br />Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG)<br />Vienna, Austria<br />27 - 31 August 2007</div><div align="center"><br />• Thirteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 13) and the third<br />session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties<br />to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 3)<br />Bali, Indonesia<br />3 - 14 December 2007</div><div align="center"><br />• Sessions of the UNFCCC subsidiary bodies<br />Bonn, Germany<br />2–13 June 2008</div><div align="center"><br />• Fourteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 14) and the fourth<br />session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties<br />to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 4)<br />Poznan, Poland<br />1–12 December 2008</div><div align="center"><br />• Sessions of the UNFCCC subsidiary bodies<br />Bonn, Germany<br />1–12 June 2009</div><div align="center"><br />• Fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) and the fifth<br />session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties<br />to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 5)<br />Copenhagen, Denmark<br />30 November to 11 December 2009 </div>cgayoso01http://www.blogger.com/profile/13712637499325804492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074117763092469385.post-73073528259038806012007-07-26T16:57:00.000-07:002007-07-26T17:16:45.070-07:00<div align="center"><br /><strong>THEMATIC DEBATE </strong></div><div align="center"><strong>OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY<br />UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, </strong></div><div align="center"><strong>NEW YORK<br />31 JULY / 1 AUGUST, 2007</strong></div><strong><div align="center"><br />"CLIMATE CHANGE AS A GLOBAL CHALLENGE"</div></strong><div align="center"><br />This document provides an overview of some of the key issues to be<br />considered during the General Assembly’s Thematic Debate on climate<br />change, including:</div><div align="center"><br />the latest scientific assessments;<br />the two components of the response - adaptation and mitigation;<br />the role of the private sector; and,<br />possible next steps in the multilateral process.<br />An annex describes the existing commitments, financial architecture and<br />progress to date of the institutional response to climate change under the<br />auspices of the United Nations. </div><div align="center"><br /> </div><div align="center"><strong>OVERVIEW</strong></div><strong><div align="center"><br /></strong>1. The average global temperature rose by 0.74°C during last century.<br />This is the largest and fastest warming trend in the history of the Earth that<br />scientists have been able to discern. Current projections show that trend<br />will continue and will accelerate. The best estimate indicates that the Earth<br />could warm by 3°C during the 21st Century. Scientists are now certain that<br />most of the change is due to human activities that emit greenhouse gases.<br />Greenhouse gases, of which CO2 is the most important, trap heat in the<br />Earth’s atmosphere, leading to the overall rise of global temperatures,<br />which are liable to disrupt natural climate patterns. Eleven of the last 12<br />years rank among the 12 warmest in the last 150 years. The warming trend<br />has already affected all continents and oceans.</div><div align="center"><br />2. The most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)<br />reports issued this year dispelled many uncertainties. Climate change is<br />already having significant impacts in certain regions, particularly in<br />developing countries, and on most ecosystems. It will affect developing<br />countries’ ability to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).<br />However, the reports also show that the problem can be addressed and<br />that affordable mitigation solutions exist. Economic assessments indicate<br />that the cost of inaction will exceed the cost of taking early action, probably<br />by several orders of magnitude. Dealing with climate change is an<br />economic necessity to avoid serious disruption to global and national<br />economic and social activity. </div><div align="center"><br /> </div><div align="center">3. The challenge now is to develop a fairer and more effective global<br />response to address this global problem. Some of the worst scenarios<br />outlined by the IPCC can still be avoided by taking immediate action. This<br />requires concerted efforts by all countries, especially industrialised<br />countries and major emerging economies, to significantly reduce the<br />amounts of greenhouse gas emissions. Since climate change is already<br />negatively affecting people in many areas, it is necessary to develop<br />methods that will allow people and communities to adapt to the realities<br />imposed by climate change. Developing countries will be the most affected<br />and are those with the most limited resources – a combination that will<br />require collective efforts to address. </div><div align="center"><br /> </div><div align="center">4. 2007 is a critical year and the UN is working to bring countries<br />together to develop a global approach to address climate change. Many<br />initiatives are being launched and commitments undertaken by Member<br />States, groups of States, civil society and the private sector. These are<br />essential but not sufficient by themselves. The UN and its Framework<br />Convention on Climate Change offer the institutional framework within<br />which a global solution can be achieved (see Annex A).<br /></div><div align="center"><br /><strong>I. THE CHANGING GLOBAL CLIMATE: ASSESSING THE SCIENCE<br />AND THE IMPACTS<br />IPCC latest assessments</strong></div><strong><div align="center"><br /></strong>average temperature rise of around 3°C expected this century.<br />during the last 100 years the earth has warmed by 0.74 °C, most<br />rapidly over the last 50 years; Arctic temperatures have<br />increased at almost twice this rate.<br />atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide have increased<br />from a pre-industrial value of 278 parts-per million (ppm) to<br />379 ppm in 2005.</div><div align="center"><br />5. The "blanket" of greenhouse gases that occurs naturally in the<br />atmosphere serves the vital function of regulating the planet’s climate.<br />Since the start of the industrial revolution some 250 years ago, emissions<br />of greenhouse gases have been making this blanket thicker at an<br />unprecedented speed. This has caused the most dramatic change in the<br />atmosphere’s composition since at least 650,000 years ago. Unless<br />significant efforts are made to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, the<br />global climate will continue to warm rapidly over the coming decades and<br />beyond.</div><div align="center"><br />6. The IPCC – created in 1988 by the World Meteorological<br />Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme – provides<br />the most authoritative and comprehensive assessments of the state of<br />knowledge on climate change every five years. These assessments also<br />provide the basis for international policy-making on climate change. The<br />IPCC does not conduct new research, but makes policy-relevant<br />assessments of the existing worldwide literature on the scientific, technical<br />and socio-economic aspects of climate change, drawing on the work of<br />hundreds of experts from all regions of the world.</div><div align="center"><br />7. The latest IPCC assessment, released during 2007, shows that the<br />warming of the climate system is unequivocal and accelerating. This is<br />based on evidence of increases in global average air and ocean<br />temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global<br />average sea level.</div><div align="center"><br />8. Projections indicate faster warming is expected. If emissions<br />continue to rise at their current pace and are allowed to double from their<br />pre-industrial level, the world will face an average temperature rise of<br />around 3°C this century. To explain the magnitude of such seemingly<br />insignificant global temperature changes from a different perspective: the<br />difference between the present average global temperature and an ice age<br />is 5 °C.</div><div align="center"><br />9. Serious impacts are associated with these scenarios, including sealevel<br />rise, shifts in growing seasons, and an increasing frequency and<br />intensity of extreme weather events such as storms, floods and droughts.<br />Impacts of climate change will vary regionally, with the most significant<br />impacts expected in the Arctic, the Asian mega-deltas, Small Island<br />Developing States (SIDS) and sub-Saharan Africa. Climate change will<br />further constrain water resources, already stretched by growing demand<br />from agriculture, industry and cities. Rising temperatures will further<br />diminish the mountain snow pack and increase evaporation, thus altering<br />the seasonal availability of water.</div><div align="center"><br />10. Overall, developing countries are the most vulnerable to these risks.<br />In the most vulnerable communities, the impacts of climate change pose a<br />direct threat to people’s very survival. The devastating effects of extreme<br />events, temperature increases and sea level rise will worsen with<br />consequences for all of us, particularly the poor.</div><div align="center"><br />11. Wildlife and biological diversity – already threatened by habitat<br />destruction and other human-caused stresses – will face an increased risk<br />of extinction. The most vulnerable ecosystems include coral reefs, boreal<br />(sub-arctic) forests, mountain habitat and those dependent on a<br />Mediterranean climate. The oceans will also experience higher<br />temperatures, and as they absorb more carbon dioxide sea life will be<br />negatively affected due to increasing acidity. In all regions, the faster the<br />temperatures rise, the greater the risk of damage.</div><div align="center"><br />12. The climate does not immediately respond to reductions in<br />greenhouse gas emissions. Some greenhouse gases survive in the<br />atmosphere for years, decades or even centuries. As a result, climate<br />change will continue for hundreds of years after atmospheric<br />concentrations have stabilized. Significant reductions in global emissions of<br />greenhouse gases are required. However, decisions on the precise level at<br />which greenhouse gas concentrations should be stabilized to prevent<br />dangerous climate change have not been taken yet.<br /></div><div align="center"><br /><strong>II. ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE</strong></div><strong></strong><div align="center"><br />13. Adaptation is a process through which societies make themselves<br />better able to cope with the risks associated with climate change. These<br />risks are real and already happening in many systems and sectors<br />essential for human livelihood, including water resources, food security and<br />health. Adaptation options are many and range from technological options<br />such as increased sea defenses or flood-proof houses on stilts, to behavior<br />change at the individual level, such as the sparing use of water, lower and<br />more efficient energy consumption. Other strategies include early warning<br />systems for extreme events, improved risk management, insurance options<br />and biodiversity conservation to reduce climate change impacts on people,<br />e.g. by conserving and restoring mangroves to protect people from storms.</div><div align="center"><br />14. Delay to adaptation, and that includes any delay in helping to finance<br />and support concerted, long-term adaptation in developing countries, will<br />mean increased costs and pose greater risks to humanity in the future.<br />Droughts or loss of glacial melt-water, for example, could trigger largescale<br />population movements and heightened competition over scarcer<br />resources such as water, food and energy. According to the Stern Review,<br />these effects may exacerbate existing political tensions and could drive<br />greater global instability.</div><div align="center"><br />15. The IPCC suggest that future vulnerability depends not only on<br />climate change but also on development pathways. Sustainable<br />development can reduce vulnerability. To be successful, adaptation should<br />be mainstreamed in national and international sustainable development<br />priorities and sectoral programs. Climate change can policies can also<br />promote activities with multiple benefits to catalyze progress in achieving<br />sustainable development goals, while contributing to adaptation objectives.</div><div align="center"><br />16. Effective national adaptation strategies may include:<br />Measures to enhance the scientific basis for decision making;<br />methods and tools for the assessment of adaptation;<br />education, training and public awareness on adaptation, including for<br />young people;<br />promoting individual and institutional capacity-building;<br />technology development and transfer;<br />promotion of local coping strategies; and,<br />legislation and regulatory frameworks, which promote adaptivefriendly<br />action.</div><div align="center"><br />17. Many countries are starting to take concrete action to adapt to future<br />climate changes. This needs to be expanded and integrated into national<br />and sectoral plans to ensure that sustainable development and adaptation<br />are progress together. The UNFCCC fosters adaptation by committing all<br />Parties to formulate, implement, publish and update adaptation measures,<br />as well as to cooperate on adaptation. A variety of support mechanisms<br />for adaptation implementation in developing countries are supported;<br />including, the provision of funding, insurance and technology transfer, as<br />well as scientific and technical assistance.</div><div align="center"><br />18. National Adaptation Programmes of Action are an option for Least<br />Developed Countries and provide a rigorous assessment of urgent<br />adaptation needs. They aim to expand the coping range of communities.<br />In addition, the ‘Nairobi’ work programme on impacts, vulnerability and<br />adaptation to climate change assists all countries in understanding and<br />assessing impacts, vulnerability and adaptation. It enables informed<br />decision-making on practical adaptation actions and measures and<br />provides a structured framework for cooperation. The UN System, its<br />specialised agencies and other international organisations also mainstream<br />adaptation into their relevant work programmes. </div><div align="center"><br /> </div><div align="center">19. Adaptation must be implemented through a holistic approach<br />incorporating both local (bottom-up) and national (top-down) levels. The<br />role of the UNFCCC is to catalyze adaptation efforts through this integrated<br />and cross-cutting set of actions, which take into consideration current<br />climate variability and future climate change. These actions should be<br />linked to national and sectoral policies and objectives, as well as<br />environmental objectives of other Multilateral Environmental Agreements.<br />Bilateral, multilateral and regional collaboration must be included both in<br />terms of assessment and implementation of adaptation measures.<br /></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">20. It is critical that adaptation be brought forward on policy agendas.<br />Parties to the UNFCCC have already highlighted the major challenges and<br />the most important elements that might be part of an enhanced multilateral<br />response to climate change when the first commitment period under the<br />Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. Sustained sufficient funding for the<br />implementation of large-scale adaptation initiatives is of key importance.<br />Without sufficient and targeted funding, adaptation runs the risk of not<br />being effectively addressed. Short-term emergency relief, or "reactive"<br />funding, is costly and unsupportive of sustainable development approaches<br />over the long term. </div><div align="center"><br /> </div><div align="center">21. Adaptation does not obviate the need for mitigating greenhouse gas<br />emissions. Both adaptation and mitigation strategies are necessary and<br />complementary.<br /></div><div align="center"><br /><strong>III. REDUCING THE EMISSIONS THAT CAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE</strong></div><strong><div align="center"><br /></strong>22. At present total annual emissions of greenhouse gases are rising.<br />Over the last three decades, emissions increased by an average of 1.6 per<br />cent per year with CO2 emissions from fossil fuels use growing at 1.9 per<br />cent per year. In the absence of further policy action, these emission<br />trends are expected to continue. The IPCC observed that for the period<br />1970 - 2004, the largest growth in greenhouse gas emissions has come<br />from energy supply and consumption, and road transport. At the same<br />time, access to energy is crucial for achieving the MDGs, and is one of the<br />over-riding concerns of developing countries, since economic growth<br />demands increased or more efficient energy supply and consumption.</div><div align="center"><br />23. According to the reference scenario of the International Energy<br />Agency (IEA), global energy demand will grow by 60 per cent by 2030. In<br />the period up to 2030, the energy supply infrastructure world-wide will<br />require a total investment of USD20 trillion, with about half of that in<br />developing countries. The way in which these energy needs are met will<br />determine whether climate change will remain manageable. Both national<br />and international climate policies and actions are needed to "green" energy<br />supply and economic growth. It is also, of paramount importance that the<br />growth of emissions is decoupled from economic growth. Mitigation efforts<br />over the next two to three decades will determine to a large extent the<br />long-term mean global temperature increase and the corresponding<br />climate change impacts that are avoided.</div><div align="center"><br />24. According to the IPCC, there is significant potential for mitigation,<br />including increasing the use of clean technologies and improving end-use<br />efficiency. There are significant economic potential for all sectors involved<br />in mitigating global greenhouse gas emissions over the coming decades.<br />This potential is sufficient to offset the projected growth of global emissions<br />or even to reduce emissions below current levels. The IPCC suggest that<br />the macro-economic effects of mitigation towards stabilization (between<br />445 and 710 ppm of CO2e) in 2030 vary from a small increase in global<br />GDP to a 3 per cent decrease, depending of the stringency of the<br />stabilization target. The Stern Review suggests that the annual cost of<br />emissions reductions leading to stabilization at 550 ppm CO2e is likely to be<br />around 1 percent of GDP by 2050.</div><div align="center"><br />25. Some of the available mitigation options are in fact "no regrets"<br />opportunities that can yield multiple societal and environmental benefits.<br />At the same time, concerns of developing country oil exporting nations,<br />which center on the negative impacts that mitigation measures in<br />developed countries may have on their economies, need to be taken into<br />account.<br /></div><div align="center"><br />26. The wide deployment of climate-friendly technologies is key to<br />meeting the mitigation challenge. Existing clean technologies need to be<br />rapidly picked up by the private sector and deployed widely, including<br />through technological cooperation between industrialised and developing<br />countries. Addressing climate change will, however, require continuous<br />improvement through innovation and the development of new technologies.</div><div align="center"><br />27. Governments can play a major role motivating the private sector to<br />invest in innovative technologies by providing incentives that are clear,<br />predictable, long term and robust. Governments are successfully using a<br />wide range of policies and measures that address climate change,<br />including regulations and standards, taxes and charges, tradable permits,<br />voluntary agreements, subsidies, financial incentives, research and<br />development programs, and information instruments.</div><div align="center"><br />28. Effective mitigation requires a diversified portfolio of policies to<br />address all major sectors. Some of the cheapest options for reducing<br />emissions involve electricity savings in buildings, fuel savings in vehicles<br />and increased soil carbon content in agriculture. Policies to promote a shift<br />to less carbon-intensive energy sources are particularly effective.<br />Governments can promote a range of energy options, including the<br />encouragement of natural gas as well as mature renewable energy<br />technologies such as large hydro, biomass combustion and geothermal.<br />Carbon capture and storage technology is another option to isolate carbon<br />emissions from the atmosphere, and to store them, for example in<br />geological formation.</div><div align="center"><br />29. Approximately 30 per cent of the projected emissions in the<br />residential and commercial sectors – the highest rate amongst all sectors<br />studied by the IPCC – could be reduced by 2030 with a net economic<br />benefit. Improvements relating to transport, such as providing public<br />transport systems and their related infrastructure and promoting nonmotorised<br />transport can further reduce emissions. The greatest potential<br />for reducing industrial emissions is located in the energy-intensive steel,<br />cement, and pulp and paper industries. Options for reducing agricultural<br />emissions are cost competitive in achieving long-term climate objectives.</div><div align="center"><br />30. Current rates of deforestation contribute to more than 20% of humancaused<br />greenhouse gas emissions, making deforestation across the globe<br />a significant contributor to human-induced climate change. The UN’s Food<br />and Agriculture Organisation estimates that between 2000 and 2005, an<br />average of 12.9 million hectares of forests was lost annually, mostly in<br />South America, followed by Africa and Asia. Arresting today’s high levels<br />of deforestation, promoting sustainable forest management and planting or<br />promoting new forests could considerably reduce greenhouse gas<br />emissions.<br /><br />31. Climate policies can also bring many win-win benefits that may not<br />factor into cost estimates – positive externalities. These include<br />technological innovation, tax reforms, increased employment, improved<br />energy security and health benefits from reduced pollution. Climate<br />policies offering significant co-benefits have the potential to reduce<br />greenhouse gases and provide substantial advantages for numerous<br />economic sectors and for varying development goals.</div><div align="center"><br />32. Mainstreaming climate change mitigation is an integral part of<br />sustainable development. The IPCCs findings confirm that sustainable<br />development can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reduce<br />vulnerability to climate change. Increasingly, strategies to address climate<br />change are being integrated into national planning and sustainable<br />development strategies. Many countries have already launched major<br />national strategies on climate change with a range of government policies<br />to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from industry, agriculture, and<br />forestry, as well as ambitious energy efficiency and renewable energy<br />goals.</div><div align="center"><br />33. Projected climate changes can exacerbate poverty and undermine<br />sustainable development, especially in least-developed countries. Global<br />mitigation efforts can enhance sustainable development prospects in part<br />by reducing the risk of adverse impacts of climate change. Effective<br />multilateral cooperation significantly reduces the global cost of addressing<br />climate change compared to the costs if each country was to act alone.<br />The emerging carbon market resulting from the Kyoto Protocol is an<br />illustration of how market incentives can be used to meet objectives set by<br />an international agreement.<br /></div><div align="center"><br /><strong>IV. THE ROLE OF BUSINESS IN SHAPING SOLUTIONS</strong></div><strong><div align="center"><br /></strong>34. The role of business as a source of solutions on global climate<br />change is now universally recognized, and its interaction with the public<br />policy agenda is increasing. The business community can offer new<br />choices, innovate, apply knowledge and technology to problems and turn<br />them into opportunities. Key to establishing such a role has been the<br />growing number of corporations who have understood the vital importance<br />of corporate social responsibility, risk mitigation, and performance<br />dimensions associated with the sustainable production and use of energy.<br />Actions to address climate change can also provide a platform for new<br />economic growth, new jobs, new manufacturing and service industries, and<br />new roles for sectors such as agriculture and forestry.</div><div align="center"><br />35. Many of the world’s leading businesses are stepping up to the<br />problem of climate change because they understand its risks and<br />recognize the need to act to minimize those risks. They also see enormous<br />opportunities in the development of new, climate-friendly technologies that<br />will help economies advance and grow — without continuing to pose a<br />threat to the global climate. They also want to improve their competitive<br />position in the marketplace and to get a head start developing the<br />technologies and the strategies that will contribute to reducing emissions in<br />the years ahead.</div><div align="center"><br />36. There is a wide range of activities that businesses can undertake to<br />reduce their contribution to climate change. They can implement green<br />power programs and cogeneration projects; they can develop energysaving<br />processes and products, clean fuels, biomass energy, cleanburning<br />vehicle engines and much more. With assistance from<br />governments, they can play an important role in the climate effort through<br />partnerships. Both research partnerships and partnerships in the<br />development of climate policy, can help ensure a factual basis about what<br />can be achieved, how to achieve it and when.</div><div align="center"><br />37. At the international and national levels, governments need to provide<br />business with certainty of direction. The challenge is to continue to create<br />the frameworks and partnerships that will allow business to play its<br />essential role in protecting the climate. They need to know that climate<br />change is a priority, to understand the direction and the ultimate goal of<br />national and international climate policies. This will allow businesses to<br />invest with confidence in the necessary technologies and strategies.</div><div align="center"><br />(END FIRST PART)</div>cgayoso01http://www.blogger.com/profile/13712637499325804492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074117763092469385.post-14877152250799948012007-07-26T16:52:00.000-07:002007-07-26T16:57:08.968-07:00<div align="center"><br /><strong>Informal Thematic Debate of the General Assembly<br />Climate Change as a Global Challenge<br />Trusteeship Council Chamber, United Nations</strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong><br /><strong>Tuesday 31st July<br />10.00 – 10.30 am<br /></strong>Opening Statement by the President of the General Assembly<br />Statement by the Secretary-General of the United Nations</div><div align="center"><br /><strong>Panel 1 – Climate Change: the Science, the Impact and the Adaptation Imperative<br />10 .30 am – 1.00 pm<br /></strong>Moderator: Kemal Dervis (Administrator, UNDP)<br />Mario Molina (University of California, San Diego)<br />Sir Nicholas Stern (London School of Economics)<br />Herve le Treut (Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, CNRS)<br />Kenrick R. Leslie (Executive Director, Caribbean Community Climate Change Center)<br />Sunita Narain (Director, Centre for Science and Environment, India)<br />Respondents: John Holdren (Harvard University) and Judge Neroni Slade (Samoa)</div><div align="center"><br /><strong>Panel 2 - Mitigation Strategies in the context of Sustainable Development<br /></strong><strong>3.00 pm - 6.00 pm</strong></div><div align="center"><strong><br /></strong>Moderator: Mohamed El-Ashry (UN Foundation)<br />Robert Socolow (Princeton University)<br />Anthony Olusegun Adegbulugbe (Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria)<br />Abdalla Salem El-Badri (Secretary-General, OPEC) – tbc<br />Michael Liebreich (CEO, New Energy Finance)<br />Bjorn Stigson (President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development)<br />Yvo de Boer (Executive Secretary, UNFCCC)<br />Respondents: Masayuki Sasanouchi (Environmental Affairs, Toyota) and Paul Bledsoe<br />(Director, US National Commission on Energy Policy)<br /></div><div align="center"><strong>Special Envoys</strong><br />President Ricardo Lagos (Secretary-General’s Climate Change Envoy)<br />Han Seung-soo (Secretary-General’s Climate Change Envoy)<br /></div><div align="center"><strong>Special Guests<br /></strong>Jeff Sachs (Director, Earth Institute, Columbia University)<br />Jake Siewert (Vice President, Environment and Public Strategy, Alcoa)<br />Hans Verolme (Director, Climate Change Program, World Wildlife Fund)<br />Jim Rogers (Chairman and CEO, Duke Energy)<br />Kate Hampton (Head of Policy, Climate Change Capital)<br />Graeme Sweeney (CEO, Shell Renewables and President, Shell Hydro)<br />Martin Khor (Editor, South – North Development Monitor)<br />Tariq Banuri, (Director, Stockholm Environment Institute, Asia)<br />Jacques Diouf (Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization)<br />Achim Steiner (Executive Director, UNEP)<br />Yehia Bouabdellaoui (Director, Hassan II Institute of Agronomy, Morocco)</div><div align="center"> </div>cgayoso01http://www.blogger.com/profile/13712637499325804492noreply@blogger.com0