"Sustainable Development is development that
meets the needs of the present
without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs"
Program
Meetings
Schedule
We
meet monthly with speakers from the United Nations as well as outside
experts.
Contact us for information about our meeting schedule.
Service to our Members
We aim to keep our membership informed generally about what is happening
in the
field of sustainable development.
For minutes of past meetings, download the following documents:
| Date | Topics | Speakers |
| 2008 | ||
| November, 4 | Global Mapping Innovation for Renewable Energy Resources | Kenneth
Westrick |
| October, 20 | Report
on the private tour of ‘The Solaire’ by Anthony Pereira, President and CEO of altPOWER, presented by The International Solar Energy Society (ISES) |
Anthony
Pereira, |
| October, 6 | ISES meeting on Renewable Energy in Urban Settings | Roma
Stibravy Anthony Pereira |
| July, 8 | Latest Innovations in Small-Scale Wind and Other Renewables | Different
Speakers from the production, installation, and policy areas of
renewable energy |
| May, 21 | The Capital Master Plan: An Overview of the Historic Renovation Project, United Nations Headquarters | Michael
Adlerstein, Executive Director, Capital Master Plan, |
| 2007 | ||
| November, 14 | ISES: The World Bank’s Investment Framework for Clean Energy and Development | Oscar
Avalle Special Representative of the World Bank to the United Nations |
| October, 25th | The United Nations: Development and Civil Society | Francis
Dubois United Nations Development Program (UNDP) |
| May, 3rd | CSD
15 Side event: ISES Event: Tackling Climate Change: Cooperation between the Developing and Developed World |
Scott
Sklar President, The Stella Group Ltd. Ike Yukawa President, Kyocera Solar Inc. Mark Radka Energy Program Manager, UNEP |
| April, 24th | Sustainable
Forest Management - AND FINANCING MECHANISMS - |
Charles
Barber Environmental Advisor, Office of Environment and Science Policy U.S. Agency for International Development Ricardo Ulate Advisor, Ministry of Environment of Costa Rica |
| April, 12th | Potential of solar energy in the US | Rhone
Resch President, Solar Energy Industries Association |
| January 18th | The Economics of Climate Change - The Stern Report | Alistair
Fernie Counsellor, Sustainable Development/Human Rights UK Mission to the United Nations Philipp Schmidt-Thome Scientific Researcher, Geological Survey of Finland |
| 2006 | ||
| December 5th |
Environmental
Governance: Key issues and perspectives |
Peter
Maurer Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations |
| October 25th | Why Go Solar Energy? | Richard
Perez Research Professor, University at Albany Atmospheric Sciences Research Centre |
| October 11th | Furthering
access to solar energy systems for the two billion people without electricity |
Scott
Sklar President, The Stella Group |
| July 18th | Climate
Change Developments in the United States: |
Joe
Siegel |
| June 15th |
The Bonn Climate Talks (May 2006); On the Road from Montreal to Nairobi and Beyond |
Chris
Spence |
| May 12th | Energy
and Atmosphere from the Perspective of Children’s Health CSD 14 Side Event in Cooperation with World Information Transfer |
Dr. Claudia Strauss |
| May 1st | Developing
Countries – Transitioning to a Renewable energy Future CSD 14 Side Event in Cooperation with ISES |
Dr.
Yogi Goswami |
| February 23rd | Dr.
Claudia Strauss Werner
Obermeyer Andrea
Fava |
|
| February 2nd | Chris
Spence Author, IISD, Earth Negotiations Bulletin |
|
| January 19th |
United Nations
Environmental Treaties and |
Jessica
Green Author |
| 2005 | ||
| December 15th | George
Kell |
|
| November 17th | Panel
discussion From Humanitarian Action to Sustainable Development |
Mark
Bowden Chief, Policy Development and Studies Branch, Department of Humanitarian Affairs Dirk
Salomons |
| October 5th | Post-Conflict
reconstruction and stabilization; |
Anne
Patterson Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations |
| July 7th | "Advancing
the UN's Environment Agenda through Partnerships" |
Will
Kennedy Duncan
Marsh |
| May 3rd | "Challenges
Facing the Global Environmental facility (GEF) 2005-2010" |
Tehmina
Aktar Technical Advisor on Biodiversity, Global Environmental Facility, GEF, Energy and Environmental Group, Bureau for Development Policy Delfin
Ganapin |
| April 19th |
Anwaral
Karim Chowdhury Ambassador, High Representative of the UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries (OHRLLS) Vanessa
Tobin Gordan
Bispham |
|
| April 5th | Social
Development and Sustainable Development: A Contradiction? |
Johan
Schölvinck Director Division of Social Policy and Development (DESA) |
| March 1st | Key
Economic Issues before the United Nations, |
Ian
Kinniburgh Director, Development and Policy Analyses Division (DESA) |
| February 8th | The
International Meeting to the review the implementation of the Program of Action and the Mauritius Declaration to the small Island Developing States (SIDS) |
Anwarul
Karim Chowdhury High Representative of the UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries (OHRLLS) |
| 2004 | ||
| November 2nd | Objectives and Challenges of CSD 13 | John
Ashe Ambassador, Chairman, CSD 13 Commission |
| May 4th | New
approaches to the Challenges of HIV/AIDS and development |
Dr.
Joseph Annan Senior Policy Advisor of the HIV/AIDS Group at UNDP, Bureau of Development Policy, New York |
| 2003 | ||
| NEPAD
and the Least Developed Countries, Reality or Illusion |
Anwarul
Karim Chowdhury Under-Secretary General, OHRLLS Ms. Yvette Stevens, Special Coordinator for Africa and the LDCs |