The UN Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) will host a conference on the green economy and sustainable development, focusing on the social dimensions. The conference will examine the social impacts and distributional consequences of policies and processes associated with green economy; the potential and limits of structural and institutional change; and the agency and social mobilization for institutional and policy change. The conference will be based on the assumption that social dimensions of development are central to understanding the connections between green economy, sustainable development and poverty eradication, and to ensuring that efforts to promote a green economy contribute to socially sustainable development. The policy reports presented at the conference will aim to inform the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) preparatory process and subsequent policy discussions. Registration is open at the conference website, from 1 August-1 September 2011.  

dates: 10-11 October 2011   location: Geneva, Switzerland   contact: Kiah Smith   e-mail: smith@unrisd.org   www: http://www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BD6AB/(httpEvents)/68F1037F62658A2EC12578DC0030E627?OpenDocument