As a contribution to the preparations for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) in June 2012, the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), together with the Collegium International, will co-host the UNESCO Future Forum and UNECE Public-Private Roundtable on Green Economy on: Challenges for a Green Economy and Green Societies: Attitudes, Policies, Governance. The Roundtable aims to further the discussion on the green economy and green societies through an interdisciplinary lens cutting across its different economic, environmental, health, educational, social, cultural and ethical dimensions, and bringing together high-level public and private sector representatives to discuss the way forward towards a collective and actionable outcome on the green economy and green societies through improved international governance.  

date: 24 May 2011   location: Paris, France   contact: Laura Altinger   e-mail: laura.altinger@unece.org   www: http://www.unece.org/press/pr2011/env_P19/Green_Economy2.pdf