This half-day symposium features keynote speeches by Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, and a panel discussion by sustainability experts from the UN University (UNU), Japan's Ministry of Environment, and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The panelists will discuss ways to integrate sustainability into the post-2015 development framework. Japanese-English interpretation will be provided. The event is organised by the UNU Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) and the Millennium Promise Japan, supported by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
date: 2 October 2014
venue: U Thant International Conference Hall, UNU Headquarters 3F, 53-70, Jingumae 5-chome Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8925
location: Tokyo, Japan
contact: Yuka Hayakawa
phone: +81 3 5467 1212
fax: +81 3 3499 2828
e-mail: haya@valdes.titech.ac.jp
www: http://ias.unu.edu/en/events/upcoming/integrating-sustainability-into-the-post-2015-development-agenda.html#overview
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