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UNESCO DEBATE CONSIDERS KNOWLEDGE SOCIETIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE
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A thematic debate on The Construction of Knowledge Societies and Climate Change, organized by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) Executive Board, took place in Paris, France, on 2 October 2007.
Speakers included, among others, Environment and Technology Ministers from France and Portugal, as well as a representative from the UN Intergovernmental Panel […]
A thematic debate on The Construction of Knowledge Societies and Climate Change, organized by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) Executive Board, took place in Paris, France, on 2 October 2007.
Speakers included, among others, Environment and Technology Ministers from France and Portugal, as well as a representative from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, said that the two emerging challenges of constructing knowledge societies and climate change will become key elements of UNESCO’s future actions. Several speakers insisted that the development of knowledge societies required “close cooperation among the members of the United Nations family,” and emphasized UNESCO’s rare capacity to act in an interdisciplinary fashion and target both institutions and people.
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UNESCO Press release, 2 October 2007