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Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All

Launch of the 2011 Human Development Report

Friday 9 December 2011 | 9:30 AM
Room Bungener, 22 rue Rothschild (ground floor), Site Rothschild   
Free entrance but registration required

Development progress in the world's poorest countries could be halted or even reversed by mid-century unless bold steps are taken now to slow climate change, prevent further environmental damage, and reduce deep inequalities within and among nations, according to projections in the 2011 Human Development Report.

Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All argues that environmental sustainability can be most fairly and effectively achieved by addressing health, education, income, and gender disparities together with the need for global action on energy production and ecosystem protection.

The launch, preceded by a welcome coffee at 9:30 AM, will begin with a 30 minute presentation by:

Yannick Glemarec
Executive Coordinator of the Global Environment Facility and Director of Climate Change, United Nations Development Programme.

This presentation will be followed by a panel with:

Kees van der Ree
Coordinator of the International Labour Organization Green Jobs Programme

Steven Stone
Head of the Economics and Trade Branch, United Nations Environment Programme Regional Office for Europe

Poul Engberg-Pedersen
Deputy Director-General, International Union for the Conservation of Nature

Gopalan Balachandran
Professor, International History, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Moderator
Jean Fabre
Former Director of Communications, UNDP Office in Geneva

More information about the 2011 Human Development Report

This event is organised by the Graduate Institute and the United Nations Development Programme

For registration please contact: salwa.al-dalati@undp.org by 7 December