United Nations Year in Review: Looking back at major events of 2013
SEVENTH UN OWG SESSION REPORT - 06-10 Jan 2014
Draft Program | Concluding Remarks of the Co-Chair Jan 10
Jan 06 | S1 | 01 | 02 | Cities and human settlements
Jan 07 | S2 | 03 | 04 | Transport
Jan 08 | S3 | 05 | 06 | Consumption and production
Jan 09 | S4 | 07 | 08 | Climate change
Jan 10 | S5 | 09 | 10 | Disaster risk reduction
Jan 11 Commons Cluster - Strat.Meeting, voice record, .doc
Side Events list | Documents |Felix Dodds
The OWG is co-chaired by Mr. Csaba Kõrösi, Permanent Representative of Hungary, and Mr. Macharia Kamau, Permanent Representative of Kenya.
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Commons Approach to Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements
S1 - Monday, Jan. 6, 2014: Cities and human settlements
Co-chairs' meeting with representatives of Major Groups and other stakeholders
Presentations by:
1. Ronan Dantec - UCLG
2. Katia Araujo - Huairou Commission
Interventions from:
1. Eleanor Blomstrom - Women’s Environment Development Organization
2. Dr. Susan Parnell (scientific and technological Major Group)
3. Aromar Revi - Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) (Local Authorities
MG)
4. Eugenie L. Birch - Professor of Urban Research and Education and the Chair of
the Graduate Group in City and Regional Planning at the University of
Pennsylvania (Local Authorities MG)
5. John Romano - NRDC (C&Y MG)
Opening remarks by the Co-Chairs
Keynote speakers:
Dr. Joan Clos, Executive
Director, UN Habitat, .pdf
Ms. Adriana de Almeida
Lobo, Executive
Director, CTS Embarq Mexico, .pdf
General interactive exchange of views on “Sustainable cities and human settlements, sustainable transport”
Sustainable cities and human settlements, sustainable
transport)”.
Panelists:
Professor Harriet Bulkeley, Durham
University, .pdf
Dr. Ousmane Thiam,
President, Conseil Exécutif des Transports Urbains de Dakar, .pdf
Countries:
Australia, The Netherlands and United Kingdom
Bangladesh
Brasil and Nicaragua
Cyprus, Singapore and United Arab Emirates
Open letter to the High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the post 2015 Development Agenda
S2 - Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014: Sustainable Transport
Co-chairs' meeting with representatives of Major Groups and other stakeholders
Presentations by:
1. Saul Billingsley - FIA Foundation, Road Safety Fund, .pdf
2. Bright Oywaya - Association of the Physically Disabled of Kenya, .pdf, remarks
Interventions from:
1. Holger Dalkmann - EMBARQ
2. Nguyen Dieu Nuong - AIP Foundation
3. Marta Subira - nrg4SD
4. Sheila Watson - Global Fuel Economy Initiative
5. Emilia Reyes - Equidad de Genero
6. Tyrrell Duncan - ADB
Alternates:
1. Philip Turner - International Association of Public Transport (UITP)
2. David Cadman - ICLEI
3. Jean-Pierre Loubinoux - International Union of Railways
4. Michael Replogle - Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP)
5. Corine Huizenga - SLoCaT Partnership
03 - Panel followed by interactive exchange of
views on “
Sustainable
cities and human
settlements, sustainable
transport)”.
Panelists:
Mr. Aromar Revi,
Director, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, .pdf
Dr. Lewis Fulton,
Institute of
Transportation Studies,
University of California,
Davis, .pdf
Countries:
Denmark, Norway and Ireland
European Union
Italy, Spain and Turkey
Japan
Major Group: NGOs
Nepal
04 - Continuation and
conclusion of the
interactive exchange on
“Sustainable cities and
human settlements,
sustainable transport”.
Countries:
Serbia
S3 - Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014: Sustainable consumption and production (including chemicals and waste)
Co-chairs' meeting with representatives of Major Groups and other stakeholders
Presentations by:
1. Sue Riddlestone - BioRegional, .pdf1, .pdf2, .pdf3
2. Yuyun Ismawati - Bali Fokus, IPEN
Interventions from:
1. Gertrude Kenyangi - Womens Major Group (WMG requested funding for her)
2. Bernard Mazjin - Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (NGO Group)
3. Greg Skelton - American Chemistry Council (Business and Industry Major Group)
Alternates:
1. Janet Keating - NGO Mining Working Group at the UN, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition (NGO Major Group)
05 - Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014: Sustainable consumption and production (including chemicals and waste)
Keynote speakers:
Dr. Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Co-chair, International Resource Panel, .pdf
General interactive exchange of views on “Sustainable
consumption and production (including chemicals and waste)”
Evo Morales (Bolivia), President of the G-77 - Press Conference
8 Jan 2013 - His Excellency Evo Morales Ayma, President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, following the formal handover of the Chairmanship of the Group of 77 from the Republic of Fiji to the Plurinational State of Bolivia.
06 - Panel followed by
interactive exchange of
views on “
Sustainable
consumption and
production (including
chemicals and waste)”.
Panelists:
Mr. William
McDonough, Founder,
McDonough + Partners, .pdf
Mr. Karti Sandilya,
Advisor, Blacksmith Institute , .pdf
Mr. Helio Mattar,
President, Akatu Institute for Conscious
Consumption, .pdf
Countries:
- Argentina, Bolivia and Ecuador
- Australia, The Netherlands and United Kingdom
- Bangladesh
- Bulgaria and Croatia
- Denmark, Norway and Ireland
- European Union
- India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
- Italy, Spain and Turkey
- Major Group: Business & Industry
- Major Group: NGOs
- Major Group: Women
- Serbia
- Sweden
- World Tourism Organization
S4 - Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014: Climate change
Co-chairs' meeting with representatives of Major Groups and other stakeholders
07 - Continuation and conclusion of the interactive exchange on Climate change
Presentations by:
1. Ms. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Tebtebba, Philippines (IPMG requested funding)
2. Mr. David Cadman, ICLEI, Canada (Local Authorities Major Group)
Interventions from:
1. Laura Martin Murillo - SustainLabor (Workers’ and Trade Unions Major Group)
2. Mr. Wael Hmaidan, CAN International, Lebanon (NGO Major Group)
3. Ms. Carmen Capriles - Reaccion Climatica (Women’s Major Group)
4. Ms. Allysa Tsuchiya - YOUNGO/SustainUS/Powershift (Youth Major Group)
Alternates:
1. Mr. Tcharbuahbokengo, NFINN, Cameroon (NGO Major Group) (would require
funding)
2. Ms. Bridget Burns, Women’s Environmental Development Organization, US
(Womens Major Group)
3. Ms. Bertheline Nina Tchangoue, Youth Advocacy Group of the Global Education First Initiative, Cameroon (Children and Youth)
08 - Keynote speaker:
Andrew Steer, President
and CEO, World
Resources Institute, .pdf
Professor Pan Jiahua,
Director, Institute for Urban and Environmental Studies,
Chinese Academy of
Social Sciences
General interactive
exchange of views on
“Climate change and
disaster risk reduction”,.pdf
S5 - Friday, Jan. 10, 2014: Disaster risk reduction
Co-chairs' meeting with representatives of Major Groups and other stakeholders
Presentations by:
1. Tess Vistro - Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD)
2. Dennis Mairena Arauz - Centre for Autonomy and Development of Indigenous
Peoples (CADPI)
Interventions from:
1. Marcus Oxley - Global Network for Disaster Reduction
2. Sandy Schillen - Groots International
3. Mark Pelling - Kings College London (Scientific & Technological Major Group)
Alternates:
1. Mike Baker - World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)
2. Josep Maria Torrents - nrg4SD
3. Caroline Usikpedo-Omoniye - Nigerdelta Women
09 - Panel followed by
interactive exchange of
views on “
Climate
change and disaster risk
reduction”
Panelists:
Ms. Debbra A.K.
Johnson, DuPont
Sustainable Solutions
Dr. Peter deMenocal,
Earth Institute,
Columbia University , .pdf
Mr. Ronald H Jackson,
Executive Director,
Caribbean Disaster
Emergency Management
Agency, .pdf
Countries:
- Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
- Argentina, Bolivia and Ecuador
- Australia, The Netherlands and United Kingdom
- Bangladesh
- Ethiopia
- European Union
- Japan
- Major Group: Business & Industry
- Major Group: Indigenous Peoples
- Maldives
- Nepal
- New Zealand
- Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS)
Summary of the discussions
Concluding remarks by the Co-Chairs