Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
Launch of Thematic Group Reports
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 from 1 – 3pm
James Room (4th Floor), Barnard Hall, Barnard College (West 117th Street and Broadway)
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) will launch reports prepared by its
Thematic Groups on sustainable agriculture, sustainable cities, human rights and gender
equality, health, education, and good governance of extractive resources. These reports were
prepared by international panels of experts to help inform the discussions around a post-2015
development framework. They complement the SDSN’s flagship report “An Action Agenda for
Sustainable Development” released in June 2013.
Speakers will include:
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Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Joshua Castellino, Dean, School of Law, Middlesex University
Bineta Diop, Founder and President, Femmes Africa Solidarité
Achim Dobermann, Deputy Director General for Research, International Rice Research
Institute
Shahid Naeem, Director, Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability
Aromar Revi, Director, Indian Institute for Human Settlements
Cynthia Rosenzweig, Senior Scientist, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Professor of Globalization and Education, New York University
Since space is limited please register at http://www.earth.columbia.edu/events/view/6681
For further information regarding this event, please contact Bonnie Scarborough at
[email protected] or +1 212-870-2792. More information on the Sustainable
Development Solutions Network is available at www.unsdsn.org.
www.unsdsn.org – [email protected]
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