GLION, SWITZERLAND, July 7, 2009 –/WORLD-WIRE/– A group of emerging environmental leaders have pledged their personal commitment to creating a new wave of environmental action in the 21st Century.

Speaking at the close of four intense days of discussion with prominent environmentalists including all the successive Executive Directors of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the group set out their practical ideas on how to kick-start a deep change in the way the world economy works to prioritise human welfare through a long-lasting, sustainable approach to the use and preservations of our environment. (more…)

“Over the last three days, environmental leaders from different fields have been meeting” at the GEG Forum in Glion, Switzerland, NTV Kenya’s Joe Ageyo reports. The Forum served as venue to discuss the history of the environmental governance system as well as to comment on the system’s current strengths and significant weaknesses. Current and former policy makers joined with environmental researchers and advocates to call on world leaders to take swift action to address the growing global environmental crisis. Watch NTV’s report:

The Quest for Symphony outlines the past, present, and future of global environmental governance in an engaging fifteen minute documentary centered on interviews with key participants at the 25th United Nations Environment Programme’s Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum in Nairobi, Kenya in February 2009. Produced by Maria Ivanova and Joe Ageyo, The Quest for Symphony has been called “the white paper on global environmental governance in images,” and is unique as a documentary focused solely on the challenges and successes of the GEG system and the options for reform. Watch it now:

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