Multimedia
The GEG Project is aims to facilitate thought and action for strengthening environmental policymaking at the global level. While accomplishing this goal entails rigorous research and analysis, we believe that it is critical to communicate findings and ideas to policy makers, scholars, and interested citizens. Film is a compelling medium and below we present the most recent of our productions. To the right, you can find the archive of past productions.
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Recent Productions
Global Environmental Governance: Quest for Leadership
“The question is not what can be done, the question is what must be done,” urges Gus Speth, former Administrator of the UN Development Programme and Dean of the Yale Environment School in Quest for Leadership. This sequel to Quest for Symphony takes stock of the environmental achievements of the past and seeks to inspire a new generation of environmental leaders. Through interviews with prominent environmental figures at the 2009 Global Environmental Governance Forum: Reflecting on the Past, Moving into the Future, the documentary calls for renewed political and intellectual commitment and action. Produced, directed, and narrated by Joe Ageyo, award-winning environmental journalist at NTV Kenya, the film offers insight into the complexity of achieving environmental goals. Please note, we are happy to mail out a limited number of the documentary in DVD format, please write to the GEG Project at info@environmentalgovernance.org to request a copy. Watch it now:
Global Environmental Governance Project: Quest for Leadership from GEG Project on Vimeo.
Global Environmental Governance: Quest for Symphony
Quest for Symphony outlines the past, present, and future of global environmental governance in a sixteen-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:
http://www.vimeo.com/5390040Global Environmental Governance: Quest for Symphony from GEG Project on Vimeo.
Global Environmental Governance: Way Ahead Not Closed
UNEP Executive Directors Panel at GEG Forum – June 2009
On 29 June 2009, the GEG Project convened a historic reunion of all five successive Executive Directors of the United Nations Environment Programme at the Global Environmental Governance Forum in Glion, Switzerland. The UNEP Executive Directors Panel was moderated by Gus Speth (former UNDP Administrator and Dean of Yale’s Environment School). A 30-minute documentary from the event is now available online:
The video transcript is available here: UNEP Executive Directors at the GEG Forum 2009 Transcript
UNEP Executive Directors Panel at GEG Forum – June 2009 from GEG Project on Vimeo.
