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The following videos were either produced by the GEG Project or were media coverage of GEG Project events.
GEG Emerging Leader Joe Ageyo Reports for NTV Kenya:
Emerging Leader Joe Ageyo reported daily for NTV Kenya on the new developments throughout the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark this past year.
View Joe’s interviews with UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner and EU Parliament President Buzek:
Joe’s interview with Kenyan PM:
To view all of Joe’s clips, click here.
Global Environmental Governance: Way Ahead Not Closed!
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:
Global Environmental Governance Forum: Introduction
Reporting on the Forum’s “historic reunion of four former Executive Directors of UNEP” and current UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner, NTV Kenya’s Joe Ageyo explains that for Forum is meant to “bridge the gap” between the founders of the environmental movement and the “new generation that is stepping into their shoes.” Watch NTV’s report introducing the GEG Forum:
UNEP Executive Directors Warn on Global Warming
Dr. Maurice Strong, the founding Executive Director of UNEP, explained to NTV Kenya correspondent Joe Ageyo, “The problems we identified 40 years ago, have now become far more acute — to the point where they literally threaten the future of life on Earth.” Together the former and current UNEP leaders called on world leaders to “seal the deal” at the upcoming climate change negotiations in Copenhagen. Watch NTV’s report on the UNEP Executive Directors Panel:
Global Environmental Governance Forum Wrap Up
“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:
