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Way Ahead Not Closed!

Tuesday, September 1st, 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 Panel at the GEG Forum 2009 Transcript

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NTV Kenya Reports On ‘Historic’ Meeting Of Current And Former UNEP Leaders At GEG Forum

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

The GEG Forum began two days ago on June 28. 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.” Dr. Maurice Strong, the founding Executive Director of UNEP, explained to 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 reports on the GEG Forum:

  

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