On May 5th, 2013, Dean Ira Jackson of the McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies interviewed Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC. The interview aired on the Commonwealth Journal Program of WUMB radio, available at 91.9 FM in the Metro Boston Area. Ms. Figueres has a wealth of experience working on the international environmental [...]
For the first two weeks of May, 2013, UNEP and the FAO organized a joint conference in Geneva that brought together the three UN Conventions that regulate chemicals and hazardous waste: Basel, Stockholm, and Rotterdam. The three chemical treaties cover a wide range of issues relating to hazardous chemicals. The Basel Convention governs the transboundary [...]
On April 22nd, 2013, in commemoration of International Mother Earth Day, the UN General Assembly hosted its third annual interactive dialogue on Harmony with Nature. The topic of the discussion was different economic approaches to further a more ethical basis for the relationship between humanity and Earth. The discussions continue the Harmony with Nature process, initiated [...]
The future of the Arctic continues to occupy a prominent role in international discourse. While it has been largely impassable for most of human history due to the thickness and prevalence of Arctic ice sheets, the Arctic Circle has undergone a remarkable warming and melting period due to climate change. There already exists an intergovernmental [...]
On May 5th at 7pm (EST), Dean Ira Jackson of the McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies will interview Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC. The interview will be on the Commonwealth Journal Program of WUMB radio, available at 91.9 FM in the Metro Boston Area, or online here. Ms. Figueres has [...]
As the current Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice meets April 22nd-26th, the heads of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Yury Fedotov and John Scanlon, called for international action to strengthen responses to illegal trade in [...]
Associate Director for Sustainability at the Center for Governance and Sustainability Annamarija Frankic appeared on Public Radio International’s Environmental News Program, “Living on Earth,” Saturday, November 17th, 2012. Dr. Frankic spoke with host Steve Curwood her ongoing work on biomimicry, the study of sustainable designs in nature that can be used to produce solutions to [...]
‘Quest for Leadership’ recounts the story of environmental governance through the eyes of the individuals who created and led national and international institutions for environment and development.
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. Here Joe interviews with UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner and EU Parliament President Buzek.
Produced by Maria Ivanova and Joe Ageyo, The Quest for Symphony has been called “the white paper on global environmental governance in images.
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.
For more interviews please visit the GEG Project on Vimeo.
On April 22nd, 2013, in commemoration of International Mother Earth Day, the UN General Assembly hosted its third annual interactive dialogue on Harmony with Nature. The topic of the discussion was different economic approaches to further a more ethical basis for the relationship between humanity and Earth. The discussions continue the Harmony with Nature process, initiated [...]
As the current Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice meets April 22nd-26th, the heads of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Yury Fedotov and John Scanlon, called for international action to strengthen responses to illegal trade in [...]
On Wednesday, April 24th, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Christiana Figueres visited UMass Boston for a series of speaking engagements. The centerpiece of Figueres’ visit was this year’s Slomoff Lecture entitled, “From Climate Conflict to Climate Action: Capturing the Greatest Opportunities of Our Generation.” The talk started on a [...]
In discussing the policy, the agreements, the laws, and the directives necessary for successful global environmental governance, we often neglect a simple question: how are we going to pay for all of this? As important as environmental protection is, it will go only as far as dollars and euros and yen can take it. Looking [...]
In July 2012, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon convened a 27 member “High-level Panel of Eminent Persons of the Post-2015 Development Agenda” to consult on the post-2015 global development framework. 2015 is the end-date for the current development framework, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). On March 27th, that panel issued a communique on their progress in crafting [...]
Governments in the Asia-Pacific region must create new financing mechanisms to protect economies from increased natural-disaster risks caused by global climate change. So finds a new report recently released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Investing in Resilience – Ensuring a Disaster Resistant Future looks at the growing economic troubles caused in the region by natural disasters, [...]
