UNEP


Policy Dialogue Program

2:30 – 3:45 p.m. THE CASE FOR INVESTING IN ENVIRONMENT TO REDUCE POVERTY
Opening Presenter: Kemal Dervis, UNDP Administrator
Moderator: Mary Robinson, Chair of the Board, International Institute for Environment and Development, former President, Republic of Ireland
Panelists:

Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for International Development, United Kingdom
Connie Hedegaard, Minister for the Environment & Minister for Nordic Cooperation, Denmark
Ian Johnson, Vice President for Sustainable Development, World Bank
Jeffrey Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Achim Steiner, Director General, IUCN
Jane Weru, Slum and Shack Dwellers, Kenya

4:00 – 5:00 p.m. FUTURE PRIORITIES: BUILDING ON WHAT WORKS
Opening Presenter: Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director, UNEP
Moderator: Hilde Johnson, Minister of International Development, Norway
Panelists:

Agnes van Ardenne-van der Hoeven, Minister for Development Cooperation, The Netherlands
Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, Minister of Environment & Energy, Costa Rica
Benson Venegas Robinson, Executive Director, Asociación ANAI / Talamanca, Equator Initiative Board of Directors, Costa Rica
Claude Martin, Director-General, WWF - International
Kumi Naidoo, Chair, Global Call for Action Against Poverty (GCAP); Secretary General & CEO, CIVICUS, South Africa
Björn Stigson,
President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Switzlerland

5:05 – 6:00 p.m. IMPLICATIONS FOR THE 2005 WORLD SUMMIT AND BEYOND
Opening Presenter and Moderator: Laila Freivalds, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden
Panelists:

Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom
Philippe Douste-Blazy, Minister of Foreign Affairs, France
Edgar M. Majogo, Minister of State, Vice President’s Office, United Republic of Tanzania
Louis Michel, European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid
Rachmat Witoelar, Minister of Environment, Indonesia