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High Level Dialogue on Global Sustainability – Press Conference, Rio+20, 18 June 2012




Watch the press conference from the day-long Open High-level Dialogue: The Future We Choose, co-organised by the UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Global Sustainability (GSP), Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm Environment Institute, and Fundaçao Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável.

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Participants in the event included:
  • Janos Pasztor, Executive Secretary, UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Global Sustainability
  • Johan Rockström, Director, Stockholm Resilience Centre
  • Tarja Halonen, Former President of Finland, Co-Chair, UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Global Sustainability
  • Gro Harlem Brundtland, Former Prime Minister of Norway and former Director-General of the World Health Organization, member of The Elders, member of the UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Global Sustainability
  • Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former President of Brazil, member of The Elders [TBC]
  • Yuan-Tseh Lee, Nobel Laureate (Chemistry), President, International Council for Science (ICSU)
  • John Schellnhuber, Director of Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
  • Israel Klabin, President, Fundação Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável

Credit: UN Webcast
Length: 26:08
Language: English
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