1
15th SESSION OF THE UN COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
NEW YORK, 30 APRIL – 11 MAY 2007
PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE OF SIDE EVENTS
Date
Time
Title
Organizers
Monday
30/4/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Annual Report of the French Development
Agency: Energy and Climate Change
Permanent Mission of France to the UN
4
30/4/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
The Ethical Dimension of Climate Change
Governments of the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and
the Baha’i International Community
B
30/4/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Industrial Development for the 21st Century
DSD/DESA
7
30/4/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Partnerships for Sustainability: How Can Lessons
Learned Inform Future Efforts
International Council for Science (ICSU)
30/4/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
Sustainable Management of Industrial Areas
German Federal Ministry for Economic
Cooperation and Development, GTZ & UNEP
7
30/4/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
Sustainable Energy for South and North, NGO
Experiences and Visions
International Network for Sustainable Energy
B
30/4/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
Initiative for an International Energy Efficiency
Agreement
EU Commission, Directorate General for Energy
and Transport
DHLA
30/4/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
The Galapagos Wind Energy Project: A Model
Public-Private Partnership
UN Fund for International Partnerships (UNFIP)
4
Tuesday
1/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
National Sustainable Development Strategies in a
post conflict context - experience from Serbia
Government of Serbia and DSD/DESA
B
1/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
CSD Implementation Strategies for Pacific Small
Island States
Pacific Islands Forum
2
1/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Building a Diverse Work Force for a Sustainable
Energy Future
World Nuclear Association
7
1/5/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
A Study on Gender Equality as a Prerequisite for
Sustainable Development
The Swedish Ministry for the Environment on
behalf of the Swedish Environmental Advisory
Council
7
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Room
DHLA
2
1/5/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
Energy Efficiency: Making the Biggest
Opportunity the Highest Priority
Motiva OY and the Ministry for Foreign Affair
Finland
4
Wednesday
2/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Unique Experience to Establish a Sustainable
Energy Park in the Southern Arava
Permanent Mission of Israel to the UN
7
2/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Financing for Sustainable Energy
European Commission, Directorate General for
the Environment
2/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Biofuels: A Tool For Conservation
The World Conservation Union (IUCN) in
Cooperation with World Economic Forum,
EPFL, Consumers International
4
2/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Young Citizen Scientists: Youth Voice on
Connecting Science with Policy
National Wildlife Federation
B
2/5/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
From Best Practice to Policy – Effective policies
for countries in transition
Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF)
4
2/5/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
Revisiting Nuclear Energy: Redevelopment Since
Chernobyl
World Information Transfer and Partners
B
2/5/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
Financing Energy Access for the Poor: Unfounded
Hopes or Unfunded Realities
Intermediate Technology Development Group Ltd
Thursday
3/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
UN-HABITAT
7
3/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Affordable Energy Provision for Improved Water
and Sanitation Services in Developing Country
Cities
Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change:
NGO and Government Perspectives
United Nations Association of the USA and
Rainforest Alliance
B
3/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Asian Aspirations for Sustainable Development in
the context of the Climate Regime beyond 2012
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
(IGES)
4
3/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
A Policy Forum on: “Eco-Effectiveness and
Sustainability”
Education Caucus with Global Youth Action
Network and the Government of the Republic of
Korea
3/5/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
Energy Revolution: A Blueprint to Solving
Climate Change
Greenpeace
4
3/5/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
Tackling Climate Change – Cooperation between
the Developing and the Developed World
International Solar Energy Society (ISES)
B
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DHLA
DHLA
DHLA
3
3/5/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
Integration of Sustainable Development into
Sectoral Policies: Turkish Case
Turkish Prime Ministry State Planning
Organization and UNDP Turkey
7
Friday
4/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Hydrogen Fuel Cells and Alternatives in the
Transport and Energy Sectors: Issues for
Developing Countries
UNU-MERIT
B
4/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Renewables and Energy Efficiency Financing –
The Way Froward for a Sustainable Energy
Agenda
German NGO Forum on Environment and
Development
4
4/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Contribution of the Energy and Environment
Partnership with Central America for the regional
sustainable development
Central American Integration System (SICA)
7
4/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Electricity For All: Which Frameworks for
Implementation
French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Partners
2
4/5/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
Climate-Proofing Development: Mainstreaming
Adaptation in Africa
LEAD International
4
4/5/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
Energy for Sustainable Development and
Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Change:
Integrating Cross-Cutting Issues into Mainstream
Means of Policy Implementation
Southern Diaspora Research and Development
Center
B
4/5/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
Exploring the Links Between the Energy Cycle
and Water and Sanitation
Stakeholder Forum
7
Monday
7/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
HELIO International
B
7/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Launch of bi-lingual (French/English)blueprint for
policy makers to help improve the resilience of
Energy systems in Africa
National Strategies for Sustainable Development
and Shared Learning and Review Experiences
from Asia and Europe
Presidential Commission for Sustainable
Development of the Republic of Korea and the
State Secretary for Sustainable Development and
Social Economy of Belgium
7
7/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Global Energy Assessment: Major energy
Challenges and Solutions
International Institute for Applied Systems
Analysis (IIASA)
7/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Nuclear Power: Global Status and Prospects
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and
OECD-NEA
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4
4
7/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Climate Change – Energy Industry Blueprint On
How to Tackle Climate Change
World Energy Council and United States Energy
Association
2
7/5/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
Renewable Energy Resources: 100% Renewable
Energy Mix Scenarios for Africa & Asia
International Geothermal Association (IGA) with
ISES, IHA, WWEA
B
7/5/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
Regional Centres of Expertise to Promote
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) –
Progress in RCEs
United Nations University, Institute of Advance
Studies
DHLA
7/5/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
A TV-Style Debate on Healthy and Affordable
Household Energy
World Health Organization (WHO), with BMZ,
ECOWAS, GTZ, PCIA and
Practical Action
4
7/5/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
Renewable Energies in Connection to Climate
Change: Policies, Projects & Challenges for
Regions
Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable
Development
7
Tuesday
8/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
WTO and Sustainable Development
World Trade Organization (WTO)
7
8/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Energy and Climate Justice in Indigenous Lands
Indigenous Environmental Network / International
Indian Treaty Council
B
8/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Island-to-Island Partnership on Sustainable Energy
-Global Sustainable Energy Islands Initiative
Climate Institute, SIDS Unit/ DESA, OASEnergy & Security Group and UN Foundation
2
8/5/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
Concept of Integrated Approach to the Air
Pollution and Its Potential Applicability on a wide
scale
ENEA, IIASA in collaboration with the Italian
Ministry for the Environment
7
8/5/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
Gender, Energy and Sustainable Development for
Africa
Department of Environmental Affairs and
Tourism, South Africa
4
8/5/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
Poverty Reduction- Can Renewable Energy Make
a Real Contribution
ENDA-TM and GNESD
B
8/5/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
Clean Energy Investment: Obstacles and
Opportunities
International Institute for Sustainable
Development (IISD)
Wednesday
9/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Benefiting from Renewables:
Investment and Deployment
Federal Ministry of the Environment Germany,
Renewable Energy Policy Network
9/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Transatlantic 21 – Solar Energy for the Future
Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN
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DHLA
7
DHLA
5
9/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Climate Change and Sustainable Development in
the High Altitude and in the Remote Areas
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DG
Development Cooperation
4
9/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Bringing the Benefits of Bio-Energy to Family
Farmers and Rural Communities
International Federation of Agricultural Producers
(IFAP) – FAO
B
9/5/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
Update on IEA’s Sustainable Development
Activities
International Energy Agency
7
9/5/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
Scaling Up Responses: The Gleneagles Dialogue
on Climate Change, Clean Energy & Sustainable
Development – Civil Society Consultations
Deutscher Naturschutzring – Forum Umweit &
Entwicklung and Chatham House
B
9/5/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
Biosphere Reserves as Learning Laboratories for
Sustainable Development
Permanent Mission of the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam & UNESCO
DHLA
Thursday
10/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan Toward
Sustainable Development
Government of Kazakhstan
10/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Forum of Energy Ministers of Africa (FEMA)
10/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
10/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
10/5/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
Challenges and Policy Recommendations for
Ensuring Energy Security and Sustainability in
Africa
The EU and its Partners: Taking the Lead in
Energy for Sustainable Development
Adaptation to Climate Change – What Makes the
Caribbean Vulnerable
International Trade, Climate Change and
Sustainable Energy Transition
10/5/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
REEEP Delivering Sustainable Energy for Poverty
Reduction and Economic Growth
Alliance to Save Energy & Renewable Energy and
Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) on behalf
of the Business Council on Sustainable Energy
10/5/2007
6:15-7:45 PM
Global Village Energy Partnership- Action
Programme for Access to Energy
Department for International Development, UK
7
Friday
11/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Local Action on Climate Change
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
4
11/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Addressing Climate Change Through Better
Governance: Forestry and Electricity
World Resources Institute
B
2
DHLA
European Commission and German Presidency of
EU, REN 21
4
Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre
B
ICTSD, UNEP and Italian Ministry of the
Environment, Land and Sea
4
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DHLA
6
11/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Sustainable Energy Development in Nigeria
Federal Ministry of Environment, Housing and
Urban Development, Nigeria
DHLA
PARALLEL EVENTS
Date
Time
Title
Organizers
Venue
Thursday
3/5/2007
9:30 – 11:30 AM
Where Energy is Women’s Business: National
and Regional Reports from Africa, Asia, Latin
America and the Pacific
ENERGIA and UNDP
3/5/2007
5:00 PM-7:45
PM
Screening of “An Inconvenient Truth”
WEDO, UK Government, UNDP,
IUCN, DSD/DESA
DHLA
Friday
4/5/2007
9:45 AM-12:15
PM
“Penguins on Thin Ice”
Climate Change Musical Revue
Trade Union Major Group
DHLA
Tuesday
8/5/2007
9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Sustainable Industrial Development and
Industrial Energy Efficiency: good for
business, good for the environment, and good
for development
UNIDO, Government of Austria and
REEP
(The Special Event is open to all.)
UN Visitors Plaza Tent
(UNDP Knowledge Expo
Tent)
Millennium UN Plaza
Hotel
Ballroom
RELATED EVENTS
Date
Time
Tuesday
1/05/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Wednesday
2/05/2007
1:15-2:30 PM
Title
Organizers
Venue
Sustainable use of BIO-Fuels Managing the
Up and the Downside
Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning
and the Environment (VROM) in
cooperation with Netherlands Council
of Women (NVR)
Delegates Dining
Room 6
Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facilities for SIDS
UN-OHRLLS and World Bank
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Date last updated: 01/07/2016
Conference Room 8
7
Thursday
3/05/2007
1:15 – 3:15 PM
3/05/2007
1:00 – 3 PM
3/05/2007
6:15 PM
Friday
4/5/2007
Prospects for Partnership on Mainstreaming
Gender in Expanding Energy Access in
Developing Countries
ENERGIA and UNDP
Outils d’information internet de la
Francophonie: énergie durable
Organisation Internationale de la
Francophonie (OIF/IEPF)
801 Second Ave
Suite 605
Energizing Sustainable Consumption and
Production
Ministry of Environment of Finland
Delegates Dining
Room 6
1:15-2:45 PM
Access to Clean Cooking Fuel Options: How
Do We Accelerate?
Columbia University and UNDP
Monday
7/5/2007
1:15-3:00 PM
Industry as a Partner for Sustainable
Development: Managing supply chains and
investment to unchain value
UNEP with IISD, Norway and South
Africa
7/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Energy for Sustainable Development to
Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Change:
Integrating crosscutting issues into
mainstream means of policy implementation
The Southern Diaspora Research and
Development Center with the Science
and Technology Caucus, The Southern
Caucus of NGOs in Sustainable
Development, Indian Young
Professionals Network, & ICLEI –
Local Authorities for Sustainability
7/5/2007
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Capacity Building for Mainstreaming Energy
into National Development Strategies
UNDP and Government of France
UN Visitors Plaza Tent
(UNDP Knowledge Expo
Tent)
7/5/2007
6:30 PM
Energy Security through Lived
Interdependence
Permanent Mission of Austria with
Vienna-based International
Organizations
Delegates Dining
Room 6
Tuesday
8/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Our Common Future – 20 Years On A
Humanist Agenda for the 21st Century
Center for Development and The
Environment, University of Oslo
Norway
Delegates Dining
Room 6
8/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
UN-Energy Side Event: Collaborative
Initiatives of UN-Energy in 2006/07
UN-Energy
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UN Visitors Plaza Tent
(UNDP Knowledge Expo
Tent)
UN Visitors Plaza Tent
(UNDP Knowledge Expo
Tent)
Delegates Dining Room
Church Center
777 UN Plaza
2nd Floor
th
45 and 1st Avenue
UN Visitors Plaza Tent
(UNDP Knowledge Expo
Tent)
8
8/5/2007
6:15-8:00 PM
Capacity Development for Expanding Access
to Energy Services for the Poor
UNDP, ECOWAS and Government of
France
Wednesday
9/5/2007
1:15-2:45 PM
Sustainable Growth – A Nordic Point of View
Nordic Council of Ministers
9/5/2007
1:15-2:30 PM
Developing Resilience to Natural Disasters in
SIDS
ISDR secretariat and UN-OHRLLS
Conference Room 8
9/5/2007
7 - 8:30 pm
Sustainable Energy and Resource Efficiency –
Key Issues for Sustainable Development
German Federal Ministry for
Environment, Nature Conservation
and Nuclear Safety
German House
871 UN Plaza
At 1stAve and 49th Street
Thursday
10/5/2007
6:00-7:30 PM
Energy Efficiency in the Building Sector From Talk to Action
Austrian Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry, Environment and Water
Management
Dag Hammarskjöld
Library Penthouse
10/5/2007
6:00 PM
Sustainable Development 20 Years Later
OECD
Delegates Dining
Room, 4th Floor
Friday
11/5/2007
1:15 – 3:00 PM
Ministerial Lunch: Delivering Coordinated
Actions on the Ground to Respond to Energy
Challenges (by invitation only)
UNDP, UNEP and World Bank
Delegates Dining Room 6
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Delegates Dining Room 6
West Terrace,
UN HQ, 4th Floor