10/11/12: State of The Planet 2012

by Christianna Gozzi|September 27th, 2012

The Earth Institute, Columbia University

presents

STATE OF THE PLANET 2012

Join us on October 11, 2012, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Columbia University, Alfred Lerner Hall, Roone Arledge Auditorium, 2910 Broadway, New York or On-line via live webcast at www.stateoftheplanet.org

Rio +20 invited us to move beyond the Millennium Development Goals to the Sustainable Development Goals. Through the collaborative efforts of non-profit organizations, businesses, industry, scientific communities, policy makers, governments, academia and individuals, we can find solutions to Earth’s most pressing issues. This year’s conference will look at building a global agenda for sustainable development.

Join the conversation now. Your opinions, ideas and actions are needed to enhance the discussion. Join the conversation today and tell us know what you really want to know about the state of the planet. www.stateoftheplanet.org/engage

Conference Speakers include

Glenn Denning, Director, Center on Globalization and Sustainable Development, The Earth Institute

Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General; Chair of WaterAid Sweden

Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Lisa Goddard, Director, International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI)

James Hansen, Director, NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS)

Amina Mohamed, Special Advisor to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Post 2015 Development Planning; CEO/Founder, Center for Development Policy Solutions

Sree Sreenivasan, Chief Digital Officer, Columbia University

Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, Earth Institute

Achim Steiner, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)