Nexus Conference Update
Conference
supporters are: World Bank, United Nations Department of Economic and Social
Affairs, UNDP, Future Earth, Stockholm Environment Institute, World Business
Council for Sustainable Development and WWF International
Conference
has three outputs
1.
Input a Nexus Declaration to the Sustainable Development Goals
2.
Launch an Academic and Practitioners Network
3.
Set up a Nexus Knowledge Hub
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Confirmed speakers include: Albert Butare (former Rwanda Minister),Liz
Thompson (Rio+20 Executive Coordinator), Adnan Amin (Executive
Director IRENA), Paula Caballero (Colombia), Lidia Brito (UNESCO
and former Mozambique Minister), Johan Kuylenstierna (SEI), Maruxa
Cardama, Michael Schmitz (ICLEI US Executive Director), Veerle
Vandeweerd (UNDP), Hans Herran (Millennium Institute and Right
Livelihood Award winner 2013), Stuart Orr (WWF International), Hannah
Stoddart (Oxfam), David Rothschild (Skoll Foundation), Aneri
Patel (UN Foundation), Gary Lawrence (AECOM VP), Anders Berntell
(2030 Water Resources Group), Steve Waygood (AVIVA Global Investors), Geoffrey
Lipman (former Assistant Secretary General of the UN World Tourism
Organization), Josh Tewksbury (Director Luc Hoffmann
Institute), Tim Wheeler (Acting Director of Research and Evidence
DFID), Prof Joachim von Braun: (the Center for Development Research ZEF), University of Bonn ), Diego Rodriguez (The World
Bank), Joann Carmin (Working Group II IPCC), Jonas Monast
(Director of Climate and Energy Program at the Nicholas Institute)
The Nexus
Conference, which takes place March 4-7, 2014 in Chapel Hill, NC, USA, will
bring together leaders in business, government, NGOs and research to discuss
innovative and sustainable solutions that address the intersection of the
world’s water, food, and energy needs and uses in a changing climate. To submit
an abstract, please visit http://nexusconference.web.unc.edu/sign-up-to-submit-an-abstract/
The themes
for the Nexus 2014 Conference are:
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Urban Challenges of the Nexus: Local and Global Perspectives
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Nexus Perspectives: Water, Energy and Climate
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Nexus Perspectives: Water, Food and Climate
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Natural Resource Security for People: Water, Food and Energy
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Entrepreneurial Environmentalism and Development
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Nexus Corporate Stewardship: How Business Is Improving Resource Use
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Financing the Nexus: Policy and Practice
Extended Abstract Deadline for 2014 Nexus Conference
Due to numerous requests, the abstract submission deadline for poster and verbal presentations at the Nexus 2014: Water, Climate, Food and Energy Conference has been extended to November 1.
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