Tag: <span>UN</span>

Handshake with the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon–the end of a great internship!

  MEETINGS, MEETINGS, MEETINGS…. After two months into the internship, I was already feeling comfortable in both formal and informal settings. Fall season at the World Health Organization (WHO) means a lot of meetings. I was asked to be a note-taker for the Human Biomointoring meeting and the Economics Symposium …

“Rio, Déjà vu” – Reflecting on Rio+20

The 2012 Fall Series of the National Climate Seminar kicked off last week at Bard Center for Environmental Policy with a conversation with Hunter Lovins and Aimée Christensen regarding the outcomes and missed opportunities of the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development held this past June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. …