are focus of lecture series
As part of the year-long celebration of its 100th birthday, the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) will bring renowned world environmental leaders to Yale via its Centennial Lecture Series, Dean Gus Speth has announced.
"These distinguished individuals are in the forefront of the global effort to promote sustainable development and protection of the earth's environment," says Speth, former head of the United Nations Environment Program and founding president of the World Resources Institute.
"Their remarks will challenge all of us who are struggling to deal with some of the most critical issues facing the world today," he adds.
Each guest in the series will present an address on a topic exploring the relationship between globalization and the environment. The school plans to collect the speeches and publish them in a book. Most of these talks will be open to the Yale community and the general public. The experts will also be available to meet with faculty and students.
The Centennial Lecture Series is broadly organized under four topics: "The Environment Goes Global," examining the critical issues on the new environmental agenda for the 21st century; "The Rise of Global Governance," asking how we should respond to the new agenda; "Environment and Economy," exploring how the environment can prosper in a world of economic globalization; and "The Transition to Sustainability," focusing on the effect of globalization on this transition.
The speakers addressing these topics and their individual talk titles are:
Jose Goldemberg, "The Environmental Goes Global: Who Creates the Problems and Who Can Solve Them?" Goldemberg is former president of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil; former minister of science and technology in Brazil; and one of four individuals who will receive the Volvo Environmental Prize 2000 in Sweden in October. His talk will take place on Oct. 24.
Jane Lubchenco, "Waves of the Future: Sea Changes in a Sustainable World." Lubchenco is professor of ecology at Oregon State University and former president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She will speak on Nov. 16.
Maurice Strong, "Where on Earth Are We Going?" Strong was secretary-general of the 1972 Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment and of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janiero, The World Conference on Environment and Development. He will present his talk on Nov. 2.
Yolanda Kakabadse, "Sustainable Development Since the Earth Summit: Real Commitments or Global Euphoria?" Kakabadse is former minister of environment in Ecuador and president of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. She was NGO liaison officer for the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, coordinating the participation of civil society organizations in the conference. She will speak on Jan. 25.
William Nordhaus, "Global Public Goods: The Last Frontier of Governance." Nordhaus is the A. Whitney Griswold Professor of Economics at Yale and a former member of the President's Council of Economic Advisors. His talk will be held in February at the Yale Club of New York.
Manmohan Singh, "Globalization: Impacts on Environmental and Social Goals." Singh is former minister of finance in India and a distinguished economist. He will speak in late April.
Vandana Shiva, "The Transition to Sustainability: Does Globalization Help or Hurt?" Shiva is an Indian physicist and author who has received the Alternative Nobel Peace Prize. Her talk will take place on Feb. 1.
Robert Kates, "The Nexus and the Neem Tree: Globalization and a Transition to Sustainability." Kates, formerly a Brown University professor, cochaired the group that prepared the National Academy of Sciences report "Our Common Journey: The Transition to Sustainability." She will speak on March 22.
In addition to the speakers mentioned above, Stephan Schmidheiny, founder and president of AVINA Foundation and of FUNDES, and founder of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, will deliver the keynote address at the F&ES Centennial Celebration on Saturday, Oct. 7. His topic will be "Forests and Globalization: A Business Perspective."
Watch the Yale Bulletin & Calendar for more information about the time and date of these talks, or contact Kathleen Schomaker, F&ES alumni/ae affairs officer, at (203) 432-5108 or alumni.fes@yale.edu.
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