New UNU Rector - Professor Konrad Osterwalder has been appointed
the next rector of UNU. Professor Osterwalder assumed the Rectorate of
UNU at a ceremony held at UNU on Friday, August 31.
Press Release
THE MISSION OF UNU is to
contribute, through research and capacity building, to efforts to
resolve the pressing global problems that are the concern of the United
Nations, its Peoples and Member States.
UNU Charter
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United Nations News
UNU Forum: Breathe
OR Die or Breathe AND Die!
Air Pollution the
Unnoticed Global Threat
23rd April, 2008,3:00 pm - 5:30 pm, Conference Room 7, UN headquarters,
New York.
As industrialization gathers pace
around the world and demand for all types of energy increases rapidly, one of
the first, though perhaps least obvious, areas to suffer is the air we breathe.
While the long-term threat from carbon emissions and global warming is well
known, pollutants in the air can also lead to more immediate threats to human
health and happiness. If air pollution continues to be blindly overshadowed by
concerns about economic growth or energy security, the impact on human life
could be disastrous.
Speakers include:
Janos J. Bogardi, Director, UNU-EHS (United Nations
University Institute for Environment and Human Security);
(view presentation)
Fabrice Renaud, Head, Environmental Assessment and
Resource Vulnerability Section, UNU-EHS;
Markus Amman, Head, Atmospheric Pollution and Economic
Development program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
(IIASA) (view presentation)
Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Leader, Energy, Transitions to
New Technologies Programs and the Greenhouse Gas Initiative at the International
Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA);
(view presentation)
Johann Goldammer, Head, Global Fire Monitoring
Centre.
Wednesday, the 23rd of April
2008,3:00pm-5:30pm
3:00-3:05
Introductory Remarks
Jean -Marc
Coicaud, Head, United Nations University Office in New York
3:05-3:15
Introduction: The Environment and Human
Security
Janos J. Bogardi, Director, UNU-EHS (United Nations
University Institute for Environment and Human Security)
3:15-3:30
Air Pollution: A General Introduction
Fabrice Renaud, Head, Environment Assessment and Resource
Vulnerability Section, UNU-ESH
3:30-3:50
Air Quality Monitoring to Estimate the
Impact of Rapid Industrialization
Markus Amman, Head, Atmospheric Pollution and Economic
Development program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
(IIASA)
3:50-4:10
Energy Generation, Land Use Change and
Their Consequence for the Atmosphere
Nebojsa Nakicenovic,
Leader, Energy, Transitions to New Technologies Programs and the Greenhouse
Gas Initiative at the International Institute for Applied Systems
4:10-4:30
Forest Fires and Biomass Burning: The
Atmospheric Consequences
Johann Goldammer, Head, Global Fire Monitoring Centre
