17Th SESSION of the UN COMMISSION on SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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17th SESSION OF THE UN COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT NEW YORK, 4-15 MAY 2009

PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE OF SIDE EVENTS

Date Time Title Organizers Conf. Room

Monday 1:15-2:45 Women, Agriculture and Land International Women’s Anthropology 2 4/5/2009 PM Conference

4/5/2009 1:15-2:45 MPCD en Afrique: résultats des task-forces Organisation Internationale de la 4 PM sur le tourisme et la consommation Francophonie

4/5/2009 1:15-2:45 Reconciliation as a Key to Sustainability The International Public Policy Institute & 6 PM The United Religious Initiative at the UN 4/5/2009 6:15-7:45 Defining and Practicing Sustainable Citizens Network for Sustainable C PM Consumption and Production: Food and Development Agriculture

4/5/2009 6:15-7:45 Economic, Social and Ecological Ethiopian World Federation 2 PM Sustainability for the Afro-Indigenous People 4/5/2009 6:15-7:45 Women in Science Technology and Sudan Council of Voluntary Agencies 6 PM Sustainable Development

Tuesday 1:15-2:45 Water as a Cross-Cutting Issue for Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future C 5/5/2009 PM CSD-17 with SIWI 5/5/2009 1:15-2:45 Climate Change: Its Impact on Society of Catholic Medical Missionaries 2 PM Agriculture, Land, Drought and Africa and Leading to Copenhagen Conference 5/5/2009 1:15-2:45 Protecting Health From Climate Change NGO Health Committee 4 PM

Date last updated: 09/01/2018 Page - 2 - CSD 17 4-15 May 2009 Date Time Title Organizers Conf. Room 5/5/2009 1:15-2:45 Delving into a Deep Green Revolution: Heifer International 6 PM Responding to the Food Crisis and Climate Stresses with Pro-Active Risk Management

5/5/2009 6:15-7:45 Global Rangeland Assessment Partnership USDA Forest Service C PM 5/5/2009 6:15-7:45 Urban Rural Linkages for Food Security International Partners for Sustainable 2 PM and Vibrant Markets – Regions Feeding Agriculture Cities 5/5/2009 6:15-7:45 African Partnerships on Sustainable Association Nigerienne des Scouts de 4 PM Development L’Environnement 5/5/2009 6:15-7:45 Sustainable Biofuels Certification & International Sustainable Energy Exchange 6 PM Verification: Moving From Theory to and International Petroleum Industry Practice: Oil Industry Challenges Environmental Conservation Association

Wednesday 1:15-2:45 Global Partnership on Nutrient United States Department of State C Management 6/5/2009 PM 6/5/2009 1:15-2:45 Overturning the False Solutions to the Food Friends of the Earth International 2 PM Crisis 6/5/2009 1:15-2:45 Biofuels and Food Security: Avoiding International Institute for Applied Systems 4 PM Pitfalls and Mobilizing Potentials Analysis 6/5/2009 1:15-2:45 Sustainable Consumption and Production Ministry of the Environment of the Czech 6 PM towards the CSD-18: What are they Key Republic in cooperation with, Belgium, Programmes for Action Hungary and other partners

6/5/2009 6:15-7:45 Climate Change, Agriculture and Food International Council for Science with 2 PM Security CGIAR, ESSP, & IFAP 6/5/2009 6:15-7:45 Guidelines for sustainable land use German Federal Ministry of Food, 4 PM Agriculture an Consumer Protection

Thursday 1:15-2:45 A Planet for Life French Development Agency C 7/5/2009 PM

Date last updated: 09/01/2018 Page - 3 - CSD 17 4-15 May 2009 Date Time Title Organizers Conf. Room 7/5/2009 1:15-2:45 Climate Change in African Drylands: UNDP, UNEP, UNCCD Secretariat 2 PM Adaptation & Mitigation Options

7/5/2009 1:15-2:45 A Policy Forum on Achieving Eco- CSD Education Caucus with Global Youth 4 PM effectiveness through Knowledge Sharing Action Network & Government of Finland Systems

7/5/2009 1:15-2:45 Changing World and Water Management Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey 6 PM Adaptation Strategies

7/5/2009 6:15-7:45 Bioenergy and Food Security FAO 2 PM 7/5/2009 6:15-7:45 Local Solutions for Environment, Climate Global Environment Facility, Small Grants 4 PM Change, and the MDGs Programme 7/5/2009 6:15-7:45 SCP Towards a Green Economy, How to Ministère de l’écologie, de l’énergie, du 6 PM Get There? développement durable et de l’aménagement du territoire, France with UNEP&UNDESA

Friday 1:15-2:45 Securing Women’s Rights to Land and Women Environmental Programme C 8/5/2009 PM Livelihoods: Implication to Land Policies in Nigeria 8/5/2009 1:15-2:45 Agriculture for Africa’s Shift To a Green United Nations Environment Programme 2 PM Economy 8/5/2009 1:15-2:45 New Soil Map for African Farmers Earth Institute at Columbia University 4 PM 8/5/2009 1:15-2:45 Young Citizen Scientists: Hear their Voices Sustainus: The Youth Network for 6 PM Sustainable Development 8/5/2009 6:15-7:45 Water and Climate Change: Getting Water Stockholm International Water Institute C PM on the Climate Agenda 8/5/2009 6:15-7:45 Enabling Equitable and Sustainable Pesticide Action Network, National Family 2 PM Development: Policy Options from the UN- Farm Coalition, UNESCO and Global sponsored IAASTD Partners

8/5/2009 6:15-7:45 Assassination Over Land Rights Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur 4 PM

Date last updated: 09/01/2018 Page - 4 - CSD 17 4-15 May 2009 Date Time Title Organizers Conf. Room Monday 1:15-2:45 Providing Climate, Land-use, Energy and International Atomic Energy Agency C 11/5/2009 PM Water Strategies 11/5/2009 1:15-2:45 Gender and Agriculture Resilience CIDA in Partnership with WOCAN 2 PM 11/5/2009 1:15-2:45 Climate Change and Older Persons Society for the Psychological Study of 4 PM Social Issues 11/5/2009 1:15-2:45 Overcoming Barriers to Regional New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs 6 PM Coordination: The Pacific Invasives and Trade Partnership and the Cooperative Islands Initiative as Model Approach

11/5/2009 6:15-7:45 Deploying Anaerobic Digesters in Methane to Markets Administrative Support C PM Livestock/Dairy Operations for Clean Group Energy, Environmental Improvement and Reduced GHC Emissions 11/5/2009 6:15-7:45 CSD-17 and dryland policies: which Both Ends 2 PM opportunities to proceed from words to actions? 11/5/2009 6:15-7:45 Best Practices, Challenges, and Values on International Presentation Association of the 4 PM CSD-17 Thematic Issues Sisters of the Presentation 11/5/2009 6:15-7:45 A Global New Deal on Agriculture International Trade Union Confederation 6 PM

Tuesday 1:15-2:45 Experiences applying the strategic GTZ and the German Federal Ministry for C 12/5/2009 PM Environmental Assessment for Communal Economic Cooperation and Development Planning in Honduras 12/5/2009 1:15-2:45 Climate Change and Agriculture: The International Centre for Trade and 2 PM Role of Trade Sustainable Development with IPC 12/5/2009 1:15-2:45 Food Security: Will the next revolution be UNEP 4 PM more sustainable?

12/5/2009 1:15-2:45 Erosion and soil organic matter decline as Czech Presidency of the EU and Kingdom 6 PM Elements of Soil Degradation of Spain

Date last updated: 09/01/2018 Page - 5 - CSD 17 4-15 May 2009 Date Time Title Organizers Conf. Room 12/5/2009 6:15-7:45 The Role of Youth Delegates at the United European Youth Forum C PM Nations/CSD 12/5/2009 6:15-7:45 Sustainable Bioenergy – A practical UN Energy – Renewables Cluster 2 PM decision support tool for decision -makers in developing countries 12/5/2009 6:15-7:45 Best Practices in Enhancing Agricultural South Africa and Network of Women 4 PM Production by Women in Africa Ministers and Leaders in Agriculture 12/5/2009 6:15-7:45 A Model for International Cooperation for Cooperation Programme between the Italian 6 PM Sustainable Development & Austrian Governments and the Government of the Pacific SIDS

Wednesday 1:15-2:45 Competition for Land: an Integrated, International Institute of Applied Systems C 13/5/2006 PM Cross-Cutting View Analysis 13/5/2009 1:15-2:45 Challenges to Sustainable Development: Mission of Brazil to UN 2 PM Responding to the current crises and the future of Agenda 21 13/5/2009 1:15-2:45 Food and Sustainable Development: Future Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and 4 PM Challenges Food Quality & Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee Center 13/5/2009 1:15-2:45 Water in a Changing World: Findings of United Nations World Water Assessment 6 PM the New World Water Development Programme 13/5/2006 6:15-7:45 First Preparatory Meeting for the Ministry of Tourism & Environment, 2 PM Ministerial Conference on Climate Change Montenegro and Ministry of Environment, and Sustainable Development Land & Sea, Italy

13/5/2006 6:15-7:45 Food Security: resource pressures and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and 4 PM role of governments Development 13/5/2009 6:15-7:45 Dialogue on Climate Change Adaptation Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark 6 PM for Land and Water Management

Thursday 1:15-2:45 Water scarcity, Agriculture and Gender Women for Water Partnership with C 14/5/2009 PM Ministry of Agriculture, Netherlands

Date last updated: 09/01/2018 Page - 6 - CSD 17 4-15 May 2009 Date Time Title Organizers Conf. Room 14/5/2009 1:15-2:45 Water Scarcity and Droughts Ministry of the Environment, Rural and 2 PM Marine Affairs, Spain 14/5/2009 1:15-2:45 The Role of Farmers in Combating International Federation of Agricultural 4 PM Desertification, Land Degradation and Producers Drought

14/5/2009 1:15-2:45 Urban Food Security Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 6 PM

14/5/2009 6:15-7:45 Sustainable Bioenergy Development: the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land C PM Global Bioenergy Partnership’s and Sea contribution 14/5/2009 6:15-7:45 Land Degradation and Public Security Secretariat of the United Nations 2 PM Convention to Combat Desertification 14/5/2009 6:15-7:45 Sustainable and Efficient Water Use in Government of Sweden 6 PM Agriculture

Friday 1:15-2:45 Information for Governments on Reducing Equator Initiative; The Climate, C 15/5/2009 PM Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Community, and Biodiversity Alliance Degradation 15/5/2009 1:15-2:45 From Conflict to Peacebuilding – The Role Permanent Mission of Finland with UNEP 2 PM of Natural Resources and the Environment

15/5/2009 1:15-2:45 Agriculture Development and Food Mission of Egypt to UN with the Missions 4 PM Security: Global Partnership for of Indonesia and Chile Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition

15/5/2009 1:15-2:45 Small-holder Agriculture, Rural International Fund for Agricultural 6 PM Development and Food Security: Global Development Crises – Local Challenges

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CSD-17 RELATED EVENTS

Date Time Title Organizers Venue

Tuesday 1:15-2:45 PM Farming First: Enhancing Croplife International Delegates Dining Room 5/5/2009 Sustainable Development through International Fertilizer Association Agriculture (IFA), International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP), International Council for science (ICSU)

Wednesday 1:00-3:00 PM Words into Action: Capacity World Federation of Engineering West Terrace Delegates Dining 6/5/2009 Building Requirements for Rural Organizations Development and Sustainable (Scientific and Technological Major Communities Group)

Friday 1:15-2:45 PM Politics and Food Security World Information Transfer Conference Room 9 8/5/2009 (WIT) and Mission of Ukraine 8/5/2009 1:15-2:45 PM Regional Centres of Expertise UNU-IAS Conference Room 7 for Sustainable Development in Africa

Monday 1:15-2:45 PM Facing Global Environmental UNU-ONY Conference Room 7 11/5/2009 Change: Environmental, Human, Energy, Food, Health and Water Security Concepts

Wednesday 1:15-2:45 PM The crucial role of genetic Nordic Council of Ministers Delegates Dining Room 13/5/2006 resources in ensuring food security in a changing climate

Date last updated: 09/01/2018