Completed Events

United Nations DPI/NGO Conference
Workshop: Energy & Climate Action: Essential Tools for the Post-2015 Development Agenda
August 29, 2014, 11:45AM-1:00PM
United Nations HQ

Sponsor: Public-Private Alliance Foundation
Co-sponsors: United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA)
                    UNA-USA Southern New York State Division and its Energy Project
                    NGO Committee on Sustainable Development
                    Batey Relief Alliance

Moderator: David Stillman, PhD (United States). Executive Director, Public-Private Alliance Foundation. Development expert; former United Nations official. Co-Director, UNA-SNY Energy Project

Panelists:

Tapio Kanninen, PhD, “Crisis of Global Sustainability.” Dr. Kanninen is Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the Project on Sustainable Global Governance at the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York. During his long international career he was Chief of the Policy Planning Unit in the UN Department of Political Affairs (1998-2005) and Head of the Secretariat of Kofi Annan’s five Summits with Regional Organizations, in addition to earlier work with the Finnish government.

George Garland, DBA, “Climate Policy: The U.S. and the UN.” Dr. Garland is a former US/EPA official, is currently head of the Energy Project, UNA SNY and is a PPAF board member.

Amy Parekh Mehta, “Climate Change and Energy Issues as seen in the Sustainable Development Goals.” Ms. Mehta is a Program Management Officer at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations. She also teaches environmental law at Pace University Law School.

Vadim Belikov, MA, “Involving Social Entrepreneurs for Solutions in Energy and Climate Action.” Mr. Belikov is CEO of PSD Development Company in St. Petersburg, Russia, Co-Chair of the Next Generation Energy Leaders Council, Vice Chair of the G-8 Youth Summit and Vice-President of the its Business Assembly, and Vice-President of the International Youth Diplomacy League.

Rio+20 Review and Outlook, May 15

Matthias Resch, coordinator of the Division's Energy Project, organized this event to highlight factors leading to Rio and expectations we may have. Speakers included Andrew Pfaffernoschke, Joel Smith, Krystal Layman and Kate Offerdahl, See our YouTube channel for their presentations. See a write-up on our energy blog.

Green For Queens Earth Day Fair, May 6

The Energy Project was represented featuring one of the two clean cook stove models destined for a community-based evaluation project in Haiti. The Project's table also showcased other projects in and products from Haiti and illustrated tangible ways for visitors and NYC residents to green their communities, to increase their energy efficiency and to make change at the grassroots level.

Energy Policy and Renewable Technologies, March 27

The Division's Young Professionals European Affairs Committee and the Energy Project hosted a panel discussion on Energy Policy and Renewable Technologies in Europe and the U.S. Academics, business people and members of the diplomatic community will speak, including. Carolyn Kissane, New York University, Marty Barruso, Medesco, LLC. and Johannes Urpelainen, Columbia University, spoke.

Citizen Conference on Sustainable Development, Yale University, March 24 and 25

The Energy Project and the UNA-SNY Division were represented by Energy Project Coordinator Matthias Resch and the Division's social media point-person Jennifer Irrizary. They were joined by CDi volunteer Kelcey Gosserand. The two-day event included workshops and sessions surrounding issues of renewable energy, ecology and sustainable development. Valuable contacts were made and bases for advocacy partnerships were formed.

Queens Chapter celebrates Earth Day, March 24

The Queens Chapter presented Earth Day celebrations at the beautiful Queens Museum of Art. "Creating Awareness for a Health Environment: Saving our planet earth for our future generations." The program included a keynote speech, music and dance performances, demonstration of an ethanol cookstove, and a group photo at the Unisphere. The program honored Dr. Aline Euer, Director of Education, Alley Pond Environmental Center.

Rotary Club of New York - "2012 - The Year of Energy: Technologies in the US and Abroad", March 19

This evening event at the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen featured Energy Project Director Dr. George A. Garland and PPAF Executive Director David Stillman. Both models of clean cook stoves for Haiti were featured and discussed among other parts of the formal program.

For more information about this event please visit our blog.

Rural Women: Energy, Health & Water, March 6

On March 6 the Division hosted a panel on Rural Women: Energy, Health and Water, held at the UN Foundation office in NY. You can view presentations by Dr. George Garland, Director of the Division's Energy Project' Corinne Hart, Program Manager, Gender and Markets Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves; Dr. David Stillman, Executive Director, Public-Private Alliance Foundation; Mrs. Marcia Brewster, Senior Consultant for the World Water Council on a Water and Green Growth Project; and Dr. Padmini Murthy, NGO Co-Representative to the UN of the Medical Women International Association. See: http://youtube.com/unasouthernny