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16th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development: CSD-16 (5-16 May 2008)

CSD-16 CONSIDERS LAND, DROUGHT, DESERTIFICATION

The sixteenth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-16) convened from 5 to 16 May 2008, at United Nations headquarters in New York, concentrated on the consideration of the thematic cluster for the 2008/2009 implementation cycle - agriculture, rural development, land, drought, desertification and Africa.

IAEA SIDE EVENT ON LAND-USE, WATER, ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

H.-Holger Rogner, Section Head-PESS, IAEA On 9 May 2008, the IAEA organized a side event to discuss important issues facing CSD-16 in connection with land-use, water, energy and sustainable development. To see the PowerPoint presentations please click on the appropriate link of the speakers:

Pradeep K. Aggarwal, Head, Isotope Hydrology Section, IAEA, gave an introduction
H.-Holger Rogner, Head, Planning and Economic Studies Section, IAEA, spoke on Land-use, Water, Energy and Sustainable Development: The need for an integrated planning approach
Mahendra Shah, Senior Scientist, Sustainable Agriculture and Land Use Change, IIASA, presented Land Use, Water, Energy, Sustainable Development
Suzanne Pierce, Senior Research Scientist, Sandia National Laboratories, spoke about Energy and Water

LINK TO THE CSD-16 WEB SITE

To access the UNDESA CSD-16 web site, please click here.

LINK TO THE EARTH NEGOTIATIONS BULLETIN's (ENB's) REPORTING ON CSD-16

To access the ENB web site with daily reports and an overall summary analysis of CSD-16, please click here.

Created on: 27 May 2008