GLOBALIZATION, GOVERNANCE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT:
WHERE ARE WE HEADED AFTER JOHANNESBURG?
PRESENTED BY THE YALE CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY

23 OCTOBER 2003
5:15 PM – 6:30 PM
YALE UNIVERSITY, BETTS HOUSE,
393 PROSPECT STREET

RECEPTION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING

The Yale community was invited to participate in a conversation on globalization and governance from an environmental perspective. We convened this policy dialogue in the context of a critical need for new initiatives in solving environmental problems of global character. Panelists from an array of international and professional backgrounds engaged in a discussion and generated opinions on the future of global governance.

Business
John Forgach, Brazil, investment banker, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and conservationist

Civil Society
Juan Mayr, Colombia, Panel of Eminent Persons on UN-Civil Society Relations and Minister of Environment (1998-2003)
Hillary French, US, Director, Global Governance Project, Worldwatch Institute

Government
Otto Lampe, Germany, Head of Task Force on Global Issues at the Foreign Office
Xolisa Mabhongo, South Africa, Counselor, Permanent Mission of South Africa UN

International Organizations
Alicia Barcena, Mexico, Deputy Executive Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
David Wheeler, US, Lead Economist, Infrastructure/Environment Working Group, World Bank

Media
Joe Ageyo, Kenya, Senior Correspondent, Kenyan Television Network

Moderator
Tom Spencer, United Kingdom, Professor of Global Governance, University of Surrey

The Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy thanks its sponsors:
Yale Center for the Study of Globalization
The Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Memorial Fund of the Yale Center for International and Area Studies
The Heinrich Böll Foundation
The Johnson Family Foundation

For further information, please contact:
Maria Ivanova, Director, Global Environmental Governance Project
maria.ivanova@yale.edu