cordially invite you to a panel discussion featuring
Regards sur la Terre 2008
A French Annual Report
on Sustainable Development
Every year, Regards sur la Terre analyzes an issue of relevance to world
development, highlighting in particular its implications for developing
countries. Regards sur la Terre 2008 relates to nature, biodiversity and
development.
Two French institutions, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the
Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (IDDRI)
teamed up in 2005 to prepare an annual report on sustainable development. AFD,
a financial institution, is a main actor in France?s development assistance
policy. IDDRI was created in 2001 to foster research in the field of sustainable
development.
This latest edition of Regards sur la Terre 2008 deals with nature, biodiversity
and development, and has been written by the foremost experts, French or
international, on each of the issues discussed. It emphasizes, among others, the
seriousness of the crisis created by the worldwide destruction of biodiversity.
This crisis, which has remained largely unnoticed by governments and public
opinion, will be worsened in the future by the ongoing climate change, unless
unprecedented actions are taken.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
12:00 - 2:00 pm
A limited number of books will be raffled to participants at the event and a
buffet lunch will be served
World Bank J Building Auditorium J1 - 050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
Welcoming Remarks and Chair
Roger Morier
Senior Communications Officer, Sustainable Development Network, World Bank
Panelists
Ambroise Fayolle
Executive Director for France, World Bank/IMF
Jacques Loup
Coordinator, Annual Reports "Regards Sur la Terre"
Kerstin Canby
Director, Forest Trade and Finance Program, Forest Trends
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