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Monday, March 29, 2004
Capturing the State of the Planet:
A Public Forum
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Conference
Moderator: John C. Mutter, [Bio] Deputy
Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
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Welcome
Jeffrey D. Sachs, [Bio] Director
of the Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable
Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management
at Columbia University, Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General
on the Millennium Development Goals
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"Earth's
Chronic Disease"
Wallace Broecker, [Bio] Winner
of the National Medal of Science, Newberry
Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont
Doherty Earth
Observatory, Columbia University
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Session One
"Biodiversity and Earth’s
Environment"
Edward
O. Wilson, [Bio] Winner
of the National Medal of Science and the Pulitzer Prize
in Literature, Pellegrino University Professor, Museum
of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
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Session Two
"Earth EKG: Expanding
Knowledge of the Globe"
Retired Navy Vice Adm. Conrad Lautenbacher, [Bio] Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
and NOAA Administrator
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Session Three
"Global Health-Is a Rational Future
Even Possible?"
Dr. William Foege, [Bio] Fellow, Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Emeritus Presidential
Distinguished Professor of International Health, Emory
University
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Session Four
"Signs and Politics of Climate
Change Implications for Poverty Alleviation and Development"
Robert Watson, [Bio] Chief Scientist,
Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development
Network, The World Bank
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Session Five
"Ending Hunger in Africa: What
Needs to be Done"
Pedro Sanchez, [Bio] Director
of Tropical Agriculture, The Earth Institute at Columbia
University
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Session Six
"Back to the Future: The Great
Climate Experiment"
Daniel Schrag, [Bio] Professor
of Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Director,
Laboratory for Geochemical Oceanography, Harvard University
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Session Seven
"A Human Rights Approach Adds
Value"
Mary Robinson, [Bio] Executive Director
of the Ethical Globalization Initiative, former President
of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights
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Closing
Remarks
Jeffrey D. Sachs, [Bio] Director of the Earth Institute,
Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor
of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University,
Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General on the Millennium
Development Goals
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Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Interventions for Sustainable Development
A working session for scientist, by invitation
Conference Moderator: John
C. Mutter, [Bio] Deputy
Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
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ENERGY
What energy strategies could poor countries implement
to achieve desperately needed economic growth while avoiding
the negative impacts on climate and ecology associated
with fossil fuels?
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FOOD
What action is needed to ensure that
fisheries remain viable, agriculture meets the needs
of the world’s hungry and ecosystem loss does not
threaten Earth’s ability to feed its population?
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WATER
Looking for innovative solutions to
an urgent problem central to life in the 21st century.
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HEALTH
What is the state of the world's health
systems and what actions are needed to address the world’s
preventable diseases, emerging diseases and problems
that disproportionately affect the health of the world’s
poor?
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"Mobilizing
the Sciences to Fight Global Poverty"
Closing remarks by Jeffrey Sachs
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