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CarbonRiver’s Prof. Suh opens the European Commission’s ‘Green Week’
CarbonRiver’s Chief Scientist, prof. Sangwon Suh opens the European Commissions’s Green Week Conference 2011 ‘Resource efficiency — Using less, living better’ together with Jackie McGlade, Executive Director, European Environment Agency, in the opening session chaired by Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. GreenWeek
The 11th edition of Green Week, the biggest annual conference on European environment policy, took place from 24 to 27 May 2011 in Brussels and around Europe. This year’s theme is “Resource Efficiency — Using less, living better”.
Over some 40 sessions, the conference addressed the problem of resource depletion and scarcity, and the challenges and opportunities presented by constraints on resources. The conference also showcased public and private strategies that are promoting a shift towards lower carbon use and a more efficient use of resources.
Green Week offers a unique opportunity for debate and exchanges of experience and best practice. Over the past decade,
The conference has established itself as an unmissable event for anyone involved with protecting Europe’s environment, attracting 1000’s of participants from government, business and industry, non-governmental organisations, academia and the media.
