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Session 4: STI for sustainable consumption and production patterns (SDG 12)
Tue 05 Jun 2018, 4.00 pm — Wed 03 Feb 2021, 4.00 pm
Conference Room 4, UNHQ
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Background
The session will discuss the status of existing knowledge and technology, and explore the potential for how science, technology and innovation can support the achievement of SDG 12 on sustainable consumption and production. The session will help identify good practices and policy recommendations, as well as challenges and needs, especially as they relate to international cooperation, innovation and capacity-building, with a view to facilitate the development, scaling up adoption and dissemination of relevant technologies for SDG 12.
Chair: H.E. Dr. Toshiya Hoshino, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations
Moderator: Ms. Anne-Christine Ritschkoff, Senior Advisor VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd
Panelists ● Mr. Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) ● Mr. Arun Sundararajan, Professor and Faculty Fellow, Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU) and author, The Sharing Economy ● Ms. Erika Kraemer-Mbula, Associate Professor, University of Johannesburg, South Africa ● Mr. Marco van der Ree, Director of Business Development, Climate-KIC, European Institute of Innovation and Technology
Chair: H.E. Dr. Toshiya Hoshino, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations
Innovation pitches:
- FoPo Food Powder, Gerald Marin
- Land for Life: Inga Alley-Cropping for Sustainability, Marian Van Noppen
Moderator: Ms. Anne-Christine Ritschkoff, Senior Advisor VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd
Panelists ● Mr. Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) ● Mr. Arun Sundararajan, Professor and Faculty Fellow, Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU) and author, The Sharing Economy ● Ms. Erika Kraemer-Mbula, Associate Professor, University of Johannesburg, South Africa ● Mr. Marco van der Ree, Director of Business Development, Climate-KIC, European Institute of Innovation and Technology
