Verdensbankens rolle i skov- og klimaændrings initiativer

TIME: Tuesday 13th September at 13 – 14 hours

VENUE: Københavns Universitet, Det Biovidenskabelige Fakultet (LIFE), Auditorium A 1-04.01, 1st floor, Grønnegårdsvej 7, 1870 Frederiksberg C

TIME: Tuesday 13th September at 13 – 14 hours

VENUE: Københavns Universitet, Det Biovidenskabelige Fakultet (LIFE), Auditorium A 1-04.01, 1st floor, Grønnegårdsvej 7, 1870 Frederiksberg C

Dr. Dieterle is currently leading the Forestry Team in the Sustainable Development Department at the World Bank. He has had more than 20 years of experience in national and international forest and environmental policies, development policies, consultative processes, projects on sustainable forest management and forest conservation.

Dr. Dieterle has always been interested in sustainable forest management. He holds a Master of Science in Forestry and a PhD in technical and economic analyses of sustainable forest management systems.

His previous positions included working with the German forest administration, the European Union, overseas project work in Togo and Indonesia, working in the cabinet of the German minister for agriculture/forestry, and a diplomatic posting in Rome as German Alternate Permanent Representative to FAO, WFP and IFAD.

He has also carried out research at the Faculty of Forestry, Freiburg University in Germany, and was previously the lead forestry specialist in the Europe and Central Asia Region of the World Bank. In other words, he has extensive experience with the political processes in relation to the role of forests in climate change mitigation and will share his insights on the 13th.

Dr. Dieterle is the World Bank Focal Point for the Implementation of the Forest Investment Program (FIP). He is also a Steering Committee member of the Forest Dialogue Initiative (TFD), and we look forward to hear what he has to say about the World Bank’s role in forest and climate change initiatives.

Moderator during the debate: Center Director Niels Elers Koch, Forest & Landscape, University of Copenhagen.

Copenhagen Sustainability Lectures 2011 is a lecture series aiming to create attention and visibility of the challenges of global sustainability.

Danish and foreign speakers will visit University of Copenhagen to focus on a broad array of topics concerned with sustainability, pass on their experiences, and give their opinions on how to approach the challenges we are facing now and in the future.

Participation is free of charge. Sign up before the 12th of September 2011 at 15 pm at
http://klima.ku.dk/sustainability_lectures/tilmeldinger/

Further information: Dorthe Hedensted Lund, phone: +45 35 33 16 97