Julie Melrose's Personal Calendar for Rio+20

Personal Calendar of Activities at Rio

Julie Melrose – Delegation Director

13- 26 June 2012

Wednesday 13^th

·      Arrive in Rio

·      19.30 – 21:00 Dialogue on Africa Consensus Statement – African Union

Thursday 14^th

·      UNCSD Prep Com – Rio Centro

·      1.30-2.30 Australian Stakeholder Briefing

·      1:30 – 3:00 Greenpace: An Oceans Rescue Plan for Rio (T-3)

·      19:30 – 21:00 Oxfam International Youth Partnerships: Youth Fixing the broken system (T-3)

Friday 15^th

·      UNCSD Prep Com – Rio Centro

·      11:30 – 1:00pm UNEP Green Jobs: An Opportunity for Youth! (T-4)

·      1.30-2.30 Australian Stakeholder Briefing

·      3:30 – 5:00pm Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) “Connecting the Dots: Science, the IPCC and the policy picture” (T-6)

·      5:30 – 7:00pm Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) Sustainable Development in International Courts and Tribunals (T-3)

Saturday 16^th

·      NGO dialogue on sustainable development – Rio Centro

·      11:30 – 1:00pm – Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) The Strategic Plan for Biodiversity (2011 – 2020) (P 3-6)

·      1.30-2.30 Australian Stakeholder Briefing

Sunday 17^th

·      Peoples March to Open Rio+20 – Brazilian Civil Society Facilitating Committee

·      1.30-2.30 Australian Stakeholder Briefing

·      UNEP Conference – World Congress on Justice, Governance, and Law for Environmental Sustainability

·      Brings together top legal minds, judges, lawyers from around the world to talk about sustainability from a legal perspective.

·      http://www.unep.org/DELC/worldcongress/about.asp

Monday 18^th

·      10am – 1pm Sustainable Devleopment Learning Course on Environmental/Natural Resource Management for Post-Conflict Peacebuilding, Room T-7 Major Groups Pavilian Rio Centro

·      1-5pm Global Greens meeting with Senator Larissa Waters

·      5- 8pm Global Greens Cocktail function

Tuesday 19^th

·      UN Women Leaders Forum on the Future Women Want with Michelle Bachelet (T-2) (All day)

·      Global Climate Coalition Workshop – presenting ANU sustainability programs with Teifi, Karina, Maris and Luke

·      17:30 – 19:00 IUCN Side Event, Nature Based Solutions for a Sustainable future (P3-E)

·      Evening Reception

Wednesday 20^th

·      First Day of Rio+20 proper high level summit

·      9:00 – 10:30 ScenaRio 2012, 30,000 young voices for a sustainable future (T-8)

·      11 – 12:30 UNDP Side Event: Beyond GDP Measuring the Future we Want with Helen Clarke (P 3-6)

·      1.30-2.30 Australian Stakeholder Briefing

·      17:00 -18:30 Australian Side Event with Prime Minister Julia Gillard (P3-A)

Thursday 21^st

·      Rio+20 high level summit

·      1.30-2.30 Australian Stakeholder Briefing

·      09:00 -14:30 UN Women – Leaders Summit on the Future Women Want with Women Heads of State

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Friday 22^nd

-       Rio+20 Rio Centro

-       1.30-2.30 Australian Stakeholder Briefing

-       13:15 – 14:45 Women Major Group “Roots of Equity” side event (UN2 Barra Arena)

-       Last day of Rio negotiations

Saturday 23^rd

-       IARU student forum 9-12

-       Dinner with the ANU delegation

Sunday 24^th – ANU Delegation final activities