Environment and Territory
Rome, Italy

Objectives of UNFCCC, CBD and UNCCD are mutually supportive. In this regard Italy believes that there is a need for enhancing co-operation among these Conventions with the aim of ensuring the environmental integrity and promoting synergies under the common objective of sustainable de-velopment, in order to strengthen joint efforts and use available resources more efficiently.

Altero Matteoli
Minister for the Environment and Territory
Rome, Italy
www.minambiente.it

EPEE ( European Partnership for Energy and the Environment )

EPEE is a group of responsible companies, national and European associations active in the European air-conditioning, heat-pump and refrigeration (RAC) sector. EPEE is aware of the impact of its sector on the environ-ment and aims to contribute to the development of effective policies to reduce greenhouse gases‘ emissions from the use of refrigerants.

Friedrich Busch
Director General
European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE)
EPEE Secretariat
Brussels, Belgium
www.epeeglobal.org

Portuguese Minister for Urban Affairs, Spatial Planning and the Environment

Sustainable development is a key priority for the Portuguese Government. Portugal's sustainability strategy is rooted on the principles of integration of policies, equity of measures and participation of stake-holders. To that end, the Government has spearheaded the National Plan for Sustainable Development that includes 10-15 year quantified targets, measures, financial resources and monitoring mechanisms (including indicators)

Isaltino Morais
Portuguese Minister for Urban Affairs, Spatial Planning and the Environment
www.iambiente.pt

ALCAN

Sustainability is one of the most pressing and complex issues facing contemporary businesses and societies around the world. At Alcan, we realize sustainability is a con-tinuing journey, requiring un-wavering commitment, effort and focus. And just as we demand excellence in meeting our production objectives, we will accept nothing less in our journey towards corporate sustainability.

Travis Engen
President and Chief Executive Officer
Alcan Inc.
Montréal, Canada
www.alcan.com

European Space Agency, ESA

Health check of planet Earth Climate change predictions depend upon accurate, long-term measurements available on a global scale. The European Space Agency’s Earth observation satellites host some of the world’s most advanced instruments for climate change research. Envisat, launched in 2002, offers a set of ten instruments for around-the-clock monitoring of the state of our atmosphere, oceans and land surface.

Prof. José Achache
Director of Earth Observation Programmes
European Space Agency
Paris, France
www.esa.int

The Zuckerman Institute

Seeking solutions for sustainable develop-ment, founded on integrated science, committed to partnership and hosting the: - Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE)

• Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
• Centre for Environmental Risk
• Climatic Research Unit (CRU)
• Centre for Economic and Behavioural

Analysis of Risk and Decision official opening - September 2003, coinciding with “The Third Sustainability Days” Conference

Professor Kerry Turner
Director, Zuckerman Institute
School of Environmental Sciences
University of East Anglia
Norwich, UK
www.uea.ac.uk/zicer/

SGS Société Générale de Surveillance

Independent third-party validation, verification and certification adds credibility, and therefore value, to GHG emission re-ductions. Being the world’s largest inspection, verification and testing organisation, with an extensive network of offices in 140 countries, SGS is also naturally positioned as a global leader in this new GHG market, providing cost-effective services across the spectrum of GHG sources.

Rolf Jeker
Executive Vice-President
SGS Société Générale de Surveillance
Geneva, Switzerland
www.sgs.com

World Agroforestry Centre

The World Agroforestry Centre is leading a global coalition of international agricultural research organizations that is developing options for adapting agricultural systems to climate change. These options are aimed at helping those who will be most adversely affected by climate change - the rural poor in developing countries.

Dennis Garrity
Director General
World Agroforestry Centre
TRANSFORMING LIVES AND LANDSCAPES
International Centre for Research in Agroforestry
Nairobi, Kenya
www.worldagroforestrycenter.org

Heineken

We seek to maintain a good balance between our financial and social objectives by brewing and selling beers of high quality in a responsible manner to consumers worldwide, with the aim of adding to the pleasures of life. Our beers are brewed and marketed with respect for local communities and the environment. Responsibility Management is an integral part of our long term strategy; companies that forget about their social responsibilities have no future!

Thony Ruys
Chairman of the Executive Board
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
www.heinekeninternational.com

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, IIASA

IIASA's research reflects the world's rising concern with global change. The Institute studies the crucial interrelationships between population, environment, development, energy, and land-use change. We develop models that provide scientific insight for policy makers and for sound decision making.

Leen Hordijk
Director
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Laxenburg, Austria
www.iiasa.ac.at

International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)

The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) aims at building disaster resilient communities by promoting increased awareness of the importance of disaster reduction as an integral component of sustainable development. Disaster reduction focusses on reducing the vulnerability to the effect of extreme events and therefore provides established methods and policies to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change.

Sálvano Briceño
Director, Inter-Agency Secretariat for the ISDR
Geneva, Switzerland
www.unisdr.org
www.eird.org

Radisson

A Strong Commitment to Responsible Business.

At Radisson SAS, our commitment to sustainable development, or more specifically, responsible tourism, has developed considerably over the past 10 years. Today, Radisson SAS has placed environmental and social responsibility as a cornerstone of how we conduct business around the world, by developing an industry-leading programme we refer to as Responsible Business.

Mr. Kurt Ritter
President and CEO Radisson SAS Hotels
and Resorts, Brussels, Belgium
For more information about our Responsible Business programme, please refer to:
www.radissonsas.com/responsiblebusiness

IUCN - The World Conservation Union

Created in 1948, IUCN - The World Conservation Union is the world's largest conservation organization, bringing together governments, NGOs, scientists and experts in a unique world partnership. An Observer to the UN, IUCN links global policy to local action, addressing the causes and effects of climate change in relation to biodiversity, ecosystems and poverty.

Achim Steiner
IUCN Director General.
IUCN Headquarters
Gland, Switzerland
www.iucn.org

World Wildlife Fund, WWF

The man-made problem of climate change is one of the toughest environmental challenges, but it can and must be addressed. WWF's Climate Change Programme has three main aims:
- to ensure that industrialised nations reduce their CO2 emissions 10% below 1990 levels by 2010
- to promote the use of clean renewable energy in developing countries
- to reduce the vulnerability of nature and economies to the impacts of climate change

Jennifer Morgan
Director, WWF Climate Change Programme
Berlin, Germany
www.panda.org/climate