Video: the role of consumption from a socio-ecological economic perspective

Posted on 16/12/2021 Updated on 31/01/2022

The NGO Committee on Sustainable Development and NGO Committee on the Status of Women cordially invite their members and guests for a talk with

Sigrid Stagl

Institute for Ecological Economics

Founder of the Institute, Department Head (Department of Socioeconomics), Co- Director Competence Center STaR (Sustainability Transformation and Responsibility), Research Group Leader

When: December 14th, 2021 

Time 5pm – 6:30pm CET

Recording

Climate Change and Climate Justice

Posted on 12/11/2021 Updated on 12/11/2021

The NGO Committee on Sustainable Development and NGO Committee on the Status of Women cordially invite their members and guests for a talk with

Tricia Callender

Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Thinx Inc.

November 18, 2021; 4pm CET online, Zoom

Tricia is Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Thinx Inc. Before that she was Anti-Racism/DEI Leader for NGO CSW and Global Coordinator of the Civil Society Advisory Group to UN Women Generation Equality Forum. She is a data-driven organizational transformation, change management and DEI strategist with experience in large global organizations including UNICEF, UNDP, The World Bank, financial institutions in Asia, and tech companies in the USA, Africa, Asia and Latin America. After completing her doctorate with a focus on migration in South Africa, she remained in South Africa for 5 years working with the UN on migration, refugee protection, gender equality, and racial equality. She earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from Columbia University in 2013. She has also studied at the University of Cambridge (UK) and Yale University.

To join please follow the link or use the Zoom credentials:

• Zoomlink: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84438651330?pwd=bU1lLythRTFuOTRIUXhEdStxUjFwUT09
• Meeting-ID: 844 3865 1330
• Kenncode: 725517

30th CCPCJ Side Event

Posted on 15/05/2021 Updated on 15/05/2021

30th SESSION of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

Tuesday May 18th, 1.10 – 2p.m. CET, online

Zoom Link

Meeting-ID: 811 4864 169
Kenncode: 478023

Environmental factors as an important trigger for migration

Reconsidering the definition of smuggling migrants in the context of (transnational) environmental disasters and hazardous legacies

Environmental factors influence migration in important ways, shaped by local economic, sociopolitical and cultural conditions. The root causes of environmental migration are often deeply intertwined and closely connected to sustainable development issues. Experts will present actual research data and share experience at the grass roots level, followed by a discussion on understanding the links between environmental change and migration, which disproportionately affect vulnerable groups, in particular women and girls.

PANELISTS

Roman Hoffmann, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis with affiliations at the Vienna Institute of Demography of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Farai Maguwu, Director of Centre for Natural Resource Governance (cnrgzim.org), PhD candidate at the Wits School of Governance

MODERATOR

Sharon Fisher, President Soroptimist International

Q&A

Biographies

Roman Hoffmann is a research scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis with affiliations at the Vienna Institute of Demography of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Vienna and

degrees in sociology and economics from the University of Munich. In his applied research, he studies the impacts of climate change on populations and resilience to environmental stress with a focus on climate adaptation and migration. He has served as a consultant for UNIDO, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the German Development Cooperation (GIZ), and several non-governmental organizations.

Farai Maguwu is devoted to improving the governance of natural resources in Zimbabwe. Human Rights Watch honoured him with the Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism. He was also honoured by Rapaport, a clean diamond campaigner, for protecting artisanal diamond miners in Zimbabwe‘s Marange region. In 2012 he

founded the Centre for Natural Resource Governance (cnrgzim.org), which researches and documents human rights abuse and illicit trade in minerals. Farai is a PhD candidate at the Wits School of Governance. He holds an MA in Peace and Conflict Studies from the European University Center for Peace Studies, and a Master in Peace and Governance from Africa University.

Sustainable Development Committee

The focus of the committee is on the environmental, social and economic dimensions of sustainable development. It provides a forum for NGOs interested in discussing and analyzing the work of the UN intergovernmental bodies in the field of sustainable

development, as well as the related activities of the Vienna-based UN organizations. It encourages new initiatives and seeks inputs into civil society’s contribution to the 2030 agenda of the United Nations.