China Ecological Forum will be hosting a special session titled "Rio+20 and South-South Cooperation", with keynote speeches by Ms. Amina Mohamed, Deputy Executive Director of UNEP and UN Assistant Secretary-General, and Prof. Yanhua Liu, Counsellor at the Counsellors' Office of the State Council of China.

The special forum is focused on the new opportunities and challenges for South-South Cooperation and the ways in which China cooperates with other developing countries in a post Rio+20 era.  The forum also aims to inspire the scientific community to enhance its support to informed decision-making for a green economy transition in developing countries.

For more details, please refer to the poster attached in this invitation.

Date: Friday July 20, 2012

Time: 10:00-12:00

Venue: Room 2602, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS, IGSNRR)
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Working Language: English

For registration, please contact:

Dr. Liang WU  - Tel: 13581500264, Email: liang.wu@unep-iemp.org

Ms. Guoqin WANG - Tel: 010 64889031, Email: guoqin.wang@unep-iemp.org

We welcome all those who are interested. Please send your registration information (Name, Affiliation and Title, Contact Information and Purposes) to the above mentioned contacts. Media colleagues are also welcome.

Annex 1: Poster of the event: Special Session of China Ecological Forum“Rio+20 and South-South Co-operation”

Annex 2: Traffic guide of the event