About Sustainable Development Policy & Practice / Team

About Sustainable Development Policy & Practice

Sustainable Development Policy & Practice is a knowledgebase of intergovernmental activities following up on the decisions taken at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20). It was launched in December 2010 by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Reporting Services, which manages and is fully responsible for the content posted on Sustainable Development Policy & Practice. Information on United Nations activities is provided in cooperation with the UN system agencies, funds and programmes through the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (UN CEB) Secretariat.


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Funding for Sustainable Development Policy & Practice has been provided by (BMU) and (EU)
Germany's Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety


The Sustainable Development Policy & Practice Icon

The Sustainable Development Policy & Practice Icon The icon for Sustainable Development Policy & Practice plays off the icons of IISD RS' other knowledgebases – Climate Change Policy & Practice, Biodiversity Policy & Practice, and SIDS Policy & Practice – by using the shape of a globe, but segmenting it into three sections to represent the three pillars of sustainable development. The leaf represents environmental protection, the cogwheel represents economic development, and the human faces represent social development. Each segment flows into the next, conveying the connections among the pillars, and when arranged together, they form a whole. The colors used in the icon - gold for sunshine, green for the natural world, and blue for water - reflect recognized images of sustainable development. The icon was created by Canadian graphic designer Joanne Laval.


The Sustainable Development Policy & Practice Team

The Sustainable Development Policy & Practice team of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Reporting Services brings you news and information on the activities following up on the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, also referred to as Rio+20). The team of highly-qualified experts regularly updates the Sustainable Development Policy & Practice website (http://uncsd.iisd.org/) and produces the Sustainable Development Update, which contains the latest stories posted to Sustainable Development Policy & Practice, along with guest articles written by the Heads of UN and other intergovernmental bodies, and IISD RS SD Policy Updates.


Langston James "Kimo" Goree VI
Vice President and UN Liaison, IISD Reporting Services (US)
Lynn Wagner, Ph.D.
Manager, Knowledge Management Projects, and Thematic Expert on Desertification and Sustainable Development, IISD Reporting Services (US)
Faye Leone
Content Editor and Thematic Expert for UN Secretariat, IISD Reporting Services (US)
Diego Noguera
Digital Manager and Online Editor, IISD Reporting Services (Colombia)
Angeles Estrada Vigil
Online Editor, IISD Reporting Services (Argentina)
Brad Vincelette
Web Software Developer, IISD Reporting Services (Canada)
Soledad Aguilar, LL.M
Thematic Expert on Trade and Investment, IISD Reporting Services (Argentina)
Tomilola Akanle
Thematic Expert on Capacity Building and Education, and Industry/Industrial Development, IISD Reporting Services (Nigeria)
Asheline Appleton, LL.M
Thematic Expert on Adaptation, Mitigation, Biodiversity, and Forests, IISD Reporting Services (Kenya)
Melanie Ashton
Thematic Expert on Chemicals Management, IISD Reporting Services (Australia)
Alice Bisiaux, LL.M
Thematic Expert on Oceans, Coasts, and Freshwater, IISD Reporting Services (Spain)
Leonie Gordon
Thematic Expert on Biodiversity - Conservation and Sustainable Use, IISD Reporting Services (UK)
Aaron Leopold
Thematic Expert For Energy and Transport, IISD Reporting Services (Germany)
Stefan Jungcurt, Ph.D.
Thematic Expert on Biodiversity, IISD Reporting Services (Germany)
Tanya Rosen
Thematic Expert on Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, IISD Reporting Services (Italy/Yugoslavia/US)
Matt Sommerville
Thematic Expert for Adaptation, Forests, Agriculture, Food Security, Science, Assessment and Monitoring, and Finance, IISD Reporting Services (US)
Elsa Tsioumani, LL.M
Thematic Expert on Biodiversity, IISD Reporting Services (Greece)
Anna Schulz, LL.M.
Thematic Expert for International Organizations, IISD Reporting Services (US)
Bo-Alex Fredvik
Thematic Expert for Energy Organizations and Institutions, IISD Reporting Services (Brazil/Canada)
Catherine Benson
Thematic Expert for Human Development and Human Settlements, IISD Reporting Services (US)
Chad Monfreda
Thematic Expert for Sustainable Energy, IISD Reporting Services (US)
Cherelle Jackson
Thematic Expert for South Pacific SIDS, IISD Reporting Services (Samoa)
Delia Paul
Thematic Expert for Poverty Reduction, Rights and Governance, IISD Reporting Services (Malaysia)
Eugenia Recio, MPhil
Thematic Expert for Climate Change Negotiations/UNFCCC, IISD Reporting Services (Argentina/Spain)
Jaime Webbe
Thematic Expert for Forests, IISD Reporting Services (Canada)
Joanna Dafoe
Thematic Expert for Transportation, IISD Reporting Services (Canada)
Kate Harris
Thematic Expert, IISD Reporting Services (Canada)
Kate Louw
Thematic Expert for Africa, IISD Reporting Services (South Africa)
Kate Offerdahl
Thematic Expert for UN General Assembly and UN Secretariat, IISD Reporting Services (US)
Keith Ripley
Thematic Expert for Latin America and the Caribbean (US)
Lauren Anderson
Content Editor for Biodiversity, Land and Forests, IISD Reporting Services (US)
Leila Mead
Thematic Expert for Post-2015 Development Agenda and Sustainable Development Policy, IISD Reporting Services (US)
Nathalie Risse
Thematic Expert for UN General Assembly and UN Secretariat, IISD Reporting Services (Canada)
Nicole de Paula
Thematic Expert for International Financial Institutions, IISD Reporting Services (Brazil)
Stefan Renckens
Thematic Expert on Energy Organizations and Institutions, IISD Reporting Services (Belgium)