NY seminar to focus on resource efficiency in the context of sustainable development and Rio+20

NEW YORK, 11 April 2012 - The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), in cooperation with the Governments of Germany, the Philippines and Switzerland, will organize a seminar on "Resource Efficiency in the Context of Sustainable Development and Rio+20" in New York on 20 April.

At the event a panel of distinguished speakers will address three interlinked themes: the importance of resource efficiency for sustainable development; financing resource efficiency in industry; and the contribution of energy efficiency to resource efficiency and sustainable development.

There will also be a presentation of the findings of UNIDO’s Industrial Development Report 2011 on “Industrial energy efficiency for sustainable wealth creation: capturing environmental, economic and social dividends”.

Participants at the event will include high-level representatives of Permanent Missions, United Nations agencies, academia, the private sector and civil society.

Please find attached the programme for the seminar.

Journalists are invited to attend the event from 12:30 to 15:00, on Friday, 20 April, in the Delegates Dining Room at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Lunch will be served.

Please confirm your participation by 13 April 2012.

For more information and for accreditation, please contact:

Ms. Miya Lee at lee66@un.org or 212-963-6885