Sustainable development: what, where and by whom?: Kitty van der Heijden at TEDxHaarlem

By Plicatus EN in Environmental Issues 1526 views 14th April 2018 Video Duration: 00:19:14

Sustainable development has been the red line in Kitty van der Heijdens'carreer. After working for the UN, she is now director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ambassador for sustainable development. She will represent the Netherlands in the upcoming Rio plus 20 earth Summit in June 2012. An international conference organised by the UN 20 years after the first UN conference on sustainable development in Rio. At TEDxHaarlem Kitty van der Heijden will take us on a journey through international sustainable development conferences.


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