Resilient Infrastructure for a Sustainable Future
Grete Faremo, Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services
Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme

Making the right decisions about infrastructure is crucial for sustainable development. Infrastructure is essential to meet human
needs for energy, water, mobility and digital connectivity. Yet the wrong infrastructure can have devastating environmental impacts and exacerbate harmful carbon emissions.

The Executive Directors of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will explain how the UN is working to promote and enable sustainable infrastructure. They will address the crucial questions of how infrastructure can be provided that will achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, and how the resilience of infrastructure systems can be enhanced in the face of an uncertain future.

Followed by panel discussion with:

Grete Faremo, Executive Director, United Nations Office for Project Services
Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme
Rachel Turner, Director Economic Development, Department for International Development
Julia Prescot, Meridiam Infrastructure, International Development Infrastructure Commission and UK National Infrastructure Commission
Giulio Boccaletti, Chief Strategy Officer & Global Ambassador of Water, The Nature Conservancy


Chaired by Professor Jim Hall, University

Drinks Reception to follow
Date: 1 April 2020, 16:00 (Wednesday, 11th week, Hilary 2020)
Venue: University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road OX1 3PW
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Speakers: Grete Feremo (Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services), Inger Andersen (Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme)
Organising department: Environmental Change Institute
Organiser contact email address: events@ouce.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://risf.eventbrite.co.uk
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editors: Chris White, Donna Palfreman