September 24, 2009: At the launch of the Asian Institute of Technologys (AIT) new Center of Excellence on Sustainable Development in the Context of Climate Change (SDCC), Dr. Noeleen Heyzer, UN/ESCAP Executive Secretary, said the UN body looked forward to working in partnership with AIT to tackle poverty and climate change in Asia.
Video courtesy of Thai ASEAN Network (TAN)
Link: http://www.ait.asia/news-and-events/2009/news/ait-launches-center-of-excellen...
AIT behind time in setting up in sustainable development centre compared to Cambridge University. My own pioneering contributions to sustainable development go back to 1986 before the concept of sustainable development was defined following the report on survival of our planet in 1987.
vjpillay 2 months ago