02 Dealing with the Complexities of Development: Why are Integrated Approaches Essential?
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Hauptschule
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in englischer SpracheEuropean Forum Alpbach in cooperation with IIASA – International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
The magnitude and complexities of today s development challenges demand integrated approaches that allow leveraging on synergies to obtain multiple benefits concurrently. The breakout session will discuss specific examples of successes and failures in order to derive common lessons that can be applied widely in specific settings. Are our current institutions and business models really adequate to cope with the complexities and magnitude of these challenges? What changes are needed to make them more suitable for the task?
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Ph.D. David MCCOLLUM
Research Scholar, Energy, IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg
| 2003 | Research Intern, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado |
| 2004-2005 | Assistant Language Teacher, Japan Exchange and Teaching Program, Sendai, Japan |
| 2005-2011 | Graduate Research Assistant, University of California, Davis, Institute of Transportatioin Studies, Davies, CA |
| 2007 | Research Aide, Argonne National Laboratory, Washington, D.C. |
| since 2011 | Research Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg |
Dr. Michael OBERSTEINER
Program Leader, Ecosystems Services and Management Program, IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg
| 1987 | UNFICYP - United Nations Forces in Cyprus, Famagusta |
| 1987-1994 | M.Sc. in Forestry, BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna |
| 1990-1991 | Eco Physiology, Plant Physiology University of Washington, Seattle |
| Fulbright Research Assistant, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle | |
| since 1993 | Research Scholar, Forestry Program, IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg; Visiting Scientist Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk |
| 1994-1997 | Dr. nat. techn., Forestry, BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna |
| 1994-1996 | M. phil. in Economics, Joint Ph.D. Program in Economics, Columbia University, New York and IHS - Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna |
| 1996-2006 | Energy and Natural Resource Economist Department of Economics and Finance, HIS - Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna |
| 2008-2009 | Seconded Staff Expert, GEO - Group on Earth Observations, WMO - World Meteorological Organization, Geneva |
| since 2001 | Group Leader of Global Land-Use Modeling and Environmental Economics, IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg |
| since 2002 | Consulting Expert for Land-use Change Economics, European Commission, UK Government, Japanese National Institute for Environmental Studies, and NGOs |
Dr. Roberto SANCHEZ-RODRIGUEZ
Professor, Department of Urban and Environmental Studies, COLEF - The College of the Northern Border, Tijuana, Baja California; Emeritus Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside
| 1997-2003 | Associated Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz |
| 2003-2008 | Director, UC MEXUS - University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States |
| 2003-2010 | Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California Riverside |
| since 2010 | Professor, Department of Urban and Environmental Studies. El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana |
| Emeritus Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California Riverside |
Changhua WU
Greater China Director, The Climate Group, Beijing
| Changhua Wu is the Greater China Director of The Climate Group. A China specialist for nearly 20 years and an environment and development policy analyst, she leads the organization s strategic development in the region and manages its Greater China operations. Before joining The Climate Group, she was Executive Director of China Operations of ENSR, working closely with multi-national corporations to support their business development in China and also their compliance with Chinese regulations. Before returning to China, she directed the Program for China Studies at the WRI - World Resources Institute in Washington, DC, and consulted for multinational organizations like the World Bank, UNEP, and UNDP. |
Nisha PILLAI
Former News Anchor, BBC, London
| Ms Nisha Pillai is an accomplished former news presenter with BBC World News who now specialises in moderating Panel Discussions and High Level Dialogues. She has worked closely with several UN agencies, and with scientific institutes such as CERN, IIASA and the Planet Under Pressure conference which fed into Rio +20. | |
| Nisha's 25 year career at the BBC culminated as one of the main news anchors at BBC World News, where she reported extensively during the 9/11 attacks and the Iraq war. She was also one of the first regular interviewers on Hard Talk. As an award-winning investigative journalist at 'Panorama', the BBC's flagship current affairs programme, Nisha had notable investigations to her name. She cut her teeth as a financial journalist on the BBC's Money Programme and at the Investors Chronicle. She studied economics at the London School of Economics. |
