Lectures given March 28-29, 2006 at the fourth biennial State of the Planet Conference to discuss the feasibility of sustainable development for billions worldwide. This conference is convened by The Earth Institute at Columbia University. http://www.earth.columbia.edu/sop2006/ Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:45:00 EST rrajakumar@ei.columbia.edu http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/mutter_welcome_d1.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/mutter_welcome_d1.mp3 John C. Mutter, Deputy Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University; Chair, State of the Planet Conference Steering Committee Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:25:00 EST http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/bollinger.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/bollinger.mp3 Lee C. Bollinger, President, Columbia University Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:32:00 EST Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Columbia University; Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/sachs_keynote.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/sachs_keynote.mp3 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:08:00 EST Research and Ingenuity - Moderator: Darcy B. Kelley - Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor of Biological Sciences, Columbia University; Chair, Frontiers of Science, Columbia College http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/panel_one_intro.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/panel_one_intro.mp3 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:12:00 EST Mobilizing Research and Ingenuity for Sustainable Options - Ismail Serageldin, Director, Library of Alexandria in Egypt http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/serageldin.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/serageldin.mp3 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:45:00 EST Science, Technology and Innovation for Global Sustainability through the Millennium Development Goals - Dato Lee Yee-Cheong, President, World Federation of Engineering Organisations 2003-05; Co-Coordinator, UN Millennium Project "Science, Technology and Innovation" Task Force; Senior Fellow, Academy of Sciences Malaysia http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/yee-cheong.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/yee-cheong.mp3 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 11:18:00 EST Climate Prediction on Timescales of Seasons to Decades: A Requirement for Sustainable Development in the 21st Century - Tim Palmer, Head of Probability Forecast Division, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/palmer.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/palmer.mp3 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 11:48:00 EST Mobilizing Research and Ingenuity for the World's Needs - Steven E. Koonin, Chief Scientist, BP p.l.c. http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/koonin.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/koonin.mp3 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 12:09:00 EST Mobilizing Science and Technology for Sustainable Development of Water and Land Resources - Frank Rijsberman, Director General, International Water Management Institute http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/rijsberman.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/rijsberman.mp3 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 12:33:00 EST Research and Ingenuity - Moderator: Darcy B. Kelley - Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor of Biological Sciences, Columbia University; Chair, Frontiers of Science, Columbia College http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/panel_one_discussion.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/panel_one_discussion.mp3 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 12:55:00 EST Reforming the UN System to Help Meet the MDGs - Mark Malloch Brown, Chef de Cabinet to the Secretary-General, United Nations http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/brown.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/brown.mp3 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:42:00 EST Developing Effective Institutional Structures - Moderator: Albert Fishlow - Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Director, Institute for Latin American Studies, Columbia University http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/panel_two_intro.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/panel_two_intro.mp3 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:48:00 EST The Serious Business of Children - Carol Bellamy, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Learning; Former Executive Director, UNICEF http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/bellamy.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/bellamy.mp3 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:00:00 EST Needed Reforms to International Economic Governance for Development - Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/sundaram.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/sundaram.mp3 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:20:00 EST Evolving Institutional Structures for Sustainable Development: Connecting Macro Policy with Grassroots Action - Rajendra K. Pachauri, Director-General, The Energy and Resources Institute; Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/pachauri.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/pachauri.mp3 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:44:00 EST Environmental Enforcement in Market-based Economies - Eric V. Schaeffer, Director, Environmental Integrity Project http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/schaeffer.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/schaeffer.mp3 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:07:00 EST The UN Global Compact: A Voluntary Approach to Connecting Global Policy with Local Business Action - Georg Kell, Executive Head, United Nations Global Compact http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/kell.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/kell.mp3 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:28:00 EST Developing Effective Institutional Structures - Moderator: Albert Fishlow - Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Director, Institute for Latin American Studies, Columbia University http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/panel_two_discussion.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/panel_two_discussion.mp3 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:15:00 EST Changing Values for a Sustainable World - Peter Singer, Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/singer.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/singer.mp3 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:53:00 EST Closing Remarks Day One - Jeffrey D. Sachs http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/sachs_closing_d1.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/sachs_closing_d1.mp3 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:16:00 EST http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/mutter_welcome_d2.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/mutter_welcome_d2.mp3 John C. Mutter, Deputy Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University; Chair, State of the Planet Conference Steering Committee Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:13:00 EST Opening Remarks Day Two - Jeffrey D. Sachs http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/sachs_opening_d2.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/sachs_opening_d2.mp3 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:21:00 EST Managing Risk in an Uncertain Climate: A Reinsurer's Perspective - John Coomber, Retired Chief Executive Officer, Swiss Re Group http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/coomber.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/coomber.mp3 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:51:00 EST Tapping Into Market Forces And The Economy - Moderator: David Nissen - Director, Program in International Energy Management and Policy at the Center for Energy, Marine Transportation and Public Policy, Professor in Practice, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/panel_three_intro.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/panel_three_intro.mp3 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:00:00 EST Financial Markets at the Crossroads - Abby Joseph Cohen, Partner and Chief U.S. Investment Strategist, Goldman, Sachs and Co. http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/aj_cohen.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/aj_cohen.mp3 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:20:00 EST Climate, Coal and the Car of the Future - Joseph Romm, Executive Director, Center for Energy and Climate Solutions http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/romm.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/romm.mp3 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:45:00 EST Enterprise as a Driver of Sustainable Development - Stuart L. Hart, Samuel C. Johnson Chair in Sustainable Global Enterprise, Professor of Management, Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/hart.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/hart.mp3 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:07:00 EST Sustainable Development: A Business Opportunity - One Publisher's Perspective - David J. Refkin, Director of Sustainable Development, Time Inc. http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/refkin.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/refkin.mp3 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:53:00 EST Financial Institutions: Challenges and Opportunities - Amy Davidsen, Director of Environmental Affairs, JPMorgan Chase http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/davidsen.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/davidsen.mp3 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:08:00 EST Tapping Into Market Forces And The Economy - Moderator: David Nissen - Director, Program in International Energy Management and Policy at the Center for Energy, Marine Transportation and Public Policy, Professor in Practice, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/panel_three_discussion.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/panel_three_discussion.mp3 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:00:00 EST Challenging Behavioral Patterns And Perspectives - Moderator: Roberta G. Balstad - Director, Center for International Earth Science Information Network, The Earth Institute at Columbia University http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/panel_four_intro.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/panel_four_intro.mp3 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:40:00 EST Education in Developing Countries - Joel E. Cohen, Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of Populations, Rockefeller University; Professor of Populations, Columbia University; Head of the Laboratory of Populations, The Earth Institute at Columbia University and Rockefeller University http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/je_cohen.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/je_cohen.mp3 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:23:00 EST Discounting Global Warming - Sir Partha Dasgupta, Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics, University of Cambridge; Fellow of St. John's College http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/dasgupta.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/dasgupta.mp3 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:46:00 EST A New Perspective on Water Poverty and Sustainability: Green and Blue Water Options to Attain the MDGs - Johan Rockström, Executive Director, Stockholm Environment Institute http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/rockstrom.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/rockstrom.mp3 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:04:00 EST Exploring the Practical Challenges of Creating Positive Change in Development - Parker Mitchell, Co-CEO and Co-Founder, Engineers Without Borders http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/mitchell.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/mitchell.mp3 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:52:00 EST Ecosystem Collapse and Sustainable Development - Andrew Dobson, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/dobson.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/dobson.mp3 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:12:00 EST Challenging Behavioral Patterns And Perspectives - Moderator: Roberta G. Balstad - Director, Center for International Earth Science Information Network, The Earth Institute at Columbia University http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/panel_four_discussion.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/panel_four_discussion.mp3 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:29:00 EST Is Sustainable Development Feasible? - Moderator: John Rennie, Editor in Chief, Scientific American - Panelists - Joel E. Cohen, Abby Joseph Cohen, Sir Partha Dasgupta, Nicholas D. Kristof, Columnist, The New York Times, Rajendra K. Pachauri, Jeffrey D. Sachs http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/summation.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/summation.mp3 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:06:00 EST Conference Closing Remarks - Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Columbia University; Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/sachs_closing.mp3 http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/sop2006/sachs_closing.mp3 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:40:00 EST