Dear friends and colleagues,
The Center for Governance and Sustainability is excited to announce our 3rd conversation for the UNEP at 50 Dialogue Series with the
Vice President & Regional Director for Africa at the World Resources Institute (WRI),
Wanjira Mathai, on
Wednesday, September 29, 2021, at 8:00 EDT.
Anniversaries offer opportunities to reflect on the past and imagine the future. In 2022, the United Nations Environment Programme turns fifty and has a chance
to reimagine itself. Created to catalyze environmental work within the United Nations and beyond, how has UNEP done? What are the new challenges and what should it do differently? Who can cause that change, and how can they do so? To explore the questions
over the year that commemorates UNEP’s 50th anniversary, the Center for Governance and Sustainability at UMass Boston convenes a series of conversations with leaders around the world who have shaped UNEP’s history. Join this dialogue space as we explore untold
stories and reimagine environmental multilateralism.
For our third dialogue, Dr. Maria Ivanova will be joined by Wanjira Mathai to discuss environmental activism and leadership outside of the UN system. In addition
to her work at WRI, Mathai is Chair of the Wangari Maathai Foundation and formerly chaired the Green Belt Movement, a tree-planting initiative founded by her mother Wangari Maathai. With over 20 years of advocacy and activism experience, Mathai has helped
raise the profile of numerous causes and championed environmental action in Kenya and East Africa.
