Environment Directorate

Agenda - Meeting of OECD Environment Ministers, 16 May 2001

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The meeting was held at the Headquarters of the Organisation in Paris on Wednesday 16 May 2001.

Ministerial Conference with Stakeholders	9.00 - 10.00
Ministerial Conference with Stakeholders (BIAC, TUAC, Environmental NGOs)
Statements	10.00 - 10.10
Statements by the Chair (Mme Dominique VOYNET, Minister of Spatial Planning and Environment, France) and the OECD Secretary-General (Mr Donald Johnston)
Session I	10.10 - 11.30
Maintain ecosystem integrity: Stopping renewable natural resources from becoming "non-renewable" Lead speakers: Mrs Siri BJERKE (Norway), Mr José SÓCRATES (Portugal)
Session II	11.30 - 13.00
De-coupling environmental degradation from economic growth: How do we achieve it? Lead speakers: Mr Robert HILL (Australia), Ms Christine WHITMAN (United States), Mrs Margot WALLSTRÖM (European Commission)
Working Lunch	13.00 - 15.00
On the road to the World Summit on Sustainable Development: International environmental interdependence Key-note speaker: Mr Ian JOHNSON (World Bank)
Session III	15.00 - 16.30
De-coupling in specific sectors: Putting the brakes on environmental pressures from increased energy and transport use Lead speakers: Mr Milos KUZVART (Czech Republic), Mr Svend AUKEN (Denmark)
Adoption and Endorsements	16.30 - 17.00
Adoption of the OECD Environmental Strategy Endorsement of the use of the OECD Environmental Key Indicators as a tool for use in OECD work Endorsement of the Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Guidelines
Session IV	17.00 - 18.00
Closing the "implementation gap": The OECD Environmental Strategy in action Lead speakers: Ms Yoriko KAWAGUCHI (Japan) (tbc), Mr Jürgen TRITTIN (Germany)
Press Conference	18.00