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URL:http://www.russianmix.com/events/viewevent/4959-professor-rachmat-witoelar-indonesia-s-strategy-to-combat-climate-change/ 
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SUMMARY:Professor Rachmat Witoelar: Indonesia's Strategy to Combat Climate Change
DESCRIPTION:– 2014). His work in the area of environment and climate change issues has led him to head the Indonesian delegation to the Conference of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change since COP11 in Montreal in 2005, until COP22 in Marrakech in 2015.
Mr. Witoelar has held the Presidency position in several multilateral events, such as:
The President of the United Nations Environment Programme Governing Council (2005 – 2007).
The President of COP 13 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (2007 – 2008).
The President of COP 9 Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and their Disposal (2008-2009).
Indonesia’s Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (1993–1997) and had a long tenure as a member of the Indonesian Parliament (1971–1993).
He graduated as an architect from Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) in 1971. He is currently an Adjunct Professor in Environmental Management from Griffith University, Australia. Through Mr. Witoelar’s dedication to teaching and public outreach on climate change and sustainable development issues, he was awarded honorary professorships from Udayana University and Hasanuddin University in Indonesia.
LOCATION:ROME 812, 1619 Massachusetts Ave, washington, DC, 2002
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