Stockholm 1972 and the Rise of Global Environmental Governance | June 6

Stockholm 1972

 and the Rise of Global Environmental Governance

Stockholm 1972 

et la mise à l'agenda de l'environnement planétaire

Webinar convened by the RUCHE (Réseau Universitaire de Chercheurs en
Histoire Environnementale, France), the Environmental humanities lab at KTH
(SPHERE project, Stockholm) and the Luigi Einaudi Foundation (Torino)

Monday June 6, 2.30 pm -6 pm

2.30 pm
Welcome, Christophe Bonneuil (CRH, EHESS & RUCHE)
Opening talk, Sverker Sörlin - Empowering the Human Environment: Stockholm and the Rise of Global Environmental Governance

Chair: Francesco Cassata (University of Genoa)

3.15h – 6 pm Paper session

Chair: Sabine Höhler (KTH Environmental humanities lab)

Eric Paglia (KTH Environmental humanities lab) - Sparking the Stockholm Conference: Science diplomacy and the Swedish Initiative, 1967-1970

Gianluca Borzoni (University of Cagliari) - Towards Stockholm 1972. The Nixon Administration and the beginnings of US environmental diplomacy

Christophe Bonneuil (RUCHE, Paris) – "Show strong reservations ... [to proposals to control] activities that may have a role on climate": climate change as an emerging global environmental issue at Stockholm 72, and how the French viewed it

Sara Lorenzini (University of Trento) - The environment-development nexus at Stockholm and the role of Barbara Ward

Gloria Samosir (KTH, Stockholm) - Development and Environment: The World Bank at the 1972 Stockholm Conference

Federico Paolini (University of Campania 'L. Vanvitelli') - ILO reaction to Stockholm 72

Click here for the streaming of the webinar