Erik Solheim | Green Diplomat | 6th Exec Director | UN Environment | Fmr Min of Environ, Norway |

Erik Solheim | Green Diplomat | 6th Exec Director | UN Environment | Fmr Min of Environ, Norway |

• Erik Solheim is a Norwegian diplomat and former politician.
• He served in the Norwegian government from 2005 to 2012 as Minister of International Development and Minister of the Environment and as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme from 2016 to 2018. 

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Solheim emphasized the role of the private sector and tax in development finance, spearheading the Sustainable Development Investment Partnership and the Addis Tax Initiative. He focused on the need to channel more aid to least-developed countries and bring new members and partners to the Development Assistance Committee

 00:33- About Erik Solheim and his journey.

• Erik Solheim is a Norwegian diplomat and former politician.
• He served in the Norwegian government from 2005 to 2012 as Minister of International Development and Minister of the Environment, and as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme from 2016 to 2018. 
• Mr Solheim is a member of the Green Party. 
• Solheim was formerly a politician for the Socialist Left Party (SV); he led its youth branch, the Socialist Youth, from 1977 to 1981, was party secretary from 1981 to 1985, and served as a member of the Parliament of Norway from 1989 to 2001.
• Born in Oslo, Solheim attended high school at Oslo Cathedral School, after serving conscription for the Norwegian Air Force in Bodø (1974–75), and graduated from the University of Oslo in 1980 after studying history, sociology & political science. 

13:50- How to make ourselves more aware & accountable?

• Main responsibility lies with top political and business leaders. Individuals can help them to drive. 

• We can vote for green political parties and personalities. 

• We can buy products which are green and avoid those that don’t. 

• We can do tree planting. 

• We can demand changes in our neighbourhood. 

• Universities and schools can put solar panels on their roofs. 

09:33- About the Belt and Road Initiative Green Development Institute.

• The Belt and Road Initiative is a China-led effort to promote economic development and inter-regional connectivity in over 115 countries and is arguably the largest single investment in infrastructure in generations. 
• This undertaking will involve trillions of dollars of investments, largely in transportation, energy, and telecommunications infrastructure, industrial capacity, and technical capacity building.
• With any such large-scale development comes significant environmental challenges. In addition to the immediate biophysical impacts, if Belt and Road investments lock countries into unsustainable infrastructure, technology, and resource extraction, this will create long-lasting negative environmental consequences.
• Care must be taken to ensure that decisions are based on sound knowledge and solid science.

21:50- Lessons from the conversation.

• Make greening people’s movement. 
• Business is core, we tend to focus on diplomacy. Political and business leaders should work together on this. 
• It is critical to mobilise every citizen. People need to make a demand for business and politics.

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• Erik Solheim is a Norwegian diplomat and former politician.
• He served in the Norwegian government from 2005 to 2012 as Minister of International Development and Minister of the Environment, and as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme from 2016 to 2018. 
• Mr Solheim is a member of the Green Party. 
• Solheim was formerly a politician for the Socialist Left Party (SV); he led its youth branch, the Socialist Youth, from 1977 to 1981, was party secretary from 1981 to 1985, and served as a member of the Parliament of Norway from 1989 to 2001.
• Born in Oslo, Solheim attended high school at Oslo Cathedral School, after serving conscription for the Norwegian Air Force in Bodø (1974–75), and graduated from the University of Oslo in 1980 after studying history, sociology & political science.