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Quoted in Al Jazeera, “Why Biden’s release of US oil reserves won’t end pain at the pump,” April 4, 2022.

 

Quoted in UMass Boston News, “Celebrating UNEP’s 50th Anniversary and UMass Faculty Negotiates Landmark Environmental Agreement on Plastics,” March 29, 2022.

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Interviewed at Living on Earth: Public Radio's Environmental News Magazine, "Nations Vow to Curb Plastic Waste", March 11, 2022.

 

Interviewed at Morning Rush Newsy on the “Importance of COP26”, Oct 29, 2021.

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Interviewed at Voice of America - Russian language service, “Climate Change Conference in Glasgow”,  Oct 27, 2021.

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Quoted in “Guterres leadership at the UN affected by deglobalization – Experts,” Luca, Portugal News Agency article, Oct 4, 2021.

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Interviewed at The Sweaty Penguin: Antarctica’s Hottest Podcast,  "60. Rethinking UNEP Reform", October 1, 2021.

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Interviewed at Arirang TV South Korea, Global Insight, “Building Better: A Conversation with Dr. Ivanova, Director of Center for Governance and Sustainability”, October 1, 2021.

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Quoted in "World Leaders converge on UN headquarters: Five things to watch", Aljazeera, September 20, 2021.

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Quoted in "4 Major Environmental Treaties the U.S. Never Ratified — But Should", The Revelator, August 2, 2021.

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Interviewed at ActonTV "The Earth, Governance and UNEP with Maria Ivanova, PHD", April 22, 2021.

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Interviewed at CGTN “United Nations Environment Programme convenes 5th session of United Nations Environment Assembly,” February 24, 2021. 

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Quoted in “Science and Policy Impact: Maria Ivanova Appointed to the World Climate Research Programme Joint Scientific Committee,” UMass Boston News, February 1, 2021

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Quoted in “The US Is Back in the Paris Agreement, But More Is Needed to Stave Off Disaster,” Truthout, January 21, 2021.

 

Interviewed at ABC “High Fashion, High Risk,” (with Candace Famiglietti). ABC, November 22, 2020. 

 

Interviewed at Yale Sustainability “Yale Experts Explain the Paris Climate Agreement,” Yale Sustainability, September 21, 2020.

 

Interviewed at WGBH “A Spotlight on The Impact Of The Wildlife Trade,” (with Candace Famiglietti) WGBH, July 14, 2020.

 

“Interconnected world needs ways to turn alarm bells into action,” (with Amy Luers) Research Professional News, May 21, 2020.

 

Interviewed at The Watchdog “On Earth Day at 50,” The Watchdog, FM 98.1 97.7, April 22, 2020.

 

Interviewed at WNHN “Earth Day at 50 Special,” The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, WNHN, April 22, 2020.

 

“The first Earth Day was a shot heard around the world,” The Conversation, April 16, 2020.

Reprinted in:

-----. Boston Globe 

-----. The Telegraph 

-----. SFGate 

-----. New Haven Register 

-----. Market Watch 

-----. Earth Sky

-----. Wausau Pilot & Review

-----. Herald Net

-----. Yes Magazine​

-----. Houston Chronicle 

 

Quoted in “Humanity's greatest risk: Cascading impacts of climate, biodiversity, food, water crises: scientists,” EurekAlert, February 6, 2020. 

 

Quoted in “Fridays For Future Says “No Thanks” to Prestigious UN Award,” Sierra Club, October 9, 2019. 

 

Quoted in “The battle for the soul of biodiversity,” Nature, August 22, 2018. 

 

Quoted in “The Inside Story of How the World Closed the Hole in the Ozone Layer,” UN Dispatch, July 23, 2018. 

“Moving the Paris Climate Deal Forward,” Living on Earth, November 3, 2017.

 

Quoted in “Win $1 Million For Your Bright Idea To Fix The World,” NPR News, March 18, 2017. 

 

​Quoted in “Ignoring International Environmental Treaties,” Paste Magazine, February 24, 2017. 

 

​Quoted in “UMass Boston’s McCormack Graduate School Experts Contribute to Path-Breaking United Nations Report,” University of Massachusetts Boston. September 19, 2016.

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​Quoted in “Beyond Paris: what was really achieved at the COP21 climate summit, and what next?,” The Conversation, December 16, 2015. 

 

​“Paris Climate Summit: Why More Women Need Seats at the Table,” The Conversation, November 20, 2015. Translated into French, “Pourquoi les femmes doivent jouer un plus grand rôle dans les négociations,” November 27, 2015. 

-----. CNN Opinion 

-----. Earth Sky   

-----. Truthout 

-----. Business Daily    

 

​“COP21 proved the power of peer pressure,” Boston Globe, December 15, 2015. 

 

“This Huge Demographic is Being Left Out of Climate Negotiations,” Fortune, November 20, 2015 

 

“Bringing science to policy: New paths to support sustainable development,” University of Massachusetts Boston Green Chemistry Newsletter. June 2015.

 

“Global Governance Expert: Maria Ivanova” University of Massachusetts Boston. Spring 2015 

 

​“New Global Architecture for Sustainability Governance: The Ultimate Makeover,” CSR wire, August 29, 2012 

 

​Darik News, June 5, 2012.

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Videos
Videos
UNEP at 50 Dialogue Series - Environment as Foundation for Development: Achim Steiner
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UNEP at 50 Dialogue Series - Environment as Foundation for Development: Achim Steiner

UNEP at 50 Dialogue Series: Environment as Foundation for Development - A Conversation with Achim Steiner 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. Guests will engage with the new book by Center Director Prof. Maria Ivanova, The Untold Story of the World’s Leading Environmental Institution: UNEP at Fifty. Join this dialogue space as we explore untold stories and reimagine environmental multilateralism. For our second dialogue, Dr. Maria Ivanova will be joined by the Administrator of UNDP and former Executive Director of UNEP, Achim Steiner, to discuss the interconnectedness of environment and development and the future of the two organizations. Prior to joining UNDP, Steiner was Director of the Oxford Martin School and Professorial Fellow of Balliol College, University of Oxford. He led the United Nations Environment Programme from 2006 to 2016 including during the Rio+20 Conference in 2012, which finalized several reform initiatives in international environmental governance.
GEG Forum Wrap Up
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GEG Forum Wrap Up

Global Environmental Governance: Quest for Symphony
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Global Environmental Governance: Quest for Symphony

The Quest for Symphony outlines the past, present, and future of global environmental governance in an engaging fifteen minute documentary centered on interviews with key participants at the 25th United Nations Environment Programme’s Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum in Nairobi, Kenya in February 2009. Produced by Maria Ivanova and Joe Ageyo, The Quest for Symphony has been called “the white paper on global environmental governance in images,” and is unique as a documentary focused solely on the challenges and successes of the GEG system and the options for reform.
Towards UNEP at 50: A Conversation with Inger Andersen hosted by Maria Ivanova, PhD
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Towards UNEP at 50: A Conversation with Inger Andersen hosted by Maria Ivanova, PhD

Towards UNEP at 50: A Conversation with Inger Andersen, Executive Director, UNEP hosted by Maria Ivanova, PhD Associate Professor of Global Governance and Graduate Program Director, Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance, McCormack Graduate School Director of Center for Governance and Sustainability Anniversaries offer opportunities to reflect on the past and imagine the future. In 2022, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 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?
The Earth, Governance and UNEP with Maria Ivanova, PHD
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The Earth, Governance and UNEP with Maria Ivanova, PHD

Maria Ivanova, PHD is an Associate Professor and Director of Center for Governance and Sustainability, UMass Boston. In this Earth Day- themed interview, she talks about the earth, governance, the United States Leadership role in Environmental governance and United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) over the past 50 years.

Climate Action Pathways-5: Climate, People And Planet

Climate Action Pathways -5 Repeat Climate Action Pathways-5: Climate, People And Planet Quamrul Chowdhury Moderator, Climate Actions Pathways & A...
Book Celebration: “The Untold Story of the World’s Leading Environmental Institution UNEP at Fifty”
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Book Celebration: “The Untold Story of the World’s Leading Environmental Institution UNEP at Fifty”

Book Celebration: Professor Maria Ivanova, “The Untold Story of the World’s Leading Environmental Institution UNEP at Fifty” Professor Ivanova brings together two of her mentors in conversation about environmental governance scholarship and action: Gus Speth, UNDP Administrator (1993-1999) and Dean, Yale School of the Environment (1999-2009), and Daniel Esty, Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, Yale School of the Environment and Director, Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy.
The Untold Story of the World's Leading Environmental Institution: UNEP at Fifty by Maria Ivanova
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The Untold Story of the World's Leading Environmental Institution: UNEP at Fifty by Maria Ivanova

The first academic book about UNEP published by MIT Press is a lifetime work of Maria Ivanova, who is currently an associate professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston and is a graduate program director of the PhD program on Global Governance and Human Security. See the story behind the book and precious footage of key personalities that shaped UNEP and the global environmental governance system as we know it today. To see more details about the book and see purchase options, please visit MIT Press website: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/untold-story-worlds-leading-environmental-institution To see interactive graphs and maps, please visit the dedicated book website: https://www.environmentalgovernance.org/untold-story
Closing Session: Making Peace with Nature - FULL RECORDING
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Closing Session: Making Peace with Nature - FULL RECORDING

Session held on Saturday 20 February 2021 at the UNEP-SPBF Third Global Session.
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