Now is the time to accelerate the transition to the world we want and achieve our collective sustainable development goals. It takes every single one of us.Â
2006
Chantal-Line Carpentier
Chief
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Dr. Chantal-Line Carpentier is Chief of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Prior to that, she was actively involved in the successful negotiations of the Sustainable Development Goals for the Division for Sustainable Development of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA). During her time with DESA, she acted as Major Groups Coordinator to enhance non-state actors engagement with the UN system on sustainable development. She facilitated the participation of more than 10,000 non-state actor participation in the UN Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development. She was also focal point for sustainable consumption and production, food security and sustainable agriculture.
Prior to her UN career, Chantal-Line served as Head of the Trade and Environment Program of the NAFTA Commission for Environmental Cooperation from 2000 to 2007 and as policy analyst for the Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture from 1998-2000. She was a postdoctoral fellow for IFPRI in the Brazilian Amazon from 1996-98.
The 2006 World Fellows
The 2006 Yale World Fellows include the deputy CEO of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the minister of finance of Costa Rica, the director general of the Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office, the managing partner of Vietnam’s leading law firm and a top correspondent at Egypt’s most widely read newspaper. “The World Fellows Program is a crucial component of Yale’s continuing globalization efforts,” said Yale President Richard C. Levin. “I welcome this extraordinary new class of World Fellows to Yale.” “The 2006 Yale World Fellows have a remarkable record of leadership and achievement,” said Yale World Fellows Program Director Daniel C. Etsy, the Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy at Yale....Read More
