See the presentation and signing ceremony live

The results will be presented in the document titled “Stockholm Memorandum: Planetary Opportunities — Transforming the World in an Era of Global Change" which will be signed by Nobel Laureates and handed over to the High-level Panel´s co-chair President Tarja Halonen.

Confirmed participants from the UN High-level Panel
Among the members of the UN High-level Panel participating in Stockholm are James Laurence Balsillie, Co-CEO, Research in Motion, and Chair of the Board, Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Canada, Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway and former Chair of the World Commission on Environment and Development, Julia Carabias, Environmentalist and former Secretary of the Environment of Mexico, Gunilla Carlsson, Minister for International Development Cooperation of Sweden, Luisa Dias Diogo, Member of Parliament and former Prime Minister of Mozambique, Peter Maurer, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, Kevin Rudd, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia, Han Seung-soo, Chairman of the Governing Board, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea and Freundel Stuart, Prime Minister of Barbados.

Feeds into 2012 RIO +20 UN Conference
The Stockholm Memorandum will synthesise the discussions by Symposium delegates on how economic, political and social systems can be governed within the boundaries of the planet.

The Stockholm Memorandum and the conclusions of the High-level Panel will feed into the preparations for the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro (Rio +20) and into the ongoing climate negotiations.

Press conference immediately afterwards

The presentation will be followed by a press conference.
Venue: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Lilla Frescativägen 4A, Stockholm. MAP

See the presentation and signing ceremony live

Accreditation
Interview requests with respect to delegates and members of the UN High-level Panel will be accommodated to the extent possible. Sessions on 17 and 18 May are closed. Sessions on 19 May are open.

For accreditation and interview requests please contact: Stellan Forsberg, tel. +46 70 763 97 66, stellan.forsberg@mondayrelations.se.

For further information please contact:
Robert Watt, tel. +46 73 707 8589, robert.watt@sei-international.org or Ellika Hermansson Török, tel. +46 73 707 85 47, ellika@stockholmresilience.su.se

About the Memorandum
The Stockholm Memorandum will consist of a synthesis of the discussions by Symposium delegates on how economic, political and social systems can be governed within the boundaries of the planet using a transdisciplinary approach and adopting a systems perspective on climate change and deteriorating ecosystems.

“The human pressure on the Earth system has reached a scale which challenges the resilience and the biophysical boundaries of the Earth. By deepening the dialogue around climate and environmental issues from an ecological, economic, social and political perspective among Nobel Laureates and high-level decision makers from business and political life, we seek planetary opportunities and stewardship for global sustainable development", says centre director Johan Rockström. He is also  Symposium Chair.

About the Symposium
The 3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium on Global Sustainability will bring together more than twenty Nobel Laureates, a number of leading policy makers and some of the world's most renowned thinkers and experts on global sustainability.

The Symposium is organised by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University, the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.

See video introduction to the Symposium here: