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Wednesdays for the Planet

Mise à jour: 28 Feb 2022
Join us on Wednesday afternoons for virtual expert presentations and online screenings highlighting the natural world and other environmental challenges our planet faces. The virtual screenings are for educational purposes, non-profit and non-commercial.
About
Wednesdays for the Planet is a series of online screenings and virtual expert presentations highlighting not only the importance of nature and biodiversity, but also other environmental challenges ― such as plastic pollution and climate change ― that our planet faces.
Held on Wednesday afternoons, the screenings are for educational purposes, non-profit and non-commercial.
Documentaries and Experts
World Wildlife Day Film Showcase: Nature’s Fear Factor | 2 March 2022
- Karen GAYNOR, Scientific Support Officer
CITES - Jared LIPWORTH, Executive Producer and Head of Outreach and Impact
HHMI Tangled Bank studios - Cole DU PLESSIS, Lead of the Wild Dog Expansion Project
Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT)
Killing the Shepherd | 23 February 2022
- Ivonne Higuero, Secretary General
CITES - TA “Tom” Opre, Founder
Shepherds of Wildlife Society - Adam Hart, Scientist, author and broadcaster
University of Gloucestershire - Maxi Louis, Director
Namibian Association of CBNRM Support Organisations (NACSO)
Alpaqueros | 20 October 2021
- Mercedes Lamborelle, Film Director
Alpaqueros - Lorena Jaramillo, Economic Affairs Officer
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) - Ana Batalhone, Associate Programme Officer, Sustainable and Inclusive Value Chains Section
International Trade Centre (ITC)
The Song of the Sperm Whale | 6 October 2021
- Chris Johnson, Global Lead WWF Protecting Whales and Dolphins Initiative
WWF
Europe’s Melting Glaciers | 8 September 2021
- Matthias Huss, Head, Scientific Member and Senior Lecturer
Glacier Monitoring Switzerland | Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Organic Food – Hype or Hope? | 9 June 2021
- Gamini Manuweera, Programme Management Officer
United Nations Environment Programme | Knowledge and Risk Unit | Chemicals and Health Branch | Economy Division - Alexander Kasterine, Senior Advisor
International Trade Centre (UNCTAD/WTO)
Europe Reclaims Biodiversity (L’Europe à la reconquête de la biodiversité) | 2 June 2021
- Ersin Esen, Programme Management Officer
United Nations Environment Programme - Molly Grace, Working Group Co-Chair
International Union for Conservation of Nature | Green Status of Species - Tobias Blaha, Director and Veterinarian
Bioparc Genève - Anne-Sophie Deville, Scientific Collaborator
Bioparc Genève
The Digital Globe – How Earth Observation Changed Our World | 26 May 2021
- Steven Ramage, Head of External Relations
Group on Earth Observations - Albert Martinez, Climate Security Analyst
United Nations Environment Programme | Crisis Management Branch - Marie Schellens, Environmental Security Analyst
United Nations Environment Programme | Crisis Management Branch
The Fish on My Plate | 19 May 2021
- David Vivas Eugui, Legal Officer
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development | Trade, Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Branch - Monika Stankiewicz, Executive Secretary
Minamata Convention on Mercury - Manoela Pessoa De Miranda, Programme Management Officer
Minamata Convention on Mercury - Richard Gutierrez, Programme Management Officer
Minamata Convention on Mercury
Sustainable Food for a Sustainable Future | 5 May 2021
- Frank Eyhorn, CEO
Biovision Foundation - Carin Smaller, Director of Agriculture, Trade and Investment
International Institute for Sustainable Development
Cosmetics Coming Clean | 21 April 2021
- Stéphanie Laruelle, Programme Management Officer
United Nations Environment Programme | Chemicals and Health Branch | Knowledge and Risk Unit - Nicoline Lavanchy, Project Development Specialist
United Nations Environment Programme | Chemicals and Health Branch | Knowledge and Risk Unit - Victor H. Estellano, Mercury and POPs Monitoring Analyst
United Nations Environment Programme | Chemicals and Health Branch | Knowledge and Risk Unit - Wenjia Fan, Junior Professional Officer
United Nations Environment Programme | Chemicals and Health Branch | Knowledge and Risk Unit - Chantal Van Den Bossche, Communications Coordinator
Women Engage for a Common Future
The Clothes We Wear | 17 March 2021
- Maria Teresa Pisani, Economic Policy Officer
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe | Economic Cooperation and Trade Division - Ana Cândida Cipriano, Legal Expert
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development | Competition and Law Policy and Consumer Protection Branch - Ann-Kathrin Zotz, Global Manager
International Trade Centre | Trade for Sustainable Development Hubs - Ana Batalhone, Associate Programme Officer
International Trade Centre | Sustainable and Inclusive Value Chains Section
Our Planet: One Planet and Sanctuary Forest | 3 March 2021
- Colman O’Criodain, Policy Manager
WWF International | Wildlife Practice - Bertrand von Arx, Director, Biodiversity Section
Canton of Geneva | Department of Territory | Cantonal Office of Agriculture and Nature
A Plastic Ocean | 24 February 2021
- Jo Ruxton, Film Producer and Co-Founder
Ocean Generation (previously Plastic Oceans Foundation) - Paul Rose, Explorer and Expedition Leader
National Geographic Pristine Seas
The Sanctuary: Survival Stories of the Alps | 17 February 2021
- Frédéric Fougea, Director
The Sanctuary: Survival Stories of the Alps - Filippo Favilli, Research Group Leader
Eurac Research | Institute for Regional Development - Isidoro De Bortoli, Researcher and Project Manager
Eurac Research - Bernd Schildger, Director
Tierpark Bern
Corona: The Pandemic and the Pangolin | 10 February 2021
- Tracey McNamara, Professor of Pathology
Western University of Health Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine - David Quamenn, Writer and Author
- Susanne Lummer, Film Producer
Corona: The Pandemic and the Pangolin - Ruth Berry, Writer
Corona: The Pandemic and the Pangolin - Walter Köhler, Founder and CEO
Terra Mater Factual Studios - Jeff Flocken, President
Humane Society International
Chasing Coral | 3 February 2021
- Joao Sousa, Marine Project Officer
International Union for Conservation of Nature - Daniel Kachelriess, Senior Policy Specialist
Sea Shepherd Legal
The Plastic Problem | 27 January 2021
- Susan Wingfield, Programme Officer
Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions - Andrés del Castillo, Senior Attorney
Center for International Environmental Law
Our Planet: Too Big to Fail | 6 January 2021
- Marco Tormen, Senior Advisor Sustainable Finance
WWF Switzerland
Our Planet: Our Business | 30 December 2020
- Tanja Mächler-Diethelm, Co-Head of Corporate Relations
WWF Switzerland
Thus Spoke the Sea | 18 November 2020
- Arnold Antonin, Film Director
Thus Spoke the Sea - Fabien Monteils, Country Representative and Head of Programme
United Nations Environment Programme | Haiti
Our Planet: Fresh Water | 11 November 2020
- David Tickner, Chief Freshwater Advisor
WWF-UK - Natasha Carmi, Lead Water Specialist
Geneva Water Hub
Our Planet: Forests | 4 November 2020
- Fran Price, Global Forest Practice Leader
WWF International - Alicja Kacprzak, Forestry Officer
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
Links
- Arnold Antonin | Director, Thus Spoke the Sea
- Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS)
- Geneva Beat Plastic Pollution Dialogues | Geneva Environment Network
- Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
- Chasing Coral | Official Website
- Our Planet | Official Website
- Our Planet | WWF
- Our Planet | Netflix
- Our Planet | IMDB
- Our Planet: Our Business | Official Website
- Our Planet: Too Big to Fail | Official Website
- Plastic Waste Amendments | Basel Convention
- Plastic Waste Partnership | Basel Convention
- Plastics and the Environment | Geneva Environment Network
- Report: Nature is Too Big to Fail – Financial Actors Need to Act Swiftly | PwC Switzerland and WWF Switzerland
- The Plastic Problem | PBS NewsHour
- The Sanctuary: Survival Stories of the Alps | Boréales
- UNEP in Haiti | Thus Spoke the Sea
- WWF: Partners for the Environment | WWF Switzerland
- Wirtschaft und Märkte – Zusammenarbeit für eine nachhaltige Zukunft | WWF Switzerland