United Nations World Environment Day, June 1-5, 2005

The United Nations’ World Environment Day 2005 took place in San Francisco. Actually a set of related events held over five days (June 1 to 5), WED 2005 brought together mayors from all over the world—about 60 in all—in summit meetings to discuss how they could address urban environmental problems.

In addition to these private diplomatic meetings, the City of San Francisco hosted dozens of public events, many of which were organized and sponsored by local government agencies, private companies and non-government environmental  and educational organizations.

On June 1st, California Governor Schwarzenegger held a press conference in San Francisco City Hall where he announced an executive order reducing California’s greenhouse gas emissions. Just prior to his news conference, the Governor viewed displays of energy-efficient and renewable energy technologies in City Hall’s South Light Hall, accompanied, among others, by University of California President Robert Dynes, UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgenau, and Berkeley Lab Director Steven Chu.

In the picture series below, you can see him listening to EETD’s Ronnen Levinson, who is describing the Cool Colors Project, and Francis Rubinstein, showing off a new automated system for controlling lighting in commercial buildings.