Think & Drink – your monthly meet-up with International Geneva!
Your expert will give a 15 min talk and answer moderated questions for another 15 min. Then, you get to ask them your questions. Enjoy a free drink with other young people from International Geneva!
✨ In April, the ECOSOC Youth Forum takes place, providing an excellent opportunity to discuss the outcomes of our previous Global labs project on international trade and the circular economy.
Circular economy is gaining momentum as a solution to resource scarcity, climate change, and waste management challenges. Join us as we wrap up foraus’ third Global Lab, where students and experts collaborate to envision a future where circular principles are mainstream. Together, let's delve into how international trade policies can be strategically crafted to accelerate this transition while ensuring fairness across global supply chains. Curious? Join us for an enriching evening, grab a complimentary drink, and delve into a nuanced discussion with our guests María Olivia Cook Rojas and Karsten Steinfatt.
María Olivia Cook Rojas is a Chilean diplomat, posted since November 2021 at the Mission of Chile to the WTO, where she is the Deputy Permanent Representative and follows issues relating to environment, development, and gender. She has been a co-facilitator, along with Kaz Mori from Japan, of the Informal Working Group on Circular Economy of TESSD since 2022. Her previous postings include the Embassy of Chile in the Netherlands and the Permanent Mission of Chile to the United Nations in New York, as well as positions in the Multilateral Affairs Division and the Strategic Planning Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile. She has a degree in Political Science and a Masters in Chilean Foreign Policy
Karsten Steinfatt has been with the World Trade Organization for the past two decades. His latest assignment is to lead the Europe and Middle East section of the WTO's Trade Policies Review Group. Prior to that, he served as Senior Advisor to Deputy Director-General Anabel González for two years. Between 2011 and 2020, Karsten was with the WTO's Trade and Environment Division, where he supported the WTO's work on green technologies, climate change, and circular economy. Before joining the WTO, he worked on trade policy and negotiations at the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, DC, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, France. He co-taught a master's level course on trade and climate change at the World Trade Institute in Bern. Karsten holds degrees from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and the American University of Paris in France.