Honolulu will host
Asia-Pacific environmental
summit in May

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Star-Bulletin staff

Mayor Jeremy Harris will host the "Mayors Asia-Pacific Environmental Summit 2001" May 4-6 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village.

The event is a follow-up to a summit two years ago. More than 400 delegates representing 118 cities from 29 countries attended the first environmental summit Jan. 31-Feb. 3, 1999.

The event is geared toward mayors, other municipal leaders, environmental consultants and engineers and others interested in the environmental future of Asia and the Pacific, said Li Wang, publicist with Becker Communications.

Highlights will include:

>> An opening session with keynote speaker Prof. Klaus Topler, executive director, United Nations Environment Program, Nairobi.

>> Four Strategies and Tools tracks, addressing sustainable tourism; urban and regional planning; energy and air quality management; and water and waste management.

>> Plenary session speaker Amory Lovins, CEO and executive director, the Rocky Mountain Institute, Snowmass, Colo.

>> Closing speaker Maurice Strong, special assistant to the secretary general of the United Nations and president of the United Nations University for Peace, Toronto, Canada.

Registration is $495 per delegate. For more information, visit http://www.environmentalsummit.com on the Web or contact Lynette Char at 527-5437.