Don Gerritsen

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Don Misha Gerritsen (24 januari 1984) is the Netherlands Youth Representative to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development.

As a United Nations Youth Representative, Don endeavours to spur climate change mitigation, sustainable production and comsumption processes, sustainable energy, water supply, education on sustainability and strives to increase awareness amongst youth about production processes of consumption goods.

[edit] Education

Don studies international relations at the International School of Humanities and Social Sciences (ISHSS) of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). He holds a Master of Science degree in Social and Political Sciences of the Environment and Human Geography, which he studied at the University of the West of England (UWE) and the Radboud University Nijmegen (RU).

[edit] UNEP

Don carried out a research project on sustainable bio energy in sub-Saharan Africa for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The outcomes can be found at Dons personal homepage (see external links).

[edit] External links

Personal homepage Don Gerritsen [[1]]

United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD)[[2]]

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) [[3]]