EUROPE – ASIA DIALOGUE ON CLIMATE CHALLENGE OF THE 21st CENTURY 7.-8.9.2006 Helsinki, Finland PRACTICAL INFORMATION
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Thursday 7.9.06, Finlandia-Hall PART I: THE CHALLENGE Scientific perspective of climate change 1. Changing climate - current scientific status Prof. Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director European Environment Agency (EEA) 2. The challenge of climate change and sustainable development Dr Mohan Munasinghe, Vice-Chair Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 3. The challenge of emission reduction and global economic development Dr Richard Bradley, Head, Energy, Efficiency and Environment Division International Energy Agency (IEA) 4. Structural change of vision - global political and legal context Prof Joyeeta Gupta, Free University of Amsterdam The challenge of climate change 5. Fossil dependency and security Mr Gary Gardner Director of Research, Worldwatch Institute 6. How have industrialised countries performed so far in implementing Kyoto? Mr Zhao Jun, Third Secretary Dpt of Treaty and Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China 7. Climate related finance flows and EU-Asia technology cooperation Mr Jos Delbeke, Director, Environment DG European Commission			Friday 8.9.06 Parliament House, Auditorium PART II: POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS Technology visions 1. Economics of atmospheric stabilization Dr Ottmar Edenhofer, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany 2. Climate friendly technology potential in Asia vs energy demand of a developing country Prof. Wenying Chen, Tshinghua University, China 3. Technology co-operation between Japan and China Dr Teruo Okazaki, General Manager, Dpt of Environment, Nippon Steel Corporation 4. Innovation, intellectual property rights and climate protection Mr Martin Khor, Director, Third World Network, Malaysia Different proposals for global climate regime after 2012 1. Contraction and convergence Mr Peter Luff, Director, Action for a Global Climate Community, U.K. Comment: Ms Sirpa Smolsky, Director, Technology Industries of Finland 2. Global carbon market Mr Lars Josefsson, CEO, Vattenfall Comment: Mr K. P. Nyati, Principal Adviser Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), India 3. "No lose sectoral target" Dr Niklas Höhne, Manager, Energy & Climate Strategy, Ecofys, Germany Comment: Dr Tom Spencer, Executive Director, European Centre for Public Affairs 4. The way forward to stay below 2 degrees - a truly global approach by Climate Action Network Dr Stephan Singer, Head of Climate Policy, WWF-International Comment: Dr Daniel Murdiyarso, Senior Scientist, Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia