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Date |
16:00-16:30 |
16:30-17:00 |
17:00- 17:30 |
17:30- 18:00 |
Tuesday,
07 November |
Africa
Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC)
An initiative engineered
by African youth to expand existing networks to form an African
youth coalition on climate change
Sena Alouka (Togo)
Rachel Nampinga
(Uganda) |
Solar
Generation and other Conference of Youth organisers
Showcasing youth
action both at local and global levels
Jake Torrie
(Canada)
Laura Caniot (France) |
Climate
Compass – a novel way to jump into local climate policy
Gotelind Alber
Consultant
Sustainable Energy and Climate Policy
|
cancelled |
Thursday,
09 November |
Efforts
to reduce climated-related risks
John Harding
Programme Officer
Secretariat of the UN International Strategy for Disaster
Reduction(ISDR)
|
Local
voices, global choices: Encouraging debate about climate change in
the South
Rod Harbinson
Head of Environment Programme
United Kingdom
and
Ochieng'
Ogodo
Journalist
Kenya |
Mainstreaming adaptation in developing countries
Rachel Roach
Tearfund
|
Peatland
fires and floods: Combining adaptation and mitigation of climate
change
Faizal Parish
Technical Coordinator UNEP-GEF Project on Integrated Management of
Peatlands and Climate Change
Global Environment Centre
Malaysia |
Saturday,
11 November |
The role
of local government in ensuring the aims of the Kyoto Protocol, as
well as the UNFCCC. Case Study: City of Cape Town, South Africa
Shirene
Rosenberg
City of Cape Town Environmental Resource Management
Department
Manager
Resource Conservation |
The
Climate Alliance of European Cities' campaign "Zoom - kids on the
move".
Britta
Freitag
Geschäftsführerin - Chief Executive Officer
Climate Alliance of European Cities with Indigenous Rainforest
Peoples
European Secretariat |
TBA |
TBA |
Monday,
13 November |
Climate change
and Africa: Coping with increasing drought risk
Thomas Loster
Chairman
MunichRe Foundation
|
Drought
and regeneration: Climate change adaptation in Niger
Jeff Woodke
Tearfund
|
How to
make the CDM work for Africa
Mike Bess
Senior Partner
Energy for Sustainable Development (ESD) |
CARE
takes action on climate change
Angie Dazé
Programme Manager
CARE Canada
and
Charles
Ehrhart
Coordinator
CARE Poverty-Climate Change Initiative |
Wednesday,
15 November |
Climate change
and migratory species: Impact of a changing environment on species
and their habitats
Paola Deda
Inter-agency liaison officer
UNEP/CMS Secretariat
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species |
Climate change and
biodiversity: Key considerations for development planning
Jaime Webbe
Programme Officer
Convention on Biological Diversity
|
Ministerialdirektor
Jochen Flasbarth
Naturschutz und
nachhaltige Naturnutzung
|
Energy effeciency and international trade: Maximising
opportunities for sustainable development
Moustapha Kamal
Gueye
on behalf of
International Centre
for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and Italian Ministry
for the Environment, Land and Sea |
Wednesday,
15 November
(between 18:00 -18:30) |
Launch of the Rio Conventions Calendar
Come along at 18:00 on the 15 November for a unique event at the
Climate Change Kiosk. Through the prism of words and photographs,
take a round-the-world tour to better understand the people and
ecosystems that are threatened by climate change, desertification
and loss of biodiversity. Refreshments will be served. |
Friday,
17 November
(between 10:00 - 12:00) |
10:00
- 11:30
Climate change and energy in africa: UNEP activities
A special series of presentations organized by the United
Nations Environment Programme, Regional Office for Africa,
showcasing projects from the African and local experiences
demonstrating forward action in the face of climate change issuesPresenters:
John
Christensen- CDM in africa
Mark Radka - Renewwable energy in africa
Philip Gwage - The NAPA process in Uganda
George Manful - National Communications
Contact:
Njeri
Wamukonya
Energy Programme Officer
Division of Technology, Economics and Industry
Regional Office for Africa
United Nations Environment Programme
Kenya
www.unep.org/roa
|
11:30 - 12:00
Changing the climate change story: Discovery Channel’s
FINAL HOUR
Paul Lussier
Executive Producer/Creator/Writer - FINAL HOUR
Paul Lussier Company/Rivet Entertainment for Discovery Channel
USA |
