Climate meets biodiversity: A Greens/EFA conference, Brussels - Main contents
| date | October 5, 2010 14:00 - 17:00 |
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| city | Brussels, Belgium |
| location | European Parliament - Room ASP 01G2 - 60, Rue Wiertz - 1047 Brussels Belgium  |
| attending | (Satu) Hassi i, B. (Bas) Eickhout i, (Sandrine) Bélier i, (Yannick) Jadot i et al. |
| organisation | Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) i |
Public conference
European Parliament, Brussels
Tuesday 5 October 2010 14:00 - 17:00
European Parliament - Room ASP 01G2 - 60, Rue Wiertz - 1047 Brussels - Belgium
The conference is hosted by MEPs Sandrine Bélier, Bas Eickhout and Satu Hassi on behalf of the Greens/EFA.
DRAFT PROGRAMME
Tuesday 5 October 2010 14:00-17:00 |
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14:00-14:15 |
Introduction Yannick Jadot - Member of the Greens/EFA Group in the EP |
14:15-15:30 |
Session 1 - Global environment diplomacy and the role of the EU: can Europe make a difference at Nagoya and Cancun? Moderator: Bas Eickhout - Member of the Greens/EFA Group in the EP |
14:15-14:30 |
Synergies between climate and biodiversity Wolfgang Cramer, Environmental geographer, Plant ecologist and Professor of global ecology at Potsdam University |
14:30-14:45 |
The Japanese Presidency of the Nagoya Summit: Yoshinori Tanaka, Environment Attaché, Mission of Japan to the EU |
14:45-15:00 |
What is at stake for climate at Cancun? Jason Anderson, Head of European Climate and Energy Policy, WWF European Policy Office |
15:00-15:30 |
Debate |
15:30-15:45 |
Break |
15:45-17:00 |
Session 2 - Biodiversity and climate synergies Moderator: Sandrine Bélier - Member of the Greens/EFA Group in the EP |
15:45-16:00 |
How climate change is impacting on biodiversity loss Ariel Brunner, Head of EU Policy, Bird Life |
16:00-16:15 |
How a protected biodiversity is mitigating climate change and how ecosystem-based approaches can help us to adapt to climate change Karin Zaunberger, Policy officer , DG ENV Biodiversity Unit, European Commission |
16:15-16:45 |
Debate |
16:45-17:00 |
Conclusions Sandrine Bélier - Member of the Greens/EFA Group in the EP |
Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in English, Fench and German.