On October 24, 2007 there will be three panels with international participants at Science Week 2007 - Climate Action. The panels are open to the public.
12:00 – 4:00 pm: International Climate Action
In Collaboration with the British Embassy and the Climate Policy Center, Washington, D.C.
Three panels with international participants will address climate challenges in the Arctic and globally as well as economic aspects, technologies for solutions and policies for a common sustainable future.
Q&A after each of the panels: "How Do We Create Global Concerted Action?”
Panel 1 - 12:00 – 1:00 pm: - Will Economics Drive – or Fatally Delay – Global Action?
Moderator:
• Brooks B. Yeager, Executive Vice President, Climate Policy Center
Panelists:
• Tore A. Torp, Statoil, Norway
• Ray Kopp, Resources for the Future
• Svend Søyland, Bellona Foundation USA
1:00 – 2:00 pm: Lunch with Speaker
Rafe Pomerance, President, Climate Policy Center
Panel 2 - 2:00 – 3:00 pm: Impact of the Arctic Climate Crisis?
Moderator:
• Juliet Eilperin, Journalist, Washington Post
Panelists:
• Jay Zwally, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
• Olav Orheim, IPY, Research Council of Norway
• John Crump, Polar Issues, UNEP/GRID-Arendal, Ottawa
Panel 3 - 3:00 – 4:00 pm: Opportunities for International Concerted Action
Moderator:
• Brooks B. Yeager, Executive Vice President, Climate Policy Center
Panelists:
• U.S. perspectives: Elizabeth C Ladt, Council on Environmental Quality
• E.U. perspectives: Malachy Hargadon, Delegation of the European Commission
• Richard Benedick, National Council for Science and Environment and PNNL’s Joint Global Change Research institute
• Nathan Hultman, Professor, Science, Technology & International Affairs, Georgetown University
4:00 – 6:30 pm: Networking with Refreshments, at the Carnegie Institution
Registration for the panels is required. RSVP to smsa@mfa.no.
Concert:
Mezzosoprano Kristin Mulders and pianist Knut Chr. Jansson will perform at the Carnegie Institution October 24. Registration is required. RVSP to: iwy@mfa.no. For more information, see link to your right.