Program
Equity and Global Climate Change Conference
April 17, 2001
7:30-8:30
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30-8:45 am
Welcome and Opening Remarks, Eileen Claussen, President, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
8:45-9:15 am
Raúl Estrada-Oyuela, Special Representative for International Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Argentina (view PowerPoint presentation)
9:15-9:45 am
Robert Hill, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Australia
View Robert Hill Address
9:45-10:30 am
Robert Watson, Chair, United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (view PowerPoint presentation)
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:15
Approaches to Equity, Moderator: Elliot Diringer, Director of International Strategies, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
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Nancy Kete, Director, Climate, Energy and Pollution Program, World Resources Institute, United States (view PowerPoint presentation)
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Gylvan Meira, President, Brazilian Space Agency (view PowerPoint presentation)
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Benito Müller, Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (view PowerPoint presentation)
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Alex Evans, Director of Communications, Global Commons Institute, United Kingdom (view presentation in Word format)
12:15-2:00 Luncheon
1:15-2:00 pm
Jan Pronk, Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, The Netherlands
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1:15-2:00 pm
Jan Pronk, Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, The Netherlands
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2:00-2:15 Break
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Thomas Black, Director, Andean Center for Economics in the Environment, Colombia
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Sujata Gupta, Fellow and Dean, TERI, India (view PowerPoint presentation)
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Thomas Rutherford, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Colorado (view presentation in PDF format)
3:45-4:00 Break
4:00-4:30 pm
Ethical, Moral, and Cultural Considerations, Moderator: Walter Grazer, Policy Advisor, Europe and Environmental Justice Program, US Catholic Conference
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Drew Christiansen, S.J. Senior Fellow, Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown University (view presentation in Word format)
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Bert Metz, Head, Global Environmental Assessment Division, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands (view presentation in Word or Power Point format)
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Wanee Samphantharak, Deputy Secretary General, Ministry of Science, Technology, and Environment, Thailand (view PowerPoint presentation)
6:30-7:00 Reception
7:00-8:45 Dinner
8:00-8:45
Klaus Töpfer, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme
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April 18, 2001
7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:15
Fair and Reasonable Actions: First Steps, Moderator: Christiana Figueres, Executive Director, Center for Sustainable Development in the Americas
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Hjalmar Árnason, Member of Parliament, Iceland and Chairman for Committee of Industry and Energy (view PowerPoint presentation)
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Kazuo Asakai, Ambassador for International Economic Affaires and Global Environmental Affaires, Ministry of Foreign Affaires, Japan
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Kanat Baigarin, Head, Climate Change Coordination Center, Kazakhstan (view PowerPoint presentation)
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:00
Fair and Reasonable Actions: The Path Forward, Moderator: Elliot Diringer, Director of International Strategies, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
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Richard Muyungi, Assistant Director, Vice President's Office, Tanzania
Philip Gwage's Remarks as Presented by Richard Muyungi (view remarks in Word format or view slides in Word format) -
Jung-Sik Koh, Director of Energy Policy, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy, Republic of Korea (view PowerPoint presentation)
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Alistair Maclean, Counsellor, Trade and Environment Policy, Embassy of Australia (view PowerPoint presentation)
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Kalipada Chaterjee, Head of Climate Change Unit, Development Alternatives, India (view presentation in Word format)
12:00-12:30
Conference Wrap-up: Reflections on Equity, Eileen Claussen, President, Pew Center on Global Climate Change