COP16: Minsterial-presidential high-level panel on water & climate
07/12/10 11:09
Program of the High-Level Panel on Water and Climate Change
Mexican Pavilion, Cancunmesse, Cancun, Mexico Wednesday December 8, 9:00 – 11:00
Aims and objectives:
Present the key messages coming from the first week of the Dialogs for Water and Climate (D4WCC), for them to be debated between a select group of decision-makers made up of representatives of national governments, intergovernmental organizations, IFIs and NGOs.
Reinforce the political commitment needed for water-based adaptation to climate change to be formally recognized as a necessary measure to face the growing consequences of climate change, which will further help the climate change adaptation debate.
Mexican Pavilion, Cancunmesse, Cancun, Mexico Wednesday December 8, 9:00 – 11:00
Aims and objectives:
Present the key messages coming from the first week of the Dialogs for Water and Climate (D4WCC), for them to be debated between a select group of decision-makers made up of representatives of national governments, intergovernmental organizations, IFIs and NGOs.
Reinforce the political commitment needed for water-based adaptation to climate change to be formally recognized as a necessary measure to face the growing consequences of climate change, which will further help the climate change adaptation debate.
Program:
9.00 - 11.00 am
Opening segment
Results of the Dialogs for Water and Climate Change
Henk van Schaik, International Program Coordinator, Cooperative Programme on Water and Climate (CPWC)
José Luis Luege Tamargo, Director General, CONAGUA
Juan Elvira Quesada, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico (tbc)
First round of speeches and debate
Anders Berntell, Executive Director, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)
Tim Kasten, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Vice-Chair of UN- Water
Simon Brooks, Vice President, European Investment Bank
Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International
Laura Tuck, Director for Sustainable Development, The World Bank First debate
Second round of speeches and debate
Rachel Kyte, Vice President of the International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Michel Jarraud, Secretary General, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Maria Mutagamba, Minister of Water and the Environment, Uganda, and ex Chair of AMCOW
José Ángel Gurría Treviño, Secretary General, Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
Closing remarks
Foreign Affairs Minister Patricia Espinosa Cantellano (tbc)
President of the United Mexican States Felipe Calderón Hinojosa (tbc)
9.00 - 11.00 am
Opening segment
Results of the Dialogs for Water and Climate Change
Henk van Schaik, International Program Coordinator, Cooperative Programme on Water and Climate (CPWC)
José Luis Luege Tamargo, Director General, CONAGUA
Juan Elvira Quesada, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico (tbc)
First round of speeches and debate
Anders Berntell, Executive Director, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)
Tim Kasten, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Vice-Chair of UN- Water
Simon Brooks, Vice President, European Investment Bank
Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International
Laura Tuck, Director for Sustainable Development, The World Bank First debate
Second round of speeches and debate
Rachel Kyte, Vice President of the International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Michel Jarraud, Secretary General, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Maria Mutagamba, Minister of Water and the Environment, Uganda, and ex Chair of AMCOW
José Ángel Gurría Treviño, Secretary General, Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
Closing remarks
Foreign Affairs Minister Patricia Espinosa Cantellano (tbc)
President of the United Mexican States Felipe Calderón Hinojosa (tbc)
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