5. Thursday – Planetary Stewardship

Thursday 29 March 2011

Day 4: Planetary Stewardship
8:30

Arrival

Opening ceremony

9:00 High-level welcome
David Willetts
UK Minister for Universities and Science
Irina BokovaDirector General of UNESCO
  Conference Declaraion
Lidia Brito, Director of Science Policy, UNESCO and
Mark Stafford-SmithCSIRO, Australia
Ban Ki-MoonUnited Nations Secretary General (video address)

Plenary presentations

Welcome to the Anthropocene
09:30 Towards planetary stewardship: the nature of the challenge 
Sybil SeitzingerExecutive Director, International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, Sweden.
09:45 Interconnected risks and solutions: policy recommendations
Lidia BritoDirector of Science Policy, UNESCO and Frank BiermannProfessor, VU University Amsterdam
 

Rio + 20: Navigating the Anthropocene

10:00 Future Earth and a new contract between science and society
Johan RockströmStockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden and co-chair of Future Earth Transition Team
10:15 High-level responses from policy, major groups and society
Elizabeth ThompsonExecutive Coordinator of Rio+20 and former Minister for Energy and Environment of BarbadosAchim SteinerDirector, United Nations Environment ProgrammeFelix DoddsExecutive Director of Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable FutureMargit FischerPresident, Austrian Science Center Network and Colin DrummondChief Executive of Viridor
10:45 Open discussion
We invite your questions. 
Facilitator: Nisha Pillai
11:15 Refreshment Break / Press conference

Igniting the paradigm shift: a shared vision for the future

11:45 Reducing economic disparity
Richard NorgaardProfessor, University of California, Berkeley, USA
12:00 Creating sustainable cities 
Shobhakar DhakalExecutive Director, Global Carbon Project, Japan  
12:15

Panel discussion: delivering governance for global sustainability across scales

Carlos dos SantosAmbassador of Mozambique to UK
Maria IvanovaAssistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston and Co-Director, Center for Governance and Sustainability, USA
Henri DjomboMinister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Forestry, Republic of Congo
Julia Marton-LefèvreDirector General, International Union for Conservation of Nature 
Anne GloverChief Scientific Advisor, European Commission 
Patricia PinhoResearch Scientist, Centre for Earth System Science, National Institute for Space Research, Brazil

Moderator: Oliver MortonThe Economist

13:00 
14:00
Lunch, key events and posters
Afternoon refreshments
15:00

Parallel Sessions

Click to view sessions and key events for day 4
16:30 End of sessions
 

Plenary closing: Beyond Rio+20

16:45 Bridges to the future
Lidia BritoDirector of Science Policy, UNESCO and Mark Stafford-SmithCSIRO, Australia
16:55 Vision from youth
17:00 Awards
Rik LeemansWageningen University, Netherlands
17:05 The way ahead
Wendy Watson-WrightAssistant Director General and Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, on behalf of the UNESCO Director-General
17:15 End of Conference


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