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28 March 2008
From Global Warning to Global Policy
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FROM GLOBAL WARNING TO GLOBAL POLICY
Turin, 28-29 March 2008
AGENDA
Friday, 28 March 2008
Obstacles, Issues, New Global Architecture
OPENING SESSION - Welcome Greetings
Andrea Comba, President CRT Foundation, Prof. of International Law at the University of Turin
Mercedes Bresso, President of the Piedmont Region, Co-President of the WPF
Opening Speech
Mikhail Gorbachev, President of The World Political Forum
Keynote Statement: Defining the Challenges
Ashok Khosla, Co-President of the Club of Rome
I SESSION - Plenary
Lessons for a Global World
Identifying the Obstacles
Chairman: Giulietto Chiesa, Member Temporary Commission on Climate Change, European Parliament, member Executive Committee, WPF, Italy
Mohan Munasinghe, Vice Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Sri Lanka;
Corrado Clini, General Director Ministry for Environment, Italy;
Ruuds Lubbers, former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, member Earth Charter Initiative, The Netherlands;
Chai Szu Kiang, Dean of Environmental Science College, Peking University, China
II SESSION – Plenary
Overcoming the Obstacles to Effective Action
Chairman: Anders Wijkman, Member Temporary Committee on Climate Change, European Parliament, Vice President Club of Rome, Sweden
Sergey Kapitsa, Vice Rector of the Russian New University, Russia
III SESSION – Working Groups
Specific Steps to Mobilise Action
- Attacking Poverty
Chairwoman: Mona Makram-Ebeid, Professor of Political Science, American University in Cairo, former MP, Member Executive Committee, Club of Rome, Egypt
- Material Consumption
Chairman: Jean-Francois Trémeaud, former Executive Director International Labour Organization, member Scientific Committee WPF, France
Saturday, 29 March 2008
IV SESSION – Working Groups
Specific Steps to Mobilise Action (continuation)
- Water
Chairman: Riccardo Petrella, expert of water issues, Prof. Emeritus of Globalisation, Catholic University of Louvain; member Scientific Committee, The WPF, Italy
- Ecosystem
Chairman: Martin Lees, Secretary General, Club of Rome, Austria
V SESSION – Working Groups
How?
- Decision Makers
Chairman: Eberhard von Koerber, Co-President Club of Rome, Switzerland
- Civil Society
Chairman: Roberto Savio, Chair World Social Forum's Commission for Communication, Chairman Inter Press Service, Deputy Chairman Scientific Committee WPF, Italy
VI SESSION - Plenary
What Next?
Chairman: Ashok Khosla, Co-President, Club of Rome, India
Reports from the 6 Working Groups
Corinne Lepage, former Minister for Environment, Lawyer and Professor, France;
Federico Mayor, former Director General of UNESCO, Spain;
Fabrizio Palenzona, Vice-President Unicredit Bank, Italy.
Conclusions and Followup
CLOSING SESSION
Chairman: Andrei Grachev, Chairman Scientific Committee WPF, Russia
Closing Speech
Mikhail Gorbachev, President of The World Political Forum
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