"Preparing for Copenhagen: Climate Change and Development Issues" Seminar Programme Tampere 2009
Friday 16th of October
Time: Friday October 16th 2009, 10–17.00hrs
Place: University of Tampere, 10–12hrs : Väinö Linna -sali / Hall
12.00–16.00hrs Ls/Hall B1097, Pinni Building
Attention! The times are estimated and the programme may vary.
I INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE POLITICS
10.15–11.45
Welcome and Introduction: Main Concepts and Actuality on Climate Change
Maria Nuutinen and Salka Orivuori (FANC)
Instructions for essays / Jenni Kauppila:
Negotiation Positions of South and North, their History and Copenhagen
Antto Vihma (Finland Futures Research Centre)
Climate Change Negotiations, Development and REDD
Simo Kyllönen (University of Helsinki and Climate specialist, Greenpeace, Finland)
Questions and voting
11.45 – Break, 15 min
II CRITICAL VIEWS ON CLIMATE POLICY
12.00–13.15
Climate Markets and the South: A New Global Political Economy
Larry Lohmann (the Corner House, the UK)
Global citizenship and carbon
Tuuli Kaskinen (Project director, researcher, Demos, Finland)
Questions, conversation and voting
13.15 – Lunch
III CLIMATE EQUITY
14.15–15.45
Mekong Energy Development Paradigm VS. Climate Justice
Witoon Permpongsacharoen (Towards Ecological Recovery and Regional Alliance - TERRA, Thailand)
Greenhouse Development Rights Model
Salka Orivuori
Questions, conversation and voting
15.30– 15.45 Break 15 min
IV THE ROLE OF FORESTS IN CLIMATE POLICY
15.45–17.00
Climate change, palm oil and development with focus on greenhouse gas emissions from palm oil production
Norman Jiwan (Head of dept. Mitigation Social and Environmental Risk, SAWIT Watch, Indonesia)
Forest services, climate change adaptation and development issues in West Africa
Fobissie Blese Kalame (University of Helsinki, CIFOR)
–17.00 Questions, final discussion and overall voting results
Conclusions and closing
