Monday, November 4, 2013

10:00 - 12:30 - High-level Session


Valentinas Mazuronis Minister of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania		Opening by the Representative of the Lithuanian EU Presidency
Michel Jarraud Secretary-General of WMO		Welcome on behalf of WMO and UNEP
Connie Hedegaard European Commissioner for Climate Action		The first outputs of IPCC AR5 and their implications for climate policy
Kurt Vandenberghe Director of the Environment Directorate, DG Research and Innovation		Climate research and innovation in Horizon 2020 in support to climate policy targets Including a video message from Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science
Jean-Pascal van Ypersele Vice-Chair of the IPCC		The Fifth IPCC Assessment Report (AR5) - General remarks
Thomas Stocker / Dahe Qin Co-Chairs Working Group I, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change		Highlights of the new IPCC report

Panel discussion including with questions from the audiencewith the speakers of the High-level Session and Rajendra K. Pachauri (Chair of the IPCC) Moderator: Rory Howlett, Chief Editor of Nature Climate Change

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