9:00-9:30
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Registration
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9:30-10:30 |
Session A: Opening Session |
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Chair: Mr Hem Raj Tater, Honourable Minister of Environment, Government of Nepal
Video film: "Melting Himalayas" - 3 mins
Welcome remarks:
Dr David Molden, Director General, ICIMOD - 8 mins
Mrs Vera Scholz, Head of GIZ Climate Change Department - 8 mins
Keynote Address by the Chief Guest:
Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Director General of the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India - 15 mins Download presentation (PDF, 120KB)
Brief introduction of the Mountain Day programme:
Dr Madhav Karki, Deputy Director General, ICIMOD and Mountain Day Coordinator - 5 mins Download presentation (PDF, 2.11MB)
Remarks by Chair:
Mr Hem Raj Tater, Honorouble Minister of Environment, Government of Nepal - 5 mins
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10:40-11:50 |
Session B: Mountains Ministers’ Panel |
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Theme: Mountain Agenda, Climate Change and Rio+20
Chair & Moderator: Honourable Dr Pema Gyamtsho, Minister of Agriculture and Forest, Bhutan
- 10 mins- Honourable Minister of Environment of Italy (TBC) – 5 mins
- Honourable Minister of Environment, Costa Rica (confirmed). – 5 mins
- Honourable Minister of Environment, Ethiopia (TBC) – 5 mins
- Honourable Minister Mr. Stanislas Kamanzi Ministry for Environment and Natural Resources
Republic of Rwanda (TBC) – 5 mins
- Honourable Minister of Environment, Nepal (confirmed) – 5 mins
Q & A and wrap up - 30 mins |
12:00-13:00 |
Session C: Policy/Decision Makers Panel to Reflect and Moderate discussion on the topic |
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Global, Regional and National Policies and Approached For Sustainable mountain Development in a Changing Climate:
Chair of the Panel: Ms Mary Barton-Dock, Director ENV Department – 5 mins
Members of the Panel:
- Mr Kamil Vilinovic, Directoral Geeneral of Department of EU and Environmental Policies (TBC) – 5 mins
- Mr Krishna Gyawali, Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Govt. of Nepal – 5 mins
- Mr Yannick Glemarec, Director of Environmental Finance, UNDP HQ, New York – 5 mins
- Mr Marco Onida; Secretary General; Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention – 5 mins
Q & A and wrap up - 30 mins |
13:00-14:00 |
Lunch |
14:00-16:00 |
Session D: Parallel Working Sessions |
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Session D1: Mountains, Climate Change from Scientific Evidence to Policy and Adaptation |
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Chair: Dr David Molden, Director General, ICIMOD
- Regional paper on Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation Options in HKH
-Dr Eklabya Sharma and Dr. Bhaskar Karky, ICIMOD – 12 mins Download presentation (PDF, 2.5MB)
- Information on climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation in Europe (André Jol, Head of Group for Vulnerability and Adaptation – European Environment Agency) and Baptiste Chatré, Alpine Convention - 12 mins
Download presentation (PDF, 1.17MB)
- Impacts of climate change in the Andean Mountains
-Dirk Hoffmann, MSc.; Director, Bolivian Mountain Institute - BMI, Bolivia - 12 mins Download presentation (PDF, 1.31MB)
- Impacts of climate change in the Pamir Mountains
-Mr Ilhom Rajabov, Head, Climate Change Centre, Tajikistan - 12 mins Download presentation (PDF, 951KB)
- Mountains, Climate Change from Scientific Evidence to Policy and Adaptation - Linking Scientific Evidence to Actions
-Dr. Paolo Cristofanelli, Researcher, EVK2CNR - 12 mins Download presentation (PDF, 1.31MB)
Moderated Exchange with Audience
- Dr Dinesh Chandra Devkota, Former Vice-Chair, National Planning Commission, Nepal – 5 mins
- Dr BMS Rathore, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt. of India – 5 mins
- One Chinese climate policy maker (TBC)
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Session D2: Mountains and Adaptation – Challenges and Opportunities with a Vision of Rio+20 |
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Chair: Mr Mario Boccucci,Chief, UNEP Terrestrial Ecosystems Unit
- Green Economy for Sustainable Adaptation and in Mountains: Mainstreaming climate change into Rio+20
-Joint presentation by ICIMOD, UNEP and MPS – 10 mins Download presentation (PDF, 540KB)
- Implementation Challenges for Adaptation – GIZ Experiences in Mountains
-Mrs Vera Scholz, Head of GIZ Climate Change Department – 10 mins Download presentation (PDF, 946KB)
- Gender and Climate Change Adaptation Strategies, Opportunities and Policies in Mountain Contexts
-Dr Asun St. Clair, Lead Author, 5th IPCC Fifth Assessment report, Working Group II - 10 mins Download presentation (PDF, 557KB)
- Promoting South-South Exchange and Collaboration for Improved Adaptation Learning and Resilient Livelihoods Regional Adaptation Roadmap for Mountains
-Dr Alton Byers, The Mountain Institute – 8 mins Download presentation (PDF, 2.98MB)
- A summary of the outcome of the three regional meetings on climate change impacts and adaptation in mountains
-Mr Olman Serrano, Coordinator, MPS, FAO, Rome – 8 mins Download presentation (PDF, 2.53MB)
- Application of Satellite Based Knowledge Products for Community Adaptation
-Mr Basanta Shrestha, ICIMOD – 5 mins Download presentation (PDF, 905KB)
Moderated Exchange with Audience
- His Excellency Mr Gyan Chandra Acharya, Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations & Coordinator for the Least Developed Country Groups at UN – Chair - 5 mins
- Representative from the COP15 delegates. – 5 mins
- Willem from University of Pretoria – 5 mins
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16:00-18:00 |
Session E: Inauguration of the Evening Programme: Sharing of the Key Messages |
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- Presentation by Chairs of Working Sessions
- Sharing of the Key Mountain Day messages by Mountain Day Coordinator
- Opening of the Information and Knowledge Market Place with brief remarks by different partners
- Launch of ICIMOD Publications: Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) Climate Change Synthesis Report; HKH Snow & Ice Report and Database; and Photographic Assessment on Gender & Climate Change – 5-7 mins
- Photo Exhibition: “Himalaya-Changing Landscapes”
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16:30 |
Cocktail |