Will Climate change the World?



Third Dialogue on Science,
October 29 to September 1, 2004

14:00

Registration of Participants

15:30

Opening of the Conference

Dr. Klaus Hug

President of the Foundation

16:15

Climate Variability and Change – Past, Presence and Future

Prof. Heinz Wanner / Prof. Christoph Schär

16:50

Where we are and where we are Going in Climate Policy

Dr. Beat Nobs

Swiss Federal Office for the Environment and Landscapes (BUWAL)

20:00
22:00

Nightcap

06:30

Morning Activity «In the Spirit of the Location»

08:30

Chair: Dr. Christoph Ritz

Mitigating Climate Change: Adaptation and Reduction of Emissions

Prof. Hans von Storch

Institute of Coastal Research Geesthacht and University of Hamburg

09:15

Chair: Dr. Christoph Ritz

Emission Certificates – their Role in Climate Policy

Nigel Antony Baker

Swiss Re, Zürich

09:30

Chair: Christoph Ritz

Partnerschaft für ein besseres Verständnis (in German)

Reto Braun

Earth Council, Geneva

10:15

Chair: Dr. Simon Aegerter

The Case for Urgent Action on Climate Change

Jennifer Morgan

Director Climate Change Program, WWF International, Berlin

11:00

Chair: Dr. Simon Aegerter

Managing Climate Risk. A U.S. Business View

Dr. Brian Flannery

Exxon Mobil Corporation, Irving, Texas

11:45

Chair: Dr. Simon Aegerter

Is Kyoto going? And where? European Business Reflections

Dr. Michael Kohn

Joint Working Party on Climate Change, Internationale Handelskammer (ICC), Paris

12:30

Lunch

13:45

Workshops

The participants

18:30

Dinner

06:30

Morning Activity «In the Spirit of the Location»

08:30

Chair: Dr. Roger Baud

The Global Energy System of the Future – Key Determinant of Climate Change

Prof. Dieter Imboden

Environmental Physics ETH Zurich

09:15

Chair: Dr. Roger Baud

Do Developing Countries Need to Participate in a Climate Protocol?

Dr. Leena Srivastava

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi, India

10:15

Chair: Roger Baud

Workshops – Topic 1: Is scientific consensus sufficient to act?

Simon Aegerter

The Cogito Foundation

10:30

Chair: Roger Baud

Workshops – Topic 2: Options for a post Kyoto Policy

José Romero

BUWAL, Berne

10:45

Chair: Roger Baud

Workshops – Topic 3: Adaptation versus / and Mitigation?

Martin Grosjean

NCCR Climate

11:00

Chair: Roger Baud

Workshops – Topic 4: Are Voluntary Measures Sufficient (Role of big Companies)

Jens Soth

EPEA Internationale Umweltforschung GmbH

11:15

Chair: Roger Baud

Workshops – Topic 5: Chances and Risks of Developing Countries

Joane Kauffman

MIT and ETHZ

11:30

Chair: Roger Baud

Presentation of Projects (Students)

Young scientists

International Student Initiative for Action on Climate Change"

12:15

Closing Remarks

Dr. Klaus Hug

President of the Foundation

12:45

Farewell-Lunch

13:00

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