Conference: "Climate Change, a new Challenge for Development Cooperation?"
Climate change requires urgent action. We must prevent further aggravation
of climate change by the control of the quantity of greenhouse gases that we
expulse in the atmosphere (mitigation) and in the same time, to adapt
ourselves to the negative consequences of the current and future climate
change (adaptation). Although the poor countries, which are the most
vulnerable to the climate change, are the less responsible for greenhouse
gases emissions, they are the first and the most affected victims of the
direct effects of climate change (increasing of the average temperature and
water level, natural disasters) and its consequences on biodiversity, land
erosion, food security, public health and poverty. This conference is
intended to encourage a large exchange of views on these issues, with a view
to come out of with a concrete policy proposal for the Minister of
Development Cooperation. Professor J-P van Ypersele, member of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), will chair the conference
and will incorporate the inputs from this conference to a future policy
proposal to the attention of the Minister for Development Cooperation.
Speakers: Charles Michel, Minister for Development Cooperation Prof. J.-P.
van Ypersele, Vice-chair of the IPCC WG II, UCL
Contact information |
DGDC - Belgian Development Cooperation: Rue des Petits Carmes 15, 1000 Brussels (http://www.dgcd.be/en/index.html)
(email: climat@advancedfair.com) Phone: +3225018111 |
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Event type | Conference |
File link |
http://www.dgcd.be/en/conference_climate_change/index.html |
Source | Europe Agenda |
Subject(s) | RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY |
Relation | http://www.emwis.net/topics/climatechange |
Geographical coverage | Belgium |
Address | Egmont Palace, Place du Petit Sablon 8, 1000 Brussels, Belgium |
Organizer | DGDC - Belgian Development Cooperation |
Target audience | Euro |
Period | 07/03/2008 |
Status | Confirmed |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH , FRENCH |