2010 Agenda

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MEETING ROOM : COSMOS HALL
09:30	Introductory Remarks: Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute, Columbia University Keynote Opening Statement: George A. Papandreou, Prime Minister, Hellenic Republic
09:50	Keynote Address from the European Investment Bank Philippe Maystadt, President, European Investment Bank
10:00	The Scientific Evidence Base – Examining the Implications of Climate Change in the Mediterranean *Rajendra K Pachauri, Chairman,* Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) *(Please note that this session will include a pre-recorded video from Rajendra K Pachauri)*
10:10	Panel: From Copenhagen to Cancun – Progress Made on a Global Climate Change Deal Stavros Dimas, *Former European Commissioner for the Environment,* European Commission Peter Vis, *Head of Cabinet of Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action,* European Commission Brice Lalonde, Ambassador in Charge of the International Negotiations for Climatic Changes and former Minister for Environment, France Shamshad Akhtar, *Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa,* World Bank Chaired by: Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute, Columbia University
10:40	Partner Countries Panel: Adaptation Challenges and Green Development Opportunities Fatmir Mediu, Minister of Environment, Forestry and Water Administration, Albania Dimiter Tzantchev, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs,Bulgaria Nicola Ruzinski, State Secretary, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning & Construction, Croatia Demetris Eliades, Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, Cyprus Maged George, Minister of State for Environmental Affairs, Egypt Nexhati Jakupi, Minister of Environment and Physical Planning, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Tina Birbili, Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change, Hellenic Republic Roberto Menia, Secretary of State, Ministry for Environment and the Protection of Natural Resources and Sea, Italy Ba Housseynou Hamady, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Mauritania Marin Anton, State Secretary, Ministry of the Environment and Forests, Romania Oliver Dulic, Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning, Serbia Kaowkab al-Sabah Dayeh, Minister of the State for Environment Affairs, Syria Veysel Eroğlu, Minister of Environment and Forestry, Turkey Chaired by: Philippe Maystadt, President, European Investment Bank
11:50	Refreshment Break and Panel Discussion Selection
*The above sessions will be broadcast live from the Cosmos Hall to the parallel hall*

Mediterranean Climate Change Initiative Panel Discussions Panel discussions of proposed Mediterranean Initiative projects
12:10 - 12:50	MEETING ROOM: COSMOS HALL		MEETING ROOM: *ATLAS HALL*
	Mediterranean Climate Sensitive Charter Dimitri Lalas, Counsellor, Minister’s Office, Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change, Hellenic Republic Jose-Maria Figueres, Former President, Costa Rica Demetres Karavellas, WWF Mediterranean Initiative Michael Scoullos, Chairman, Global Water Partnership-Mediterranean Maria Luisa Silva Mejias, Officer-in-Charge and Deputy Coordinator, UNEP Mediterranean Action Plan Chaired by: Dimitri Lalas, Counsellor, Minister’s Office, Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change, Hellenic Republic		Mediterranean Climate Change Service Network George Tselioudis, Research Scientist, Academy of Athens and NASA/GISS - Columbia University Anil Markandya, Scientific Director, The Basque Climate Change Research Centre Costas Papanicolas, President, Cyprus Institute Chaired by: Shamshad Akhtar, *Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa,* The World Bank
Panel Discussion Selection
12:55 - 13:40	MEETING ROOM: COSMOS HALL	MEETING ROOM: *ATLAS HALL*
	Financing Co-Development in the Mediterranean Charles Milhaud, Chairman of the Taskforce to Examine Co-financing in the Mediterranean, and President, French Banking Federation George Kolyvas, Official of the European Commission and Special Advisor to the Minister for Regional Development and Competitiveness, Hellenic Republic	Sustainable Mediterranean Cities Simon Reddy, Executive Director, C40 Mats Karlsson, Director, The Marseille Center for Mediterranean Integration Guy Clausse, Director of the Convergence and Environment Division, European Investment Bank Chaired by: Guy Clausse, Director of the Convergence and Environment Division, European Investment Bank
13:40	Lunch

MEETING ROOM : COSMOS HALL
14:30	Signing of the Mediterranean Climate Change Initiative Declaration Joint signing of the Declaration Opening Remarks: Spyros Kouvelis, Deputy Foreign Minister, Hellenic Republic
15:00	Keynote Session: Preserving the Mediterranean for Future Generations George A. Papandreou, Prime Minister, Hellenic Republic El-Baghdadi Ali El-Mahmoudi, Prime Minister, Libya Lawrence Gonzi, Prime Minister, Malta Salam Fayyad, Prime Minister, Palestinian National Authority Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister,Turkey Philippe Maystadt, President, European Investment Bank Panayiotis Roumeliotis, Deputy Secretary-General for Energy, Union for the Mediterranean Chaired by: Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute, Columbia University
*The above sessions will be broadcast live from the Cosmos Hall to the parallel hall*

15:45	Refreshments
16:15 - 18:15	Mediterranean Initiative Discussion (Mediterranean Initiative Partner Countries Only) ATLAS HALL Following the signing of the Declaration, the partner countries will be invited to join a closed session. This session will include discussions on governance arrangements and opportunities for developing common policy positions and projects.
DINNER VENUE : COSMOS HALL
21:00	OFFICIAL MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE LAUNCH DINNER