Agenda of the conference, May 10 and 11, 2016 - IDDRI...of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Chair: Richard Samans, Head of the Centre for the Global

THREE MAJOR CHALLENGES WILL BE DISCUSSED:

TRACKING COMMITMENTS

Tracking commitments made by governments and non-state actors

SHIFTING INVESTMENTS

Shifting investments and aligning expectations

SOCIAL JUSTICE

Ensuring social justice and solidarity

Participants are invited to play an active role: in addition to the plenary sessions, each participant is invited to attend three dialogue sessions in sub-groups out of fourteen sub-topics. Each session is supported by a background note.

Agenda of the conference, May 10 and 11, 2016PALAIS BRONGNIART, 19 BIS RUE NOTRE-DAME DES VICTOIRES, 75002 PARIS

With the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on climate change, 2015 has been a year of vibrant multilateralism, of the construction of a common vision for the planet, for the people and for peace. It is now time to accelerate individual efforts and to enhance cooperation.On May 10-11, 2016, IDDRI brings together in Paris 150 decision makers and experts to discuss the key levers that will help to build on this exceptional momentum.

Tuesday, May 10

The conference is animated by Richard Black, Director of the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit

MORNING

9.30 am

WELCOME COFFEE

10.00 am

CONFERENCE OPENING

Anne-Marie Descôtes, Director-General of globalization, culture, education and international development at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France

Teresa Ribera, Director of the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI)

Video intervention : David Nabarro, UN Secretary-General’s special Adviser on the Sustainable Development Goals

10.30 am

ROUNDTABLE


Translating the 2015 commitments into domestic debates and actionsChantal Jouanno, Senator of Paris, Vice-President of the Île-de-France Regional Council

Valli Moosa, President of WWF South Africa,

Chairman of Anglo American Platinum and Sun International, former Environment Minister of South Africa

Klaus Töpfer, Founding Director of the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), former Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), former Environment Minister of Germany

Moderator: Johan Kuylenstierna, Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)

11.45 am

KEYNOTES

SOCIAL JUSTICE

Inequality reduction at the center of sustainable development strategiesEnrico Letta, Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) at Sciences Po, former President of the Council of Ministers of Italy

Antonio Prado, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

Chair: Richard Samans, Head of the Centre for the Global Agenda, Member of the Managing Board of the World Economic Forum

12.15 pm

LUNCH

AFTERNOON

2.00 pm

PARALLEL WORKSHOPS IN SUB-GROUPS – SESSION 1

Workshop 1 SHIFTING INVESTMENTS

How to increase the supply of sustainable projects?Paula Caballero, Director, Environment and natural resources at the World Bank

Philippe Orliange, Director of strategy, partnerships and communication at the Agence Française de Développement (AFD)

Moderator: Veerle Vandeweerd, Entrepreneur, former Director of Environment and Energy at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Workshop 2 TRACKING COMMITMENTS

What role should regional organisations have in the commitment implementation and monitoring? Spyros Kouvelis, former Vice Minister for Foreign Economic, Cultural, and Environmental Affairs of Greece, former Advisor to the Mediterranean Action Plan

Antonio Prado, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

Moderator: Lucien Chabason, Senior Advisor at IDDRI, former coordinator of the United Nations Action Plan for the Mediterranean

Workshop 3 SOCIAL JUSTICE

Cities: collectively addressing the need for basic servicesJosé Luis Samaniego, Chief of the Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division of the ECLACMihir Shah, Secretary of Samaj Pragati Sahayog (SPS), former Member of the Planning Commission of the Government of IndiaModerator: Jean-Pierre Tardieu, President of the Veolia Institute


The role of civil society: from the UN to day-to-day policiesAhmed Djoghlaf, former Co-Chair of the ADP, former Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological DiversityJean-François Julliard, Director of Greenpeace FranceModerator: Domingo Jimenez Beltran, President of Fundación Renovables, former Executive Director of the European Environment Agency


How to inject the 2015 momentum into international trade policies?Arancha González, Director of the International Trade Center (ITC)Youba Sokona, Special Advisor on Sustainable Development at the South Center Moderator: Ewald Wermuth, Director of the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)

3.30 pm

BREAK

4.00 pm



Status and aspirations of the middle class: opportunities and challenges for sustainable developmentPierre Jacquemot, President of the GRET (Development NGO)

Elke Weber, Jerome A. Chazen Professor of International Business, Professor of Management and Psychology at Columbia University (United States)

Moderator: Jose Luis Samaniego, Chief of the Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division of the ECLAC


What role do governments have in reallocating investment?Carlos Giesecke, Advisor to the Directorate General of Public Investment at the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Peru

Maria Mendiluce, Managing Director Climate and Energy, World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Zhongxiang Zhang, Distinguished University Professor at the College of Management and Economics (Tianjin University, China)

Moderator: Maria Fernanda Espinosa, Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the UN in Geneva, former Minister of National Defense and Minister of Natural and Cultural Heritage of Ecuador


The challenges for research in implementation monitoringMark Robinson, Global Director, Governance at the World Resources Institute (WRI)

Sybille van den Hove, Director and Partner of MEDIAN, Visiting Professor at the Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (Autonomous University of Barcelona)

Moderator: Yann Laurans, Programme Director, Biodiversity, IDDRI


What jobs in a “smart” and sustainable economy?Kako Nubukpo, Member of the Global Economic Governance Programme of University of Oxford (United Kingdom) and Princeton University (United States), former Minister of Long-Term Strategy and Public Policy Evaluation of Togo

Richard Samans, Head of the Centre for the Global Agenda, Member of the Managing Board of the World Economic Forum

Moderator: Céline Charveriat, future Executive Director of the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)


Taking bets together to foster innovationAdnan Amin, Director-General of IRENA, Member of REN21 and of the Advisory Board of SE4ALL

Scott Barett, Lenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics at Columbia University

Moderator: Claude Henry, Professor at Sciences Po and Columbia University, President of IDDRI’s Scientific Council

5.45 pm

KEYNOTES


Major coalitions and initiatives: leverage effects and challengesAdnan Amin, Director-General of IRENA, Member of REN21 and of the Advisory Board of SE4ALL

Laurence Tubiana, High-level Champion for Climate, Director of the Sustainable Development Center at Sciences Po, Founder of IDDRI

Chair: Teresa Ribera, Director of IDDRI

6.15 pm

End of the first day of the conference

Wednesday, May 11

The conference is animated by Richard Black, Director of the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit

MORNING

9.00 am

WELCOME COFFEE

9.30 am

OPENING OF THE SECOND DAY OF THE CONFERENCE

9.35 am

ROUNDTABLE


Making the investment shift ‘ineluctable’Pascal Canfin, Director of WWF France

Philippe Desfossés, CEO of ERAFP (French public service additional pension scheme)

Erik Solheim, President of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC)

Helena Viñes Fiestas, Head of Sustainability Research at BNP-Paribas Asset Management

Moderator: Michel Colombier, Scientific Director, IDDRI

10.50 am

BREAK

EVENING

7.30 pm

Special event

IDDRI’S 15th anniversary

RESTAURANT LE BEAUCOUP, 7 RUE FROISSART, 75003 PARIS

11.20 am



Monitoring commitments of non-state actorsHeike Schröder, Senior Lecturer in climate change and international development at University of East Anglia (United Kingdom)

Fabrice Enjalbert, Commercial Manager at Vandemoortele, member of the French Alliance for Sustainable Palm Oil

Moderator: Ivonne Lobos Alva, Coordinator, Renewable Resources and the SDGs Forum, IASS-Potsdam


Extreme vulnerability to environmental change: Anticipating crises and building an international response Atle Solberg, Coordinator of the Nansen initiative follow-up

Michael Zammit Cutajar, former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Assistant Secretary-General of the UN

Moderator: Teresa Ribera, Director of IDDRI


From targets to pathwaysMounir Majdoub, Senior Economist, Consultant on international development cooperation, Founder of the NGO “Alternatives” in Tunisia

Laurent Mermet, Professor of Environmental Management at ENGREF-AgroParisTech

Hilton Trollip, Senior Researcher at the Energy Research Center (University of Cape Town, South Africa)

Moderator: Michel Colombier, Scientific Director, IDDRI


How will international migrations be taken into account in the 2030 Agenda?Céline Charveriat, future Executive Director of the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)

Catherine de Wenden, Director of Research at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS, France)

Moderator: Sébastien Treyer, Director of Programmes, IDDRI

12.50 pm

LUNCH

AFTERNOON

2.00 pm

ROUNDTABLE


Stranded territories, reinvesting in territories Maciej Bukowski, President of Wise Europe, Poland

Maria Fernanda Espinosa, Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the UN in Geneva, former Minister of National Defense and Minister of Natural and Cultural Heritage of Ecuador

Alison Tate, Director of the Economic and social policy department at the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

Farhana Yamin, Founder and Director of Track 0, Associate Fellow at Chatham House

Moderator: Michael Zammit Cutajar, former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Assistant Secretary-General of the UN

3.15 pm

BREAK

3.45 pm

KEYNOTES


The role of science: from the alert to the era of implementationNizar Baraka, President of the Scientific Council of COP22 (to be confirmed)

Hoesung Lee, President of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Chair: Jean Jouzel, President of IDDRI’s Board, Member of the CESE (French Economic, Social and Environmental Council), former Vice-President of Working Group I of the IPCC

4.15 pm

CONFERENCE CONCLUSION

Sylvie Lemmet, Director of the European and International Affairs Department at the French Ministry of Environment, Energy and of the Sea

Aziz Mekouar, Ambassador of Morocco for climate change

Teresa Ribera, Director of IDDRI

4.45 pm

End of the conference

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This event has received financial support from the French government in the framework of the programme “Investissements d’avenir”, managed by ANR (the French National Research Agency) under the reference ANR-10-LABX-01

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