Tuesday, November 24, 2009

OVER 100 presentations, discussions, dialogues, etc,. at CPHCO2009 by the PLATFORM


FINAL PROGRAMME OF THE PLATFORM AT CPHCO2009

3rd Thursday 2009 – ADAPTATION DAY 


11.15 – 12.15hrs
Climate Sustainability PLATFORM – STRATEGY (PLATFORM Assembly)
The PLATFROM working group coordinators and members will meet to discuss the strategies for the day. Planning of the day's sessions and outputs, roles and responsibilities, etc. will be discussed.

12.15 – 13.30hrs     LUNCH BREAK

13.45 –15.00hrs
Climate Sustainability PLATFORM - CAMPUS (PLATFORM Assembly)

Workshop 01: "Up to Copenhagen: Climate Change and Sustainable Development"
Description: We have come on a journey through Rio (UNCED) to Copenhagen (COP15) from creating to UNCED to undoing the Kyoto Protocol. Our journey towards the future is uncertain. Where are we? The Climate Sustainability CAMPUS will unfold stories from across the world to position our status on earth.
Presentations (8min each): Prof. Stig Jensen (Centre of African Studies-Denmark), Mr. Jeffery Barber (Intergrative Strategies Forum - USA), Dr. Simron Singh (Institute for Social Ecology -Austria), Mr. Victor Ricco (Centro de Derechos Humanos y Ambiente -Argentina), Mr. Souleymane Bassoum (Agreccol Afrique -Senegal), Prof. Mohamed Tawfic Ahmed (Suez Canal UniversityEgypt),
Facilitator: Mr. Uchita de Zoysa (Global Sustainability Solutions – Sri Lanka)

15.00  – 16.15 hrs
Climate Sustainability PLATFORM - CAMPUS (PLATFORM Assembly)
Workshop 2: "The Climate Challenge: Adaptation of Sustainable Lifestyles & Livelihoods to Face Climate Change"
Description: Workshop on sustainable consumption & sustainable lifestyles. Are the challengers of a changing climate, natural and man made disasters? How do we change the current consumerist lifestyles and adapt to the emerging climate realities. What is a new climate sustainability earth lifestyle? Where are the examples and potential models?
Presentations (8 min): Ms. Ratna Devi Nadarajan (Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associations -Malaysia), Ms. Jeanne Bloch & Ms.Dona Oksenberg (Green Arts Lab-France), Dr. Faiz H. Shah (Responsible Business Initiative - Pakistan), Dr. Simad Saeed (CDE Consulting - Maldives), Ms. Flóra Ijjas (Budapest University of Technology and Economics - Hungary), Mr. Mohiuddin Babar (Nature Alliance - Bangladesh)

16.30 – 18.00hrs
Climate Sustainability PLATFORM - DIALOGUE (Small Plenary)
DIALOGUE 01: 'It has to be Climate Sustainability'
Description: Climate change is said to be the greatest challenge faced by humans on earth. But, half of the world is still in poverty. A privileged group are negotiating a climate deal and separately talking sustainability of the planet. People are marginalised and left in destitution. The launch of the book "It has to be CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY" by Uchita de Zoysa unfold the PLATFORM DIALOGUE.
Keynote Speaker (30 min): Uchita de Zoysa, Executive Director, Centre for Environment and Development, Sri Lanka and Convenor -Climate Sustainability PLATFORM
Panel Speakers (5 min each): Mr. Jeffery Barber (ISF-USA), Mr. Souleymane Bassoum (Agreccol Afrique -Senegal), Dr. Stig Jenson (CAS-Denmark), Mr. Gopal Kumar Jain (South Asia Youth Environment Network - India), Mr. Victor Hugo (CEDHA-Argentina),  
Moderators: Mr. Mohiuddin Babar (NA-Bangladesh) & Ms. Indrani Thuraisingham (Consumers International-Malaysia)
Raportuers: Dr. Simron Singh (ISE-Austria) & Dr. Sylvia Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen (Leiden University-Netherlands)

17.45 – 18.00hrs     Discussion to initiate the Climate Sustainability MESSAGE

18.00 – 19.15hrs     SUPPER BREAK

19.15– 20.30hrs
Climate Sustainability PLATFORM - CAMPUS (PLATFORM Assembly)
Workshop3: "Climate Sustainability Roles: Promoting Sustainable Lifestyle & Livelihood Choices"
Description: Workshop on stakeholder roles on choices we make as consumers, producers, traders, policy makers, researchers, politicians, etc. Are these choices determined by environmental governance regimes or by self-realised community systems. Who influences these choices and how can these influences be placed on an ethical and climate sustainability path? Where are the role models and how do we create them?
Presentations (8 min each): Prof. Victoria W. Thoresen (Consumer Citizenship Network-Norway) , Ms. Indrani Thuraisingham (CI-Malaysia), Mr. Gopal Kumar Jain (SAYEN-India), Mr. Ali Rilwan (Bluepeace-Maldives), Mrs. Ambreen Waheed (Responsible Business Initiative -Pakistan),  Dr. Sylvia Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen (LU-Netherlands), Mr. Onno Vinkhuyzen (EBBF-Netherlands),

20.30 – 21.00hrs
Climate Sustainability PLATFORM - SYNTHESIS (PLATFORM Assembly)
Climate Sustainability MESSAGE: The editorial team will meet-up to prepare consultative drafts of the message

Climate Sustainability MEDIA: The media and rapportuer teams will meet-up to prepare the media releases and reports of the day and place them on blogs and send to media.
Climate Sustainability FACULTY: The faculty will meet-up to prepare presentations for the next day PLENERY.



4th Friday 2009

09.15 – 9.45 am
Climate Sustainability PLATFORM – STRATEGY (PLATFORM Assembly)
The PLATFROM working group coordinators and members will meet to discuss the strategies for the day. Planning of the day's sessions and outputs, roles and responsibilities, etc. will be discussed.

10.00 – 11.00 hr
Climate Sustainability PLATFORM - PLENERY (Small Plenary)
Presentation of Yesterdays CAMPUS workshops (20 minutes)

Guest Presentations (8 min each): "Adapting Sustainable Lifestyles: Role & Responsibilities"
1.       'Putting Sustainable Consumption into Practice' – Ms. Indrani Thuraisingham, Head Consumers International, Kuala Lumpur. (Malaysia.)
2.       'Rural India: Opportunities and Challenges to Combat Climate Change' – Mr. Gopal Kumar Jain, Program Coordinator, South Asia Youth Environment Network  (India.)
3.       "Low carbon village in Bangladesh" –Mr. Mohiuddin Babar, Nature Alliance (Bangladesh)
4.       'Creation of Artificial Islands & the Importance of Reefs' – Mr. Ali Rilwan, Bluepeace, (Maldives.)
5.       'Towards Mindful Consumption – A national consumer campaign in Malaysia ' – Ms. Ratna Devi Nadarajan, Director- Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associations (Malaysia.)
6.       From Poverty to Sustainability'- Mr. Bruce Davison (Global Sustainability Solutions - UK) & Mr. Harsha Ratnaweera (Centre For Environment & Development-Sri Lanka)

11.15 –12.30hrs
Climate Sustainability PLATFORM - CAMPUS (PLATFORM Assembly)
Description: Workshop on sustainable cities and climate friendly urban lifestyles. The human challenge in creating a climate friendly and healthy world is to be discussed. What kind of products and services will help evolve more sustainable urban lifestyles? Where are the examples of such initiatives. What are the limitations in mitigation and how to overcome the obstacles?
Presentations (8 min each)-  Dr. ATMANAND, (Management Development Institute - India), Ms. Gail Karlsson (Citizen's Network -USA), Dr. Simad Saeed (CDE-Maldives),  Mr. Gopal Kumar Jain (SAYEN -India), Dr. Faiz H. Shah (RBI-Pakistan), Mr. Khuong Sopheak (Cambodian NGO Network -Cambodia)


12.30 – 13.45hrs     LUNCH BREAK

13.45 – 15.00 hrs
Climate Sustainability PLATFORM - CAMPUS (PLATFORM Assembly)
Workshop 5: Climate Sustainability Responsibilities: Role of Sustainable Design, Innovation, Production and Trade in the Urban Consumer Market
Description: A workshop to highlight sustainable enterprises and their climate responsibilities. The workshop will discuss the new generation of sustainable enterprise and the impacts particularly on the urban consumer. What is the role of design and innovation, and how should the global production process be reconstructed to enable resource efficiency, sufficiency and conservation. The discussions will discover new and emerging relationships between the entrepreneur and consumer.
Presentations (8 min each): Mrs. Ambreen Waheed (RBI-Pakistan), Ms. Ratna Devi Nadasan (FOMCA-Malaysia), Mr. Mohiuddin Babar (NA-Bangladesh), Mr.Daniel Ku (Earthcare Ecotech -Taiwan), Mrs. Michal Vital (Bustan-Israel), Mr. Fa'iz Marhami (Marhami Beyg-USA)

15.00 – 16.15 hrs
Climate Sustainability ENTREPRENUER
Lab 01: Sustainable Enterprise Solutions
Description: Your chance to participate in multi-disciplinary working groups addressing real world business problems to help develop sustainable enterprises solutions and partnerships.
Moderated by: Ms. Jeanne Block (Green Art Labs-France) with Mr. Bruce Davison (Global Sustainability Solutions - UK), Mr. Mohiuddin Babar (NA -Bangladesh), Mrs. Ambreen Waheed (RBI-Pakistan), Mr. Daniel Ku (EET-Taiwan), Mr. Harsha Ratnaweera (Centre for Environment & Development-Sri Lanka) & Mr. Bruce Davison (GLOSS-UK), Mr. Fa'iz Marhami (Marhami Beyg-USA)

16.30 – 18.00hrs
Climate Sustainability PLATFORM - DIALOGUE (Small Plenary)
Theme: 'Mitigation and Adaptation Challenges in a 2050 World'
Description: What kind of world do we want to live in 2050 and what do we need to do to achieve those ambitions? What is the fate of the most vulnerable nations & communities and can we adapt to new climate challengers? How much are the industrialized countries willing to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases, and what are the rights of development for developing countries? Will climate justice be served and what are the limits to growth?
Panel Speakers (05 min each): Dr. Sylvia Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen (Leiden University-Netherlands), Dr. Simron Singh (ISE-Austria), Dr. Mohamed Tawfic Ahmed (Egypt), Mr. Ali Rilwan (Bluepeace-Maldives), Mr. Khuong Sopheak (CNGON-Cambodia), Ms. Flóra Ijjas (BUTE-Hungary), Mrs. Michal Vital (Israel), Professor Arthur Lyon DAHL (International Environment Forum - Switzerland)

17.45 – 18.00hrs     Presentation of the 1st draft of  the Climate Sustainability MESSAGE

18.00 – 19.15hrs     SUPPER BREAK

19.15 – 20.00hrs
Climate Sustainability PLATFORM - SYNTHESIS (PLATFORM Assembly)
Climate Sustainability MESSAGE: The editorial team will meet-up to prepare consultative drafts of the message
Climate Sustainability MEDIA:The media and rapportuer teams will meet-up to prepare the media releases and reports of the day and place them on blogs and send to media.
Climate Sustainability FACULTY: The faculty will meet-up to prepare presentations for the next day PLENERY.
Climate Sustainability ENTREPRENUER: The ENTREPRENUER team will meet-up to prepare presentations for the next day PLENERY.


5th Saturday 2009 


09.15 – 9.45 am
Climate Sustainability PLATFORM – STRATEGY (PLATFORM Assembly)
The PLATFROM working group coordinators and members will meet to discuss the strategies for the day. Planning of the day's sessions and outputs, roles and responsibilities, etc. will be discussed.

10.00 – 11.00 hr
Climate Sustainability PLATFORM - PLENERY (Small Plenary)
Presentation of Yesterdays CAMPUS workshops (20 mins)

Guest Presentations (8 min each): Life on Earth in 2050: Urban Realities & Pathways to Sustainability
1.       'Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Development in India' – Dr. ATMANAND, Management Development Institute (India)
2.       'Climate Change & Water Management' – Prof. Mohamed Tawfic Ahmed, Suez Canal University. (Egypt.)
3.       'Integral City' – Ms. Flóra Ijjas, Researcher -Budapest University of Technics and Economics. (Hungary.)
4.       'Bringing Responsibility to Sports - Responsible Soccer Ball' – Mrs. Ambreen Waheed &  Dr. Faiz H. Shah (RBI-Pakistan)
5.       'Art and Climate Change' – Ms. Jeanne Block , Director, Green Art Lab – France)

11.15 – 12.30 hrs
Climate Sustainability PLATFORM - CAMPUS (PLATFORM Assembly)
Workshop 6: The Climate Challenge: Finance & Technology to combat Climate Change
Description: Workshop on Sustainable business models and innovative financial instruments. Role of science and technology, local knowledge and IPR are to be discussed. Critical investment in clean technology in energy etc. and regulatory regimes and their impacts on society, etc. What happens to poverty in a climate sustainability world? Can innovative financial instruments and appropriate technology help eradicate poverty?
Presentations (8 min each): Mr. Victor Ricco (CEDHA-Argentina), Mr. Gopal Kumar Jain (SAYAN-India), Ms. Gail Karlsson (CitNet-USA),

12.45 – 13.30hrs     LUNCH BREAK

13.45 – 15.00 hrs
Climate Sustainability PLATFORM - CAMPUS (PLATFORM Assembly)
Workshop 7: Climate Sustainability Exchanges: Sustainable Enterprise Partnerships and Responsible Consumer Markets
Description: This is a workshop on partnerships for sustainable enterprises and their climate sustainability exchanges. Business, researchers, policy makers and civil society members will engage in discussing pathways towards a common future of climate sustainability on earth. What will motive exchanges and partnerships? Peace, prosperity, wellbeing, happiness? Or a new market opportunities for a green economy? Where are the initiatives and models to build on?
Presentations (8 min each: Mr. Jeffery Barber (ISF-USA), Prof. Victoria Thoresen (PERL-Norway), Ms. Indrani Thuraisingham (CI-Malaysia), Mr. Harsha Ratnaweera (Centre for Environment & Development-Sri Lanka) & Bruce Davison (GLOSS-UK)
15.00 – 16.15hrs
Climate Sustainability PLATFORM – ENTREPRENUER (PLATFORM Assembly)
Lab 02: Sustainable EnterprInstitute for Social Ecology  Partnerships
Description: Your chance to participate in multi-disciplinary working groups addressing real world business problems to help develop sustainable enterprises solutions and partnerships.
Moderated by: Ms. Jeanne Block (Green Art Labs-France) with Mr. Bruce Davison (GLOSS - UK), Mohiuddin Babar (NA -Bangladesh), Mrs. Ambreen Waheed (RBI-Pakistan), Mr. Daniel Ku (EET-Taiwan), Mr. Harsha Ratnaweera (CED - Sri Lanka), Mr. Fa'iz Marhami (Marhami Beyg-USA)

16.30 – 18.00hrs
Climate Sustainability PLATFORM - DIALOGUE (Small Plenary)
Theme: "Is a new world order of economic prosperity and technology sharing possible?"
Description: A new world order is emerging with the high economic growth in countries like China and India. But, with the climate challenging our existence, what kind of development process do we want to see in the world? Can the economic growth based model provide us hope anymore? What kind of green technological advancement and sharing is required? How is the financing of the transition world going to be managed? (e) What is the role of sustainable enterprises?
Panel Speakers (5 min each): Dr. Victoria W. Thoresen (Norway), Dr.  ATMANAND (MDI-India), Ms. Gail Karlsson (CitNet-USA),  Mrs. Ambreen Waheed (RBI-Pakistan), Dr Simad Saeed (CDE-Maldives), Ms. Ratna Devi Nadarajan (FOMCA-Malaysia), Mr. Daniel Ku (EE-Taiwan), Dr. Simone Lovera (Global Forest Coalition - Paraguay)


17.45 – 18.00hrs     Presentation of the 2nd  draft of  the Climate Sustainability MESSAGE

18.00 – 19.15hrs     SUPPER BREAK

19.15 – 20.00hrs
Climate Sustainability PLATFORM - SYNTHESIS (PLATFORM Assembly)
Climate Sustainability MESSAGE: The editorial team will meet-up to prepare consultative drafts of the message
Climate Sustainability MEDIA: The media and rapportuer teams will meet-up to prepare the media releases and reports of the day and place them on blogs and send to media.
Climate Sustainability FACULTY: The faculty will meet-up to prepare presentations for the next day PLENERY.


6th Sunday 2009

09.15 – 9.45 am
Climate Sustainability PLATFORM – STRATEGY (PLATFORM Assembly)
The PLATFROM working group coordinators and members will meet to discuss the strategies for the day. Planning of the day's sessions and outputs, roles and responsibilities, etc. will be discussed.

10.00 – 11.00 hr
Climate Sustainability PLATFORM - PLENERY (Small Plenary)
Presentation of Yesterdays CAMPUS workshops (20 mins)
Guest Presentations (08 mins each): 'A Mindful World Order: Shared Visions and Global Partnerships'
1.       Space - time appropriation between north and south: Ecological unequal exchange and environmental justice' - Dr. Simron Singh (India)
2.       'Visions of a Rio+20 Summit' - Felix Dodds, Director - Stakeholder Forum (UK)
3.       'Climate Ethics' - Professor Arthur Lyon DAHL (International Environment Forum - Switzerland)

10.45 – 11.00hrs     Presentation of the final draft of  the Climate Sustainability MESSAGE

11.15 – 13.00 hrs
Climate Sustainability PLATFORM – CAMPUS & DIALOGUE combined (PLATFORM Assembly)
Workshop 8: A Mindful World Order: Shared Visions and Global Partnerships
Description:  Climate is changing, poverty eradication remains a great challenge and sustainability still seems far away. The climate negotiations are falling apart and the North-South or Development and Developing country divide is increasing. The governments may not come up with a climate deal in Copenhagen COP15. So, where dos that leave us citizens' of earth. Are we divided as well? Where and how can find a shared vision, and what would it look like. How can we build global partnerships as people and peoples' movements? How can we see beyond sectoral differences and have collective initiatives for a better world. What is the message we want to send to the COP15 negotiators and leaders of the world?
Panel Speakers (5 mini each): Dr. Sylvia Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen (LU-Netherlands), Ms. Indrani Thuraisingham (CI-Malaysia) ,  Mr. Victor Ricco (CEDHA-Argentina), Dr. Victoria W. Thoresen (CCN-Norway), Mr.Felix Dodds (SF-UK), Dr. Simone Lovera (GFC -Paraguay), Prof. Mohamed Tawfic Ahmed (SCU – Egypt), Mr. Jeffrey Babar (ISF-USA)
Moderators: Mr. Uchita de Zoysa (GLOSS/CED-Sri Lanka)

13.00 – 14.00hrs     LUNCH BREAK

14.00 – 15.15hrs
Climate Sustainability PLATFORM - SYNTHESIS (PLATFORM Assembly)
Climate Sustainability MESSAGE: The editorial team will meet-up to prepare consultative drafts of the message
Climate Sustainability MEDIA: The media and rapportuer teams will meet-up to prepare the media releases and reports of the day and place them on blogs and send to media.
Climate Sustainability FACULTY: The faculty will meet-up to prepare presentations for the next day PLENERY.

15.30 – 17.00 hrs
CPHCO2009 Closing ceremony:
Climate Sustainability MESSAGE is presented and opens for signatures

18.00 Onwards at Tivoli
CPHCO2009 Party:
Climate Sustainability MESSAGE is presented and opens for signatures


For more information visit our blog @ http://climatesustainabilityplatform.blogspot.com/
Contact Mr. Uchita de Zoysa, Convenor of the Climate Sustainability PLATFORM @ uchita@sltnet.lk

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