INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE 6-8 MARCH 2019 DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIÁN BASQUE COUNTRY. #ChangeTheChange19

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1 6-8 MARCH 2019 DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIÁN 26/12/2018

2 DONOSTIA / SAN SEBASTIÁN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IS THE BIGGEST ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE WE FACE AS A PLANET Framed in the initiative of United Nations Momentum for Change, and in line with the Paris Agreement, the International Conference on Climate Change Change the Change will convey a cutting-edge vision on the challenges of climate change facing the planet and will make known the initiatives and actions that are making a difference in our environment. WE ARE COUNTING ON YOU TO MAKE A CHANGE 2

3 DONOSTIA / SAN SEBASTIÁN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE the venue DONOSTIA SAN SEBASTIÁN The Basque Country is a committed region taking action on climate change. KLIMA 2050 is the Basque Climate Change Strategy, an instrument to promote a socioeconomic model less dependent on carbon, which minimizes our vulnerability to climate change and allows us to move towards a sustainable economy. To know more: / 3

4 WEDNESDAY 6 MARCH 08:30-09:30 PARTICIPANT REGISTRATION 09:30-10:00 CLIMATE CHANGE, A GLOBAL CHALLENGE Opening ceremony. Spanish Government. Gipuzkoa Provincial Council. Donostia/San Sebastián City Council. 10:00-11:00 KEYNOTE SPEECH The Climate Challenge in the European Context and Spain s Position. 11:00-11:30 COFFE BREAK Teresa Ribera. Ministry for the Ecology Transition. Spanish Goverment. Nicholas Stern. Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. London School of Economics. Iñaki Arriola. Minister of environment, Territorial planning and Housing. 11:30-12:30 HEROES AND HEROINES OF THE PLANET: INSPIRING ACTIONS Uxua López Flamarique. Global network of women in STEMM against Climate Change Homeward Bound. 12:30-14:00 PLANET HEALTH: SCIENCE FOR ACTION Climate change science: challenges, evidence, responses, knowledge driving action. A METEOROLOGY APPROACH Luis Balairón. Former Director of the Climate Change Analysis and Attribution Programme. Spanish Meteorology Agency-AEMET. CLIMATE PREDICTION Manola Brunet. Chair of the Commission for Climatology. World Meteorological Organization. THE ANTHROPOCENE APPROACH Alejandro Cearreta. PhD in Geology and Lecturer in Micropaleontology. University of the Basque Country. IMPACTS ON COASTAL SYSTEMS Iñigo Losada. Director of Research at the Environmental Hydraulic Institute. University of Cantabria. IMPACTS ON ECOSYSTEMS José Manuel Moreno Rodríguez. Professor of Ecology. University of Castilla-La Mancha. Mª José Sanz. Scientific Director. Basque Center for Climate Change BC3. 4

5 WEDNESDAY 6 MARCH 14:00-15:30 LUNCH 15:30-17:00 REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT Leadership of the regions in climate change and experiences of the regions particularly committed to fighting climate change and how they are facing the main challenges in their territories. LOMBARDY REGION, ITALY Raffaele Cattaneo. Minister for the Environment and Climate Change. BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG, GERMANY Franz Untersteller. Minister for the Environment Climate Protection and Energy. NETWORK OF REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT nrg4sd Natalia Vera. Secretary General. José Ignacio Asensio. Councillor for the Environment and Hydraulic Works Gipuzkoa Provincial Council. The Basque Country. 17:00-17:30 COFFE BREAK 17:30-19:00 CITIES Climate action experiences that improve the life of people in the cities and urban environments. Showcase for experiences and measures that are already being adopted in the cities, climate action from the local level and the view of what should be the course and priorities of these actions. Joan Clos. Former UN Hábitat Director. Juan Espadas. Mayor of Seville and Chair of the Spanish Network of Cities for Climate. Ernesto Gasco. Deputy Mayor. City of San Sebastián. 19:00 CLOSURE 5

6 THURSDAY 7 MARCH 09:30-11:00 SUSTAINABILITY Sustainable Development Goals. International progress in sustainability policies, the application of the 2030 Agenda, their involvement with climate change and the future challenges facing us. Cristina Gallach. High Commissioner for the 2030 Agenda. Government of Spain. Marian Elorza. General Secretary for External Action. 11:00-11:30 COFFE BREAK 11:30-12:30 HEROES AND HEROINES OF THE PLANET: INSPIRING ACTIONS 12:30-14:00 ENERGY TRANSITION Keys to a fair energy transition, which includes aspects such as the reform of the electricity system, environmental taxation and clean transport. Cristina Narbona. Former Minister of the Environment. Government of Spain. Gonzalo Saénz de Miera. Director of Climate Change. Iberdrola. Iñigo Ansola. General Manager of Basque Energy Board-EVE. 14:00-15:30 LUNCH 6

7 THURSDAY 7 MARCH 15:30-17:00 ECONOMY Strategic vision that combines climate change and the economy. Relevant entities/experiences leading to a change of paradigm in the behaviour of companies and financial institutions. Antoni Ballabriga. Global Head of Responsible Business. BBVA. Isabel Fernández-Niemann. Head of Wholesale Banking. ING. Juan Luis Pozo. Director of the Corporate Sustainability Division. Global Omnium. Víctor Viñuales. Executive Director. ECODES Foundation. Hugo Morán. Secretary of State for the Environment. Government of Spain. 17:00-17:30 COFFE BREAK 17:30-19:00 EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SOCIETY Importance of social and cultural contexts in behaviours and changing them. Role of education in the change. Migratory movements. Climate change and art. Mar Gómez. Meteorologist. Eltiempo.es Francisco Heras. Adaptation Strategies Division. Spanish Climate Change Office. Spanish Government. Manuel Pulgar-Vidal. Former Minister of Environment of Peru and Leader of the Climate and Energy Practice. WWF Internacional. 19:00 CLOSURE Aitor Zulueta. Climate Change and Natural Heritage Director. 7

8 FRIDAY 8 MARCH 09:30-11:00 IMPULSE FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF WOMEN The vision of women leaders in different fields who reflect and carry forward the exercising of a critical leadership and the participation of women to adress climate change. Paula Caballero. Managing Director for Climate and Water. Rare. Valvanera Ulargui. General Director of the Spanish Climate Change Office. Government of Spain. Elena Moreno. Deputy Minister for the Environment. 11:00-11:30 COFFE BREAK 11:30-12:30 HEROES AND HEROINES OF THE PLANET: INSPIRING ACTIONS 12:30-13:30 CLOSING LECTURE Bunny McDiarmid. Executive Director. Greenpeace International. 13:30 FINAL CONCLUSIONS 8

9 6-8 MARCH 2019 DONOSTIA SAN SEBASTIÁN MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATIONS ORGANIZERS COLLABORATORS Phone: