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1 EN Conference Back to Back with COP23 "Climate Action and Human Wellbeing at a Crossroads: Historical Transformation or Backlash" Conference Programme 4-5 November 2017, Bonn DO R S E D EV EN T

2 Conference Programme Saturday, 4 November :00 Registration & Welcome Coffee 9:00 9:50 Opening Plenary: Climate Action and Human Wellbeing at a Crossroads Historical Transformation or Backlash? Speakers: Heide Hackmann (ICSU), Ronny Jumeau (Permanent Representative of the Seychelles to the United Nations), Pascale Ehrenfreund (DLR) Moderators: Dirk Messner (DIE), Nebojsa Nakicenovic (IIASA) 9:50 10:40 Plenary 1: Paris Agreement and 2030 Agenda From Vulnerabilities to Opportunities Speakers: Ottmar Edenhofer (MCC), Stefan Rahmstorf (PIK), Leena Srivastava (TERI University) Moderator: Andrew Revkin (ProPublica) 10:40 11:10 Coffee Break 11:10 12:40 Parallel Sessions A: The Transformation is Happening Innovations as Drivers for Change and Sustainability 1. Transforming the Urban Landscape Re-imagining the Future towards Zero Carbon (co-organised by Stiftung Mercator) Speakers: Ani Dasgupta (WRI Ross Center), Maryke van Staden (ICLEI), Pan Jiahua (CASS), Tina Völker (Ministry of Economics, Innovation, Digitalisation and Energy, State of North Rhine-Westphalia) Moderator: Sven Egenter (CLEW) 2

3 2. Mobility From Challenges to Transformation Speakers: Isbrand Ho (BYD Auto Company Limited), Christian Hochfeld (Agora Verkehrswende), Daniel Mittler (Greenpeace), Gerhard Prätorius (VW) Moderator: Maja Göpel (WBGU) 3. Financing the Transformation Sharing Global Responsibility Speakers: Ottmar Edenhofer (MCC), Stephany Griffith-Jones (Columbia University), Inge Kaul (Hertie School of Governance), Heino von Meyer (OECD) Moderator: Ulrich Volz (SOAS University of London & DIE) 12:40 13:40 Lunch Break 13:40 14:40 Plenary 2: Visions for a Sustainable Future Speakers: Pascale Ehrenfreund (DLR), Ottmar Ette (University of Potsdam), Stéphane Hallegate (World Bank), Johan Rockström (SRC), Youba Sokona (The South Centre) Moderator: Andrew Revkin (ProPublica) 14:45 14:55 Transition Break 14:55 16:25 Parallel Sessions B: Scaling up the Transformation Key Sectors to Zero Emissions 4. Energy System Transformation Drivers Speakers: Fatima Denton (UNECA), Carol Dumaine (SAIS), Dolf Gielen (IRENA), Christine Lins (REN21), Keywan Riahi (IIASA) Moderator: Tareq Emtairah (UNIDO) 3

4 5. Feeding Everyone and the Next Generations Sustaining People and the Planet Speakers: Pradeep Monga (UNCCD), Katherine Richardson (University of Copenhagen), Jonathan Mockshell (DIE), Herbert Lust (CI) Moderator: Michael Obersteiner (IIASA) 6. Building Transformative Networks Speakers: Christoph Beier (GIZ), Raimund Bleischwitz (UCL), Heide Hackmann (ICSU), Cheikh Mbow (START International), Martin Visbeck (Geomar) Moderator: Michael Hoch (University of Bonn) 16:25 16:55 Coffee Break 16:55 17:55 Plenary 3: The Digital Revolution for Sustainability Speakers: Birgit Klesper (Deutsche Telekom), Ina Schieferdecker (Fraunhofer FOKUS), Rita SchwarzelührSutter (Parliamentary State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry for the Environment), Björn Stigson (former WBCSD President) Moderation: Andrew Revkin (ProPublica) 19:00 Conference Dinner Performance by Tone Bjordam (visual artist) and Marten Scheffer (University of Wageningen) 4

5 Sunday, 5 November :30 Registration and Welcome Coffee 9:00 9:20 Welcome and Introduction by the Conference Chairs Speakers: Reinhard Limbach (Mayor of Bonn), Dirk Messner (DIE), Nebojsa Nakicenovic (IIASA) 9:20 10:20 Plenary 4: Multilateralism at a Crossroads What is at Stake? Speakers: Paula Caballero (WRI), Carlos Lopes (University of Cape Town), Jan Aart Scholte (University of Gothenburg), Klaus Töpfer (former Executive Director of UNEP), Olai Uludong (Permanent Representative of Palau to the United Nations) Moderator: Andrew Revkin (ProPublica) 10:20 10:50 Impulse: American Investment in Sustainable European Problem Solutions 10:50 11:10 Coffee Break 11:10 12:40 Parallel Sessions C: Key Challenges for the Transformation Towards Sustainability 7. Pluralism of World Order Concepts Reservoir of Cooperation or Amplifier of Conflict? (co-organised by Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research KHK/GCR21) Speakers: Steven Fibster Fine, Robert Brattice Kravlock (both United States Environmental Protection Agency) Speakers: Thomas Hale (Oxford University), Siddharth Mallavarapu (South Asian University), Janos Pasztor (C2G2), Jasdeep Randhawa (Global Diplomacy Lab) Moderator: Sigrid Quack (KHK/GCR21) 5

6 8. The Challenge of Poverty and Rising Inequalities Threat to Speakers: Meagan Fallone (CEO Barefoot Peace, Human Wellbeing, Sustainability and SDGs College International), Marc Fleurbaey (Princeton University), Jacob Rhyner (UNUEHS), Leena Srivastava (TERI University) Moderator: Imme Scholz (DIE) 9. Stories and Narratives Journalism in Times of Transformation Speakers: Sven Egenter (CLEW), Andrew Revkin (ProPublica), Maren Urner (Perspective Daily), Qing Wang (Caixin Globus) Moderator: Nick Nuttall (UNFCCC) 12:40 13:40 Lunch Break 13:40 14:40 Plenary 5: Creative Arts for the Transformation The Role of Culture and the Arts Speakers: Tone Bjordam (visual artist), Adrienne Goehler (ZNE!), A.G. Saño (climate activist and artist), Dirk Wilutzky (film producer and Oscar winner) Moderator: Andrew Revkin (ProPublica) 14:40 15:10 Coffee Break 15:10 16:10 Plenary 6: Further and Faster Strategies and Enabling Conditions for an Accelerated Transformation Speakers: Leilani Farha (UN Special Rapporteur), John E. Morton (Stiftung Mercator, Senior Fellow at HHL Leipzig School of Management), Dennis Snower (IfW Kiel) Moderator: Andrew Revkin (ProPublica) 16:10-17:00 Closing Plenary: Establishing a Culture of Global Cooperation Together We Can Achieve the Transformation! Speakers: Ingrid Hoven (BMZ), Achim Steiner (UNDP) Moderators: Dirk Messner (DIE), Nebojsa Nakicenovic (IIASA) 6

7 17:00 End of the Conference 7

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