GLOBE COP21 LEGISLATORS SUMMIT - PROGRAMME
PROGRAMME Day 1: FRIDAY 4TH DECEMBER 2015
VENUE: National Assembly of France, Paris, France – Salle Victor Hugo
ENTRANCE: 101 Rue de l'Université, 75007 Paris
08:30 - 9:30 Registration – Welcome Coffee
09:30 - 10:45 HIGH-LEVEL OPENING SESSION
WELCOME
Graham Stuart MP Chairman of the Board of GLOBE International Chair of the GLOBE COP21 Legislators Summit
OPENING REMARKS
Deputy Jean-Paul Chanteguet President of GLOBE France; President of the Committee on Sustainable Development, Town and Country Planning, National Assembly of France
Laurent Fabius Minister of Foreign Affairs and President of the COP21/CMP 11
Christiana Figueres Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
10:45 - 11:45 THE 2015 AGENDA – HIGH-LEVEL SCENE SETTER
Helen Clark Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), former Prime Minister of New Zealand
Ángel Gurría Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Margareta Wahlström Special Representative of UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction
Achim Steiner Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Chaired by: Cedric T. Frolick MP President, GLOBE International and House Chairperson, National Assembly of South Africa
11:45 - 12:00 Coffee Break
12:00 - 13:00 SESSION 1: CONTRIBUTIONS FROM NATIONAL DELEGATIONS
Opportunity for Globe national delegations to report in plenary on domestic action on GLOBE’s 2015 ‘Coherence & Convergence’ agenda culminating at COP21
Co-chairs: Deputy Arnaud Leroy President, GLOBE Europe; Secretary of the Sustainable Development Committee, French National Assembly & Stella Bianchi MP Member of Italian Chamber of Deputies; President, GLOBE Italy
Presentation: World Wide Views on Climate Change Initiative by Deputy Jean-Paul Chanteguet President of GLOBE France; President of the Committee on Sustainable Development, Town and Country Planning, French National Assembly
13:00 - 14:45 LUNCH AT THE HÔTEL DE LASSAY, RESIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE
15:00 - 16:30 SESSION 2: DEVELOPMENTS IN NATIONAL LEGISLATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, ENERGY & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – TOWARDS INTEGRATED NATIONAL PLANNING ON THE 2015 AGENDA
Session chair: Senator Bukola Saraki President, GLOBE Nigeria; President, Senate of Nigeria
Presentation: Dr. Alina Averchenkova Co-Head Climate Policy, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics (LSE)
National updates from heads of Globe parliamentary delegations: Senator Ed Markey Member of the U.S. Senate, Chair of the Senate Climate Change Clearinghouse; Chairman of the Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, International Environmental Protection, and Peace Corps
Deputy Ignacio Pichardo Chair of the Water and Sanitation Committee of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies, Former Governor of the State of Mexico, GLOBE Mexico
Hon. Rep. Susan Yap MP Member, House of Representatives of the Republic of the Philippines
Senator Jorge Viana Vice-president of the Brazilian Senate, former Governor of the State of Acre, Brazil
Stella Bianchi MP Member of Italian Chamber of Deputies; President, GLOBE Italy
Dr Kennedy Graham MP President of GLOBE New Zealand 16:30 - 18:00 SESSION 3: CLIMATE CHANGE: LAWMAKING & ADJUDICATION FOR THE FUTURE
Speakers: Justice Antonio Benjamin National High Court of Brazil –STJ, and Chair, IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law
Lord Robert Carnwath Justice, Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Justice Luc Lavrysen Constitutional Court of Belgium and Chair, European Union Forum of Judges for the Environment
Justice Ricardo Lorenzetti Chief Justice of Argentina and Co-Chair, UNEP International Advisory Council on Environmental Justice
Judge Françoise Nési Cour de Cassation, Supreme Court of France
Jairam Ramesh Former Minister of Environment & Forests, India
Chair: Bärbel Hohn MdB Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety of the German Bundestag & GLOBE Germany Vice-President.
18:00 – 19:00 GLOBE International Annual General Meeting (For Globe Members)
19:00 – 20:00 GLOBE Networking Day 2 : SATURDAY 5TH DECEMBER 2015
VENUE: National Assembly of France, Paris, France - Hemicycle
ENTRANCE: 33 Quai d'Orsay, 75007 Paris
9:00 – 09:05 WELCOME TO DAY 2 – Graham Stuart MP, chair, GLOBE International
9:05 – 09:20 OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH 09:20 - 09:30 OPENING REMARKS
Deputy Claude Bartolone President of the National Assembly of France 09:30 - 10:30 SESSION 4: INSPIRING ACTION – MESSAGE FROM CITIES SUMMIT LEADERS TO NATIONAL LAWMAKERS: Leveraging dynamism from cities and regions
Keynote Address : Michael Bloomberg* Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General on Cities; former Mayor of New York City
Dr. Naoko Ishii CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility
Session Chair : Cedric T. Frolick MP President, GLOBE International and House Chairperson, National Assembly of South Africa
10:30 – 11:45 SESSION 5: PREPARING FOR THE NEW CLIMATE ECONOMY – A QUIET REVOLUTION Defining an Opportunity Agenda for Legislators
Creating the new climate economy – the role of legislators in advancing low-carbon innovation and new industrial strategies Felipe Calderón Co-Chair, Global Commission on the Economy and Climate; former President of Mexico A Winning Coalition—Why California is Leading the U.S. Transition to Clean Energy Tom Steyer Business leader, philanthropist and environmentalist
The Circular Economy – cutting carbon emissions and generating jobs. Findings of a new study by the Club of Rome Dr. Anders Wijkman Co-President of the Club of Rome and study author; Former member of the European Parliament; Vice-Chairman of the Tällberg Foundation
Chaired by: Yuriko Koike President, GLOBE Japan; Member of Japanese Diet and former Environment Minister of Japan 11:45 - 12:00 SUMMIT CLOSING FINAL REMARKS AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION ON COHERENT 2015 SUMMITS AND POST-PARIS AGENDA
Graham Stuart MP Chairman, Board of GLOBE International – Chair of the Summit
Ségolène Royal* Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy
12:00 Summit Closes
*= Invited – TBC