09:00 Registration

09:30 OPENING SESSION

INTRODUCTION: BASQUE OFFICE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

Juan José Ibarretxe. President of the Basque Government
Esther Larrañaga. Minister of Environment and Land Use Planning of the Basque Government.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: The effect of human activities in global warming

Mario Molina. Nobel Laureate, CEO the Mario Molina Centre for Strategic Studies on Energy and Environment, Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California - San Diego (UCSD)

11:00 Coffee break

11:30 GLOBAL PROBLEM AND INTERNATIONAL ACTIONS

Chair: Félix Goñi. Professor of Biochemistry, University of the Basque Country.

• The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change  (1,84 Mb).- Dimitri Zenghelis, UK government economic adviser to the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change.
  
  
• The Economics of Climate Change  (216 kb).- Mª Carmen Gallastegui. Professor of Economics, University of the Basque Country.
  
  
• Post-Kyoto Options  (210 kb).- Anil Markandya. Professor of Economics at Bath University, member of the IPCC.
  
  
• Trends in Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the EU  (1,76 Mb).- Jan Karlsson. Group of Climate Change and Energy of the European Environment Agency.
  

14:00 Lunch break

15:30 CONCURRENT SESSIONS: FACING CLIMATE CHANGE

WORKSHOP A: ACTIONS FOR ADAPTATION

• Climate Scenarios in Spain  (7,26 Mb).- Ernesto Rodriguez Camino. Head of Climate Evaluation and Modellingof the National Meteorological Insitute.
  
  
• Climate Scenaries in the Basque Country  (5,84 Mb).- Adolfo Morais. Head of the Meteorology and Climatology Department of the Basque Government.
  
  
• Energy Revolution: the need for renewable energy  (1,42 Mb). - Juan López de Uralde, Executive-Director of Greenpeace Spain

Chair: Ana Isabel Oregi. Vice-Minister of Land Use Planning and Water Resources of the Basque Government.

WORKSHOP B: ACTIONS FOR EMISSIONS MITIGATION

• Sustainable Energy Policy in Germany  (1,37 Mb). - Klaus Müschen. Head of the Climate Protection, Environment and Energy Department of the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA).
  
  
• Perspective on Carbon Sinks  (370 kb).- Daniel Martino. Coordinating Lead Author, IPCC Fourth Assesment Report; Executive Director of Carbosur.
  
  
• Mitigation Measures  (738 kb).- Ramón Ojeda Mestre. General Secretary for the International Court of Environmental Arbitration and Conciliatio (ICEAC).

Chair: Aranzazu Tapia. Vice-Minister of Transport and Public Works.

18:15 SESSIONS ENDING

20:00 CONFERENCE RECEPTION

Cocktail Reception hosted by the Basque Government Department for Environment and Land Use Planning at the Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa. Invitation required.