09:00 CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGIES AT NATIONAL LEVEL

Chair: Xabier Caño. Head of the Basque Office for Climate Change

• Spanish Strategy for Climate Change and Clean Energy  (701 kb).- Teresa Ribera. Head of the Spanish Office for Climate Change.
  
  
• Swedish Strategy  (832 kb).- Lars Westermark. Head of Climate Section, Swedish EPA
  
  
• The UK Strategy. Economic Aspects  (570 kb).- Michele Pittini. Economic Adviser, DEFRA.
  
  
• Basque Strategy to Fight Climate Change  (1,41 Mb).- Ibon Galarraga. Vice-Minister of Environment of the Basque Government.

11:30 Coffee break

12:00 CLIMATE CHANGE PLANS

Chair: Jose Ignacio Hormaeche. General Manager of the Basque Energy Agency (EVE).

• Flanders  (1,18 Mb).- Els Van Den Broeck. Environment, Nature and Energy Department of the Flemish Government.
  
  
• Catalonia: Renewable Energy  (548 kb).- Frederic Ximeno. General Director for Environmental Policies and Sustainability of the Department of Environment and Housing of the Catalonian Government.
  
  
• Galizia: Carbon Sinks  (14,5 Mb).- Emilio Fernández. General Director for Sustainable Development of the Galizian Government.
  
  
• Andalusia: Adaptation.- Esperanza Caro. General Director for Environmental Quality and Protection of the Andalusian Government.

14:00 Lunch break

15:30  CONCURRENT SESSIONS

WORKSHOP A: SECTORIAL POLICIES ON CLIMATE CHANGE

• Energy - Representative of the Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism.
  
  
• Transport - Representative of the Department of Transport and Public Works.
  
  
• Agriculture - Representative of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
  
  
• Housing - Representative of the Department of Housing and Social Affairs.
  
  
• Education - Representative of the Department of Education, Universities and Research.
  
  
• Environment - Representative of the Department of Environment and Land Use Planning.

Chair: Mariano Ferrer. Media Professional.

WORKSHOP B: BEST PRACTICES ON CLIMATE CHANGE AT LOCAL LEVEL

• Ilaria De Altin. Coordinator for Climate & Air, ICLEI Europe.  (263 kb)
  
  
• Ana Juaristi. Responsible for the Climate Change Group of the Basque Network of Municipalities for Sustainability, Udalsarea 21.  (1,01 Mb)
  
  
• Henrik Johansson. Environmental Controller, Department of Strategic Planning, Växjö Municipality (Sweden)  (18 kb)
  
  
• Ray Morgan. Chief Executive of Woking Borough Council.  (451 kb)

Chair: Alberto Jiménez de Aberasturi. Head of the Office of Environmental Planning, Participation and Control of the Basque Government Department for Environment and Land Use.

18:00 CONCLUSIONS AND CLOSING

Ibon Galarraga, Vice-Minister of Environment of the Basque Government.