The
Royal Norwegian Embassy and
Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invite
you to a transatlantic symposium on the emerging and
widespread range of climate challenges that face the Arctic
Region. The schedule for the symposium, along with a
list of confirmed speakers, follows. Each session will
include time for questions and answers.
8:00 a.m. Registration, continental breakfast
9:00 a.m. “Principal Challenges and
Opportunities”
• Knut
Vollebaek, Norwegian Ambassador to the United States
(opening remarks)
• Carol Werner, Executive
Director, Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI)
• Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) Speech
Transcript
• Jan Petersen, Norwegian Minister
of Foreign Affairs Speech
Transcript
• Dr.
Gordon McBean, Lead Author, Arctic Climate Impact
Assessment (ACIA) and Professor,
University of Western Ontario
Presentation
10:00 a.m. “Climate and Oceans”
• Dr. Olav Orheim, Director,
Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsoe, Norway
• Dr. Helge Drange, Director, G.C.
Rieber Climate Institute, and Research Leader, Bjerknes Centre
for
Climate Research, Norway
Presentation
• Dr.
James E. Hansen, Director, NASA Goddard Institute for
Space Studies, New York Presentation
• Dr.
Michael J. Prather, Fred Kalvi Chair and Professor,
Department of Earth System Science, University of
California Irvine, and
Jefferson Science Fellow, US State Department, 2005-2006
Presentation
11:00 a.m. “Policy Implications Resulting from
Scientific Evidence”
• Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD),
Co-Chair, House Climate Change Caucus
• Dr. Pål Prestrud, Vice-Chair,
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) and Director, Center
for
International Climate and
Environmental Research ( CICERO ), Oslo, Norway Presentation
• Michelle Wyman, Executive
Director, International Council for Local Environmental
Initiatives (ICLEI),
USA Office
• Donald Goldberg, Senior Attorney,
Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
12:15 p.m. Topical Luncheon
•
Presiding, Jan
Petersen, Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Luncheon speaker: Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE)
This
symposium is a follow-up to the Arctic Climate Impact
Assessment (ACIA) which was released last fall. The ACIA
was sponsored by eight Arctic nations (Canada, Denmark,
Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United
States) and six indigenous people’s organizations who
comprise the Arctic Council, and involved more than 300
leading Arctic researchers. In response to the
assessment, the eight nations of the Arctic Council agreed to
pursue mitigation, adaptation, research and monitoring and
outreach strategies to improve awareness and implement
successful responses to climatic challenges in the Arctic.
This symposium is part of that effort.
Reservations
are required to attend this event. Space is limited.
Please submit the registration form below with your
RSVP.
For more
information, please contact Anders Skandsen of the Royal
Norwegian Embassy
at ansk@mfa.no
or 202.333.6000, or Fred Beck of EESI at
fbeck@eesi.org or
202.662-1892.
