?Preparing for Copenhagen: Climate Change and Development Issues?

The seminar on the 16th of October consists of a wide range of interesting presentations from experts on development and climate change to NGO representatives and academics. The tentative list of speakers includes Larry Lohmann (the Corner House, Durban Group for Climate Justice), Witoon Permpongsacharoen (Towards Ecological Recovery and Regional Alliance - TERRA), Antto Vihma (Finland Futures Research Centre) and Sini Harkki (Greenpeace, Finland).

The course is arranged jointly by the Universities of Jyväskylä, Tampere and Helsinki, Helsinki University of Technology, Finnish Association for Nature Conservation (SLL), Service Centre for Development Cooperation (KEPA), and Siemenpuu Foundation.

The course is open for all undergraduate and graduate students interested in development and climate change.  Attending the seminar is free of charge, and it will be held in English. More information updates at: http://www.sll.fi/ilmastokiertue

The lectures on Mondays from 9th to 30th of November include speakers from UNIFEM Finland, WWF International (gender specialist), an organic farmer and scientist from India and a representative of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.

"Preparing for Copenhagen: Climate Change and Development Issues" Seminar Programme Tampere 2009

Friday 16th of October

Time:         Friday October 16th 2009, 10-17.00hrs                 
Place:         University of Tampere, 10?12hrs : Väinö Linna -sali / Hall
                  12.00-16.00hrs Ls/Hall B1097, Pinni Building                  
Attention!    The times are estimated and the programme may vary.

I      INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE POLITICS
10.15-11.45
    Welcome and Introduction: Main Concepts and Actuality on Climate Change
    Maria Nuutinen and Salka Orivuori (FANC)
    Instructions for essays / Jenni Kauppila:
    Negotiation Positions of South and North, their History and Copenhagen
    Antto Vihma (Finland Futures Research Centre)
    Climate Change Negotiations, Development and REDD
    Simo Kyllönen (University of Helsinki and Climate specialist, Greenpeace, Finland)
    Questions and voting 
11.45     Break, 15 min

II    CRITICAL VIEWS ON CLIMATE POLICY
12.00-13.15
    Climate Markets and the South: A New Global Political Economy
    Larry Lohmann (the Corner House, the UK)
    Global citizenship and carbon
    Tuuli Kaskinen (Project director, researcher, Demos, Finland)
Questions, conversation and voting
13.15  Lunch

III     CLIMATE EQUITY
        14.15-15.45
    Mekong Energy Development Paradigm VS. Climate Justice
    Witoon Permpongsacharoen (Towards Ecological Recovery and Regional Alliance - TERRA, Thailand)
    Greenhouse Development Rights Model
    Salka Orivuori
Questions, conversation and voting
    15.30- 15.45        Break 15 min

IV    THE ROLE OF FORESTS IN CLIMATE POLICY

15.45-17.00   
    Climate change, palm oil and development with focus on greenhouse gas emissions from palm oil production
    Norman Jiwan (Head of dept. Mitigation Social and Environmental Risk, SAWIT Watch, Indonesia) 
    Forest services, climate change adaptation and development issues in West Africa
    Fobissie Blese Kalame (University of Helsinki, CIFOR)    
17.00 Questions, final discussion and overall voting results
      Conclusions and closing

30.9.2009 mennessä nettiopsussa. Kurssille otetaan 50 opiskelijaa ilmoittautumisjärjestyksessä. Enrolment time expires 30/9/2009. The number of participants is limited to 50.