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The International Summit-Conference “Climate Change in the Mediterranean and the Middle East: Challenges and Solutions”, on the 18th and 19th May 2018, will address the scientific basis of Climate Change in the region, its various impacts and challenges (Health, Water, Food, Tourism, Migration…), mitigation/adaptation strategies, policy challenges and governance.

This Conference will be preceded by two days of “more focused” scientific workshops (16^th and 17^th). The Pre-Conference workshops will examine in detail issues related to Air pollution and Climate Change, and interconnections with Energy and Agriculture in the region in view of the ongoing of Climate Change.

The overall goal of the Summit-Conference would be to launch a “Nicosia Declaration” regarding the scientific basis of Climate Change in the region, including the high-level propositions for mitigation/ adaptation strategies.

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THEMATIC AREAS
OF THE PROGRAM

Mitigation & Adaptation Solutions.
Climate Change & Pollution: Weather Extremes, Health Impacts, Migration and Security.
Energy, Water & Sustainability.

Speakers, Panelists, Conveners

Assia Alaoui Bensalah

Ambassador at Large, Morocco

Edouard Brezin

Former President Of The French Academy Of Sciences, Ens Paris, France

Refâat Chaabouni

Former Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Tunisia

Loucas Christophorou

Academy Of Athens, Greece

Fadi Comair

General Director of Hydraulic & Electrical Resources (Ministry of Energy & Water), Lebanon

Richard Cooper

Former Under-Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Harvard University, USA

Laurent Fabius

Former Prime Minister, Chair of COP 21, France

Anastasios Giannitsis

Former Minister of Interior, Foreign Affairs, Greece

Filippo Giorgi

Head, Earth System Physics, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy

Joanna D. Haigh

CBE FRS Co-Director Grantham Institute, Imperial College London, UK

Hany Helal

Former Minister Of Research And Higher Education, Egypt

Massimo Inguscio

President Of National Research Council (CNR), Italy

Michel Jarraud

Former Secretary General Of The World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Panos Kelamis

CEO, Cyprus Hydrocarbon Company, Cyprus

Geoffrey Lipman

Strong Universal Network (SUNx)

Rabi Mohtar

Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Abdallah Mokssit

Secretary (Executive Director) Of The IPCC

Maria Neira

Director, Public Health And The Environment Department, World Health Organization (WHO)

Vladimir Ryabinin

Executive Director Of Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Unesco

Jeffrey Sachs

Columbia University, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General, Director SDSN

Christos Stylianides

EC Commissioner Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Management

Petteri Taalas

Secretary General Of The World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Khaled Toukan

Director General SESAME, Jordan

Androulla Vasiliou

Former EU Commissioner for Health; Education, Culture, Multilingualism & Youth, Cyprus

Programme

DAY 1 (18 ΜΑΥ 2018) | SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

Friday 18th May 2018
SESSION #1 – “The Issue & The Challenge”
COFFEE BREAK
SESSION #2 – “The Scientific Basis”
Panel Discussion: “The Scientific Basis”
LUNCH BREAK
SESSION #3 – “Impacts”
SESSION #4 – “Challenges”
COFFEE BREAK
Panel Discussion: “Impact and Challenges”
Conference Dinner

DAY 2 (19 ΜΑΥ 2018) | SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

Saturday 19th May 2018
SESSION #5 – “Strategy: Mitigation and Adaptation”
Panel Discussion: “Mitigation and Adaptation”
COFFEE BREAK
SESSION #6 – “Policy Challenges & Policy Options”
Panel Discussion: “Policy and Migration – Addressing the Challenges”
LUNCH BREAK
SESSION #7 – “Concluding Session”
End of the Conference