The Greens/EFA conference on climate migrations concluded with the adoption of a declaration addressing the key points on this issue to the European institutions. These included:
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Wednesday 11 June 2008
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| 09:30-10:00 |
INTRODUCTION
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- Welcome and opening speech
Hélène Flautre, Chairwoman of the Human Rights Subcommittee of the European Parliament
- Introduction on the human impacts of climate change
Cecilia Ugaz, vice-director of the UNDP (United Nations Development Program) and editor in chief of the report on human development
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10:00-11:30
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PANEL I - "On the pitch" - Case Study |
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Moderator: Raül Romeva, MEP, Greens/EFA, Spain
- Desertification and depletion of natural resources in the Sahel
Saoudata Aboubacrine, representing a sahelian community
- Floodings in Eastern Europe
Andras Vag, member of the scientific bureau of the project "Each-for"
- Sea level rise in Bangladesh
Donatien Garnier, collectif Argos
- The Tuvalu islands
Fanny Héro, Association Alofa Tuvalu
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| 11:30-13:00 |
PANEL II - Adaptation strategies: Limits and perspectives. Feedback on the case study |
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Moderator: N.N.
- Andrew Morton, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Post Conflict and Disaster Management Branch, program coordinator in Sudan 2005-2007
- Harry Wijnberg, Living space for environmental refugees
- Patrice Burger, CARI association
- Karim Ghezraoui, Member of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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| 15:00-16:30 |
PANEL III - How to prevent climate migrations, protect and compensate the affected people?
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Moderator: Pierre Jonckheer, MEP, Vice-president of the Greens/EFA, Belgium
- The question of the juridical protection of climate migrants
Christel Cournil, Professor of public law in the University of Paris 13
- Compensations and environmental justice
François Gemenne, member of the board of the "Each-for" network
- What is at stake in setting up mechanisms of global governance on those questions?
Franck Bierman, director of the global governance project
- How to factor in the climate constraints in development and humanitarian projects?
Cecilia Tacoli, Senior Researcher, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
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| 16:30-18:30 |
Conclusion: Discussion and reaction to draft declaration on the protection of climate migrants
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Moderator: Hélène Flautre, Chair of the Sub-committee on Human Rights
- Victoria Tauli Corpuz, Chair of the UN permanent Forum on indigenous issues
- Philippe Boncour, in charge of the department 'International Dialogue on migration at the IOM (International Organisation for Migration)
- Karl-Heinz Florenz, MEP, rapporteur of the temporary committee on climate change of the European Parliament (tbc)
- French presidency of the EU
- Council of Europe
- Jacques Barrot, European Commissioner for justice and home affairs (tbc)
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