PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Introduction and Welcome   (audio)

• Dean Nell Newton, U.C. Hastings
• Dean Edward J. Laurance, MIIS
• Joel Paul, U.C. Hastings

Strategic Complements: Adaptation and Reducing Greenhouse Gases   (audio)

This session will provide a broad overview of the relationship between the strategies of adaptation and emissions reduction from scientific, economic, and political perspectives.

• Moderator, Naomi Roht-Arriaza, U.C. Hastings

• Tom Athanasiou, Eco-Equity
• Lara Whitely Binder, University of Washington
• Jacob Werksmann, World Resources Institute
• Jim Williams, Monterey Institute of International Studies

Keynote Speaker:
Mary Nichols, Chair, California Air Resources Board   (audio)

Lunch

Impact of Climate Change on Development and Human Rights   (audio)

This session will focus on the likely costs that climate change will impose on different nations and peoples, including the South Asian nations, China, the island nations, and the Inuit, the relationship between climate change and human rights, and the need for adaptation to protect living standards and defend human rights.

• Moderator, Luke Cole, Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment

• Edward Cameron, Embassy of the Maldives
• Martin Wagner, Earthjustice
• Tseming Yang, University of Vermont

Breakout Sessions

Financing Adaptation and Innovation   (audio)

This session will discuss the practical and political challenges of financing adaptation to climate change, including who should pay and how.

• Moderator, Lyuba Zarsky, Monterey Institute of International Studies

• Daniel Farber, U.C. Boalt Hall School of Law
• Alan Miller, Global Environment Facility, World Bank
• Kate Raworth, Senior Researcher, Oxfam House
• David Takacs, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Dinner for invited guests

Building Resiliency   (audio)

This session will discuss the necessary reforms to the international system to adapt to the effects of climate change. What new international, national and local institutions need to be created?

• Moderator, Hari Osofsky, University of Oregon Law School

• Bonizella Biagini, Global Environment Facility
• Peter Hayes, Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development
• Lyuba Zarsky, Monterey Institute of International Studies

Acting Locally   (audio)

This session will discuss adaptation and stimulating innovation at the local, state and national levels in the United States.

• Moderator, John Leshy, U.C. Hastings

• Nikki Roy, Pew Center for Global Climate Change
• Tony Brunello, California Resources Agency
• Steve Goldbeck, Bay Conservation and Development Commission

Lunch - Urban Strategies for Coping with Climate Change
Hon. Mayor Gavin Newsom, San Francisco   (audio)

Private Market Responses   (audio)

This session will focus on the role played by private producers, financial institutions, and reinsurers in promoting innovative adaptation to climate change.

• Moderator, William Dodge, U.C. Hastings

• William Boyd, Covington & Burling
• Alberto Monti, Bocconi University
• Judah Schiller, Saatchi & Saatchi
• William Sloane, Morrison & Foerster

Reception