Key debates in climate, poverty and development

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Key debates in climate, poverty and development

• August 29, 2011

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Programme

• 1000 1005 Welcome Gry Synnevåg, Noragric
• 1005 -1010 Introduction Siri Eriksen,
  Noragric
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• 1000 1105 Theme 1 Development structures and
  growth
• Arild Vatn, Noragric How do current structures
  contribute to (or solve) the climate problem? Do
  we need new development structures? Zero-growth?
  Arild Vatn.
• Asun StClair, CICERO Climate change as a global
  development issue
• Debate/discussion. Led by Desmond McNeill, SUM,
  University of Oslo.
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• 1105 1200 Theme 2 Marginalisation processes
  and climate change measures
• Gitte Motzfeldt, Development Fund Potential and
  constraints to addressing underlying causes of
  vulnerability through development programmes
• Tor Arve Benjaminsen, Noragric Land grabbing as
  a marginalization process
• Debate/discussion. Led by Andrei Marin, Noragric
  
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• 1200 -1300 Lunch break

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• 1300-1405 The potential of climate risk
  management to strengthen adaptation
• Ingrid Nyborg, Noragric How can humanitarian
  approaches contribute to addressing development
  problems
• Erling Kvernvik, Red Cross Examples of how the
  Red Cross works to strengthen resilience at the
  local level
• Debate/discussion. Led by Linda Sygna,
  University of Oslo
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• 1405 1420 Tea/coffee break
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• 1420 1525 Can we change development through
  climate change measures?
• John McNeish, Noragric No Rights, No REDD The
  "social" as a missing ingredient to a viable plan
  for the reduction of deforestationKirsten
  Ulsrud, University of Oslo Local level
  transformation towards sustainability
  Implementing solar energy supply in a village in
  Kenya
• Sunetro Ghosal, Noragric How do we foster
  change through social movements?
• Debate/discussion. Led by Lars Kåre Grimsby,
  Noragric
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• 1525-1540 Karen OBrien, University of Oslo
  Comments on the days discussions Do we need to
  shift the debate from adaptation to
  transformation?
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• 1540 1600 Siri Eriksen What next? The
  Norwegian Climate, Poverty and Development Forum