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3 DAYS OF INSPIRING SESSIONS

Climate change is the biggest environmental challenge we face as a planet.

We are counting on you to make the change.

TUESDAY, MARCH 5th

19:00 OFFICIAL WELCOME RECEPTION HOSTED BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES
Plenary Hall at Donostia/San Sebastián City Council (prior confirmation of attendance required).

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6th

08:30 - 09:30 REGISTRATIONS
09:30 - 09:45 INSTITUTIONAL OPENING

Iñaki Arriola
Minister for Environment, Territorial Planning and Housing
Basque Government

Iñigo Urkullu
President of the Basque Government

Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón
President of the Government of Spain
09:45 - 11:00 CLIMATE CHANGE, A GLOBAL CHALLENGE
Keynote session.

Teresa Ribera
Ministry for Ecological Transition
Government of Spain

Nicholas Stern
Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
London School of Economics

Ignacio S. Galán
President and CEO
Iberdrola
11:00 - 11:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:30 - 12:30 HEROES AND HEROINES OF THE PLANET: INSPIRING ACTIONS

Uxua López Flamarique
Global network of 1.000 women in STEMM against Climate Change
Homeward Bound

Ana Payo
Global network of 1.000 women in STEMM against Climate Change
Homeward Bound
12:30 - 14:00 PLANET HEALTH: SCIENCE FOR ACTION
Climate change science: challenges, evidence, responses, knowledge driving action.

A METEOROLOGY APPROACH

Luis Balairón
Former Director of the Climate Change Analysis and Attribution Programme
AEMET

CLIMATE PREDICTION

Manola Brunet
Chair of the Commission for Climatology
World Meteorological Organization

THE ANTHROPOCENE APPROACH

Alejandro Cearreta
PhD in Geology and Lecturer in Micropaleontology
University of the Basque Country

IMPACTS ON ECOSYSTEMS

José Manuel Moreno Rodríguez
Professor of Ecology
University of Castilla-La Mancha

HOST

Mª José Sanz
Scientific Director
Basque Center for Climate Change BC3
14:00 - 15:30 LUNCH
15:30 - 17:00 REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT
Experiences of leading regions particularly committed to fighting climate change and their approach to face the main challenges in their territories.

Susanne Buch
Co-President at ENCORE and Minister of Climate, Sustainability and Resources
Central Denmark (Denmark)

Raffaele Cattaneo
Minister for the Environment and Climate Change
Lombardy (Italy)

Roseanna Cunningham
Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform
Scottish Government (UK)

Marc Pons i Pons
Minister for Land, Energy and Mobility
Balearic Islands (Spain)

Franz Untersteller
Minister for the Environment Climate Protection and Energy
Baden-Württemberg (Germany)

HOST

José Ignacio Asensio
Councillor for the Environment and Hydraulic Works
Gipuzkoa Provincial Council, Basque Country
17:00 - 17:30 COFFEE BREAK
17:30 - 19:00 CITIES
Showcase for experiences and measures already adopted in cities and urban environments to improve life of citizens. Leading climate action at local level with a clear view on priorities and the future course of action.

Joan Clos
Former Executive Director
UN HABITAT

Juan Espadas Cejas
Mayor of Seville and Chair
Spanish Network of Cities for Climate

Mohammed Ridouani
Mayor
Leuven

Paz Valiente
General Coordinator for Environment, Sustainability and Mobility
City of Madrid

HOST

Ernesto Gasco
Deputy Mayor
City of San Sebastián
19:00 CLOSURE
19:30 - 20:30 NETWORKING & COCKTAIL RECEPTION
Miramar Palace - Donostia/San Sebastián (prior confirmation of attendance required).

THURSDAY, MARCH 7th

09:00 - 09:30 SPECIAL SESSION: ART AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Lourdes Fernández
CEO
ArtINGENIUM

Cristina Iglesias
Sculptor
09:30 - 11:00 SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainable Development Goals. International progress in sustainability policies, the application of the 2030 Agenda, its involvement with climate change and the future challenges.

Cristina Gallach
High Commissioner for the 2030 Agenda
Government of Spain

Rebeca Grynspan
Secretary General at the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB) and Chair of the Board of Trustees
International Institute for Environment and Development

Daniel Innerarity
Director of the Institute for Democratic Governance
GLOBERNANCE

Natalia Vera
General Secretary
Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development (nrg4SD)

HOST

Marian Elorza
General Secretary for External Affairs
Basque Government
11:00 - 11:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:30 - 12:30 HEROES AND HEROINES OF THE PLANET: INSPIRING ACTIONS

Andoni Aduriz
Chef
Mugaritz Restaurant, Gipuzkoa

Ángel León
Chef of the Sea
Aponiente Restaurant, Cadiz
12:30 - 14:00 ENERGY TRANSITION
Keys to a fair energy transition, which include aspects such as the reform of the electricity system, environmental taxation and clean transport.

Carmen Becerril
Vice Chairwoman
OMIE

Miguel Duvison
General Director for Operations
SEN (Spanish Electric Network)

Fernando Ferrando
President
Renovables Foundation

Mikel González-Eguino
Researcher and Coordinator of the Low Carbon Group
BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change

Josu Imaz
Chief Officer for Business Development
CAF

Gonzalo Sáenz de Miera
Director of Climate Change
Iberdrola

HOST

Antxon Olabe
Advisor on Climate Change and Energy Transition of the Ministry for Ecological Transition
Government of Spain
14:00 - 15:30 LUNCH
15:30 - 17:00 ECONOMY
Strategic vision that combines climate change and the economy. Relevant entities/experiences leading to a change of paradigm in the behaviour of companies and financial institutions.

Antoni Ballabriga
Global Head of Responsible Business
BBVA

Isabel Fernández-Niemann
Head of Wholesale Banking
ING

Juan Luis Pozo
Director of the Corporate Sustainability Division
Global Omnium

Cristina Narbona
Economist and Former Minister of the Environment
Government of Spain

Víctor Viñuales
Executive Director
ECODES Foundation

HOST

Hugo Morán
Secretary of State for the Environment
Government of Spain
17:00 - 17:30 COFFEE BREAK
17:30 - 19:00 EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Importance of social and cultural contexts to change behaviours for good. Education as a change-driver. Climate related migration. The role of civil society.

Francesca Friz-Prguda
Representative in Spain
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees-UNHCR

Mar Gómez
PhD in Atmospheric Physics
Eltiempo.es

Francisco Heras
Adaptation Strategies Divsion at Spanish Climate Change Office
Government of Spain

Pedro Jauregui
Deputy Minister of Housing
Basque Government

Manuel Pulgar-Vidal
Former Minister of Environment of Peru and Leader of the Climate and Energy Practice
WWF International

HOST

Aitor Zulueta
Climate Change and Natural Heritage Director
Basque Government
19:00 CLOSURE: CLOWNCLUSIONS

Virginia Imaz
Founder of Oihulari Klown and Emakunde's Equality Award 2017

FRIDAY, MARCH 8th

09:00 - 09:20 SPECIAL SESSION: CLIMATE CHANGE DISSEMINATION

Mónica López
Director of the Weather Department of the TVE and President
Association for Meteorology Communicators (ACOMET)
09:20 - 10:30 IMPULSE FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF WOMEN
The vision of leaders in different fields who will reflect on the need to excercise critical women leadership to address climate change.

Paula Caballero
Managing Director for Climate and Water
Rare

Isabel Elizalde
Minister for Land Development, Environment and Local Administration
Government of Navarre

Cristina Monge Lasierra
Director of the Conversations Division at ECODES and Sociology Proffesor
University of Zaragoza

Valvanera Ulargui
General Director of the Spanish Climate Change Office
Government of Spain

Laura Zúñiga Cáceres
Activist for Human Rights, Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras
COPINH

HOST

Elena Moreno
Deputy Minister for the Environment
Basque Government
10:30 - 11:00 HEROES AND HEROINES OF THE PLANET: INSPIRING ACTIONS

Leyla Acaroglu
United Nations Champion of the Earth & Sustainability provocateur
11:00 - 12:00 CLOSING SESSION

Sylvia Earle
Oceanographer of National Geographic and 2018 Princess of Asturias Award for Concord

Bunny McDiarmid
Executive Director
Greenpeace International
12:00 FAREWELL BRUNCH

Silvia Intxaurrondo

Host of the Conference

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