Climate Change and Development Goals

13.15 – 13.40 

Coffee and registration

13.40 – 13.45

Welcome

Holger Bernt Hansen, Chairman of the Council and the Board of Danida     

13.45 – 13.55

Danish policy and activities on climate change and development cooperation

Ulla Tørnæs, Minister for Development Cooperation, Denmark

14.00 – 14.20

Climate change in a development context

Jeffrey D. Sachs, Earth Institute, Columbia University (through video link)

14.20 – 14.35

Mainstreaming climate concerns in national planning processes

Mark Mwandosya, Minister for Environment, Tanzania

14.35 – 14.50

Climate change: mitigating the causes and addressing its consequences

Bob Watson, Chief Scientist, World Bank

14.50 – 15.15

Coffee

15.15 – 16.15

General discussion

16.15 – 16.30

Final comments from panel and closing of conference