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| Development Policy Forum Launch Debate "Should climate change alter development policy thinking?" |
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| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - Bibliothèque Solvay, Brussels |
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On December 4 in Brussels, Friends of Europe launched its Development Policy Forum (DPF) with an evening debate entitled “Should climate change alter development policy thinking?”.
Whether or not the thinking on development policy has evolved to accept the reality, no one can argue that climate change is not already affecting delivery of that policy. On the one hand, natural hazards such as droughts, freak weather events and flooding are undermining existing aid efforts. On the other, any development programme which has not been ‘climate-proofed’ may well be exacerbating these impacts.
The debate featured:
Kemal Derviş, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Josep Borrell Fontelles MEP, Chairman of the European Parliament Committee on Development
Stefano Manservisi, European Commission Director General for Development and Relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific States
Sebastian Winkler, Head of the Countdown 2010 Secretariat & Senior Advisor for European Policy, the World Conservation Union (IUCN)
and was moderated by Giles Merritt, Secretary General, Friends of Europe
This debate marked the launch of the Development Policy Forum (DPF) - a partnership between Friends of Europe, the World Bank, the UN, the UK's Department for International Development, the Agence Française de Développement and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. DPF roundtables will, from February 2008, offer a regular meeting point for development policy specialists in Brussels, other national capitals and further afield to debate Europe's role in shaping new thinking on development policy issues.
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