| CONFIRMED INTRODUCTORY DISCUSSANTS |
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Matthew Findlay |
Programme Leader, Global Climate Deal, Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G) |
“We do not need a brand new strategy [to address climate change], we need to do sustainable development better and we need more resources to do it better.” |
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Ian William Fry |
International Environmental Officer, Department of Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources and Lands, Government of Tuvalu |
“The developing world should not be paying for its own adaptation. Clearly we need a bigger effort on mitigation at a global level. This is no longer a North-South issue.” |
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Robin Gwynn |
Climate Security Envoy for Vulnerability Countries, UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
“We believe that the voices of vulnerable people are not being heard. We are helping vulnerable countries mobilise a collective voice above regional groupings on a global level. [Speaking of Mohamed Nasheed and Bharrat Jagdeo] We are looking for similar leaders to have an impact on global thinking. Hopefully this will generate pressure for a highly ambitious outcome in Copenhagen.” |
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Saleemul Huq |
Senior Fellow, Climate Change Group, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), United Kingdom |
“We don’t know how much funding we will need in the long term, but we are seeing a ballpark figure in the near term of several tens of billions of Euros per year. The questions are how do we raise this money, and what is its relationship to development assistance?” |
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Bianca Jagger |
Chair of the Executive Committee, The World Future Council, President of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation & Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador |
“The rights and needs of the developing world have been ignored for too long. If we do not act now we will be failing both our children and the developing world. […] Government leaders must implement solutions and we must hold them responsible.” |
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Wahu Kaara |
Social Justice Activist, Former Ecumenical Coordinator for the MDGs and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, Kenya |
“There is money everywhere. What we are lacking is political good will . . . look at the speed [in bailing out] the financial crisis. But money to save lives must be negotiated. So, we keep negotiating and people die. Climate change has audited our lives.” |
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Philip Mikos |
Head of Unit, Sustainable Management of Natural Resources, European Commission: Directorate General for Development and Relations with ACP States |
“If we struggle under the question of ‘how much’, we risk missing the other question of ‘how’. Whatever it is, the figure will be sizeable. We need to concentrate on creating the delivery mechanisms to ensure adaptation takes place.” |
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Maria Netto |
Climate Change Policy Advisor, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) New York |
“We have pledges that not only didn’t happen, but also [pledges] that if they happened, we couldn’t track them. Global fund solutions would be an approach that would allow a democratic system and a more predictable amount of funds.” |
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Makase Nyaphisi |
Ambassador, Lesotho's Embassy to Germany |
“We know the impacts of climate change, but a critical challenge for developing countries is determining which actions we can take that will be truly meaningful.” |
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Johan Schaar |
Director of the Commission on Climate Change and Development, Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
“The supply-side investment needs are clear. But to build on the demand side we need public funds for social protection and to promote livelihood diversification. Little attention is being given to the demand side, meaning people’s capacity to access these services. We must pay as much attention to the demand side or many adaptation efforts will not be useful.” |