PARTICIPATION OF THE CHAIR MODELING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON THE CLIMATE CHANGE- COP15 - COPENHAGUE 2009

 

To ensure its international visibility, the Chair Modeling for Sustainable Development has been accredited throug ParisTech which is the official observer delegation to the United Nations, to attend the UN Conference on Climate Change (UNFCCC-COP15) in Copenhagen in December 2009.

The Chair Modeling for Sustainable Development has organized a side event, the only French side event selected in the international area, on "Beyond the financial crisis: Regional energy policy and global carbon constraints".

An interview of Nadia MAIZI was directed by the journalist Edie LUSH for diffusion via CNN's iReport, HubCulture.com and YouTube. [Download]

Program of this side event:

 

- Vincent MAZAURIC, Principal Scientist of SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC: Welcome address and keynotes about the ParisTech Chair Modeling for sustainable development

- Nadia MAIZI, Professor and Director of the Centre for Applied Mathematics, MINES ParisTech, co-responsible of the ParisTech Chair Modeling for sustainable development: From announced targets to local circumstances: Europe versus France [Presentation]

- Priyadarshi SHUKLA, Professor at the University of Ahmedabad, Conveining lead author IPCC FAR: Meaning of "targets" for India: the 'bifurcation' challenge [Presentation]

- Emilio La ROVERE, Professor at COPPE UFRJ, Lead author IPCC FAR: The Brazilian program and the relative role of energy and non energy sectors [Presentation]

- Youba SOKONA, General secretary of OSS, Member of the IPCC Bureau AR5: What 'climate policy' means in the 'sub-saharian' countries

- Emmanuelle MASSETTI, CMCC and FEEM: Climate policy after Copenhagen: a focus on Europe and the Middle East and Northern Africa region [Presentation]

- Jean-Charles HOURCADE, Director at CIRED, co-responsible of the ParisTech Chair Modeling for sustainable development, Conveining lead author IPCC TAR and FAR: - The missing device: problem of climate finance [Presentation]