Beyond Copenhagen: Conference on Biodiversity and Climate Change, Brussels, 21 January
An afternoon conference to mark the International Year of Biodiversity
Beyond Copenhagen: Conference on Biodiversity and Climate Change
Thursday 21 January 16.30-18.30
The United Nations has declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity, with the aim to increase public awareness on the topic of biodiversity and the crisis it faces.
This conference, aimed at the wider public, will give an introduction to the current crisis of the loss of biodiversity, the link between climate change and biodiversity and how policies address this interaction.
Welcome!
Speakers:
Olivier Deleuze, Director of the UNEP Liaison Office to the European Union in Brussels
Luc De Bruyn, Head of Species Diversity, Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Sebastian Winkler, Head of Countdown 2010 (IUCN)
Debate moderated by Janos Tisovszky, Deputy Director UNRIC
Venue: The Polak Room, Ground floor
Residence Palace
155 Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 155
Brussels 1040, Metro station Schuman
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no later than Wednesday 20 January
NB: The conference will be held in English
