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Asia's Emerging Response to Climate Change

An international conference



Welcome remarks:

- Dr. Prasert Prasartthong-Osoth, President and CEO, Bangkok Airways Co Ltd

Inaugural address:

- H.E. Prof Dr Yongyuth Yuthavong, Minister of Science and Technology and the concurrent Minister of Environment and Natural Resources

Keynote address:

- H.E. Dr. Han Seungsoo, United Nations' Special Envoy for Climate Change, Former Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea

Session I: Climate Change in Asia

Panel:

- Dr. Yukihiro Nojiri, Manager, Greenhouse Gas Inventory Office, Japan (Download presentation)

- Dr. Brahma Chellaney, Professor, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India

- Dr. Anond Sanidvongs, Director, Southeast Asia's Global Change System for Analysis, Research and Training Centre (START) (Download presentation)

- Dr. Louis Lebel,  Director, Unit for Social and Environment Research, Chiang Mai University, Thailand

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Session II: Outlook on Asia's Energy, Environment and Industry under Climate Change Paradigm"

Keynote address:

- H.E. Dr Piyasvati Amranand, Minister of Energy, Thailand (Presentation will be available soon)

- Mr. Lu Xuedu, Deputy Director-General, Office of Global Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Science and Technology, China (Download presentation)

- Mr. Montri Simagrai, Managing Director, Du Pont (Thailand) Ltd (Download presentation)

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Session III: Mega Cities under Seize?

Keynote:

- H.E. Apirak Kosayodhin, Governor, Bangkok MetropolitanAdministration, Thailand (Download presentation)

Panel:

- Dr. Hansjurg Leibundgut, Professor of Building Services at the Institute of Building Technology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and Member of Technical Competence Center of the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction, Switzerland (Download Presentation)

- Mr. Christopher Seeley, City Director, Bangkok Clinton Climate Initiative, William J Clinton Foundation (Presentation will be available soon)

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Session IV: What's next? Leadership into Action

Panel:

- Dr. Sakarindr Bhumiratana, President, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Thailand (Presentation will be available soon)

- Mr. Andreas Hardeman, Assistant Director, Aviation Environment, International Air Transportation Association, Geneva, Switzerland (Download presentation)

- Dr. Pipat Weerathaworn, Director, Mitr Phol Sugarcane Research Center, Thailand (Download presentation)

- Dr. Philip Yu, Environmental & Applications Engineering Director. TRANE Corp, Asia (Download presentation)

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Special Presentation

- M. Effendi Anas, Mayor of North Jakarta, couldn't make it to the conference but kindly sent this presentation to share with the participants about his city's plan to cope with climate change. (Download presentation)

- Dr. Peter du Pont, Chief of Party, Eco-Asia Clean Development and Climate Program, prepared this presentation based on his latest studies for clean energy options for Asia to share with the conference participants. (Download presentation)


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