13 October 2015, Brussels
Please note: our Science-policy in Action day is divided into two parts. The morning session is held at the International Press Centre, the afternoon session in the Sonian Forest (15km from Brussels city centre). Transportation will be provided. You can choose which session you attend: morning, afternoon, or the whole day.
Update 02.10: Please note that the afternoon session is now full. There are still places available for the morning session.
Towards Paris 2015: How can the forest sector contribute?
International Press Centre, 09.00-13.00
Chair: Göran Persson, ThinkForest President, former Prime Minister of Sweden
08:30 Registration and coffee
09:00 Welcome and introduction
Göran Persson, ThinkForest President, former Prime Minister of Sweden
Lauri Hetemäki, Assistant Director, European Forest Institute
09:15 State of international climate policy
Audun Rosland, Director of the Climate Department, Norwegian Environment Agency
09:30 Questions and comments
09:35 Land use and forest (LULUCF) and the 2030 EU climate and energy framework
Peter Wehrheim, Head of Unit Climate Finance and Deforestation, European Commission
9:50 Questions and comments
9:55 A new role for EU forests and the forest sector in the climate targets beyond 2020
Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Professor, Alterra, Wageningen University
10:10 Questions and discussion
10:30 Technical break
10.40 Panel on “Preparing the forest-based sector for COP21”
Moderator: Annalisa Savaresi, Research and Teaching Fellow in Global Environmental Law, University of Edinburgh
Panellists include:
Emma Berglund, Confederation of the European Forest Owners
Marco Mensink, Confederation of European Paper Industries
Gert-Jan Nabuurs, University of Wageningen
Audun Rosland, Norwegian Environment Agency
Peter Wehrheim, European Commission
12.00 Lunch at the International Press Centre
ThinkForest in the forest: biodiversity and forest management
Sonian Forest / Zoniënwoud, 13:00-17:00
Chair: Bo Larsen, Chair of EFI Board, University of Copenhagen
13:00
Bus from International Press Centre to Sonian Forest
Welcome and introduction
Bo Larsen, Chair of EFI Board, University of Copenhagen
13:35
Walking tour in the forest
Presentation on Sonian Forest and its role e.g. in Natura 2000: cooperation between management authorities, urban forestry
Patrick Huvenne and Dirk Raes, Management of the Sonian Forest
Presentation on integrating biodiversity with forest management and demonstration of mobile forest management tool
Daniel Kraus, Senior Researcher, European Forest Institute
14:40
Questions and discussion
Coffee in a restaurant (near the forest)
15:15
Presentation on Natura 2000
Georg Winkel, Head of Programme ’Forest and Society’, European Forest Institute
15:35
Questions and discussion
15:55
Closing words
Bo Larsen, Chair of EFI Board, University of Copenhagen
16:10
Bus departs
17:00
Estimated arrival in Brussels, Luxembourg Square
