17 TH INTERNATIONAL FORUM BRAZIL-EUROPE

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1 17 TH INTERNATIONAL FORUM BRAZIL-EUROPE Climate Policy, Energy and Environment in the EU-Brazil political agenda 26 th and 27 th May 2010, Brasília 26/05: Nereu Ramos Auditorium, The Chamber of Deputies, Brasília 27/05: Ouro Preto Auditorium, Kubitschek Plaza Hotel Version: 19/05/2010 Organisation: Konrad Adenauer Foundation Parliamentary Group Brazil-European Union in the National Congress, Brazil Institute of Human Sciences and the Institute for International Relations, University of Brasilia Support: European Union Delegation to Brazil Partners: The Chamber of Deputies, Brazil The Federal Senate, Brazil The University of Brasilia PROGRAMME Wednesday, 26th May h00min 11h30min Opening Ceremony José Sarney, Senator, President of the Federal Senate, National Congress

2 Michel Temer, Federal Deputy, President of Chambers of Deputies, National Congress João José Soares Pacheco, Ambassador, Head of the European Union Delegation to Brazil Peter Fischer-Bollin, Representative of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Brazil Sebastião Bala-Rocha, Federal Congressman, Chairman of the Parliamentary Group Brazil- European Union in the National Congress, Brazil Estevão C. de Rezende Martins Director, Institute of Human Sciences, University of Brasília 11h30min First Panel: Themes on climate policy, environment and energy in the international scenario: perspectives of Brazil and the European Union Topics: International scenario, political and diplomatic posture, EU-Brazil Strategic Partnership Renato Casagrande, Senator, The Federal Senate, Brazil Maria Edileuza Fontenele Reis, Ambassador, Director of the Department of Europe at the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations, Brasilia Luis Yáñez-Barnuevo García, MEP, PSOE (Spain), President of the Delegation for Relations with the Mercosur Countries, European Parliament Edite Estrela, MEP, Member of the Delegation for Relations with the Mercosur Countries, European Parliament Moderation: Peter Fischer-Bollin, Representative of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation 15h30min 17h30min Lunch Second Panel: Challenges and experiences between Brazil and the European Union in the post-cop 15 context Topics: Efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emission, international conferences on environmental themes, debate over the COP-15

3 Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado, Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil (tbc) Raul Jungmann, Federal Congressman, Member of Foreign Affairs and National Defence, Chamber of Deputies, Brazil Suzana Kahn Ribeiro, Researcher, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Global Energy Assessment (GEA) Branca Bastos Americano, Secretary of Climate Change and Environmental Quality, Ministry of Environment, Brazil Moderation: Sebastião Bala Rocha, Federal Congressman, the Parliamentary Group Brazil-European Union in the National Congress, Brazil Thursday, 26th May h30min 11h00min Third Panel: Renewable energies, energy efficiency and sustainability Topics: Energy security, food security, sustainable development, lessons of Brazil and the European Union Ricardo de Gusmão Dornelles, Director of the Department of Renewable Fuels, Secretary for Oil, Natural Gas and Renewable Fuels, Ministry of Minas and Energy, Brazil Dirk Aßmann, Director of Energy Programmes for GTZ (German Society for Technical Cooperation), Brazil Ivan de Toledo Camargo, Faculty of Technology, University of Brasilia (UnB) Moderation: Eiiti Sato, Professor, Director of the Institute of International Relations, University of Brasília 11h00min 11h30min Café

4 11h30min Fourth Panel Climate change and environmental protection: consequences for the international political agenda Topics: Environmental agenda and commerce, global governance on environment, international regimes, climate change, technical and financial cooperation Elísio Contini, Head of International Affairs, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA) Christroph Trusen, Senior Consultant in Sustainable Development Fernanda Viana de Carvalho, Policy Coordinator, Regional Climate Change, The Nature Conservancy LAR - Latin America Conservation Region Moderation: Virgílio Arraes, Professor, Institute of Human Science, University of Brasilia 15h00min 15h00min 17h00min Interval Fifth Panel Potential cooperation initiatives between Brazil and European Union in the fields of energy, environment and climate change Topics: View of cooperation, initiatives for the future, political dialogue, bi-regional technical cooperation Susanne Gratius, Senior Researcher, Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y El Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE), Madrid André Oldebreit Carvalho, Counsellor, Department of Environment and Sustainable Development, Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (tbc) Fulvio Eduardo Fonseca, Professor, Institute of International Relations, University of Brasília e Controladoria Geral da União Moderation: Arthur Assis, Professor, Institute of Human Science, University of Brasília

5 17h15min Final Remarks