14/04/2015
Given the urgency of climate change which risks going beyond a 2oC warmer world and poses a significant threat for societies, economies and ecosystems, prompt action is needed at all levels. Yet people long for a better way of life and it is not conceivable to choose between climate and development. Consequently, the challenge of the 21st century becomes identifying and implementing development trajectories that reconcile economic, social and environmental concerns and priorities.
The circumstances such as increasing investments in renewable energy sector and development of sectorial climate adaptation policies in many countries provide a unique opportunity to take actions for sustainable development through the prism of the climate change. In order to address these issues and prepare towards the 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP21), the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Marmara University Research Center for International Relations (MURCIR) and Istanbul Policy Center-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative (IPC) organize a two-day event (conference-debate and scientific workshop) on climate change on 16th and 17th of April 2015.
On 16th of April 2015, the conference-debate will bring together French and Turkish representatives from public authorities, private sector, financial sector, academia and civil society to discuss the topic "How to reconcile climate and development?”. The questions which will be addressed by the speakers include but are not limited to “How to define these development trajectories? How to finance them? Do all countries have the means for this? What concrete solutions have already been developed?”. The conference will be followed by a cocktail and an exhibition of photographs titled “60 Solutions for Climate Change” by acclaimed photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand.
On 17th April 2015, the Young Scholars Workshop titled “Beyond Special Circumstances: Turkey and Global Climate Change Politics” will gather junior and senior academics as well as presenters from government institutions, NGOs and think tanks from around the world to exchange broadly on the various aspects of climate change. This workshop will also host two high-level keynote speakers:
Prof. Hilal Elver, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food; Professor of Global Studies at University of California at Santa Barbara, USA
Prof. Franck LeCocq, IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) AR5 WGIII Lead Author; Director of CIRED (International Center for Environment and Development), France
Both the conference and the workshop are open to general public.
You can find the detailed programs:
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