One of the highlights of the 2012 Conference Opening on
Monday, 18 June, will be the launch of the first World
Forum on “Fuel, Food and the Environment: The Bioenergy
Challenge”.
How can policy makers
guide Europe towards a sustainable bioenergy
solution?
Main purpose of
the World Forum is to stimulate open discussion from all
stakeholders on the future of bioenergy and biofuels, and
specifically, how policy makers can steer a sustainable course
through the many complex issues within the biofuel
debate.
Issues that will be debated by
leading experts include:
- steps towards worldwide governance of
biofuels
- development of International common approaches to
sustainability and climate change mitigation
- factors effecting the impact of biofuel
production on food, environment and green house gas
emissions
- regulatory approaches to reduce Indirect Land Use
Changes effects on the environment, green house gas emissions and
food production.
- the interaction between the scientific community,
interest groups and the policy-makers
This World Forum will bring together key politicians, leading
international scientists, industrial representatives, major NGOs,
and will host the first round table “towards a sustainable bioenergy
solution”. The forum will have the following
format:
Morning Session
Opening - Mayor of Milan and Dominique
Ristori Director General JRC, European
Commission
Session 1.
Policy
Roundtable with
presentations from:
- Corrado Clini, Italian Minister for the
Environment, Land and Sea
- Roberto Formigoni, Commissioner General of Expo
Milano 2015
- Philip Lowe, Director General DG ENERGY, European
Commission
- Humberto Delgado Rosa, Director of “Mainstreaming
Adaptation and Low Carbon Technology”, DG CLIMA, European
Commission
- Giovanni De Santi, Director of the Institute for
Energy and Transport, JRC, European Commission
- Representatives of ministries from key countries
Afternoon
Session 2. Scientific/technical
forum
Global experts from
regulatory bodies, scientists and stakeholder from EU, US, Brazil,
Malaysia, China etc. will participate in a unique debate on how
science based evidence can help policy makers.
Participants include:
- Stefan Bringezu: Director of the Wuppertal
Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
- Drew Kodjak: Executive Director of The
International Council on Clean Transportation (the ICCT)
- Govinda Timilsina: The World Bank (Development
Research Group)
- Ariel
Brunner: Birdlife International
- Food and agriculture Organisation
The programme of the World Forum will also
include panel discussions moderated by top EU journalist, press
conference, and ample opportunities for discussion and
debate.
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