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Webinar Presentation of the study “Climate change. Scientific bases and questions for debate”

29/10/2020 @ 16:00 - 17:30

What are the scientific bases of Climate Change? What are the key issues to consider? In collaboration with Harvard University, the Naturgy Foundation and the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) present the study “Climate change. Scientific bases and questions for debate”, which has the participation of renowned international experts.

The document has been coordinated by Julio Lumbreras, professor at UPM and visitor scientist at Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

The webinar, which will last 1 hour 30 minutes and will offer simultaneous translation, will be moderated by Daniel P. Scragh, professor and director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment.

Webinar duration 90 ‘

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Agenda:

11:00h. Opening. Rafael Villaseca, Chair of Naturgy Foundation.

11:10h. Intervention of Teresa Ribera. Fourth Vice-President of the Spanish Government and Minister for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge.

11:15h. Introduction to Climate Change problems. Daniel P. Schrag, Professor and Director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment.

11:25h. Presentation of the bookJulio Lumbreras, Professor at Technical University of Madrid and Visiting Scientist at Harvard University.

11:35h. A conversation with Prof. Schrag about the main remaining questions on climate change.

a. Is the global warming increasing? Are we currently suffering it? José Manuel Moreno, Professor at Castilla-La Mancha University and former WG2-IPCC Co-Chair.

b. What is the anthropogenic contribution to climate change and to transgressing other planetary boundaries? Dieter Gerten, Professor at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

c. What are the main uncertainties on measurement and prediction? Rafael Borge, Professor at Technical Univ. of Madrid.

d. Can or shall we adapt to climate change? Asunción Lera St-Claire, member of the EC Mission Board on Climate Change Adaptation.

e. How might we turn climate mitigation into a capability for socio-economic renewal? Kirsten Dunlop, CEO Climate-KIC.

f. Is CO2 capture needed? Rubén Juanes and Howard J. Herzog, Professors at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

12:30h. End of webinar

Simultaneous translation during all the webinar

Details

Date:
29/10/2020
Time:
16:00 - 17:30