SLIDES

DAY 1 | Public Lecture: The Paris climate deal: origins, ambitions and implications

20 September | Oxford Town Hall

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4.30pm | Doors and conference registration opens.

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5pm | Launching the 1.5 Degrees International Conference the University of Oxford is proud to present a special evening of keynote speeches and discussion from some of the key figures behind the historic Paris Climate Agreement:

• Laurence Tubiana, French Ambassador for climate negotiations

• Tony de Brum, the force behind the High Ambition Coalition

• Nebojsa Nakicenovic, IIASA and IPCC scientist

• Janos Pasztor, Senior Advisor to the UN Secretary-General on Climate Change, United Nations

The evening will be opened by Vice-Chancellor, Professor Louise Richardson and will be moderated by the award winning Environment Correspondent at the Financial Times, Pilita Clark.

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DAY 2 |  Why 1.5 degrees? | Keble College 

 

Morning

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• Earth system response to 1.5 degrees warming  |  Valérie Masson-Delmotte

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• Regional impacts of 1.5 degrees  |   Professor Richard Betts

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• Impacts of 1.5 degrees on weather and climate extremes  |  Professor Sonia Seneviratne

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• Discussion and Q&A  |  Professor Jason Lowe and Jan Fuglestvedt

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• Land use and biodiversity impacts  |  Professor Pete Smith, Andreas Merkl and Professor Yadvinder Malhi

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• Human impacts of 1.5 degrees  |  Maarten van Aalst

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• Implications of a 1.5 degree target for adaptation  |  Stephane Hallegatte

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• Discussion and Q&A  |  Sam Bickersteth

 

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Afternoon

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• Parallel session  |  Sensitivity of Earth Systems  |  Chair: Michael Oppenheimer

  • Carl-Friedrich Schleussner

  • Hideo Shiogama

  • Jeff Price

  • Karim Bergaoui

  • Paul Bowyer

  • Bruce Forbes

  • Michael Wehner

  • Emily Shuckburgh

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• Parallel session  |  Impacts of 1.5 degrees  |  Chair: Richard Washington

  • Arthur Lutz

  • Michiel Schaeffer

  • Katharine Mach

  • Katja Frieler

  • Saiful Islam

  • Shouro Dasgupta

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• Parallel session  |  Implications for adaptation  |  Chair: Debra Roberts

  • Meghan Bailey

  • Mike Morecroft

  • Nijavalli Ravindranath

  • Robert Nicholls

  • Roger  Street

  • Peter Frumhoff

  • John Antle and Cynthia Rosenzweig

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• Parallel session  |  Mitigation pathways  | Chair Nick Eyre

  • David Dewar

  • Alice Bows Larkin

  • Klaus Lackner

  • Monika Zurek

  • David Keith

  • Henrik Karlsson

  • Bronson Griscom

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• Moral questions surrounding a 1.5 degree goal  |  Professor Henry Shue and Professor Benito Muller

 

• Poster session

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Evening

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Drinks reception and gala dinner for conference delegates at Keble College.

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DAY 3 |  How to achieve 1.5 degrees? | Keble College

 

Morning

 

• Introduction to the second day of the conference  |  Janos Pasztor

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• Mitigation pathways for 1.5 degrees  |  Dr Elmar Kriegler  and  Professor Michael Grubb

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• Discussion and Q&A  |  Ben Caldecott, Jane Ambachtsheer , Dr Saleemul Huq and Peter Wheeler                                           ​

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• Societal and development implications of the Paris Agreement  |  Dr Saleemul Huq and Professor Harald Winkler

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• Technology options  |  Professor Stuart Haszeldine and Professor Nick Eyre

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• Governance  |  Lavanya Rajamani

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Afternoon

 

• Parallel session  |  Mitigation pathways  | Chair: Joeri Rogelj

  • Gunnar Luderer

  • Fei TENG

  • H. Damon Matthews

  • M J Mace

  • Yann Robiou du Pont

  • Pierre Friedlingstein

  • Charlie Wilson

  • Marcia Rocha

  • Oliver Geden

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• Parallel session  |  Finance  |  Chair: Ben Caldecott

  • Irene Monasterolo

  • Peter Wheeler

  • Tobias Schmidt

  • Emanuele Campiglio

  • Jaap Waverijn

  • Luigi Carafa

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• Parallel session  |  Social and behavioural change  |  Chair: Harald Winkler

  • Harald Winkler

  • Jean-Pascal van Ypersele

  • Sonja Klinsky

  • Claude Henry

  • Tais Gadea Lara

  • John Magrath

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• Closing speech  |  Achim Steiner

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