SUMMARY: Tuesday, 8 July 2008

Session 3: Adapting to the Climate Crisis

• Report: Speaking the common language of climate change

• Video: Introduction by Carlos Fuller, Caribbean Community Climate Change Center
• Video: Jérôme Petit, IUCN
• Video: Rocio Lichte, UNFCCC
  
• Video: New Caledonia's World Heritage Site
• Video: Carlos Fuller, Caribbean Community Climate Change Center
• Video: José Ignacio Gafo Fernández, Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y de Lucha contra el Cambio Climático
• Video: Plenary Discussion
  

• Presentation: Jérôme Petit - Specific challenges for the EU overseas entities (pdf, 2.1MB)
• Presentation: Rocio Lichte - Adaptation mechanisms and activities under the UNFCCC (pdf, 0.4MB)
• Presentation: Carlos Fuller - Opportunities and limitations of climate change adaptation, and examples of adaptation plans (pdf, 0.4MB)
• Presentation: José Ignacio Gafo Fernández - A case study: the strategy against climate change of the Canary Islands (pdf, 0.7MB)

Session 4: Protecting and managing ecosystems to counter climate change

• Report: Protéger et gérer des écosystèmes, ça marche

• Video: Introductory remarks
• Video: Jeff McNeely, IUCN
  
• Video: Bernard Salvat, IFRECOR
• Video: Dominique Strasberg, Université de La Réunion
• Video: Elsmarie Beukenboom, STINAPA Bonaire
  

• Presentation: Jeff McNeely - Are we losing past investment in biodiversity and ecosystem conservation? (pdf, 0.8MB)
• Presentation: Bernard Salvat - The role of ecosystems in climate change adaptation (pdf, 1.6MB)
• Presentation: Dominique Strasberg - Invasive species (pdf, 2.8MB)
• Presentation: Benoît de Thoisy - The role and perspective of local NGOs (1.5MB)
• Presentation: Elsmarie Beukenboom - The role and perspective of local NGOs (1.5MB)

Session 5: Towards sustainable energy and energy autonomy

• Report:Reunion Island seeking to make the switch to greener energy

• Presentation: Jean-François Lhuissier - The current situation in islands and the EU (pdf, 0.4MB)
• Presentation: Christel Thuret - Sustainable energy technologies (0.6MB)
• Presentation: Laurent Gaufret - Sustainable energy technologies (2.6MB)
• Presentation: Philippe Berne - Achieving the green energy revolution on Reunion Island (pdf, 0.9MB)
• Presentation: Jean Ballandras - Achieving the green energy revolution on Reunion Island (pdf, 0.9MB)

Session 6: How can European policies help address the environmental challenges in the ORs and OCTs?

• Report: La politique de l'UE et l'outre-mer

• Presentation: Gisèle Tarnus (pdf, 0.4MB)
• Presentation: Eric Blencowe (pdf, 0.2MB)

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