Confronting Climate Change: Avoiding the Unmanageable and Managing the Unavoidable

Type:

Seminar

Audience:

Open to the Public

Speaker:

Diana Ürge-Vorsatz

Miklos Persanyi

Abel Garamhegyi

Organizer:

Ministry of Environment and Water

United Nations Foundation

International Policy Fellowships

Building:

Nador u. 9, Faculty Tower

Room:

Auditorium

Wednesday, February 28, 2007 - 2:00pm

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Date:

Wednesday, February 28, 2007 - 2:00pm to 6:00pm

The Center for Policy Studies was a co-sponsor of the official release event in Hungary of the Report of the United Nations Scientific Expert Group (UN SEG) on Climate Change and Sustainable Development.

This event which was co-organized by the Ministry of Environment and Water and CEU took place simultaneously with the worldwide release of the Report.

CEU’s Diana Urge-Vorsatz, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, also a member of UN SEG presented the findings of the Report on 28 February and led the discussions on the relevance of the recommendations and potential implementation of the UN SEG Report for Hungary, with the participation of:

Miklos Persanyi, Minister of Environment and Water

Abel Garamhegyi, State Secretary, Ministry of Economy and Transport

H.E. Borbala Czako, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ambassador of Hungary to the UK, President of the Hungarian Business Leaders Forum and leading experts in the field.