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Conference programme


DAY ONE

15 OCTOBER

Environmental policy

09:30 – 10:45 AM

Chair: Owen McQuade, Managing Director, Environment Ireland


MINISTERIAL ADDRESS
ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES IN IRELAND: 2020 AND BEYOND

Eamon Ryan, TD, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (Presentation unavailable)


THE IPCC SPECIAL REPORT ON GLOBAL WARMING OF 1.5°C

Professor Jim Skea, Co-Chair, Working Group III, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)


MOVING NORTHERN IRELAND’S ENVIRONMENT FORWARD

Edwin Poots, MLA, Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Northern Ireland (Presentation unavailable)


OUTLOOK FOR EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT LEGISLATION

Deborah Spence, Partner, Arthur Cox


Questions and answers / panel discussion

10:45 – 11:15 AM

COMFORT BREAK

Natural capital

11:15 AM – 01:00 PM

OVERVIEW OF EUROPEAN BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY FOR 2030

Dr Micheal O'Briain, Deputy Head of the Nature Unit, DG Environment, European Commission


THE ROLE OF BIODIVERSITY IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Bruce Harper, Consultant, Antaris Consulting


IRISH NATURAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTING FOR SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTS (INCASE) PROJECT

Professor Jane Stout, Botany, Trinity College Dublin


CONSERVING AND PROTECTING IRISH WILDLIFE

Pádraic Fogarty, Campaign Officer, Irish Wildlife Trust


Questions and answers / panel discussion

01:00 – 02:00 PM

BREAK FOR LUNCH

Resource efficiency and the circular economy

02:00 – 03:15 PM

SCOTLAND’S PROGRESS TOWARDS BECOMING A CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Iain Gulland, Chief Executive, Zero Waste Scotland (Presentation unavailable)


IRELAND’S WASTE POLICY: AN OVERVIEW

Philip Nugent, Assistant Secretary, Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications


THE ROLE OF REMANUFACTURING IN THE EUROPEAN CIRCULAR ECONOMY

David Fitzsimons, Director, European Remanufacturing Council


NO HOME FOR PLASTIC: CHANGING PLASTIC USE IN IRISH HOUSEHOLDS

Abigail O'Callaghan Platt, Project Lead, VOICE Ireland


Questions and answers / panel discussion

03:15 – 03:30 PM

COMFORT BREAK

Water

03:30 – 05:00 PM

WATER FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: IMPLEMENTING SDG 6

Gilbert F. Houngbo, Chair, UN-Water and President, IFAD (Presentation unavailable)


WATER QUALITY IN IRELAND

Professor Mary Kelly-Quinn, Associate Professor, School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin


SUPPORTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT PLANS

Seán Keating, Director of Services, Local Authority Waters Programme


INISHOWEN RIVERS TRUST: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & EDUCATION

Trish Murphy, Project Officer, Inishowen Rivers Trust


Questions and answers / panel discussion

05:00 PM

CONFERENCE CLOSE FOR DAY ONE

DAY TWO

16 OCTOBER

Climate Ireland

09:00 – 10:10 AM

Chair: Owen McQuade, Managing Director, Environment Ireland


CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY IN IRELAND

Brian Carroll, Assistant Secretary General of Climate Action and Environment, Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications


CLIMATE JUSTICE IN IRELAND

Oisín Coghlan, Director, Friends of the Earth Ireland


TACKLING THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY

John FitzGerald, Chair, Climate Change Advisory Council


Questions and answers / panel discussion

10:10 – 10:20 AM

COMFORT BREAK

10:20 – 11:30 AM

FORECASTING EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS IN A WARMING WORLD

Evelyn Cusack, Head of Forecasting, Met Éireann


THE ROLE OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE

Ciarán Hayes, Chair, National Local Authority Climate Action Steering Group


ADAPTING TO THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE

Professor Conor Murphy, Department of Geography, Maynooth University


Questions and answers / panel discussion

11:30 – 11:45 AM

COMFORT BREAK

Health and the environment

11:45 AM – 01:15 PM

HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, HEALTHY LIVES: HOW THE ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCES HEALTH AND WELL-BEING IN EUROPE

Martin Adams, Head of Health and Sustainable Resource Use, European Environment Agency


HEALTHY IRELAND: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Greg Straton, Assistant Principal, Department of Health


THE IMPACT OF NANO PLASTICS AND MICROPLASTICS ON THE HUMAN BODY

Professor Christopher Elliott, Professor of Food Safety, Queen’s University Belfast


ECO-HEALTH: ECOSYSTEM BENEFITS OF GREENSPACE FOR HEALTH

Professor Mark Scott, Professor of Planning and Dean of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin


Questions and answers / panel discussion

01:15 – 02:15 PM

BREAK FOR LUNCH

Planning and the environment

02:15 – 03:45 PM

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PLANNING AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN IRELAND

Paul Scott, Environmental Planning Manager, Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government


CREATING GREEN CITIES

Oriana Romano, Head, Water Governance and Circular Economy — Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development Division, OECD (Presentation unavailable)


COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN PLANNING PROJECTS

Petra Biberbach, Chief Executive, Planning Aid Scotland (Presentation unavailable)


THE ROLE OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN PLANNING: WATERFORD GREENWAY

Michael Quinn, Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Services for Planning and Economic Development, Waterford City & County Council


Questions and answers / panel discussion

03:45 PM

CONFERENCE CLOSE
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