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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