Program

Saturday, October 26

9:00 - 9:30 am Welcome from Organizing Committee
9:30 - 11:00 am PANEL: Human Face of Climate Change

• National Fishworkers Forum
  
• Jagriti Mahila Samiti
  
• Project for Ecological Recovery, Thailand
  
• Indigenous Peoples Caucus
  
• Representative from Pacific Islands
  
• People and Planet, UK

11:00 - 11:15 am Break

11:15 - 1:15 pm Workshops Round 1

• Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples
  
• The Science of Climate Change (what is 'dangerous')
  
• Equity in the Climate Debate 1
  
• Dams and Climate Change
  
• Urbanization and Transportation

1:30 - 2:30 pm Lunch (provided at the site)

2:30 - 4:30 pm Workshops Round 2

• Impacts of Globalization on Informal Sector
  
• Deforestation and Carbon Sinks 1
  
• Fishworkers Struggle Against Climate Change 1
  
• Alternative Energy
  
• Community Resistance to Fossil Fuels
  
• Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) 1

4:30 - 4:45 pm Break

4:45 - 6:15 pm PANEL: Climate Justice in India

• Apna Nirman Mazdoor Panchayat
  
• National Fishworkers Forum
  
• Indigenous Peoples Caucus
  
• Andhra Pradesh Vyavasaya Vritidarula Union
  
• Narmada Bachao Andolan
  
• Singrauli
  
• Indian Social Institute

6:30 pm Dinner (provided at the site)

Sunday, October 27

9:00 - 10:30 am PANEL: Globalization, Equity and Kyoto Protocol

Moderator: Yin Shao Loong

• Sunita Narain, Centre for Science and Environment
  
• Kate Hampton, Friends of the Earth International
  
• Steve Sawyer, Greenpeace International
  
• Chee Yoke Ling, Third World Network
  
• Andrew Simms, New Economics Foundation
  
• Dinesh Abrol, Delhi Science Forum

10:30 -10:45 am Break

10:45 - 12:45 pm Workshops Round 3

• Urban Poor and Global Warming
  
• Equity in the Climate Change Debate 2
  
• Indigenous Peoples Caucus 2
  
• Water and the Climate Crisis
  
• Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) 2
  
• Deforestation and Carbon Sinks 2

12:45 - 1:45 pm Lunch (provided at the site)

1:45- 3:45 pm Workshops Round 4

• Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change
  
• International Financial Institutions and Climate Change
  
• Corporate Accountability
  
• Fishworkers and the Struggle Against Climate Change 2

3:45 - 4:00 pm Break

4:00 5:30 pm PANEL: Building a Global Movement for Climate Justice

Moderator: Amit Srivastava

• Medha Patkar, National Alliance of Peoples Movements
  
• Harekrishna Debnath, National Fishworkers Forum
  
• Vandana Shiva, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology
  
• Amarjit Kaur, All India Trade Union Congress
  
• Yin Shao Loong, Third World Network
  
• Swami Agnivesh, Arya Samaj, Bandhwa Mukti Morcha
  
• Srisuwan Kuankachon, Project for Ecological Recovery, Thailand
  
• Kate Hampton, Friends of the Earth International

5:30 pm Dinner (provided at the site)