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Welcome to the High-Level Conference on Water, Climate and Health

Welcome to the High-Level Conference on Water, Climate and Health. 09:30 - 10:00 Opening of the Conference – Welcome address HE Dr Corrado Clini , Minister for the Environment, Land and Sea of Italy Chair: Marta Szigeti Bonifert, Executive Director, REC

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Welcome to the High-Level Conference on Water, Climate and Health

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  1. Welcome to theHigh-Level Conference on Water, Climate and Health

  2. 09:30 - 10:00 Opening of the Conference – Welcome address • HE Dr Corrado Clini, Minister for the Environment, Land and Sea of Italy Chair: Marta Szigeti Bonifert, Executive Director, REC • Anna Rita Bramerini, Assessor to the Environment, Tuscany Region • HE FatmirMediu, Minister, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Administration of Waters, Albania • Mr. Marco Keiner, UNECE, Director of Environment Division

  3. 10:00 - 11:15 Risk management challenges: Water, Climate and Health • Facilitator: Edoardo Michele Majno, Director General of the Department of Health, Tuscany Region • Dr Bettina Menne, Programme Manager, Susutainable Development, Climate Change and Green Health Services, WHO Regional Office for Europe – Climate Change, Water and Health • Dr Luciana Sinisi, Chair of Task Force on Extremes - Protocol Water and Health to United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Water Convention – Water and climate strategy in the UNECE Region : the case of water supply and sanitation under adverse weather conditions • Mr Jan Semenza, Senior Expert, Health Impact, Office of the Chief Scientist European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) – Challenges at EU level for water-related diseases • Ms Helena Molin Valdes, Deputy Director UN International Strategy for Disaster – Communication to the public in emergencies

  4. 11:45 - 12: 45 Panel Session • Facilitator: Dr Claudio Martini (Water Right Foundation) • Mr Alberto Sandoval, FAO Climate Change and Food Security • Mr Desiree Schweitzer, Deputy Coordinator Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) • Mr. George Zedginidze, Former Minister, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Georgia • Mr Roberto Zocchi, Chair EU3, European Federation of National Associations of Water and Wastewater Services (EUREAU) – Water utilities sector • Mr. Omer Ozturk, Expert in Climate Change, Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, Turkey • Mr. Milos Jevtovic, State Secretary, Ministry of Health, Serbia • Mr. AdylbekOrmonov, Executive Director, State Agency on Environment Protection and Forestry of the Kyrgyz Republic

  5. 12: 45 - 13: 15 Questions and Answers Session • Lunch

  6. 14:30 - 15:45 Science-policy dialogue: Challenges in Water, Climate and Health • Chair: H.E. Dr. Corrado Clini, Minister for the Environment, Land and Sea of Italy • Dr Sergio Castellari, IPCC, National Focal Point of Italy – Experience/considerations on building up adaptation measures • Mr Mehmet Bas, General Director of Environmental Management, Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation, Turkey • H.E.Borbala Czako, Partner, Ernst&Young– Mobilization of financial mechanism, public-private partnerships and corporate social responsibility

  7. 16:15 - 17:15 Panel Session • Facilitator: Marta Szigeti Bonifert, REC Executive Director • Mr Jan Dusik, Acting Director, UNEP, Regional Office for Europe • NurlanZhumaev, State Agency of Environmental Protection and Forestry, Kyrgyzstan • Professor Maria Lodovica Gullino, Vice Rector, University of Torino • Mr. NodrijonYunusov, Head of Department of Interstate Sustainable Development Commission, State Committee for Nature Protection of the Republic of Uzbekistan • Mr.TalbakSalimov, Chairman, Committee on Environmental Protection under the Government of Tajikistan

  8. 17:15 - 18:00The Way Forward – discussion and closing session • Conclusions and recommendations by the Chairs and Facilitators

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