What Do Policy-Makers Need - and What Scientists Know and What They Don't

Climate Change and Environment
Why is dialogue between politicians and academia important? How can we improve the conversation? What is the current status on what we know and don't? What do politicians need of new knowledge in order to make impactful policies, and what role will the industry play in tackling our generations most pressing problem?

Leading politicians and scientists will meet November 10th in The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters to discuss what knowledge politicians need in order to make impactful policies to tackle climate change. Among the participants is the governor of California Jerry Brown, the Minister of Climate and Environment Vidar Helgesen and world leading climate researchers from Nordic and foreign academies.

The Saturday 11th session will be an extension of the previous day's conversation, drawing further on expertise from academia and politics, and bringing in fresh perspectives from industry. 

Program

13:00 Welcome
Ole M. Sejersted, President of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

13:05 "What Do Policy-Makers Need - and What Scientists Know and What They Don't"
Nils Chr. Stenseth, Chair, Committee for Climate, Environment and Resource Use, The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

13:10 "Maintaining Humanity's Life Support Systems in the 21st Century"Anthony D. Barnosky & Elizabeth A. Hadly, Stanford University

13:25 "Knowledgebased climate and environment policy"
Vidar Helgesen, Minister of Climate and Environment

13:55 "The Case for Integrating the Best of Business, Research, and Policy for Creating the Sustainable Solutions We Need"
Per Sandberg, Senior Advisor, Research & Technology, Future Value Chains, Statoil

14:10 Panel discussion

15:00 End of program