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Titles |
Speaker |
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Session 1 - Opening |
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| 10:00 |
Welcoming Addresses |
Mr. Hiroaki Takagi,
Director, APN Secretariat |
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Toshitami Kaihara,
Governor, Hyogo Prefecture |
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Welcome Speech |
Mr. Hironori Hamanaka
Environment Agency |
| 10:15 |
The APN and Global Change Research |
Prof. Keiji Higuchi,
Co-Chair, APN Scientific Planning Group |
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Session 2 - From Global to Local |
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| 10:50 |
The global perspective |
Dr. Jill Jager,
Executive Director, International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) |
| 11:20 |
The regional perspective - Asia and the Pacific |
Dr. Prodipto Ghosh,
Senior Environment Specialist, Asian Development Bank |
| 11:50 |
The local perspective - Japan and Hyogo |
Prof. Akihiro Amano,
Kwansei Gakuin University |
| 12:20 |
Lunch |
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Session 3 - Causes and Impacts of Global Change: Case Studies |
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| 14:00 |
Land-use/cover change and greenhouse gas emissions: Can we interfere? |
Dr. Daniel Murdiyarso,
Director, Impacts Centre Southeast Asia, Indonesia |
| 14:30 |
Changing Atmosphere in South Asia |
Dr. A. P. Mitra,
Honorary Scientist of Eminence, National Physical Laboratory, India |
| 15:00 |
Reefs, beaches and islands: the changing world of the insular Pacific |
Prof. Patrick Nunn,
University of the South Pacific, Fiji |
| 15:30 |
Climate Variation and Life in Asia |
Prof. Congbin Fu,
Chinese Academy of Sciences |
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Session 4 - Conclusions |
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| 16:10 |
Commentator |
Prof. Roland Fuchs,
Director, International START (global change SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training ) Secretariat |
| 16:25 |
Question & Answer Session |
All Speakers and Prof. Fuchs |
| 17:00 |
Close |
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