PROGRAMME

10.00 - 10.15 a.m. UNU/UNITAR introduction to the Series.

Ms. Nassrine Azimi and Mr. Jacques Fomerand

10.15 - 11.30 a.m. Module 1: Outcome of the Third Conference of the Parties (COP3), outstanding issues and the outlook for COP4. -- Mr. Bradnee Chambers, UNU/IAS

11.30 - 11.45 a.m. Break

11.45 - 12.15 p.m. Discussions. Mr. Bradnee Chambers

12.15 - 1 p.m. Module 2: Scenarios and policy recommendations

a) the linkages between the climate agenda and other regimes, such as trade, investment, biodiversity etc.; b) role of legal entities (private sector) in the climate agenda, possible contractual agreements and dispute resolution.

Ms. Laura Campbell, UNU/GEIC, Dr. Jerry Velasquez, UNU and

Mr. Bradnee Chambers.

1.00 - 3.00 p.m. Break

3.00 - 4.15 p.m. Module 2: Continued. -- Ms. Laura Campbell, Dr. Jerry Velasquez and  Mr.                                   Bradnee Chambers.

4.15 - 4.30 p.m. Break

4.30 - 5.00 p.m. Discussions. -- Ms. Laura Campbell, Dr. Jerry Velasquez and
                                Mr. Bradnee Chambers.

5.00 - 5.45 p.m. Module 3: CC:TRAIN (Climate Change Training Package of UNITAR) and the                                  UNU/UNITAR collaboration on the project for:

a) Climate Change and the UNFCC, Challenges and Opportunities,

b) Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment,

c) Compilation of a National Inventory of Greenhouse Gases, and

d) Preparing a Mitigation Analysis. Dr. Jerry Velasquez