AGENDA
"Climate Action: Preventing and Treating"
November 21st (Thursday) 2019, Holiday Inn Hotel (Hall: Millennium 1)
09:30:10:00 -Registration
10:00-10:05 - Opening speech - Zaneta Trajkovska, Institute of Communication Studeis
10:05-10:20 - Introductory remarks
Mr. Stevo Pendarovski, President of the Republic of North Macedonia
НЕ Ms. Rachel Galloway, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Republic of North Macedonia
Panel 1: How to mitigate climate change
Moderator: Aleksandar Dedinec, PhD, Senior Researcher at MANU
10:20-10:30 - National contributions to the Paris Agreement and specific plans in the Republic of North Macedonia
Ms. Ana Petrovska, State Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning
10:30-10:40 - Decarbonization through energy transition
Neven Duic, Ph.D., University of Zagreb – Department of Energy, Power Engineering and Environment
10:40-10:50 - Climate action for new green jobs and strengthening of the economy
Ms. Ladeja Koshir Godina, Chair of the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform / Founder of Circular Change
10:50-11:00 - Sources of funding for cutting down carbon emissions
Nikola Popovski, Ph.D., University Professor
11:00-11:45 - Discussion
11:45-12:00 - Coffee break
Panel 2: How to adapt to climate change
Moderator: Kiril Sotirovski, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Forestry - Skopje
12:00:12:10 - Healthcare system`s risks from climate change
Dragan Gjorgjev, Ph.D., Public Health Institute
12:10-12:20 - Urban open areas and landscaping architecture through the prism of climate change
Stefanka Hadzi Pecova, Ph.D., University Professor
12:20-12:30 - Sustainable agriculture for adapting to climate change
Vjekoslav Tanaskovic, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty for Agricultural Sciences and Food at the “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” University
12:30-12:40 - Strengthening climate resistance through proper forest management
Ljupco Nestorovski, Ph.D., Faculty of Forestry at the “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” University
12:40-12:50 - Climate change, natural disasters and tourism
Ivica Mileski, Ph.D., Institute of Geography at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje
12:50:13:30 - Discussion
13:30:14:30 - Cocktail reception