[Brazil@Harvard] MONDAY 12PM at Harvard Kennedy School of Government - Colloquium on Innovative Adaptation to Climate Change at Harvard University

We are pleased to invite you to a discussion with Rene Orellana, Head of the Bolivian delegation at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development Rio +20 and former Bolivian Minister of Environment and Water, about climate change adaptation policies in Bolivia. The discussion will be held on *April 7, 2014* at *12-2:30 PM* at *Harvard Kennedy School of Government - Rubentstein 219*. This event is part of a *5-part Colloquium on Innovative Adaptation to Climate Change* at Harvard University (see below). René Gonzalo Orellana Halkyer was Head of the Bolivian delegation for the 2012 and 2013 Conferences of the Parties of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, and Head of the Bolivian delegation at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development Rio +20 (2012). He has a Doctoral Degree at the University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Law, The Netherlands. He was Ambassador Ad Honorem in Special Mission with Plenipotentiary Representation in issues of Environment and Development at the UN and similar bodies (2012, 2013) and a Member of the Working Group on the United Nations framework for the elaboration of Sustainable Development Goals (2013-2014). From 2009-2010 he as Minister of Environment and Water of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (2009-2010), and was Minister of Water (2008-2009), and Viceminister of Basic Services (2006). If you have not yet RSVP'd for the whole series, please RSVP to *rachael_garrett(a)hks.harvard.edu <rachael_garrett(a)hks.harvard.edu>* by March 31 to attend this event. Lunch will be provided for attendees, but you must register in advance. We also ask that you read the following attached document before the event: the proposal for a *JOINT MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION MECHANISM FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FOREST AND THE MOTHER EARTH*. _____________________________________________________________________________ *5-part Colloquium on Innovative Adaptation to Climate Change at Harvard University* The objective of this Colloquium promoted by the Sustainability Science Program and the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies is to host experts who bridge research and practice in the field of climate change vulnerability and adaptation (please see below for list of speakers). Our goal is to have policy makers and practitioners from various countries discuss how their organization acquires scientific information on climate change and uses this information to craft policy related to adaptation. From the research community we seek to understand how research priorities are defined, to what extent researchers engage with policy makers, and how results are communicated to individuals or organizations outside of academia. Most of our speakers will focus on adaptation in agriculture and forestry. Each of our five invited guests will submit a paper draft or a proposed set of policies related to climate change adaptation in the agricultural or forestry sector two weeks in advance of their seminar date. The format of the event is a 20-30 minute presentation by the invited speaker, followed by a 1.5 hour moderated discussion. We aim to have a core group of people that attend all 5 events with the goal of writing a synthesis paper at the end of the colloquia and identifying future research collaborations between the speakers and participants. Schedule of events: *April 7 - Rene Orellana,* Head of the Bolivian delegation at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development Rio +20 and former Bolivian Minister of Environment and Water *Time: 12-2:30 PM Location: Harvard Kennedy School of Government - Rubentstein 219 * *April 15 - Eduardo Assad*, Coordinator of the Climate and Agriculture Research network of the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Member of the Scientific Committee of the Brazilian Panel of Climate Change and researcher at Embrapa Agriculture Informatics *Time: 12-2:30 PM Location: Harvard Kennedy School of Government - NYE FC (T52) * *April 24 - Michael Farrell*, Director of Cornell University's Sugar Maple Research & Extension Field Station *Time: 12-2:30 PM Location: 124 Mt. Auburn Room 2000* *May 5 - Michael Oppenheimer,* Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs at Princeton University *Time: 1:00-3:30 PM Location: Harvard Kennedy School of Government - BL-4 Hauser conference room * *May 15 - Anthony Janetos, *Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University *Time: 12-2:30 PM Location: Harvard University Center for the Environment - Conference Room*