Morning Plenary (9:00-10:00)
Opening of the Conference
Chairs: Detlef Stammer and Helen Cleugh (Conference Chairs)
Welcoming and Opening Remarks
- Helen Cleugh (Co-Chair of SOC): Welcome to the Open Science Conference from WCRP
- Welcoming remarks from Rwanda hosts
- Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya (Minister for Environment): Welcoming remarks
- Hon. Gaspard Twagirayezu (Minister of Education) (TBC)
- Amina Mohammed (Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group) - Remotely: Opening Remarks
The Urgent Need for Climate Action
- Macharia Kamau (Special Envoy of former President Uhuru Kenyatta on the EAC-led Peace Effort on Eastern DRC and Commissioner, Office of the Former President of the Republic of Kenya; International Science Council): Sustainable development goals perspective (Title to be confirmed)
- Lina Yassin (Researcher - Climate Change, International Institute for Environment and Development): Leveling the playing field: The crucial role of Climate Science in empowering vulnerable nations
- Detlef Stammer (WCRP Chair): Climate change: A challenge for the World
WCRP Open Science Conference Overview - Conference Chairs
Evening Dialogue (18:00-18:45)
The Needs of, and Opportunities for the Global South
Chair: Juliet Kabera (Director General, Rwanda Environmental Management Authority)
- Barend Erasmus (Dean of the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Natural/Agricultural Sciences): Emerging trends and opportunities for climate action in Africa (Title to be confirmed)
- Carlos Nobre (Senior researcher, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil) - Remotely: The needs of, and opportunities for, the Amazon
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