Lectures held at the Nordic Conference on Green Economic Growth

09.00-09.15: Welcome by Erik Solheim, Minister of Environment and International Development

Session 1: Resources, Ecology and Growth

(Chair: Tom Rådahl, Secretary General, Norwegian Ministry of Environment)

09.15-09.30: Edgar Hertwich (UNEP’s International Resource Panel): ”Global resource use and decoupling” (pdf)

09.30-09.45: Marianne Kettunen (Finnish Environment Institute and Institute for European Environmental Policy): “The Value of Ecosystem Services” (pdf)

09.45-10.00: H.E. Ambassador Janos Herman (Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Norway): “Europe 2020 and the Roadmap for Resource Efficiency” (pdf)

10.00-10.15: Øyvind Lone (Norwegian Ministry of Environment): ”The Nordic Task Force on Green growth” (pdf)

10.15-10.45: Questions and comments

10.45-11.15: Coffee break

Session 2: Resource Efficiency in Industry

(Chair: Inger Johanne Wiese, Norwegian Ministry of Environment)

11.15-11.30: Kristin Misund (Borregaard): ”Forest industry resource efficiency: Borregaard Industries” (pdf)

11.30-11.45: Niels Larsen (Kalundborg Symbiosis): ”Resource efficiency and industrial ecology in Kalundborg” (pdf)

11.45-12.15: Questions and comments

12.15-13.15: Lunch

Session 3: Environmental Policy, Innovation and Technology

(Chair: Øyvind Lone, Norwegian Ministry of Environment)

13.15-13.30: Dirk Pilat (OECD): “Green Growth and Innovation” (pdf)

13.30-13.45: Rolf Annerberg (Top-level Research Initiative): ”The Nordic Top-level Research Initiative and green growth” (pdf)

13.45-14.00: Karsten Skov (consultant): ”Environmental technology challenges for the Nordic countries” (pdf)

14.00-14.15: Bjørn Bauer (PlanMiljø): ”More effective use of green procurement, labelling and voluntary agreements” (pdf)

14.15-14.40: Questions and comments

14.40-15.00: Coffee break

Session 4: Where do we go from here?

(Chair: Øyvind Lone, Norwegian Ministry of Environment)

15.00-15.15: Haakon Vennemo (Vista Analysis): ”Green growth: What does China do – and what can the Nordic countries do?” (pdf)

15.15-16.15: Panel debate: How to promote environmental technology, resource efficiency and green economic growth in the Nordic countries?
Rolf Annerberg (TRI), Annegrete Bruvoll (Vista Analysis), Magnus Cederlöf (MoE, Finland), Stefan Nordin (Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth), Alvhild Hedstein (Nordic Ecolabelling)

16.15-16.30: Hæge Andenæs (Director General, International Cooperation, Norwegian Ministry of Environment): Concluding words - and further work

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