Keynote speaker: Dr. Filippo Giorgi
Vice - Chair Working Group 1-
The Physical Science of Climate Change,
IPCC ( 2007 Nobel Peace Prize)

“ The jointly awarding of the Nobel peace prize to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Al Gore, former US Vice-President, is an honour that goes to all scientists and authors who have contributed to the work of IPCC. The IPCC’s strength lies in the processes and procedures that it follows. Most important is its ability of carrying out rigorous scientific assessment, which undergoes the scrutiny of government representatives and therefore is accepted by governments. IPCC is the only body in the world that is able to meet these twin objectives simultaneously.”

Over the past 20 years, the IPCC has created an ever-broader informed consensus about the connection between human activities and global warming. Thousands of scientists and officials have closely collaborated to achieve greater certainty as to the scale of the warming.

Indications of changes in the earth's future climate must be treated with the utmost seriousness, and with the precautionary principle uppermost in our minds. Extensive climate changes may alter and threaten the living conditions of much of mankind. They may induce large-scale migration and lead to greater competition for the earth's resources. Such changes will place particularly heavy burdens on the world's most vulnerable countries. There may be increased danger of violent conflicts and wars, within and between states.