Meetings
26th-27th November
Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss
26th-27th November 2022
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Saturday 25th
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From 8 a.m. Registration, coffee
8:45 a.m. Members introduce themselves at their roundtables
9.00 a.m. Introduction by the Chairperson, Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin
Industry and Biodiversity
9:05 a.m. What is the value of Biodiversity? – Prof. Jenny McElwaine, TCD
9:10 a.m. What is industry doing and how can they engage with biodiversity? Lucy Gaffney – Platform Development Manager, Business for Biodiversity
9:25 a.m. Voices from Industry
– Stephen Nolan, Managing Director, UNDP Financial Services for Sustainability
– Deirdre Ryan, Director of Origin Green, Bord Bia
– Shane Dineen, Environment and Planning Manager, Fáilte Ireland
– Ian Talbot, Chief Executive, Chambers Ireland
9:45 am Discussion
10:05am Q&A
10:25 a.m. Biodiversity in the Education System (current status and potential) – Codie Preston,Irish Schools Sustainability Network
10:45 a.m. Q&A
11 a.m. Dame Dr Jane Goodall
11:15 a.m. Coffee
11:30 a.m. Draft recommendations and ballot papers – the process
– Chairperson, Dr. Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin
11.35 a.m. Roundtable Discussion – draft recommendations on which there is broad agreement
12.35 p.m. Lunch
1.35 p.m. Plenary session – draft recommendations on which there is broad agreement
2.35 p.m Roundtable Discussion – Ballot Papers 1A & 1B and 2A & 2B (Agriculture, Freshwater, Marine/Coastal)
3.35 p.m. Coffee
3.50 p.m. Plenary session – Ballot Papers 1A & 1B and 2A & 2B (Agriculture, Freshwater, Marine/Coastal)
4.50 p.m. Roundtable discussion – Ballot Papers 3 – 6 (Peatlands, Protected sites and species, Forestry, Invasive species, Funding, Urban landscape, Community)
5.50 p.m. Voting on Ballot papers 1A & 1B and 2A & 2B (Agriculture, Freshwater, Marine/Coastal)
6 p.m. Conclusion
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Sunday, 27th November
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9 a.m. Roundtable Discussion – Doc B (cont’d)
9.30 a.m. Plenary session – Doc A (to conclude) and Doc B
11 a.m. Roundtable Discussion – Doc C (Miscellaneous questions with multiple alternative options)
11.30 a.m. Coffee & Voting on Doc B
11.50 a.m. Plenary session – Doc C
12.20 p.m. Completion of evaluation forms
12.30 p.m. Voting on Doc C
12.45 noon The Last Word – Voices of the Assembly
1.30 p.m. Announcement of Results