Meetings

2016 – 2018 Citizens’ Assembly 

Meeting of the Assembly on How the state can make Ireland a leader in tackling climate change [Agenda]

Weekend 9: 4 and 5 November 2017

Saturday 4 November

9:00 – Opening Address by the Chair

9:15 – Sectoral Sessions: Transport
Session 1: Current Transport Policy in Ireland- is Climate Change a consideration?
Anne Graham, CEO, National Transport Authority

9:35 – Session 2: If Ireland was a leader in tackling climate change what would Transport Policy look like in Ireland?
Dr. Brian Caulfield, TCD

09:55 – Roundtable Discussion

10:25 –  Q&A

10:55 -Coffee

11:10 -International Perspectives on Climate Leadership

Session 3: How to be a leader in tackling Climate Change- the Danish experience
Connie Hedegaard, former Danish Minister for Climate and Energy and former European Commissioner for Climate Action

11:30 – Session 4: How to be a leader in tackling Climate Change- the Scottish experience
Prof. Andrew Kerr, Executive Director, Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation and Prof. Of Climate and Low Carbon Innovation, University of Edinburgh

11:50 – Roundtable Discussion

12:20 – Q&A

12.50 – Lunch

14:00 – Sectoral Sessions: Agriculture, food and land use

Session 5: Current Agriculture/ Land Use Policy in Ireland- is Climate Change a consideration?
Prof. Gary Lanigan, Research Officer, Teagasc

14:20 -Session 6: If Ireland was a leader in tackling climate change what would Agriculture/ Land use Policy look like in Ireland?
Prof. Alan Matthews, Professor Emeritus of European Agricultural Policy, TCD

14:45 – Roundtable Discussion

15:15 – Q&A

15:45 -Coffee

16:00 -Session 7: Agriculture, food and land use panel discussion on leadership

• • Andrew McHugh, Smart Farming Farmer, Longford

• • Iseult Ward, FoodCloud

• • Tony Garahy, Lough Boora Farm

16:30 – Q&A and Panel discussion

17.15 – Conclusion

Sunday 5 November

9:30 – Welcome from the Chair

9:35 – The Climate Change Advisory Council
Prof. John Fitzgerald, Chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council

10:00 – Q&A

10.30 – Preparation and agreement on the Ballot Paper
Presentation of Draft Ballot Paper, Chair of the Assembly

11.00 – Roundtable Discussion

11.30 – Coffee

11:45 – Feedback and Q&A from members followed by Finalisation and agreement on wording of Ballot

13:00 – Printing of Ballot Paper/ Final Reflective Exercise

13:30 – Voting

14:00 – Lunch/ Counting of the Vote

15:30 – Announcement of results, Concluding remarks and Reflections from the Chair