Agenda

9.45 Welcome coffee/tea, registration
10.15 Opening addresses
Mr Ivari Padar, Chairman of the Rural Affairs Committee, Parliament of Estonia
Mr Lauri Tammiste, Director of SEI Tallinn
10.30 Interactions between climate change, food production and consumption
Ms Emilie Wieben, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
10.55 The role of pollinators in food production and their climate vulnerability
Dr Simon G. Potts, Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES); University of Reading, United Kingdom
11.20 Delivering the UN sustainable development goals on food and climate change
Ms Madeleine Fogde, Swedish International Agricultural Network (SIANI)
11.40 Coffee break
12.00 Carbon footprint of food waste in Estonia
Dr Evelin Piirsalu, Stockholm Environment Institute Tallinn Centre (SEI Tallinn)
12.20 Award ceremony "Friend of the Climate 2016"
Activities of Estonian food businesses and organisations contributing to climate protection and climate change adaptation

Rimi Eesti Food AS
Eesti Toidupank
Koplimäe Mahetalu
13.05 Launch of the Estonian language edition of Johan Rockström's and Mattias Klum's book "Big World, Small Planet"
Speech by the ambassador of Sweden to Estonia, H. E. Mr Anders Ljunggren and video greeting by Dr Johan Rockström
13.30 Lunch break
14.15 How to halve the per capita food waste in Estonia by 2030?
Discussion at tables and panel discussion
14.50 Panel discussion: Ms Kaire Kikas (Ministry of the Environment), Ms Meeli Lindsaar (Ministry of Rural Affairs), Mr Urmas Sukles (Mayor of Haapsalu), Ms Sirje Potisepp (Estonian Food Industry Association), Ms Riin Savi (Estonian Traders Association), Mr Piet Boerefijn (Estonian Food Bank)
https://www.sei-international.org/-news-archive/3598
15.50 Presentation of the publication "Notice environmentally-friendly agriculture"
Ms Krista Kõiv, Rural Economy Research Centre, Estonia
16.00 Reflections on the Forum
Mr Roomet Sõrmus, Estonian Chamber of Agriculture and Commerce, and Dr Eha Kruus, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences
16.30 End of the Forum

The Forum will be moderated by Dr Kaja Peterson, Chairwoman of the Estonian Commission for Sustainable Development and Programme Director at SEI Tallinn.