Plenary Tuesday 23 June 2009 Part 19/22

Plenary Part 19/22 Plenary at the Global Humanitarian´s annual forum 2009 11:10am-12:30pm, 23 June,2009 Nations at risk leaders debate Are nations really themselves at risk because of multiple stresses compounded by climate change, or because of the physical changes themselves, such as sea level rise? Are there commonalities among countries worst affected by climate change? Are the biggest threats direct (losses due to health, famine, storms and floods), or indirect (social, political, mass migrations, resource wars)? What are the timeframes, the tipping points? How can countries at risk safeguard themselves internationally? John Agyekum Kufuor, President, Ghana (2001-2009) Loren Legarda, Senator, Philippines; UN Regional Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation for Asia Pacific Anote Tong, President, Kiribati Master moderation at Tuesday plenaries by Nik Gowing, BBC