Opening Plenary – Official launch of Adaptation Futures
October 3, 8:30am-10:30am
Location: Agora of the Palais des congrès
Speakers
- Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, Government of Canada
- Benoit Charette, Minister of the Environment, the Fight Against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks (Quebec)
- Valérie Plante, Mayor of Montreal
- Sheila Watt Cloutier, Quebec Inuk environmental activist, essayist and politician
- Alain Bourque, Executive Director Ouranos
- Anne Hammill, Associate Vice-President, Resilience at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
- Mikko Ollikainen, Head, Adaptation Fund
- Guy Cormier, President and CEO of Desjardins Group