The British Consulate-General in Shanghai is pleased to invite you to

BBC Film Day: Debate on BBC climate change film “Five Disasters Waiting to Happen”

co-hosted by the UK’s BBC and China Europe International Business School on 6 March 2008 at China Europe International Business School in Shanghai.

The British Consulate General in Shanghai’s BBC Film Day is aimed towards raising awareness of climate change amongst policy-makers, opinion formers and business and frame it as a global issue requiring global action. To the aim is also to raise the profile of the British Consulate as an ideas-hub for climate change issues in Shanghai among the target audience of decision-makers in industry and policymakers.

“Five Disasters Waiting to Happen” is a BBC documentary examining five locations: London, Shanghai, Mumbai, Paris and Tuvalu. In “Five Disasters Waiting To Happen”, experts discuss the measures taken to monitor such disasters, for example: London is building buildings on stilts to counter the threat of river flooding. Paris is searching for new ways to beat the heat after 15,000 heat-wave deaths in 2003. A tiny South Pacific island may provide a warning to the world with the first climate change environmental refugees. Shanghai and Mumbai’s economic expansion in the face of growing typhoons and monsoon flooding are also studied.

Film Day Agenda

Screening of the BBC documentary “Five Disasters Waiting to Happen” followed by a debate amongst target audience of CEIBS MBA students, climate change scientists, local government Science, energy and climate change related departments, decision makers and influencers on local/national climate change policy.

17:30-18:00 Registration & Cocktail Buffet

18:00-18:05 Address by Mr Ge Jun, Secretary-General of CEIBS Foundation

18:05-18:10 Address by Dr Julia Knights, Head of Science & Innovation, British Consulate General.

18.10-18.15 Address by Mr Quentin Sommerville of the BBC to introduce the film

18:15-19:15 Screening “5 Disasters Waiting to Happen”

19:15-19:30 Group discussions (audience organised into groups A to H for discussions of 15 minutes to answer 2 questions:

 1) What are the key solutions to global climate change those businesses leaders could adopt?

 2) What are the key solutions to global climate change that local government could adopt?

19:30 Group feedback and discussion led by co chairs, Dr Jon Gibbins, Imperial College and BBC Correspondent, Quentin Sommerville + leading Chinese Climate change scientist.

20.00 Cocktail reception and networking

20.30 Close

Dr Jon Gibbins of Imperial College, London, the UK’s government focal point for UK China Climate Change.

Mr Quentin Sommerville, Correspondent, BBC

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We look forward to welcoming you at China Europe International Business School on 6 March 2008.

Please RSVP to Felicia Zhang at zfelicia@ceibs.edu.