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A New Global Climate Deal?

Achieving real collaboration for a low carbon future

Monday 16 June 2008
to Tuesday 17 June 2008


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The 11th Chatham House conference on Climate Change 2008

In association with the IISD (International Institute for Sustainable Development)

Sponsored by


To enable as open a debate as possible, this conference will be held under the Chatham House Rule.
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Join leading thinkers and practitioners at this event to take stock of current climate change action and adopt a real-world approach to international collaboration on key issues.

Keynote speakers

hilary benn
The Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP
Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK


lord browne
Lord Browne of Madingley
President
Royal Academy of Engineering


paula dobriansky
The Hon Paula J Dobriansky
US Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs



graeme sweeney

Graeme Sweeney
Executive Vice President, Future Fuels & CO2
Shell International Petroleum Company Ltd


harlan l watson
Harlan L Watson
US Senior Climate Negotiator and Special Representative



New speaker highlights

We are delighted to announce that since the brochure for this conference went to print the following speakers have confirmed their participation (to download the conference brochure please complete the form at the bottom of this page).

  • Will Blyth
    Associate Fellow, Chatham House

  • Richard Bradley
    Head of Energy Efficiency and Environment
    International Energy Agency

  • Tarun Das
    Chief Mentor, Confederation of Indian Industry

  • Tom Delay
    Chief Executive, The Carbon Trust

  • Henry Derwent
    President and CEO, International Emissions Trading Association

  • The Hon Paula J Dobriansky
    US Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs

  • Samuel Fankhauser
    Managing Director, IDEACarbon

  • Nicky Gavron
    Member, London Assembly

  • Chris Greenwood
    Head of Research, New Energy Finance

  • Gao Guangsheng
    Director General
    Office of National Coordination Committee on Climate Change
    National Development and Reform Commission, China

  • Gary Lawrence
    Global Leader for Sustainable Urban Development
    Arup

  • James P Leape
    Director General
    WWF International

  • Arthur Lee
    Principal Advisor on Climate Change, Chevron Limited

  • Bernice Lee
    Head, Energy, Environment and Development Programme
    Chatham House

  • Nick Mabey
    Chief Executive Officer, Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G)

  • Jennifer Morgan
    Director, Climate and Energy Security, Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G)

  • Simon Reddy
    Manager , C40 Cities, Climate Leadership Group

  • Jamal Saghir
    Director, Energy, Transport and Water, The World Bank

  • Graeme Sweeney
    Executive Vice President, Renewables, Hydrogen and CO2
    Royal Dutch Shell

  • Bruce Tozer
    Global Head of Environmental Markets
    JP Morgan

  • Edward Yau
    Secretary for the Environment
    Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China


Experts and leaders from governments, international organizations and multinationals will discuss:

  • What key strategies can take all parties in the UN process to agreement in Copenhagen in 2009?
  • How can emerging economies establish a fair process for reducing emissions which will not also restrict their growth?
  • How can investment in new low carbon technologies be scaled up? Can emerging economies play a role in developing these technologies as well as benefiting from them?
  • How can carbon markets be designed to be effective whilst addressing equity concerns of developing countries? What institutions are needed to support the development of a robust global carbon market?

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