[Greenbuilding] Fwd: Brookings Briefing: Climate Change Takes Center Stage

[sanjay jain]

Events - Brookings Office of Communications <events at brookings.edu> wrote: From: "Events - Brookings Office of Communications" <events at brookings.edu>
To: sanjayjainuk at yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:58:01 -0400
Subject: Brookings Briefing: Climate Change Takes Center Stage

 Brookings Briefing: Climate Change Takes Center Stage  #VOCUSHTML{font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;} 
                  “Climate Week”
         Climate Change Takes Center Stage
          
         Friday, September 21, 2007         9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.                   Hilton Embassy Row         Ambassador Room
         2015 Massachusetts Ave, NW
         Washington, DC
          
         During the last week of September, three high-profile global meetings will address the challenge of climate change. On Monday, September 24, the United Nations will convene a unique High-Level Session of the General Assembly, at which dozens of heads of states will address this topic.  Starting Wednesday, September 26, the Clinton Global Initiative will bring governments, business, NGOs and media together to catalyze concrete action to address climate change.  Starting Thursday, September 27, the Bush administration will host representatives of leaders from 15 major economies for an unprecedented meeting on this topic.    
         
         To preview these events and assess their significance, Brookings will host a forum on Friday September 21. Speakers will include James Connaughton, chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality; Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; and David Sandalow, Brookings senior fellow and chair of the Energy & Climate Working Group at the Clinton Global Initiative. Brookings President Strobe Talbott will provide introductory remarks. Carlos Pascual, vice president and director of Foreign Policy Studies, will moderate the panel. After the program, panelists will take audience questions.
         
         Introduction:
         Strobe Talbott
         President 
         The Brookings Institution          
         Moderator:
         Carlos Pascual
         Vice President and Director, Foreign Policy Studies
         The Brookings Institution
         
         Panelists:
         
         
         
         Yvo de Boer  
         Executive Director, United Nations
         Framework Convention on Climate Change
          
         James Connaughton  
         Chairman, White House 
         Council on Environmental Quality
          
         David Sandalow
         Senior Fellow 
         The Brookings Institution
          
          
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