UPDATE - The Kyoto Mechanisms: Key to combating climate change?
Huge response to discussion: Web viewers are invited to send questions to the moderator
- Event date: Thursday, October 9, 2008
- Time: 9:30 to 11:30 A.M. EST
- Location: 555 Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia University
Presented by the International Institute for Sustainable Development and The Earth Institute at Columbia University
WINNIPEG, October 8, 2008—Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will face a full house when they meet Thursday morning in New York for a high-level discussion on ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Although the event is fully booked, it will be webcast here.
Viewers are invited to e-mail questions to the moderator, IISD's John Drexhage, at [email protected]
The event is designed to focus attention on a critical core element of the global climate change negotiations, which are scheduled to culminate in a new international agreement in Copenhagen, December 2009.
International Emissions Trading Association President and CEO Henry Derwent and Columbia University Ewing-Worzel Professor of Geophysics Klaus S. Lackner will also take part in the discussion that will focus primarily on the critical issues of environmental integrity, economic efficiency and long-term policy implications.
Event contact: Rick Groom, IISD Fund Development and Communications Officer, Phone: (204) 958‐7742, Cell: (204) 250-1434, E-mail: [email protected]
Media requests: For Professors Sachs and Lackner contact Kyu Lee, E-mail: [email protected], Phone: (212) 851‐0798
For Yvo de Boer, Carrie Assheuer, E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected], Phone: (+49 228) 815‐1005, Cell: (+49 172) 179‐8836
For John Drexhage, Nona Pelletier, E-mail: [email protected], Phone: (204) 958‐7740, Cell: (204) 962‐1303
For Henry Derwent, Cédric Ammann, E-mail: [email protected], Phone: (+41 22) 737‐0500, Cell: (+41 79) 815‐2713
About IISD
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is a globally recognized think tank with 3 decades of experience working to solve the world’s most pressing sustainable development challenges. We combine deep expertise in a wide range of issues with a collaborative approach to research, policy advice, and hands-on support to ensure these solutions are brought to life. Headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, we are a diverse team of over 300 professionals working from offices in Canada, Switzerland, and other locations around the world.
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