Date:
Thursday, October 9, 2008 from 9:30 am to 11:30 am
Location:
Columbia University,
Morningside Campus,
Alfred Lerner Hall,
Room 555
Contact:
Earth Institute Events, events@ei.columbia.edu
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Event Description:
Speakers: John Drexhage, Director, Climate Change and Energy, International Institute for Sustainable Development;
Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change;
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
The International Institute for Sustainable Development presents a discussion "The Kyoto Mechanisms: Key to Combating Climate Change," with
Moderator: John Drexhage, Director, Climate Change and Energy, International Institute for Sustainable Development
Participants: Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Additional remarks by:
Henry Derwent, President and CEO, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)
Klaus S. Lackner, Ewing-Worzel Professor of Geophysics, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University; Director,Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
The event is sponsored by the International Institute for Sustainable Development and will focus attention on a critical core element of the global climate change negotiations, scheduled to culminate in a new international agreement in Copenhagen in December 2009.
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Sponsors:
Earth Institute