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ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN CHINA, INDIA AND BRAZIL

Middle Temple Hall, Middle Temple, London EC4

29 September 2005

 

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME  

10 a.m. – 10.30 a.m.	Registration and coffee
10.30 a.m.	Introduction to the issues Mr William Wilson Director Cambrensis Ltd
10.45 a.m.	Mr James Cameron Director and Co-Founder Climate Change Capital
11.15 a.m.	Ms Jo Ann Fong Manager Capacity Building The Royal Society
11.45 a.m.	Coffee
12.00 p.m.	Mr Simon Fairweather Climate Change and Energy Unit Foreign and Commonwealth Office
12.30 p.m.	Mr David Lyon Manager Arthur D Little Limited Presentation from Arthur D. Little, Beijing office.
12.45p.m.	Lunch, Middle Temple Hall
2.p.m.	Tom Burke Visiting Professor Imperial and University Colleges London
2.30p.m.	Mr Arun Sahu First Secretary Indian High Commission
3.00 p.m.	Chairman’s Summary: Professor David Slater CB Director Cambrensis Ltd
Why do we debate energy and the environmental policies in Europe and America without reference to the way in which these gigantic new economies are dealing with these issues? China gets 80% of its electricity from coal, and has plans for 544 new coal fired power stations. What effect will that have on international climate change negotiations? The rates of growth of the economies of countries such as China, India and Brazil will see them overtake the economies of many European countries in the near term. Their energy and environmental policies will be the key to the success or failure of many initiatives to tackle climate change and to determine energy policy. This is increasingly being recognised in government, with the invitations to China, India and Brazil to join the G8 talks on climate change in the UK in 2005, and the head of the national science academies of each of those countries subscribing to the joint statement on climate change by the G8 national science academies on 7 June 2005. How are these countries going to be engaged with the debates in the rest of the world? How will this process of engagement be taken forward? Cambrensis decided not to wait for everyone else to address these issues, but to tackle them ourselves at an important one day conference in London on 29 September 2005. Since we arranged this seminar, the issues have become even more topical with the announcement on 28 July 2005 of a new agreement on climate change between the USA, China, India, South Korea, Japan and Australia. We expect to be covering this agreement at the seminar with direct participation by representatives of some of the embassies of the countries involved. For all enquiries about participating in this seminar (cost £58.75 including VAT per person including lunch in Middle Temple Hall) please contact us

 

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