Wednesday, September 20, 2006

An International Leadership Alliance:
Taking Action to Achieve Climate Stabilization

L'Enfant Plaza Hotel

480 L’Enfant Plaza, S.W.
Washington D.C.

8:00 - 9:30 a.m. Policy Imperatives: Panel of Legislators

Chair, The Honorable Claudine Schneider, Congresswoman 1980-1990 (R-RI); Author of the Global Warming Prevention Act (1988)

United States Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) (Invited), Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Chair); Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Senate Committee on Finance; Senate Committee on Intelligence; and Co-Chair, International Taskforce on Climate Change
United States Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Ranking Member); Senate Committee on Finance; Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; and United States Congress Joint Economic Committee
United States Representative Sherwood L. Boehlert (R-NY) (Invited), House Committee on Science (Chair); and House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
United States Representative Bart Gordon (D-TN) (Invited), House Committee on Science (Ranking Member); and House Committee on Energy and Commerce

9:30 - 9:50 a.m. Coffee, Tea, and Refreshment Break

9:50 - 11:50 a.m. The Industrial and Financial Sectors’ Innovative Leadership

Chair, Mr. William A. Nitze, Chairman, Climate Institute; and Chairman, GridPoint

Ms. Josephine Cooper, Group Vice President, Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Mr. William E. Gerwing, Director, Western Hemisphere Health, Safety, Security & Environment, BP America Inc.
Mr. Alan Waxman, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
Other leaders in climate protection from the Industrial, Financial, Land, and Information Sectors

12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Luncheon Panel:
An International Leadership Alliance: Taking Action To Achieve Climate Stabilization

Chair, Ms. Melinda L. Kimble, Senior Vice President, United Nations Foundation

Lessons Learned on Renewable Energy Development for Climate Change Mitigation
Dr. Xiaodong Wang, Energy Specialist, World Bank
Energy Efficiency Investments for Climate Change Mitigation in Eastern Europe
Mr. Bernard Jamet, Project Manager, United Nations Environment Programme / Global Environment Facility
Sustainable Energy Development in the Americas
Mr. Mark Lambrides, Project Manager, Department of Sustainable Development, Organization of American States
Mr. Mohammad Reza Salamat, Senior Program Officer, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

1:40 - 3:25 p.m. Shaping an International Leadership Alliance

Chair, Dr. Noel Brown, President, Friends of the United Nations; and Former Director, United Nations Environment Program, North American Regional Office

Building Partnerships to Achieve International Equity
Mr. Nasir Khattak, Director of Global Environmental Programs, Climate Institute
Grenada as a Sustainable Energy Island
Dr. Denis G. Antoine, Ambassador of Grenada to the United States of America and Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States
Launch Announcement of High-Altitude Climate and UV Observatory
Mr. Luis Roberto Acosta, Director, Latin American Regional Affairs, Climate Institute; and Director, Sistema de Informacion Ambiental
Applications of Geothermal and Renewables Abroad
Mr. Magnus Bjarnason, Managing Director, International Corporate Banking, Glitnir
Mr. Árni Magnússon, Director, Sustainable Energy, Corporate & Investment Banking, Glitnir
Dominican Republic’s Support for Climate Protection
Ms. Natasha Despotovic, Executive Director, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development

3:25 - 3:45 p.m. Coffee, Tea, and Refreshment Break

3:45 - 5:45 p.m. Partnerships to Achieve Intergenerational and International Equity: Actions Toward Climate Stabilization

Chair, Mr. Denis Hayes, President, Bullitt Foundation; Chair, Earth Day Network; and Co-Founder of Earth Day

Acting to Preserve God’s Creation
Dr. Jo Anne Lyon, Executive Director, World Hope International
Green Leadership in the Religious Community
The Reverend Sally G. Bingham, Environmental Minister, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, California; and Executive Director, The Regeneration Project / Interfaith Power and Light Campaign
A Mormon Perspective
Mr. Joseph A. Cannon, Partner, Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Practice, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP; and Member of the Board of Directors, Deseret News Publishing Company
A Catholic Perspective
Mr. Walter E. Grazer, Policy Advisor for Religious Liberty, Human Rights, and EuropeanAffairs, and Director, Environmental Justice Program, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Presbyterians Move Toward Climate Neutrality Abstract
Ms. Pamela P. McVety, Stewardship of Creation Enabler, Florida Presbytery; Moderator, Presbyterian Resolution Energy Task Force; and Founding Member, Big Bend Climate Action Team, Tallahassee, Florida
Green Leadership in the Religious Community
Rabbi Warren G. Stone, Temple Emanuel; and Chair, Central Conference of American Rabbis’ Committee on the Environment

Green Leadership on Campuses
Mr. Daniel Worth, Executive Director, National Association of Environmental Law Societies;and Founder, Campus Climate Neutral
Islamic Perspective on Climate Stabilization
Dr. Khalid Shaukat, Advisor for Scientific Issues, Islamic Society of North America

5:45 - 6:00 p.m. Chairman’s Reflections and Summary

20th Anniversary Celebration and Awards Banquet

6:15 - 7:15 p.m. Reception

7:15 - 10:00 p.m. Banquet

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., will be honored with the Environmental Financial Stewardship Award for Its Clean Energy Investment Leadership
Toyota Motor Corporation, Inc., will be honored with the Transportation Industry Climate Leadership Award for Its Work in Hybrid Vehicles and Fuel Efficiency
BP p.l.c. will be honored with the Industrial Sector Climate Leadership Award for Achieving the Top Ranking by CERES of Major International Firms in Climate Protection
Dr. Ólafur Grímsson, President of Iceland, will be honored with the Global Environmental Leadership Award
Dr. Robert W. Corell, Chair, Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, and Senior Fellow, Atmospheric Policy Program, American Meteorological Society, will be honored with the Roger Revelle Memorial Award for Scientific Achievement
Ms. Susan Joy Hassol, Author, Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, and Writer of the HBO film, Too Hot Not to Handle, will be honored with the Nancy Wilson Memorial Award for Climate Science Communication
Ms. Karen Coshof, Creator and Producer of the Stonehaven Productions film, The Great Warming, will be honored with the Climate Film Communications Award

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