Roadmap 2050 launch in UK: September 15?? REGISTER HERE
Aug 9th 2010, 10:20
15 September 2010, 09.00 - 17.30
Europe: looking ahead on climate change - The path to 2020 and 2050
Venue: Central London [tbc]
Register: http://www.green-alliance-event.org.uk/
Including keynote speeches by:
The Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, and
Janez Potočnik, European Commissioner for the Environment
Also featuring:
Professor Sir Brian Hoskins, Grantham Institute for Climate Change
Jules Kortenhorst, chief executive, European Climate Foundation
Nick Mabey, chief executive, E3G
Professor Goran Strbac, chair in electrical energy systems, Imperial College London
Dr Keith Allott, head of climate change, WWF-UK tbc
Jeremy Oppenheim, director, McKinsey & Company tbc
Further senior speakers from industry and government to be confirmed
This whole-day conference will see the UK launch of the European Climate Foundation Roadmap 2050 report, a ground-breaking analysis undertaken by McKinsey & Company, KEMA, The Energy Futures Lab at Imperial College London, Oxford Economics, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands, Office for Metropolitan Architecture, E3G and the Regulatory Assistance Project. Participants will discuss the implications for UK climate and energy policy of the Roadmap 2050 analysis, considering the opportunities and challenges of an interconnected Europe. Keynote speakers will give their perspectives on how to secure accelerated European action on climate change in this new decade, discussing the EU’s carbon emissions reduction targets for 2020 and the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.
To register for this event visit http://www.green-alliance-event.org.uk/ or phone 020 7630 4515. Attendance is free but places are limited. Conference location and agenda will be confirmed in early September.
This conference is organised by Green Alliance and the European Commission Representation in the UK as part of the series Climate Change: EU Opportunities, in association with the European Climate Foundation and Transform UK.