PLENARY SESSION: NEW POLICIES

• Forum I: : A race to the top - Sub-National Leadership in Climate and Clean Energy Policies
  Climate change also means a financial risk for institutional investors. With the founding of the Carbon Disclosure Project and the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change investors have seized the first initiatives for protecting institutional investors from such risks. What does this mean for climate protection?
  With: Ralf Frank, Deutsche Vereinigung für Finanzanalyse und Assetmanagement (DVFA); Paul Dickinson, Carbon Disclosure Project, UK; Christa Franke, Bundesverband Investment und Asset Management e.V. (German Association of Investment and Asset Management)
  Chair: Matthias Kopp, WWF Germany

• Forum II: A Race to the Top - Sub-National Leadership in Climate and Clean Energy Policies
  Climate policy is not only made on the national level. There are also successful initiatives on the subnational level, particularly in the USA and Canada, which will be introduced during this forum.
  With: Lewis Milford, Clean Energy Group; Representative Jim Marzilli, House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; John Geesman, California Energy Commission; Brian Garcia, Connecticut Clean Energy Fund; Peter West, Energy Trust of Oregon; Ernst-Christoph Stolper, Ministry for Environment of North Rhine-Westphalia,
  Chair: Marc Berthold, Heinrich Boell Foundation, Washington

• Forum III: More Action in Climate Protection?
  (German with simultaneous interpretation)
  Mobilization campaigns in the Netherlands and Great Britain provide the impetus for the fishbowl discussion following: Do we need a new wave of social mobilization? Can there be an international climate campaign?
  With: Sible Schöne, Klimaatbureau, Kampagne "Hier", NL; Dr. Ashok Sinha, Stop Climate Chaos, UK; Christian Teriete, WWF International; Christoph Bals, Germanwatch, Sven Giegold, attac, Stephan Schilling, Grüne Jugend; Stefan Schurig, Greenpeace; Juergen Maier, Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung;Matthias Seiche, BUND; Michael Frein, EED; Thomas Wallenhorst , Deutsche Bischofskonferenz der kath. Kirche
  Chair: Anja Koehne, Consultant

• Forum IV: China and Europe: Partners in a New Global Energy Economy?
  What are the common interests in terms of climate and energy security? What opportunities for cooperation present themselves for the two countries?
  With: Dr. Pan Jiahua, Sustainable Development Research Center; Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), China; Weijia Ye, Center for Social Investment Development, Fiping Development Institute, China; Jennifer Morgan, E3G;Dr. Xianli Zhu, UNEP Riso National Laboratory (URC); Claude Turmes, European Parliamant, Nicole Wilke , Ministry of Environment, Germany
  Chair: Antonella Battaglini, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

• Forum V: Can ICT Beat CO2? Escaping the Climate Trap with Telecommunications
  GeSI is a sustainability initiative of the information and communications industry. What opportunities have arisen for climate protection as a result of information and communication technologies?
  Introduction: Marc Duchesne, Chair of the GeSI Climate Change Working Group
  With: Dennis Pamlin, WWF Schweden; Peter Johnston, DG Information Society and Media; Prof. Dr. Peter Hennicke , Wuppertal Institute; Dr. Luis Neves, GeSI Chair
  Chair: Mark Radka, Head of Energy Branch, UNEP

PLENARY SESSION: NEW TARGETS - KYOTO II

A New Advance or Discontinued Model?

Climate Mitigation Technologies: Making the right choices?

FORA: New Technologies:
Silver Bullets and Wrong Tracks?

• Forum I: Options and Constraints for a renewable based Economy
  How could a pan-European super-grid contribute to defining a joint European energy policy and substantially increase the share of renewable energy sources? What are the options for combining centralised and decentralised energy production?
  With: Chris Veal, Airtricity; Sebastian Gallehr, E5; Wolfgang Kerner, European Commission; Robert Werner, Greenpeace energy; Richard Barrington, SUN Microsystems
  Chair: Annerose Hörter, 4-K / Kommunikation für Klimaschutz/Kampagnen/Konzepte

• Forum II: Climate Protection through Nuclear Power?
  (In German only, no translation available!)
  Nuclear power is increasingly promoted as a climate protection technology. In the Heinrich Böll Foundation's study "Nuclear Power - Myth and Reality," this theory was examined closely.
  With: Dr. Felix Christian Matthes, Öko-Institut; Dr. Gerd Rosenkranz, Deutsche Umwelthilfe
  Chair:, European Parliament

• Forum III: Everything Organic? Climate Protection through Bioenergy
  (In German only, no translation available!)
  How can the development of bioenergy be achieved sustainably, without damaging natural resources? What technologies are necessary to reduce emissions?
  With: Uwe Fritsche, Ökoinstitut Darmstadt; Dr. Daniela Thrän *, Institut für Energetik und Umwelt; ; Ulrich Kelber , stellv. Vorsitzender der SPD-Fraktion;
  Chair: Imke Luebbecke, WWF Germany; Jürgen Maier, Umwelt Forum und Entwicklung

• Forum IV: Energy Efficiency - Who Is Blocking It?
  Extensive technically advanced energy-saving technologies are already available today, but thus far this potential is not being fully exploited. This forum will present instruments for the development of an international strategy.
  With: Dr. Stefan Thomas, Wuppertal Institut; Dr. Jobst Klien, Vattenfall Europe Contracting; Dr. Holger Krawinkel, VZBV
  Chair: Pfr. Klaus Breyer, Umweltreferat, Institut für Kirche und Gesellschaft

• Forum V: Back Into the Ground? CO2 Capture and Storage
  (In German only, no translation available!) With CO2 capture and storage, carbon from fossil fuels is stored again underground in geological reservoirs. An important ace in the hole in the fight against climate change?
  With: Prof. Lars Stroemberg, Electricity Generation, Vattenfall; Dr. Lutz v. Meyerinck, German BP AG; Dr. Peter Gerling, Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften; Dr. Gabriela von Goerne, Greenpeace; Dietmar Schüwer ; Wuppertal Institut
  Chair: Britta Fecke, Deutschlandfunk

• Forum VI: How to Design Investment and Policy Frameworks to Build a Post-2012 Low-Carbon Economy
  Low-emission technologies must become widespread in order to stop climate change. How can technological developments for marketable products be accelerated, innovative financing models be developed, and awareness within government and society be increased? With: Lewis Milford, Clean Energy Group; Amb. Richard Benedick, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Ian Pickard, DEFRA, UK; Dr. Hermann E. Ott, Wuppertal Institute
  Chair: Mary Jean Buerer, Clean Energy Group

• Forum VII: Climate Change before the Courts
  The notice that Californias Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed a legal case against six of the biggest automobile manufacturers asking "monetary compensation" for climate change damage has made headlines in the international news. But this is just one case of several, where climate change has been the subject of court cases. At the special Forum "Climate Change before the Courts”, the legal battle about climate change will be presented.
  With: John Geesman, California Energy Commission; Roda Verheyen, Coordinator, International Climate Justice Programme; Christoph Bals, Germanwatch; Stephan Schurig, Greenpeace Germany
  Chair: Jörg Haas, Heinrich Böll Foundation

Night Talk "Business - Climate - Power - Morality"