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A Transatlantic Dialog on Solutions to Global Warming

July 22, 2008, 9:00am – 10:30am

About This Event

As scientific news on the impact of global warming gets ever more severe, it is time for bold international action and smart policies to promote solutions. Much of the world has already put a price on carbon and set binding targets for renewable energy and efficiency, and momentum is building for a new round of climate negotiations. In the United States, serious discussion of national legislation to cap carbon emissions has begun, while states and cities commit to deploy renewable energy and promote green building. In light of all this activity, there is a new opportunity for policy makers to learn from the experience of governments and nonprofits that are already leading the charge in a clean energy transition.

The Center for American Progress and the Heinrich Böll Foundation join in inviting you to participate in a transatlantic dialog with senior European policy makers, who have provided leadership on issues ranging from the German solar energy Feed In Tariff law, to establishing carbon markets in the European Union and setting commitments to reduce emissions. Engaging these international leaders in a transatlantic dialog on global warming solutions will be leading green building and renewable energy advocates from the United States who have been building real clean energy solutions in the absence of federal leadership. This will be a rich dialog offering lessons from the field for U.S. policy makers as we move toward a national commitment to tackle global warming.

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Welcoming Remarks:
Helga Flores Trejo, Executive Director, Heinrich Böll Foundation, North America

Featured Panelists:
Silke Malorny, Senior Advisor, MEP Rebecca Harms
Michelle Moore, Senior Vice-President, Policy & Public Affairs, US Green Building Council (USGBC)
Rhone Resch, President, Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
Eduardo Santos, Deputy Head of Delegation to UNFCC negotiations, PORT

Moderated by:
Bracken Hendricks, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress

Location

Center for American Progress
1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20005

This project has been made possible by funding from the European Commission. The European Commission is not responsible for the contents of the project.

The Heinrich Böll Foundation is a non-profit organization affiliated with the German Green Party Bündnis 90/Die Grünen and strives to promote democracy, civil society, equality and climate protection internationally. Headquarted in Berlin/Germany, HBF has 28 offices worldwide and cooperates with more than 200 partners in more than 60 countries. Recently HBF has launched the TRANSATLANTIC CLIMATE POLICY GROUP, a two year program that aims at fostering transatlantic dialogue and cooperation on the issues of climate and energy policies (http://www.boell.org/ClimatePolicy/).