OCHS NEWS

presentations

“Global Climate Change Policy,” Austrian Embassy, 14 Dec 2010

“Low-Carbon Energy Roadmaps – an Introduction,” Worldwatch official COP-16 side event, Cancun, 6 Dec 2010

“Low-Carbon Energy Roadmaps,” on invitation of the European Climate Foundation, European Pavilion, COP-16, Cancun, 2 Dec 2010

“Low Carbon Growth Strategies – Global Overview, Focus on India, and Next Steps,” on invitation of the Society of International Development (SID), Development Alternatives International (DAI), and the Johns Hopkins School of International Studies, SAIS, Washington DC, 10 Nov 2010

“Low Carbon Energy Roadmaps in the Caribbean,”  on invitation of U.S. Agency for International Development and U.S. Department of State, 27 October 2010, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center

“After Copenhagen – What Next for Transatlantic Environmental Cooperation?” Center for Transatlantic Relations & EU Center of Excellence Washington, DC, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, 1 Feb 2010

 ”Low-carbon development between New Delhi and Washington DC: Who’s leading who?”, TERI University, 15 September 2010

“Strengthening India’s Low Carbon Strategy,” India International Centre, New Delhi, 13 September 2010

“Renewable Revolution: Low-Carbon Energy by 2030,” REEEP Project Leaders Meeting, Rio de Janeiro, 9 July, 2010

“Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in China: Current Status and Potentials in 2020,” REEEP Project Leaders Meeting, Rio de Janeiro, 8 July, 2010

“The future of climate protection post-Copenhagen – Regional leaders’ responsibility and prospects of international policy coordination,” on invitation of Konrad Adenauer Foundation, GTZ, and Centro Brasileiro de Relatioes Internacionais, Rio de Janeiro, 30 April 2010

“Energy Efficiency: Potential and Scenarios,” Ecologic/Worldwatch Policy Development Workshop, Washington DC, 23 April 2010

“2030 Energy scenarios: What renewables and energy efficiency can deliver,” on invitation of Transatlantic Climate Bridge/German Embassy/Worldwatch,  Brookings Institution, 18 Nov 2010

“What’s desirable and what’s likely – the Copenhagen deal and Brazil’s role in climate and energy policy,” Brazilian delegation, COP-15, Copenhagen, 11 Dec 2009

“Too cool for global warming? Climate change diplomacy in 2009,” Baruch College, City University of New York, 12 Nov 2009

“New markets, green jobs, secure energy: Why strong climate policy is in the U.S. national interest,” Aspen Institute, Wye River, 10 Nov 2009

“Climate (Policy) Change – Taking Stock of Where We Stand in the Decisive Year 2009,” UN Sustainable Future Campaign, Austrian Embassy, Washington, DC, 21 September 2009.

“International Engineering Solutions and their Importance for the Copenhagen Deal” (Keynote speech), Danish Society of Engineers, Copenhagen, 3 September 2009.

“Components of, and Prospects for, a Global Climate Deal in Copenhagen,” SAIS, Washington, DC, 13 July 2009.

“US Climate Policy before Copenhagen,” Heinrich Boell Foundation, Washington, DC, 9 July 2009.

“Prospects for International Climate Policy,” NABU/Heinrich Boell Foundation, Berlin, 15 June 2009.

“Sectoral Approaches – The Next Step of Industrialized Emerging Economies into a Global System?” SBSTA workshop, UNFCCC, Bonn, 12 June 2009.

“The Future of the CDM,” ECN panel on “Confluence or Convolution of Mechanisms, Technology and Finance: How Can Streams Meet in Copenhagen?” UNFCCC, Bonn, 8 June 2009.

“Linking EU and US Emission Trading Systems,” CEZ-IETA conference on “Climate Change: Implementing a Coordinated Response in Central Europe and Around the Globe,” Prague, 24 April 2009.

“International Climate Negotiations: The Road to Copenhagen and Beyond,” American Law Institute/American Bar Association conference on “Climate and the Law,” Washington, DC, 3 April 2009.

“NAMAs and the Global Deal on Climate Change,” CCAP/EGAP/UK DFID “GHG Mitigation Opportunities” workshop, Santiago de Chile, 25 March 2009.

“Views on Carbon Offsetting in the United States,” Point Carbon’s Carbon Market Insights Conference, Copenhagen, 18 March 2009.

“The Future of Transatlantic Climate and Energy Cooperation,” German Foreign Office & InWEnt, Berlin, 30 September 2008.

“The European Perspective,” U.S.-European climate change dialogue, Nixon Center, Washington, DC, 22-23 September 2008.

“A Century of Climate Protection: How Global Warming Will Change Politics and Economics,” German Embassy, Washington, DC, 13 March 2008.

“A Third Industrial Revolution or Three Degrees Warmer: Tomorrow’s World in Two Scenarios,” Luncheon Speech at conference “Connecting Across Boundaries: Enhancing Strategic Intelligence and National Security Readiness to Meet Global Energy and Environmental Challenges,” organized by U.S. Department of Energy, CSIS, Republic of Italy, and U.S. Department of State, Italian Embassy, Washington, DC, 12 March 2008.

“The Third Industrial Revolution: Energy Security and The Economic Case for Climate Policy,” Luncheon Talk, AICGS, Washington, DC, 3 December 2007.

“Global Climate – Changing South: The Global Warming Policies of Emerging Powers,” BMW Center/Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 14 November 2007.

“Compatibilities and Incompatibilities in Transatlantic Climate Policies,” European College for Liberal Arts/Oxford University, Berlin, 1 June 2007.

“Global Environmental Governance,” Potsdam University, 31 May 2006.

“The Future of Climate Policy,” Luncheon Talk, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, 17 January 2006.

“Global Governance and Climate Change,” EGAP Graduate School for Public Administration, Monterrey, Mexico, 4 November 2004.

“Transatlantic Relations and Global Environmental Governance Challenges,” Amerika-Haus, Berlin, 25 June 2004.

“The Global Challenge of Climate Change,” University of North Carolina State, Raleigh, 21 April 2004.

“How Can Germany and the UK More Effectively Pursue Common Aims within the International Energy System?” 5th British-German Environment Forum, Berlin, 6 February 2004.

“Understanding U.S. and EU Climate Policy Making,” Center for Transatlantic Relations, SAIS, Washington, DC, 19 September 2003.

“Global Environmental Politics,” Fulbright Commission, Berlin, 27 March 2003.

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