COP-14: United Nations Climate Change Conference

Date:
December 1 2008 - December 12 2008
Location:

Poznan, Poland

Contact:


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The Conference of the Parties to the Climate Convention is an annual conference hosted by the UNFCCC.

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Contacts

Stephanie Hanson [Stephanie Hanson](user/270) Communications Associate Paul Mackie [Paul Mackie](user/180) Director of Media Relations

Media Interviews

WRI Events

EventDateLocation
Components of a Post-2012 Climate Deal. [Rob Bradley](user/227) and [Jonathan Pershing](user/220): panelists. [View slideshow](http://www.slideshare.net/WorldResources/unfccc-cop14-compon...) Friday, Dec 5
11:00-12:30		 International Fair, Swan
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) session on adaptation metrics. [Heather McGray](user/246): panelist Friday, Dec 5
Time TBD		 International Fair
Shaping the Global Agenda for Forests and Climate Change. [Smita Nakhooda](user/219): panelist Forest Day, Dec 6
Time TBD		 University of Adam Mickiewicz
ICFPA-WBCSD-FAO—Forests, climate change and the forest industry: the business perspective. [Rob Bradley](user/227) and/or [Florence Daviet](user/212): panelist. Forest Day, Dec 6
14:30-16:00		 325, 3rd floor
How Will We Know? Taking Credible Forest Actions. [Florence Daviet](user/212), [Fred Stolle](user/213), [Jake Werksman](user/289) & [Lars Laestadius](user/174): panelists. Forest Day, Dec 6
16:30-18:00		 327, 3rd floor
Environmental Investigation Agency—Learning from Illegal Logging: Transforming the global timber trade to support successful REDD and forest governance. [Florence Daviet](user/212): panelist Forest Day, Dec 6
Time TBD		 Kuraszkiewicz, Basement
Development and Climate Day Saturday, Dec 6
Sunday, Dec 7		 Sheraton Hotel
Ecoconcern Sustainable Energy Event—Sustainable Investment Panel. [Rob Bradley](user/227), [Britt Childs Staley](user/255), [Robert Heilmayr](user/337) & [Jenna Goodward](user/368): panelists Tuesday, Dec 9
16:00-18:00		 International Fair
Land use change: marginalisation, smallholders and incentives for change. [Fred Stolle](user/213): panelist Monday, Dec 8
18:30		 Mercure Hotel

WRI Experts at COP-14

Contact Stephanie Hanson to arrange to speak with WRI experts during COP-14.

Stephanie Hanson [Stephanie Hanson](user/270) Communications Associate Media & communications Jonathan Pershing [Jonathan Pershing](user/220) Climate & Energy Program Director International & U.S. Climate Policy
Rob Bradley [Rob Bradley](user/227) Director, International Climate Policy International Climate Policy Jennifer Layke [Jennifer Layke](user/168) Deputy Director, Climate & Energy U.S. Climate Policy, business engagement
Deborah Seligsohn [Deborah Seligsohn](user/350) Director, China Program China Lars Laestadius [Lars Laestadius](user/174) Senior Associate III Forests
Jenna Goodward [Jenna Goodward](user/368) Research Analyst Renewable energy, technology Crystal Davis [Crystal Davis](user/293) Research Analyst Forest governance
Smita Nakhooda [Smita Nakhooda](user/219) Senior Associate Electricity governance Florence Daviet [Florence Daviet](user/212) Senior Associate Forests
Taryn Fransen [Taryn Fransen](user/240) Senior Associate Greenhouse gas accounting Developing country actions Britt Childs Staley [Britt Staley](user/255) Associate Technology Deployment
Heather McGray [Heather McGray](user/246) Senior Associate Vulnerability and adaptation Hilary McMahon [Hilary McMahon](user/299) Senior Associate Developing countries International negotiations
Susan Minnemeyer [Susan Minnemeyer](user/181) Associate II and GIS Manager Forestry, GIS Weili Weng [Weili Weng](user/396) Research Analyst China
Xiaomei Tan [Xiaomei Tan](user/391) Associate China Fred Stolle [Fred Stolle](user/213) Senior Associate III Forestry
Robert Heilmayr [Robert Heilmayr](user/337) Research Analyst U.S. Climate Policy Ruth Bell Greenspan Senior Fellow International negotiations
Aarjan Dixit [Aarjan Dixit](user/344) Research Assistant Adaptation Dennis Tirpak Senior Fellow Greenhouse gas accounting, International negotiations

Key Publications

Capturing King Coal: Deploying Carbon Capture and Storage Systems in the U.S. at Scale Capturing King Coal: Deploying Carbon Capture and Storage Systems in the U.S. at Scale
This report examines the challenges of a large-scale deployment of carbon capture and storage technology under four broad categories of technology, policy, legal and regulatory framework, and investment, and their implications for CCS as part of the solution to mitigate adverse climate change impacts.

Correcting the World's Greatest Market Failure: Climate Change and the Multilateral Development Banks Correcting the World's Greatest Market Failure: Climate Change and the Multilateral Development Banks
This report examines the challenges of mainstreaming climate change at the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs). It reviews the country strategies and project documentation for the energy sector portfolios of the World Bank Group, the Asia Development Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank, and concludes that MDBs must do more to internalize the environmental and social costs of climate change into their decision-making.

Financing Adaptation: Opportunities for Innovation and Experimentation Financing Adaptation: Opportunities for Innovation and Experimentation
This paper explores the opportunities and challenges involved in financing adaptation efforts in developing countries. The last two years have seen a surge of interest in adaptation finance with new funding proposals floated on an almost weekly basis. But many critical questions remain. How much will adaptation cost? Which proposals are most likely to generate an adequate and predictable flow of funds? How should these funds be channeled so that they reach those most in need? How do we ensure adaptation funds are used most effectively? This paper seeks to provide some answers, and to lay out the state of play in the fledgling field of climate adaptation finance.

Guidelines for Carbon Dioxide Capture, Transport, and Storage Guidelines for Carbon Dioxide Capture, Transport, and Storage
This report is the product of a diverse group of over 80 stakeholders to develop Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS) Guidelines to ensure CCS projects are conducted safely and effectively. Its purpose is not to make a case for or against CCS, but rather to develop practical considerations for demonstrating and deploying CCS technologies.

Leveling The Carbon Playing Field: International Competition and U.S. Climate Policy Design Leveling The Carbon Playing Field: International Competition and U.S. Climate Policy Design
This report analyzes the impacts that climate policy would have on carbon-intensive US manufacturing sectors, and raises an array of policy options for addressing these impacts at different stages of international climate policy development.

Plants at the Pump: Biofuels, Climate Change, and Sustainability Plants at the Pump: Biofuels, Climate Change, and Sustainability
Plants at the Pump examines the feasibility of achieving significant emissions reductions from the proliferation of biofuels. It starts with the challenges raised by today’s production and distribution technologies, turns to current biofuels policies and their environmental impacts, and looks at how these policies drive investment. The report concludes that biofuels are not a complete, nor even the primary, solution to our transport fuel needs.

Scaling Up: Global Technology Deployment to Stabilize Emissions Scaling Up: Global Technology Deployment to Stabilize Emissions
This report is analysis of ways to promote the policy and market structures for deploying low-carbon technologies to mitigate climate change. It is a collaboration between WRI and the Goldman Sachs Center for Environmental Markets.

Slicing the Pie: Sector-based Approaches to International Climate Agreements Slicing the Pie: Sector-based Approaches to International Climate Agreements.
What form will sectoral commitments take? Which sectors are best suited to sectoral approaches to climate mitigation? How might sectoral agreements be integrated into the broader climate regime? This report looks at potential answers to these questions.

Weathering the Storm: Options for Framing Adaptation and Development Weathering the Storm: Options for Framing Adaptation and Development.
This report clarifies the relationship between adaptation and development by analyzing 135 projects, policies, and other initiatives from the developing world that have been labeled by implementers or researchers as “adaptation to climate change.”

Discussion Papers

Discussion papers have not been subject to comprehensive peer review, and should not be cited or referenced as WRI publications.