MEDIA ADVISORY: U.S. Climate Action: A Global Economic Perspective

WHAT: The U.S. Climate Action: A Global Economic Perspective symposium is a one-day bipartisan event in the U.S. Capitol and Senate Hart buildings bringing together U.S. and international expertise to support the formulation of U.S. policy on climate change by addressing economic concerns and focusing on opportunities. The event has secured the sponsorship of Democrat and Republican Senators Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), John McCain (R-AZ), Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI).

 

WHEN: Tuesday, March 3, 2009

10:15 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

 

WHERE: 10:15 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. (Press Conference)

              U.S. Senate Russell Building, Room 253

              Constitution Avenue and 1st Street, NE, Washington, DC

              (Metro: Red line to Union Station, Orange line to Capital South Station)

               12:20 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Expert Panels)

                U.S. Senate Hart Building, Room 902

                Constitution Avenue and 2nd Street, NE, Washington, DC

                (Metro: Red line to Union Station, Orange line to Capital South Station)

 

WHO: Confirmed attendees for the Press Conference are:

Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, former UK Prime Minister

Lord Nicholas Stern, IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government and Chair of Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics

Jim Rogers, Chairman, President and CEO, Duke Energy

John Chambers, Chairman and CEO, Cisco

Governor Jennifer Granholm, Michigan

Governor Timothy M. Kaine, Virginia

 

Expected to attend the Press Conference are:

Jeff Immelt, Chairman and CEO, GE

Senators Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)

Senator John McCain (R-AZ)

Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME)  

Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)

Governor Jim Doyle, Wisconsin

Chair: Fred Bergsten, Director, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

 

Confirmed attendees for the afternoon expert-panels are:

Todd Stern, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s climate envoy

Fred Bergsten, Director, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

Nancy Birdsall, President, Center for Global Development (CGD)

Jonathan Lash, President, World Resources Institute (WRI)

Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, Patel Chair and Director, LSE Asia Research Center

Bill Cline, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

The Honorable John Warner, Former U.S. Senator from Virginia

Jeremy Oppenheim, Director, McKinsey and Company

Gerry Hudson, Executive Vice President, Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

Vinod Khosla, Founder & Partner, Khosla Ventures and Founder of Sun Microsystems

Trevor Houser, Visiting Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

Gary Hufbauer, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

The Honorable Connie Hedegaard, Minister of Environment, Denmark

The Honorable Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Climate and Energy, U.K.

Zhou Dadi, Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, China

Nigel Purvis, President, Climate Advisers

 

WHY: The symposium, U.S. Climate Change Action: A Global Economic Perspective, will foster discussion about how the economic opportunities of U.S. climate policy, such as new technologies and job growth, can be fully captured and how the costs can best be mitigated. In addition, speakers will describe successes from other countries in combating climate change.

 

RSVP: Ben Edwards, +1(202) 416-0740, Bedwards@cgdev.org