PRESS BRIEFING: President Obama’s Climate Strategy and Policy Options

President Obama (Credit: The White House)

Note: This is an in-person meeting and a call-in is available; RSVP required

President Obama will announce a national plan on climate change on Tuesday, June 25 at Georgetown University. On Monday, June 24, the World Resources Institute will host a media briefing on what to look for in the announcement.

WRI staff will be joined by other policy experts to discuss potential actions, such as emissions standards for power plants, renewable energy policies, energy efficiency, cutting hydroflurocarbons, and more.

These experts will offer insights into what the President’s announcement will mean for U.S. climate goals and emissions, and what are the next steps to turn these goals into reality.

WRI is the author of the report, Can We Get There From Here?, which looks at specific actions the U.S. Administration and states can take to cut emissions and reach its target of 17% percent by 2020 (below 2005 levels).

WHAT
Media briefing to discuss President Obama’s announcement on climate change

WHO
Dr. Andrew Steer, President & CEO, World Resources Institute

David Hawkins, Director of Climate Programs, Natural Resources Defense Council.

Kevin Kennedy, Director, U.S. Climate Initiative, World Resources Institute

Adm. Dennis McGinn, President, American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)

Durwood Zaelke, Founder and President, the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD)

DATE
Monday, June 24, 2013

TIME
1:30 p.m. EDT

WHERE
In person:
World Resources Institute,
10 G Street, NE, 8th Floor
Washington, DC 20002
(Red Line Metro)

Call-in:
Toll-Free: 1 (800) 988-9483
Toll/Int’l: 1 (630) 395-0494

Passcode: “US CLIMATE”

RSVP required to: Daniel Melling, Tel. (202) 729-7769; dmelling@wri.org