UNA London and SE Region

Conference
Thursday 30 April 2009 | 9.45 to 17.50
International Maritime Organization, 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR, UK

In 2005, the Kyoto Protocol of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change came into force. This international agreement, a significant milestone, set emission reduction targets for its signatories to reach by 2012. However, recent scientific evidence shows that greenhouse gas emissions continue to grow at a dangerous rate.

Ahead of the final period of negotiations prior to the Kyoto Protocol’s successor agreement to be concluded in Copenhagen in December 2009, the United Nations Association London and Southeast Region held a one-day conference with leading experts to discuss how a real reversal of climate change emissions can be achieved; and to contribute to the debate on how an effective successor treaty to the Kyoto Protocol can best be forged.

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Conference Presentations
Welcome address by Efthimios Mitropoulos, IMO Secretary General 5 pgs/66kb

Keynote addresses
Professor Robert Watson, Chief Scientific Adviser, DEFRA 29 pgs/1.723mb
Lord Hannay of Chiswick, President, UNA-UK 2 pg/27kb
Oliver Tickell, Journalist and author of Kyoto 2 1 pg/19kb

Break out sessions

A. Maritime Emissions
Peter Hinchcliffe, International Chamber of Shipping 11 pgs/307kb
Peter Lockley, Head of Transport Policy, World Wildlife Fund 9 pgs/188kb
Eivind Vagslid, IMO 26 pgs/1.5mb

B. Aviation and Tourism
Jane Hupe, Chief, Environment Section, ICAO 9 pgs/1.3mb
Professor Harold Goodwin, International Centre for Responsible Tourism
11 pgs/215kb
Peter Lockley, World Wildlife Fund 7 pgs/311kb
Sian Foster, Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility Manager,
Virgin Atlantic Airways 12 pgs/259kb
Daniel Jowers, Department for Transport 7 pgs/319kb

C. Energy Options for Today and Tomorrow
Polly Higgins, TREC-UK
Andy Limbrick, Association of Energy Producers 13 pgs/59kb
Alex Roehrl, International Atomic Energy Agency 19 pgs/2.8mb
Oliver Tickell, Journalist and author of Kyoto2

D. Local Initiatives
Cllr. Louise Bloom, Eastleigh Borough Council
Dirk Hazell, Environmental Services Association 2 pgs/2 8kb
Steve Dawe, Transition Towns, Kent 10 pgs/487kb

E. Influencing Public Attitudes and Action
Liz Laine, Consumer Focus 9 pgs/179kb
Helen Rae, Abbot Mead Vickers BBDO Advertising Agency 11 pgs/1.1mb
Tom Levitt, Environment Editor, MSN.com 11 pgs/1.3mb

F. Business Responses to Climate Change
Martin Ferstl, GM Strategic Planning, Shell Trading
Niclas Svenningsen, Sustainable Buildings and Construction Initiative, UNEP
13 pgs/1.3mb
Daniel Turner, Carbon Disclosure Project 15 pgs/1.2mb