Overview
Convene one or more dialogues free of economic and political compromises to undertake a fundamental redefinition of the climate change challenge in light of its urgency.
Participants | Objectives
Participants
Yarrow Axford
Carlos Brandao
Jaclyn Brown
Subhash Chandra
Guy Dangelo
Josh Foster
Benjamin Hill
Andrew Huemmler
Peter Jipp
Stephen Nodvin
Objectives
- Delineated issues. Define a sharper outline of the major issues
and urgencies associated with climate change. - Kyoto limitations. Clarify that policy instruments such as the Kyoto Protocol, while a useful first step, are ultimately insufficient, given their model of constant emissions based on recent baselines rather than substantial reductions converging on zero net emissions in the future. Climate change impacts, especially at the local level;
- Scientific credibility. Harness scientific credibility in exposing the scale of the problem.
- Public interest. Redefine the imperative of governmental action that more fully reflects public interest, rather than special-interest constituencies.
1 comment
April 6th, 2007 at 1:56 pm
Richard Jordan
I think that we might look at the policy options that have been taken note of by the Intersessional meeting for the 15th Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development and then at the actual policy recommendations in the area of energy, air pollution, industrial development and climate change that will come out of CSD15 from April 30-May 11 2007 at the United Nations.