Climate Action

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	Foreword Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations			A Global Green New Deal? Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

Mitigation and Adaptation

	www.nedbank.co.za			European collaboration – sustainable forest management for climate change mitigation Arne Ivar Sletnes, Head, Berit Hauger Lindstad, Policy Adviser, and Malgorzata Buszko-Briggs, Policy Adviser, MCPFE Liaison Unit
	Fighting climate change through knowledge Basque Government			Deploying low-carbon road transport technologies into the UK market Dr Peter Speers, Director, Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Knowledge Transfer Network, and Robert Evans, CEO, Cenex
	Moving ahead on climate Björn Stigson President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development			Climate initiatives of the world’s ports Dr Satoshi Inoue Secretary-General, International Association of Ports and Harbors
	www.megaman.cc			Climate change and tourism Dr Stefanos Fotiou, Programme Officer, Tourism and Environment Programme, UNEP, and Dr Murray Simpson, Senior Research Associate, Oxford University Centre for the Environment
	Walking the talk in the UN – the road to climate neutrality Niclas Svenningsen Head, Sustainable United Nations, United Nations Environment Programme			Sasakawa Prize – one action is more powerful than a hundred discussions Yohei Sasakawa Chairman, The Nippon Foundation
	www.johnsoncontrols.com			Global legislators leading the way Rt Hon Elliot Morley MP President, Globe International
	Sustainable solutions Paul Dickinson CEO, Carbon Disclosure Project			Companies and leadership on climate change Georg Kell, Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact, and Doug Miller, Chairman and Founder, GlobeScan
	Full disclosure – allowing for meaningful comparison of greenhouse gas emissions Sean Gilbert, Director, Sustainability Reporting Framework			www.nickelinstitute.org/investment
	The Johnson Controls path to sustainability Johnson Controls			Building a climate change solution Ché Wall Director, Green Building Council of Australia
	How can we succeed with ‘peak everything’ around the corner? Dr Mathis Wackernagel Founder and Executive Director, Global Footprint Network			Investing in sustainability – the role of Nickel Nickel Institute
	Ecoagriculture – sustaining world food sources while addressing climate change challenges Jeffrey A McNeely, Chief Scientist, International Union for Conservation of Nature			The entrepreneurial approach to climate change Sir Richard Branson Virgin Group
	New incentives to halt deforestation James P Leape Director General, WWF International			Climate change adaptation – old technologies but new urgency Pasi Rinne Chairman, ProAct Network
	Environmental commitment in our DNA OCÉ			Bioenergy towards a low-carbon future – meeting the challenges of energy security, food security and sustainable development Dr Corrado Clini, Director General, Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea, Italy and Chairman, Global Bioenergy Partnership

Technology

	Two needs and three-dimension challenge Petrobras			Communicating global e-sustainability solutions Luis Neves Chairman, Global e-Sustainability Initiative
	www.petrobras.com			www.hp.com/environment
	Energy & climate change – looking for solutions Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Executive Director, International Sustainable Energy Exchange and co-founder of the Partnership for Cleaner Fuels and Vehicles			Better manage assets to cut carbon emissions Infor
	Enel’s green revolution Enel			Environmental information – challenges for monitoring, research and information systems Professor Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director, European Environment Agency
	The future is now – renewable energy and climate change Steve Sawyer Secretary-General, Global Wind Energy Council			www.orange.com
	Energy technology perspectives – insights from 2008 and looking towards 2009 Nobuo Tanaka Executive Director, International Energy Agency			Nanotechnologies for environmental benefit – reversing the damage Ottilia Saxl Founder and CEO, Institute of Nanotechnology
	www.gaia.fi			www.eads.com/madebyeads
	www.unite.nokiasiemensnetworks.com/			Greening air travel – tomorrow’s technology for greener aircraft is being developed today Janez Potocnik, European Commissioner for Science and Research
	ICTs and climate change – the ITU perspective Dr Hamadoun Toure Secretary-General, International Telecommunications Union			www.edf.fr
	www.tatacommunications.com			Carbon capture and storage – permanent CO2 sequestration Chris Davies MEP, European Parliament
	Telecommunication contributes to a carbonlean economy Ericsson			www.akercleancarbon.com

Finance

	www.visaeurope.com			www.bc3research.org
	The need for a clever financial architecture as a key element of the global response to climate change Yvo de Boer Executive Secretary, UNFCCC			Policies for a low-carbon world – it is urgent to act Mark Kenber Policy Director, The Climate Group
	www.infor.com/goinggreen			Community Development Carbon Fund – commitment to the poorest Joëlle Chassard Carbon Finance Unit, The World Bank
	Spurring the financial industry on climate change Mindy S Lubber President of Ceres and Director of INCR			Insuring climate change and sustainability – unleashing innovation and intelligent partnerships Butch Bacani, Programme Officer, Asset Management & Insurance, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative
	Beyond cap and trade – public finance in international climate change policy David Imbert, Project Officer, Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy, and Jamie Brown, Head of Secretariat, UNEP SEFI Public Finance Alliance, Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy			Climate change and the dangers of undisclosed risk – a wake-up call for corporate directors Mindy S Lubber President of Ceres and Director of INCR
	Sustainable opportunities – policy and investment solutions for climate change Reto Ringger Founder and CEO, Sustainable Asset Management

Actions

Shrink your carbon footprint now – four steps to change your business culture, not the climate
These Actions have been compiled by Peter Fries, a journalist specialising in energy and
environmental issues, and Cornis van der Lugt who is responsible for corporate environmental
and social responsibility at UNEP’s Division of Technology, Industry and Economics (DTIE).
1. Assess
2. Plan
3. Act
4. Communicate

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