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‘Corruption and Climate Change: Challenges and Responses’

Transparency International report launch

kindly supported by the European Investment Bank and co-hosted by

Energy, Environment and Resource Governance – Chatham House

21 September 2011

Venue: Chatham House, 10 St James’s Square, London

Agenda

13.30 – 14.00 Registration & coffee

SESSION 1 | Transparency International’s Global Corruption Report on Climate Change –

Good governance and the global climate change response

14.00 – 15.30

Welcome: EERG and TI

Chair: Laurence Cockcroft – Transparency International

Introduction

Keynote: Sir David King - former UK Government Chief Science Adviser and Director of the Smith

School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford

The global response to climate change and the imperative of good governance

Speakers: Lisa Elges - Programme Manager, Transparency International

Report Overview: Governance, transparency and managing corruption

Alyson Warhurst - CEO, Maplecroft and Honorary Professor Warwick Business School

Mapping the challenge – how risks conflate and corruption hinders progress

Peter Newell - Professor of International Relations, University of Sussex

From global power politics to responsible collective governance

Fiona Napier, Global Witness

Why forests matter and scope for corruption

Panel Q and A

15.30 – 16.00 Coffee

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SESSION 2 | Finance mechanisms for climate action – the scope for corruption and the

importance of good governance

16.00 – 17.30

Chair: Laurence Cockcroft

Keynote: Simon Brooks - Vice President, European Investment Bank

Climate action financing and the centrality of good governance

Speakers: Ian Axe - CEO, Clearnet Group (TBC)

Aled Williams, U4 Anti-corruption Resource Centre REDD - Scope for corruption and imperatives of good governance Matthew Wyatt - Head of Climate and Environment Department, DfID

UNFCCC Funds and Green Climate Fund

Helen Henton - Standard Chartered Bank

Africa – the role of banks in facilitating good governance and anti-corruption

David Nussbaum - CEO WWF UK

Partnership approaches

Panel Q and A

17.30 – 18.00 Reception

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Chatham House directions

Chatham House is located at 10 St James’s Square, London SW1Y 4LE. The nearest Underground stations are Piccadilly

Circus (three minutes’ walk) and Green Park (five minutes’ walk) – see map below.

Facilities

A staffed cloakroom will be available for any bags and coats. There are also (unstaffed) coat racks in the corridor

leading to the meeting room, where items can be left at the owner’s responsibility during the event.