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The premier print publication in the Middle East focusing on the Green Economy: Environment, Conservation, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Social Responsibility, CSR, Green Buildings and more.TRANSCRIPT
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A two day strategic summit and pre-summit workshopsdesigned specifically for the international energy sector.
Industry and international policy-makers unite to examine the commercial opportunities,challenges and risks posed by the global transition to a low carbon economy.
11 - 13 JUNE 2008 | MILLENNIUM GLOUCESTER HOTEL | LONDON
“Can you risk not developing and implementing a carbon strategy?”
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A strategic overview of the latest business and investmentopportunities for oil, gas and power companies in theemerging carbon economy
• Enhance engagement and collaboration amongNOCs, IOCs and global policy makers
• Raise regional and industry awareness on reducing GHGs
• Leverage the business opportunities created byglobal actions to reduce CO2 emissions
• Reduce exposure to future portfolio and regulatory risk
• Avoid harsh penalties for failure to comply with newlegislation and regulations governing CO2 emissions
• Transform your carbon emissions liabilities intofinancial assets
Attend this strategic three day summit to find out whatyour competitors are doing, meet the key players andnetwork, network, network!
CONFIRMED SPEAKERSSUMMIT KEY FEATURES• Marianne Moscoso-Osterkorn, International Director,
RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY PARTNERSHIP
• Dr. Fatih Birol, Chief Economist and Head of the EconomicAnalysis Division, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY
• Dr Hassan M Qabazard, Director of Research Division, OPEC (TBC)
• Pierce Reimer, Director General, WORLD PETROLEUM COUNCIL
• Margaret Mogford, Head, Climate Change Policy, BG GROUP
• Dimitri Zenghelis, Co-author, Stern Review, Office of ClimateChange, UK GOVERNMENT
• Jill Duggan, Head of International Emissions Trading, DEFRA
• Gardiner Hill, Alternative Energy, Director, CCS Technology, BP
• Nick Otter, Director of Technology and External Affairs,ALSTOM POWER
• Hans-Wilhelm Schiffer, Senior Manager, Energy Economics,RWE POWER AG
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For more information, please contact David Telfer on +44 20 7978 0036 or email [email protected]
A two day strategic summit and pre-summit workshopsdesigned specifically for the international energy sector.
Industry and international policy-makers unite to examine the commercial opportunities,challenges and risks posed by the global transition to a low carbon economy.
11 - 13 JUNE 2008 | MILLENNIUM GLOUCESTER HOTEL | LONDON
“Can you risk not developing and implementing a carbon strategy?”
SUPPORTED BY: PRODUCED BY:SPONSORED BY:
PRODUCE
D
FOR T
HE
ENER
GY S
ECTO
R
A strategic overview of the latest business and investmentopportunities for oil, gas and power companies in theemerging carbon economy
• Enhance engagement and collaboration amongNOCs, IOCs and global policy makers
• Raise regional and industry awareness on reducing GHGs
• Leverage the business opportunities created byglobal actions to reduce CO2 emissions
• Reduce exposure to future portfolio and regulatory risk
• Avoid harsh penalties for failure to comply with newlegislation and regulations governing CO2 emissions
• Transform your carbon emissions liabilities intofinancial assets
Attend this strategic three day summit to find out whatyour competitors are doing, meet the key players andnetwork, network, network!
CONFIRMED SPEAKERSSUMMIT KEY FEATURES• Marianne Moscoso-Osterkorn, International Director,
RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY PARTNERSHIP
• Dr. Fatih Birol, Chief Economist and Head of the EconomicAnalysis Division, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY
• Dr Hassan M Qabazard, Director of Research Division, OPEC (TBC)
• Pierce Reimer, Director General, WORLD PETROLEUM COUNCIL
• Margaret Mogford, Head, Climate Change Policy, BG GROUP
• Dimitri Zenghelis, Co-author, Stern Review, Office of ClimateChange, UK GOVERNMENT
• Jill Duggan, Head of International Emissions Trading, DEFRA
• Gardiner Hill, Alternative Energy, Director, CCS Technology, BP
• Nick Otter, Director of Technology and External Affairs,ALSTOM POWER
• Hans-Wilhelm Schiffer, Senior Manager, Energy Economics,RWE POWER AG
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Investors are the other driver. They have discovered they can make money from food commodities as easily as they can in oil, gold or nickel.
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Drought impacts on the mostfundamental determinants of healthsuch as food and water
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We must make agriculture a priority.
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Dr. Sutan Ahmed Al Jaber, D. Jorge Sendagorta and Sultan Al Qortasi
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A 27-person team comprising of eight
nationalities has returned from the Rwenzori
Mountains with some startling observations.
“I have never seen the glaciers shrink
to this level in my 25 years of climbing
the Rwenzori Mountains,” exclaimed
one porter accompanying the team.
WWF, together with the Congolese Institute
for Nature Conservation (ICCN) and the
Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) had
organised an ambitious 10-day expedition
from DRC to Uganda that criss-crossed
the massif and reached the Margharita
peak at 5,119m above sea level.
The team was able to take pictures of the
glaciers exactly as they were taken in 1952
and 1956. The data gathered show that
the mountains’ glaciers have shrunk by
more than 50 per cent in the last 50 years.
From 650ha in 1906, the glaciers shrunk to
352ha in 1955 and 148ha in 2008. At this
rate, WWF estimates that the glaciers will
completely disappear in the next 30 years.
The highest peaks of these mountains are
permanently snow-capped, and they, along
with Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya are
the only such ones in Africa. The Rwenzori
Mountains are shared by Uganda and the
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and are
the third highest mountains on the continent.
“The impact of melting of glaciers was felt
by the team when it discovered that the
route leading from DRC to Uganda used a
glacier that no longer exists, forcing the
Disappearing Glaciers of Africa
The sparkling glaciers high up in the Rwenzori Mountains – and their crystal-clean mountain streams – may be no more, according to WWF, the global conservation organisation. Climate change has
taken its toll on some of Africa’s highest peaks; the mountains’ glaciers are on their knees
team to open a new route” says Marc
Languy, head of WWF’s Programme in the
Great Lakes region. “However, the impact is
more severe on wildlife and the vegetation
that cannot adapt to the new condition fast
enough. While it was comforting to find many
signs of leopards, chimpanzees and other
wildlife, one wonders how they will survive
if changes continue at the present rate”.
During this expedition, WWF, the Congolese
Institute for Nature Conservation and the
Uganda Wildlife Authority embarked on
important conservation work in the Virunga
and the Rwenzori Mountains National Parks
in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and
western Uganda. WWF is very keen to have
the Ugandan part of Ruwenzori designated
as a Ramsar site as the mountains glaciers
and the high altitude lakes, bogs and
rivers are a critical source of freshwater.
“The rivers and wetlands that I saw in this
amazing ecosystem were just phenomenal.
But the simple fact remains – they are
threatened,” says Dr. Musonda Mumba, WWF’s
Freshwater Programme Coordinator for eastern
Africa. “Their ability to provide water for both
nature and man is really jeopardised by the
changes that are taking place. Speaking to
local people it is already clear that the rainfall
pattern has changed and this is having an
effect on water resources,” adds Dr. Mumba.
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Climate Change
In a continued effort to improve its green
credentials, the mayor of London, Ken Livingstone,
has proposed to increase the congestion charge
from GBP8 to GBP25 a day. From October this
year, vehicles emitting the highest amounts of
CO2 will have to pay more, while the most fuel
efficient cars will get into central London free of
charge. In the meanwhile, sports car manufacturer
Porsche and other claimants, including London
businesses and residents, formally launched
a High Court challenge to Livingstone’s plan
Even though, some of the sceptics would try to
see this move as Livingstone’s political ploy to
up his re-election hopes, it remains a fact that a
public consultation was launched in August 2007
to consider proposals to increase the congestion
charge on cars with the highest levels of carbon
emissions. The so-called ‘Chelsea tractors’, some
high-powered sports cars and expensive luxury
vehicles face the higher charge and also lose their
entitlement to the residents’ discount if applicable.
According to the World Resources Institute,
road transport spews out around 10 per cent
of global emissions. Providing incentives to
move to more fuel-efficient models is definitely
going to cut the exhaust fumes. Livingstone
can take credit for making the carrots and
sticks policy on automobiles - a big success.
Reacting to the judicial review sought by Porsche,
Transport for London (TfL) believes the objections
are unfounded. In a press release, TfL explains:
The CO2 Charge is about reducing CO
2 emissions
from cars driving in central London, whilst
reducing congestion. It is quite clear motorists
have the choice not to drive a high CO2
emitting car in central London, given the wide
range of lower emitting cars available. Along
with the higher GBP25 Charge for the cars
emitting the most CO2, there will be a 100
per cent discount for the least emitting.
A recent IPSOS-MORI survey revealed that 61
per cent of Londoners support the proposed
GBP25 CO2 Charge for gas guzzlers driving
within the congestion charge zone, with just
29 per cent opposed. It also showed that 67
per cent of Londoners support the 100 per
cent discount for those vehicles that emit the
lowest levels of carbon dioxide, with only 21
per cent opposed. Six-five per cent of Londoners
thought that the package of measures is good
for London, while 19 per cent disagree.
Michèle Dix, managing director of planning,
TfL, said, “We have already made clear that we
believe Porsche’s reasons for objecting to the
proposed CO2 Charge are unfounded. We believe
Green it like London
Major cities in the Middle East could learn a lesson or two from the city of London, on how to reduce carbon emissions to win the battle against global warming. Other major cities like New York and
Manchester are keen to follow the London model by slapping a big tax on gas guzzlers and luxury cars
they should focus their attention on cutting CO2
emissions from the cars they produce, rather than
pursuing this pointless legal action which we will
vigorously contest when it reaches judicial review.”
He added, “We have already seen several
motor manufacturers rise to the challenge
of cutting CO2 emissions from their cars and
Porsche should join them. The principal aim of
the scheme remains tackling congestion. The
aim of the CO2 Charge element and discount
of the scheme is to cut CO2 emissions, through
influencing people’s car purchasing choices
by stimulating the market for low emissions
cars and reducing the number of very high CO2
emitting cars driving in central London. At the
moment, 17 per cent of cars driving in the charge
zone are in Band G, while just 2 per cent are in
Bands A and B. We expect to see the number
of Band G cars cut significantly over time.”
Transport for London believes that the scheme
is legal and that TfL has the authority to
introduce the CO2 Charge. Their contention
is that the scheme will not breach European
Law - the scheme affects UK and non-UK
vehicles alike. And, the scheme does not
infringe on the European Convention on
Human Rights as claimed by Porsche.
With 17 per cent of cars currently in the charge
zone in Band G and just 2 per cent in Bands A and
B the scheme will have a broadly neutral impact
on congestion in the short term. However, TfL will
monitor the scheme closely to ensure that the
benefits of reduced congestion are maintained
The residents discount will be removed for Band
G vehicles as there is no need to drive one of
these cars in central London whether you are
a resident or not. The use of Band G as a cut
off point for the higher charge is reasonable
as these are the highest CO2 emitting cars.
The aim of the CO2 Charge element and discount
of the scheme is to cut CO2 emissions, through
influencing people’s car purchasing choices
by stimulating the market for low emissions
cars and reducing the number of very high
CO2 emitting cars driving in central London.
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The BMW Concept X6 ActiveHybrid
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