Forum on International Climate Action

On September 26, 2007, the Pew Center on Global Climate Change convened a forum on international climate action on Capitol Hill. Representatives of China, the European Union, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, and South Africa participated in the event.

The forum can be viewed via two webcasts.

Webcast: Presentations on National/Regional Climate Programs
[1]Corresponding presentation materials are accessible from the forum's agenda below.

Webcast: Roundtable Discussion on Post-2012 Issues and Options [2]

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The Pew Center on Global Climate Change hosts:
A Forum on International Climate Action

Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing Room
Washington, D.C.

Presentations: National/Regional Climate Programs

Dr. Ryutaro Yatsu [3]
Councilor for Global Environment, Ministry of the Environment
Japan
Artur Runge-Metzger [4]
Head of Climate Change and Energy Unit, DG-Environment
European Commission
Gao Guangsheng [5]
Director General, Office of National Climate Change Coordination Committee, National Development and Reform Commission
China

Roundtable Discussion: Post-2012 Issues and Options

Rachmat Witoelar
Minister for the Environment
Indonesia
Humberto Rosa
Secretary of State for Environment
Portugal (on behalf of the Presidency of the European Union)
Fernando Tudela
Under Secretary for Planning and Environment Policy
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
Mexico
Dr. Urban Rid
Director General for Climate Protection and International Cooperation, Federal Ministry for Environment
Germany
Su Wei
Deputy Director General, Department of Treaty and Law
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
China
Alfred Wills
Deputy Director-General, International Cooperation
Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
South Africa
Dr. Prodipto Ghosh
[6]Member of the Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change
India

During a week when the United Nations and the Bush Administration held major meetings on climate change, the Pew Center convened an international climate action forum on Capitol Hill. Representatives of China, the European Union, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, and South Africa participated in the event.