Event Summary
In the midst of a global economic downturn, the world’s climate change negotiators will descend on Copenhagen in December to craft a post-2012 climate regime. But with the timing and impacts of climate change still uncertain—not to mention the ongoing transitions brought about by globalization and the increased cost of capital investment due to weak financial markets—tensions across countries are evident. Policy-makers must now think creatively to realize their goal of revitalizing the global economy through low carbon growth models.
In its sixth annual gathering, led by Kemal Derviş and co-chaired by Strobe Talbott and Richard C. Blum, the Brookings Blum Roundtable convened leaders from the climate change and global development communities from July 30 through August 1, 2009 to discuss and debate policy options to stimulate green, pro-poor growth. By examining the challenges and opportunities policymakers face, the roundtable forged sustainable solutions to solve the climate crisis in a way that revitalizes the global economy and lifts the lives of the poor.
Learn more about the 2009 roundtable (PDF) View the agenda (PDF) View the participant list (PDF)View Policy Briefs from the Roundtable discussion Lunch Briefing:
“Towards a Global Climate Agreement: Key Insights from Project Catalyst”
- Hal Harvey, ClimateWorks Foundation
- Thomas Heller, Stanford Law School
Keynote Sessions:
“A Blueprint for Transatlantic Climate Cooperation”
- Moderator: William Antholis, Brookings
- John Podesta, Center for American Progress
- Cem Özdemir, German Green Party
“Compounding Crises: How Can and How Are the Poor Protecting Themselves?”
- Moderator: Timothy Wirth, United Nations Foundation
- Ernest Aryeetey, University of Ghana and Director, Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings
- Helen Clark, United Nations Development Program
- Raymond Offenheiser, Oxfam America
“Greening Business: Engaging the Private Sector in Climate Change Solutions”
- Moderator: Karen Kornbluh, Center for American Progress
- Meg McDonald, Alcoa Foundation
- Jane Nelson, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
- Glenn Prickett, Conservation International
- Mark Tercek, the Nature Conservancy