2009 Brookings Blum Roundtable: Climate Crisis, Credit Crisis – Overcoming Obstacles to Build a Climate Resilient World

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.

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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.

Lunch Briefing: 

“Towards a Global Climate Agreement: Key Insights from Project Catalyst”

Keynote Sessions:

“A Blueprint for Transatlantic Climate Cooperation”

“Compounding Crises: How Can and How Are the Poor Protecting Themselves?”

“Greening Business: Engaging the Private Sector in Climate Change Solutions”

Hal Harvey, ClimateWorks Foundation
Thomas Heller, Stanford Law School
Moderator: William Antholis, Brookings
John Podesta, Center for American Progress
Cem Özdemir, German Green Party
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
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