MEDIA ADVISORY
Upcoming UN Climate Talks in Bonn and Int’l Implications of the American Clean Energy & Security Act (recording enclosed)
USCAN Pre-Bonn Briefing on March 24, 2009 featuring Angela Anderson, USCAN, Alden Meyer, UCS, Keya Chatterjee, WWF, Jake Schmidt, NRDC, and David Waskow, Oxfam
On Wednesday, May 27 experts from the US Climate Action Network, the largest network of organizations focused on climate change, will expand upon key international events leading up to the negotiations in Bonn, Germany, June 1-12, such as the Major Economies Forum in Paris; what the newly released draft negotiating text and the US submission tell us about the direction of the talks; and how the international provisions in the American Clean Energy & Security Act will be received at the negotiations.
Experts will also be on-call to answer questions on the issues of tropical deforestation, adaptation and clean technology development in developing countries.
WHO:
Angela Anderson, Program Director, US Climate Action Network
Alden Meyer, Director of Strategy & Policy, Union of Concerned Scientists
Keya Chatterjee, Deputy Director, Climate Program, World Wildlife Fund
Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Natural Resources Defense Council
ADDITIONAL EXPERTS AVAILABLE FOR Q&A
David Waskow, Climate Change Program Director, Oxfam America
WHEN: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 11:00 a.m. Eastern
DOWNLOAD: Download MP3 recording (49 mins)
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