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Calendar of CAN events
Calendar of events being held by CAN member organizations for the media and the public
September 20th:
- NET Press Briefing with UN Foundation
Speakers: Phil Clapp, Tim Wirth, Senator John Kerry
U.S. line: 800-351-6808
International line: 334-323-7224
Password: “UN”
An mp3 audio file of this call will be available by 3:00 p.m. EDT at www.net.org and www.unfoundation.org
- CAN-Canada press tele-briefing on UN and Major Emitters
September 21st:
- Brookings panel on “Climate Week”
9:30am – 11:00am at The Hilton Embassy Row, Ambassador Rm.
Speakers: Strobe Talbott (Brookings), Carlos Pascual (Brookings), Yvo de Boer (UNFCCC), James Connaughton (CEQ), David Sandalow (Brookings)
RSVP: Please call the Brookings Office of Communications, 202/797-6105 or register online at http://onlinepressroom.net/brookings/]
September 24th:
UN General Assembly Event
- Press Briefing at the UN
Speakers: Greenpeace, FOE, WWF
September 25th:
- Press briefing with US NGOs, 10 or 11 a.m.
Speakers: UCS, NRDC, et al.
- EESI Briefing: National and International Perspectives on Climate and Energy Policy: A Roundtable Discussion.
3:00-5:00pm, 210 Cannon House Office Building
Speakers: James Cameron, Founder, Climate Change Capital; Chair of Finance Board, REEEP; Founding Associate, REIL (Moderator), Bob Simon, Chief of Staff, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Suedeen Kelly, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Paul Dawson, Head of Environmental and Regulatory Affairs, Global Commodities, Citi, Jim Butcher, Director, Office of the Environment, Morgan Stanley, A representative from the European Commission, A representative from the UK government
(Prime Minister Harper speaking at Council on Foreign Relations in NYC)
September 26th:
- Center for Clean Air Policy Press Breakfast (at Press Club)
WHO:
Ned Helme President, Center for Clean Air Policy
Xie Zhenhua, Vice Chairman, National Development and Reform Commission, People’s Republic of China
Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, Minister, Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Mexico
Sergio Serra, Ambassador, Brazil's Special Representative for Climate Change
Humberto Rosa, Secretário de Estado do Ambiente, Portugal – EU Representative
WHAT:
Climate Change Actions in Developing Countries and the European Union: Press breakfast briefing for media, featuring the above participants
WHERE:
The National Press Club
529 14th Street NW, 13th Floor
Zenger Room
Washington, D.C.
WHEN:
Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007
8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
(Select Committee Hearing on Club of Madrid Proposal
Speakers: UN envoys Lagos, Brundtland, Seung-soo)
- Pew Center Briefing: Domestic Policies and Post-2012 Roundtable
12-4pm, Senate Foreign Relations hearing room
Speakers: Government representatives, Portugal, China, Germany, Mexico, South Africa, Indonesia
(Sen. Lieberman speaking at Canadian Embassy)
September 27th:
Major Economies meeting begins
- NET Press Briefing, 11:30AM
Speakers: NGO participants from the NET/Chatham House/UNF event
September 28th:
Major Economies meeting ends
- Global Warming Rally
Time: Noon - 1:30pm
Location: The park North of the State Department between 21st and 23rd Sts, NW and D and E Sts, NW (southwest of Virginia Ave.)
Click here for satellite map of the location.
Speakers include: Van Jones, others to be confirmed