Listen to the speakers at Copenhagen Key to Climate Investing
The Copenhagen Key to Climate Investing held in Copenhagen on 3-4 December 2009 presented a prestigious high-level speaker line up on issues related to investors and climate change and the financing of climate action. You can listen to the speakers and their presentations and you can listen to the debates elegantly orchestrated by the conference moderator Tim Sebastian by using the links provided below.
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Thursday December 3
"I believe success in Copenhagen is possible". Connie Hedegaard, Minister for COP15 and EU Commissioner-designate, Denmark introduced by Finn Mortensen, CEO of Climate Consortium Denmark.
"The railroads, electricity, IT-technology... We are facing a new era of profound change!". Anders Eldrup, CEO of DONG Energy, Denmark introduced by Finn Mortensen, CEO of Climate Consortium Denmark.
"If not now then when?, if not us then who, and if not here - then where?". Lord Nicholas Stern, Professor, London School of Economics, UK.
Friday December 4
Opening session
Words of welcome. Lars Rohde, CEO of ATP, Denmark.
"Sustainability is an intrinsic part of strategic management". His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark.
"Man is behind climate change and only man can put us on a different path". Lars Rohde, CEO of ATP, Denmark. Opening the conference.
Setting the scene - challenges and perspectives
Tim Sebastian: Opening the conference and introducing the speakers.
"For climate change we should adopt the motto of the suffragettes: Deeds not words!... Copenhagen is about the what. 95% of the work we need to do will still be there. We really need to focus on the how!". Lord Anthony Giddens, Professor Emeritus, London School of Economics, UK.
"One positive development in the climate change equation is that America is back at the table... If Obama succeeds on healthcare reform everything else on the agenda becomes more promising". Samuel R. Berger, Chair of Albright Stonebridge Group LLC, and former National Security Advisor, USA.
"Our efforts to build a greener economy will shape our future... Forward steps in China hinge on market reform". Hu Shuli, Dean at the School of Communication and Design at Zhongshan University and founder and former editor of Caijing Magazine, People's Republic of China.
Questions and answers
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Corporates - challenges and opportunities of Climate Change
"It may be a drop in the ocean but without a start we will never get of the ground". Subramaniam Ramadorai, Non-Executive Vice Chairman and Member of theBoard of Directors of Tata Consultancy Services, India.
"Energy efficiency and savings is essential... Shipping needs global legislation benefiting those who invest in the future". Nils Smedegaard Andersen, CEO of A.P. Moller - Maersk, Denmark.
"The energy sector must evolve towards a sustainable model in which renewable energy and energy savings play a very important role". Ramón de Miguel, Chairman of Iberdrola Engineering & Construction, Spain.
Questions and answers
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The role of private finance and investors
"We need a very strong carbon price... a global price on carbon". David Russell, Head of Responsible Investment, Universities Superannuation Scheme, UK.
Round table:
Rob Lake, Head of Sustainability, APG, The Netherlands.
Scott C. Evans, Executive Vice President, Asset Management of TIAA-CREF, USA.
Shaun Kingsbury, Hudson Clean Energy, UK.
David Russell, Head of Responsible Investment, Universities Superannuation Scheme, UK.
Listen to the round table discussion on The role of private finance and investors.
Scaling up private climate-related investments in emerging economies
"It is not a climate debate, it is not a carbon debate, it is a growth debate". Dominic Waughray, Senior Director, World Economic Forum
Round table:
Dominic Waughray, Senior Director, World Economic Forum
Kamal Elkeschen, President of the African Development Bank
Uday Khemka, Vice Chairman of the SUN Group of Companies and Managing Trustee of the Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation, India
Barbara Zvan, CIRO of OTPP, Canada
Rachel Kyte, Director of Environmental and Social Development Department and Vice-President of the International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group
Bjarne Graven Larsen, CIO of ATP, Denmark
Two days before COP15
"A vision without resources is an illusion". Lykke Friis, Minister for Climate and Energy, Denmark.
COP 15 and beyond
"The implementation process must take of quickly; it must be swift and far reaching. It is going to take an unprecedented level of cooperation - internationally, nationally and with the private sector". Richard Kinley, Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Closing remarks
Lars Rohde, CEO of ATP, Denmark and Finn Mortensen, CEO of Climate Consortium Denmark.
