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Left to right: Davide Tabarelli, Nomisma Energy; Corrado Clini, Italian Ministry of the Environment; Dr. Thorning; and Jill Byrne, U.S. Department of State, at Centro Studi Americani briefing in Rome.

ICCF Managing Director Dr. Margo Thorning was a keynote speaker at the European Climate Forum (ECF), "Financing the Next Industrial Revolution – Global Investments for Climate and Energy Security,” in Berlin on 26 March 2007 . At the ECF conference, Dr. Thorning discussed the pros and cons of alternative approaches to emission reductions and gave an overview of some of the individual initiatives of U.S. states to curb CO2 emissions. The ECF brought together a group of international climate and energy experts from business, academia and think tanks for an intensive, two-day focus on scientific, financial, and regional climate and energy issues. Dr. Thorning also participated in climate policy briefings in Poland and Italy. In Italy, she discussed “Economic Growth, Technology Transfer and CO2 Emission Reductions.”

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Dr. Harlan L. Watson (second from right) addresses forum at the UN. Other panelists were His Excellency Mr. Liu Zhenmin; Ambassador Alan Oxley; and Dr. Margo Thorning.

The International Council for Capital Formation co-hosted a discussion at the United Nations on February 22 on Climate Change: Advancing Clean Development and Energy through Partnerships with the Australian think tank World Growth. The event convened leading experts from government and the private sector to discuss the challenges of climate change. Ambassador Joseph Verner Reed, UN Under-Secretary General, welcomed participants. Speakers at the session were His Excellency Mr. Liu Zhenmin, UN Deputy Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China; Dr. Harlan L. Watson, senior climate negotiator and special representative, U.S. Department of State, and ICCF Managing Director Dr. Margo Thorning. Ambassador Alan Oxley, Chairman of World Growth, moderated the discussion. Speakers focused on how the Asia-Pacific Partnership could accelerate clean development and energy and how partnerships between developed and developing countries could foster investment for new, more efficient technologies.

On Tuesday, December 6, 2005 the International Council for Capital Formation hosted a panel discussion for the attendees of the United Nations Climate Change Conference/COP 11 in Montreal. Made up of experts and government officials from the United States, Australia, Italy and South Korea, the ICCF panelists focused on the shortcomings of the Kyoto Protocol and the need to focus on a technology approach to climate change.

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ICCF Managing Director Dr. Margo Thorning and Dr. Harlan Watson, Senior Climate Negotiator and Special Representative, U.S. Department of State, exchange views with Washington area diplomats.

The International Council for Capital Formation hosted a briefing on "The New Reality of Climate Policy" for climate and economic policy experts from the Washington-based diplomatic community on November 16, 2005. Dr. Harlan Watson, Senior Climate Negotiator and Special Representative, U.S. Department of State, presented an "Overview of U.S. Climate Change Policy" and Dr. Margo Thorning, ICCF Managing Director, discussed "The Cost of the Kyoto Protocol: Moving Forward on Climate Change Policy While Preserving Economic Growth."

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Presenters at the ICCF’s forum in Delhi, left to right: Geoffrey A. Pyatt, Chargé d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy; Dr. Margo Thorning, ICCF Managing Director; Vivek Bharati, Advisor, National Policy, Programmes and Projects, FICCI; Ambassador Alan Oxley, Founder, World Growth, and Chairman APEC Study Center; Ms. Victoria Walker, Political and Economic Counsellor, Australian High Commission; and Mr. Wang Qiming, Science Counselor, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China.

The International Council for Capital Formation sponsored symposiums in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, and Delhi in late October and early November 2006 to discuss strategies that can promote new technologies, encourage energy efficiency and enhance energy supplies while promoting economic growth. “Countries in the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (APP) – Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea and the U.S. – have decided to tackle the issue of strong growth in energy demand by developing new energy efficient technologies, encouraging technology transfer and promoting economic growth,” Dr. Margo Thorning, ICCF managing director, noted in announcing the five-country ICCF symposiums. The ICCF released a report at the forums that concludes that the Asia-Pacific Partnership, a trade and technology agreement among six nations, can exceed the Kyoto Protocol in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The ICCF co-hosted the forums with World Growth, an NGO dedicated to examining the impact of globalization, environment and free trade in delivering growth and reducing poverty.

Click here to read the ICCF report, “The Asia-Pacific Partnership: Its Role in Promoting a Positive Climate for Investment, Economic Growth, and Greenhouse Gas Reduction,” in English. (To read the report in Chinese, Japanese or Korean, click on the appropriate country flag to the left of the screen.)

Click here to see Dr. Thorning’s power point presentation on the Asia-Pacific Partnership.

Click here to read Dr. Thorning’s op-ed in the South China Morning Post.