NATIONAL CONFERENCE SECTOR REPORTS & VIDEOS
Land of Opportunity: The American Response to Climate Change

 

The Message to the Nation outlining a four plank plan

to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions is now avaiable.

All Sector Reports are also available here for download. 

In addition, powerpoints from and videos of the 

Plenary Presentations are available.

 

VIDEOS

VIDEO AND POWERPOINT FROM THE WILD CENTER CONFERENCE

See John Holdren`s Presentation on Current Science of Climate Disruptions

 - John Holdren is the Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental

Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University,

and Director, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program Belfer

Center for Science and International Affairs. He is President and

Director of the Woods Hole Research Center.

 VIDEO AND POWERPOINT FROM THE WILD CENTER CONFERENCE

See Thomas Lovejoy`s Presentation Current Science of Climate Disruptions 

 - Tom Lovejoy is the President of the H John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics

and the Environment.

 VIDEO AND POWERPOINT FROM THE WILD CENTER CONFERENCE

See Dimitri Zenghelis` Presentation on Economic Impacts and Global Outlook for Response - Dimitri Zenghelis is Chief Economist at Cisco`s Climate Change Long-Term Innovation Group and a Senior Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics.

VIDEO AND POWERPOINT FROM THE WILD CENTER CONFERENCE

See Ken Ostrowski`s Presentation U.S. Outlook for GHG Emissions and the American Response - Part 2 - Ken Ostrowski is a Director of McKinsey & Company

VIDEO AND POWERPOINT FROM THE WILD CENTER CONFERENCE

See Michael Levi and Jeremy Oppenheim on Findings and Recommendations by the Council on Foreign Relations Independent Task Force on Climate Change - Michael Levi is the task force`s Project Director, Jeremy Oppenheim is a Director of McKinsey & Company

VIDEO AND POWERPOINT FROM THE WILD CENTER CONFERENCE 

See Jon Creyts` Presentation on Sectors not Covered in Conference Working Groups: Transportation, Industry, Agriculture, and Waste Management - Part 2 - Jon Creyts is a Principal of McKinsey & Company

 

POWERPOINTS 

 

John Holdren, Harvard University - The Science of Climatic Disruption. Plenary 1

 

Tom Lovejoy, The Heinz Center - The Science of Climate Disruption. Plenary 1

 

Dimitri Zhenghelis, The Stern Review - Economic Impacts of climate Change & The Global Outlook for Response. Plenary 2

 

McKinsey & Company - U.S. Outlook for GHG Emissions & Possible Abatement Strategies. Plenary 3

 

Paul Ezekiel, Credit Suisse - Financing the Transition to a Low Carbon Economy. Plenary 6

 

Manish Bapna, WRI, Jennifer Layke, WRI, Frances Beinecke, NRDC - Overview of Climate Legislation in US Congress.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sector Advisory Teams have worked to establish direction and priorities

for each working group. The head for each team is indicated by an *.

  

Buildings & Appliances Advisory Team

Rick Duke*  Director  Center for Market Innovation  NRDC

Echo Cartwright Assistant Deputy Secretary Office of the Governor, New York

Rick Fedrizzi  President  U.S. Green Building Council                                                                 

Greg Kats Managing Director  Good Energies Inc.

Paul King  Vice President Sustainability  Bovis Lend Lease

Mary Ann Lazarus  Director of Sustainable Design  HOK

Clay Nesler Vice President, Global Energy and Sustainability

Johnson Controls, Inc.

Tim Roughan  Director of Distributed Resources  National Grid

Karin Pavese  Director Physical Sciences & Engineering NY Academy of Sciences 

 

Sector Sponsor - National Grid

 

Power Generation Advisory Team

Jon Creyts* Principal McKinsey & Company

Jeffrey Auser Vice President Brookfield Renewable Power Eastern U.S. Generation Development

Lisa Cleckner Assistant Director of Operations for QA & Research Syracuse Center

of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems 

Hannah Granade Associate Principal McKinsey & Company

Ashok Gupta Air & Energy Program Director Natural Resources Defense Council

Janet Joseph Program Director NYDSERDA

Edward Lowe General Manager Renewable Energy & Gasification Market Development General Electric Energy

Carol Murphy Executive Director Alliance for Clean Energy New York

Chris Wentlent AES Eastern Energy



Sector Sponsors - AES, Brookfield Renewable Power, General Electric Company

 

Forestry/Land Use Advisory Team

 

Peter Stein*  General Partner  The Lyme Timber Company

Carter Bales  Director Emeritus McKinsey & Company  

Sandra Brown Senior Scientist Winrock International

Tiffany Clay  McKinsey & Company

Brad Gentry Director Center for Business and the Environment at Yale

Bill Ginn Director  Forestry Initiative  The Nature Conservancy

Jeff Horowitz  Founder Avoided Deforestation Partners

Peter Iwanowicz Director Climate Change Office New York State DEC

Michael Jenkins President and CEO Forest Trends

Wayne Klockner Director Climate Change Initiative  The Nature Conservancy  

David Liebetreu Vice President Global Sourcing International Paper           

Al Lucier Senior Vice President  National Council for Air & Stream Improvement

Jason Scott Managing Partner EKO Asset Management Partners

Mike Virga  Executive Director  American Forest & Paper Association 

Laurie Wayburn President The Pacific Forest Trust

 

Sector Sponsors - The Lyme Timber Company, The Nature Conservancy

 

Carbon Finance Advisory Team

Paul Ezekiel*  Managing Director  Credit Suisse Capital Markets   

Matt Arnold  Director Sustainable Finance LTD

Albert Cho  Engagement Manager  McKinsey & Company

Colin Le Duc Head of Research Generation Investment Management   

Ben Lashkari Head Emissions, Environmental and Commodity Markets Division Swiss Re

Jamie Russell  Senior Director  Clinton Climate Initiative

Martin Whittaker  Director  MissionPoint Capital Partners

 

Sector Sponsor - Credit Suisse Capital Markets