R20: RACE TO GREEN ACTION
Global Tour: Innovations & Solutions

Green projects are already being implemented at large scale all over the world, demonstrating the feasibility of actions to combat climate change and build green economies. They can serve as a model for national and international actors seeking a global solution. Who are the leaders in the green transformation and what are some of the solutions?

Tck Tck Tck - by Oxfam America

Remarks by:

William McDonough
Founding Principal
William McDonough and Partners

Host:

Mary Nichols
Chairman California Air Resources Board

Innovative Solutions: A Conversation

Moderator:

Brian Walsh
Environmental Columnist Time Magazine

Participants:

* Jim Davis
President, Chevron Energy Solutions

* Dr. Thomas Becker
Vice President of Government Affairs
BMW Group

* Gene Rodrigues
Director of Customer Energy Efficiency
Southern California Edison

Regional Participants

ASIA & AUSTRALIA

Keynote:

Director General Gao Guangsheng
Climate Division of National
Development Reform Comission. China

Moderator:

Donald Speagle
Deputy Secretary
National Reform and Climate Change Group
Department of Premier and Cabinet, Victoria, Australia

Participants:

* Governor Gwen Garcia
Cebu, Philippines

* Director General Jin Soo Lee
Investment & Industry Deliberation
Gyeonggi, South Korea

* Director General Teruyuki Ohno
Tokyo Environment Bureau
Tokyo, Japan

* Dr. Penny D Sackett
Chief Scientist, Australia

* Deputy Secretary-General Liaoyuan Ye
Yunnan, China

AFRICA, EUROPE & MIDDLE EAST

Transitioning from fossil fuel dependence to becoming a clean energy powerhouse and lessons of being an early mover in decarbonizing the economy.

Keynote:

President Michèle Sabban
Assembly of European Regions
Ile de France, France

Moderator:

President Ali Belhaj
Region de l'Oriental
Morocco

Participants:

* Liliane Daniel-Abboud Ashkar
Educator, Israel

* Dr. Thomas Becker
Vice President Governmental Affairs of BMW

* Queen's Commissioner Leen Verbeek
Flevoland, Netherlands

* Pacome Rafin Ondzounga
Gabon Minister of Environment

THE AMERICAS

Highlight the power of working from the ground up to transition to a low carbon economy.

Keynote:

Governor Jim Doyle, Wisconsin, USA

Moderator:

Bryan Walsh
Environment Columnist, TIME Magazine

Participants:

* Prefect Gustavo Baroja
Pichincha, Ecuador

* Premier Gordon Campbell
British Columbia, Canada

* Dr. Adrian Fernandez
President of the National Institute of Ecology, Mexico

* Amy Fraenkel
Regional Director for North America, United Nations Environment Programme

* Governor Juan Sabines
Chiapas, Mexico


Session Wrap Up:

Mary Nichols
Chairman California Air Resources Board