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According to the World Economic Forum's website in January 2010, this appears to be the only active element of the Climate Change Initiative.
 
According to the World Economic Forum's website in January 2010, this appears to be the only active element of the Climate Change Initiative.
  
The task force is made up of more than 80 global companies, including:
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Members of the task force are almost entirely corporations or their lobby groups, carbon market investors and some academics and UN agencies. Several corporations are very well represented on the group, in particular [[Clifford Chance]] and [[Cisco]] who are partner companies and have several reps each in the 'experts and organisations'.
  
and 40 'experts and organizations', largely representing corporations, investment firms and emissions trading lobbies (including the other major groups with very similar corporate membership), with some academics;
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===Partner Companies===
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The task force is made up of more than 80 global companies, mostly in energy intensive industry:
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[[Abercrombie & Kent]] Group of Companies | [[ABB]] | [[Accenture]] | [[Agility]] | [[Airbus SAS]] | [[Akamai Technologies]] | [[Alcatel-Lucent]] | [[Alcoa]] | [[AmecPlc.]] | [[Applied Materials]] | [[Arup]] | [[AT&T]] | [[Autodesk]] | [[Bank of America Merrill Lynch]] | [[Barclays]] | [[BASFSE]] | [[Basic Element]] | [[Bayer]] | [[BC Hydro]] | [[Booz and Company]] | [[BP]] | [[BT Group]] | [[Bunge]] | [[Cantor Fitzgerald]] | [[Carlson]] | [[China Mobile Communications Corporation]] | [[Cisco]] | [[Citi]] | [[Clifford Chance]] | [[Credit Suisse]] | [[Deutsche Bank]] | [[Deutsche Telekom]] | [[Deutsche Post]] | [[Dow Europe]] | [[Duke Energy]] | [[EMCCorporation]] | [[Eskom]] | [[Etihad Airways]] | [[Evonik]] | [[FluorCorporation]] | [[GDF Suez]] | [[General Electric Company]] | [[Good Energies]] | [[Google]] | [[HCL Technologies]] | [[Hindustan Construction Company]] | [[HSBC Holdings]] | [[IHS Inc.49. Infosys Technologies]] | [[ Intel Corporation]] | [[Jet Airways]] | [[JSC RusHydro]] | [[Jubilant Organosys]] | [[McKinsey and Company]] | [[Microsoft Corporation]] | [[Mitsubishi Chemical]] | [[NASDAQ]] | [[NetJets Europe]] | [[Nike]] | [[Novozymes]] | [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]] | [[Qualcomm]] | [[Reliance Industries]] | [[Rio Tinto]] | [[Rolls Royce]] | [[Royal DSM NV]] | Royal Dutch [[Shell]] | [[SAS Institute]] | [[Siemens]] | [[Standard Chartered Bank]] | [[Swiss Reinsurance Company]] | [[ThomsonReuters]] | [[TNT]] | [[Unilever]] | [[United Overseas Bank]] | [[UPS]] | [[Vantage Point]] | [[Vattenfall]] | [[Vestas Wind Systems]] | [[WPP]] | [[Xenel]] | [[Zurich Financial]] <ref>World Economic Forum [http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/ghg/index.htm Climate Change Initiative, low carbon Economic Prosperity task force Participants] Accessed 22/01/10</ref>
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===Experts and Organizations===
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There are 40 'experts and organizations', largely representing corporations, investment firms and emissions trading lobbies (including the other major groups with very similar corporate membership), with some academics. There is only one representative from an environmental NGO.
  
 
*[[Marco Albani]], Project Catalyst, [[McKinsey and Company]], Canada  
 
*[[Marco Albani]], Project Catalyst, [[McKinsey and Company]], Canada  
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*[[Margaret Catley-Carlson]], Patron, [[Global Water Partnership]], Sweden  
 
*[[Margaret Catley-Carlson]], Patron, [[Global Water Partnership]], Sweden  
 
*[[Leslie Cordes]], Director, Partnerships -Energy and Climate, [[United Nations Foundation]], USA  
 
*[[Leslie Cordes]], Director, Partnerships -Energy and Climate, [[United Nations Foundation]], USA  
*[[Jan Corfee-Morlot]], Environment Directorate, [[Organization for Economic Co-operation and  
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*[[Jan Corfee-Morlot]], Environment Directorate, [[Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development]], France  
Development]], France  
 
 
*[[Peter L. Corsell]], Chief Executive Officer, [[GridPoint]], USA  
 
*[[Peter L. Corsell]], Chief Executive Officer, [[GridPoint]], USA  
 
*[[Aron Cramer]], President and Chief Executive Officer,[[Business for Social Responsibility]],USA  
 
*[[Aron Cramer]], President and Chief Executive Officer,[[Business for Social Responsibility]],USA  
*[[Simon Dent]], Head of European Gas and Power Trading and Marketing, [[BNP Paribas]], United  
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*[[Simon Dent]], Head of European Gas and Power Trading and Marketing, [[BNP Paribas]], United Kingdom  
Kingdom  
 
 
*[[Henry Derwent]], President and Chief Executive Officer, [[International Emissions Trading Association]] Switzerland  
 
*[[Henry Derwent]], President and Chief Executive Officer, [[International Emissions Trading Association]] Switzerland  
 
*[[Reid Detchon]], Executive Director, Energy and Climate, [[United Nations Foundation]], USA  
 
*[[Reid Detchon]], Executive Director, Energy and Climate, [[United Nations Foundation]], USA  
*[[Gerry Duffy]], Senior Policy Adviser on Finance, Climate Change and Middle Income Countries,  
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*[[Gerry Duffy]], Senior Policy Adviser on Finance, Climate Change and Middle Income Countries,[[Department for International Development]], United Kingdom  
[[Department for International Development]], United Kingdom  
 
 
*[[Bruce Duguid]], Head of Investor Engagement, The [[Carbon Trust]], United Kingdom  
 
*[[Bruce Duguid]], Head of Investor Engagement, The [[Carbon Trust]], United Kingdom  
 
*[[Leslie Durschinger]], Managing Director, [[Terra Global Capital]], USA  
 
*[[Leslie Durschinger]], Managing Director, [[Terra Global Capital]], USA  
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*[[Angel Gurría]], Secretary-General, [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]], France  
 
*[[Angel Gurría]], Secretary-General, [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]], France  
 
*[[Lois Guthrie]], Technical Director, Carbon Disclosure Project, on behalf of the [[Climate Disclosure Standards Board]], United Kingdom  
 
*[[Lois Guthrie]], Technical Director, Carbon Disclosure Project, on behalf of the [[Climate Disclosure Standards Board]], United Kingdom  
*[[Kirsty Hamilton]], Associate Fellow, Energy, Environment and Development Programme,Chatham  
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*[[Kirsty Hamilton]], Associate Fellow, Energy, Environment and Development Programme,Chatham House, United Kingdom  
House, United Kingdom  
 
 
*[[Harish Hande]], Managing Director, [[SELCO Solar Light]], India  
 
*[[Harish Hande]], Managing Director, [[SELCO Solar Light]], India  
*[[Anthony Hobley]], Head of the Global Climate Change and Carbon Finance, [[Norton Rose]], United  
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*[[Anthony Hobley]], Head of the Global Climate Change and Carbon Finance, [[Norton Rose]], United Kingdom  
Kingdom  
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*[[William W. Hogan]], Raymond Plank Professor of Global Energy Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA  
*[[William W. Hogan]], Raymond Plank Professor of Global Energy Policy, John F. Kennedy School of  
 
Government, Harvard University, USA  
 
 
*[[Steve Howard]], Chief Executive Officer, The [[Climate Group]], United Kingdom  
 
*[[Steve Howard]], Chief Executive Officer, The [[Climate Group]], United Kingdom  
 
*[[Yoshihito Iwama]], Executive Director. [[Nippon Keidanren]]  
 
*[[Yoshihito Iwama]], Executive Director. [[Nippon Keidanren]]  
*[[Giedre Kaminskaite-Salters]], Senior Private Sector Development Adviser, [[Department for  
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*[[Giedre Kaminskaite-Salters]], Senior Private Sector Development Adviser, [[Department for International Development]], United Kingdom  
International Development]], United Kingdom  
 
 
*[[Lila Karbassi]], Office and Financial Manager, The [[United Nations Global Compact]], USA  
 
*[[Lila Karbassi]], Office and Financial Manager, The [[United Nations Global Compact]], USA  
 
*[[Abyd Karmali]], President, [[Carbon Markets and Investors Association]], United Kingdom  
 
*[[Abyd Karmali]], President, [[Carbon Markets and Investors Association]], United Kingdom  
*[[Katia Karousakis]], OECD Environment Directorate, [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and  
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*[[Katia Karousakis]], OECD Environment Directorate, [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]], France  
Development]], France  
 
 
*[[Anne Kelly]], Director of Governance Programs, [[Ceres]], USA  
 
*[[Anne Kelly]], Director of Governance Programs, [[Ceres]], USA  
 
*[[Uday Khemka]], Vice Chairman, [[Sun Group]], United Kingdom  
 
*[[Uday Khemka]], Vice Chairman, [[Sun Group]], United Kingdom  
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*[[Nick Mabey]], Chief Executive, [[E3G]], [[Third Generation Environmentalism]], United Kingdom  
 
*[[Nick Mabey]], Chief Executive, [[E3G]], [[Third Generation Environmentalism]], United Kingdom  
 
*[[David MacKay]], Professor of Natural Philosophy, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom  
 
*[[David MacKay]], Professor of Natural Philosophy, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom  
*[[William McDonough]], Chairman, William McDonough and Partners Architecture and Community  
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*[[William McDonough]], Chairman, William McDonough and Partners Architecture and Community Design/MDBC, USA  
Design/MDBC, USA  
 
 
*[[Sonia Medina]], Associate Director and Head of Origination, [[Ecosecurities]], USA  
 
*[[Sonia Medina]], Associate Director and Head of Origination, [[Ecosecurities]], USA  
*[[Gideon Middleton]], Senior LecturerMBA (Strategic Carbon Management) Course Director,  
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*[[Gideon Middleton]], Senior LecturerMBA (Strategic Carbon Management) Course Director,University of East Anglia, United Kingdom  
University of East Anglia, United Kingdom  
 
 
*[[Luke Minford]], [[Rouse and Co International]], People’s Republic of China  
 
*[[Luke Minford]], [[Rouse and Co International]], People’s Republic of China  
 
*[[Shilpa Patel]], [[International Finance Corporation]], USA  
 
*[[Shilpa Patel]], [[International Finance Corporation]], USA  
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*[[Orville H.Schell]], Director, Center on US-China Relations, Asia Society, USA  
 
*[[Orville H.Schell]], Director, Center on US-China Relations, Asia Society, USA  
 
*[[Hans Joachim Schellnhuber]], Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany  
 
*[[Hans Joachim Schellnhuber]], Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany  
*[[Cheng Siwei]], Dean, Management University, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences,  
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*[[Cheng Siwei]], Dean, Management University, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, People's Republic of China  
People's Republic of China  
 
 
*[[David Skole]], Professor and Director, [[Global Observatory for Ecosystem Services]], Michigan State University, USA  
 
*[[David Skole]], Professor and Director, [[Global Observatory for Ecosystem Services]], Michigan State University, USA  
 
*[[Ole Beier Sørensen]], Chief of Research, ATPPension Fund, Denmark  
 
*[[Ole Beier Sørensen]], Chief of Research, ATPPension Fund, Denmark  
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*[[Daniel Sperling]], Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, USA  
 
*[[Daniel Sperling]], Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, USA  
 
*[[Achim Steiner]], Executive Director, [[United Nations Environment Programme]],Kenya  
 
*[[Achim Steiner]], Executive Director, [[United Nations Environment Programme]],Kenya  
*[[Nicholas Stern]], IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government, India Observatory, London  
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*[[Nicholas Stern]], IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government, India Observatory, London School of Economics, United Kingdom  
School of Economics, United Kingdom  
 
 
*[[Björn Stigson]], President, [[World Business Council for Sustainable Development]], Switzerland  
 
*[[Björn Stigson]], President, [[World Business Council for Sustainable Development]], Switzerland  
 
*[[Rory Sullivan]], Head of Responsible Investment, [[Insight Investment]], United Kingdom  
 
*[[Rory Sullivan]], Head of Responsible Investment, [[Insight Investment]], United Kingdom  
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Latest revision as of 12:19, 6 July 2010

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The World Economic Forum's Climate Change Initiatives, run by the World Economic Forum's Environment Team, are an offshoot of the Gleneagles Dialogue on Climate Change, formed at the 2009 World Economic Forum at the request of Gordon Brown. [1]

The initiatives claim to 'help build multistakeholder partnerships between private, public and non-governmental actors to contribute to the environment-related Millennium Development Goals'. They appear to set up and oversee a number of 'task forces' which promote market solutions to climate change. In particular the 'Low Carbon Economic Prosperity' group describes itself as a task force of 'over 80 global companies and over 40 scientific experts and organizations' aiming to stimulate a 'clean revolution' within a 'high-growth and low carbon economy'. [2]. They push for market based solutions to climate change which stimulate economic growth, and the importance of industry-led policies.

See Gleneagles Dialogue on Climate Change for more.

Low Carbon Economic Prosperity Task Force

According to the World Economic Forum's website in January 2010, this appears to be the only active element of the Climate Change Initiative.

Members of the task force are almost entirely corporations or their lobby groups, carbon market investors and some academics and UN agencies. Several corporations are very well represented on the group, in particular Clifford Chance and Cisco who are partner companies and have several reps each in the 'experts and organisations'.

Partner Companies

The task force is made up of more than 80 global companies, mostly in energy intensive industry:

Abercrombie & Kent Group of Companies | ABB | Accenture | Agility | Airbus SAS | Akamai Technologies | Alcatel-Lucent | Alcoa | AmecPlc. | Applied Materials | Arup | AT&T | Autodesk | Bank of America Merrill Lynch | Barclays | BASFSE | Basic Element | Bayer | BC Hydro | Booz and Company | BP | BT Group | Bunge | Cantor Fitzgerald | Carlson | China Mobile Communications Corporation | Cisco | Citi | Clifford Chance | Credit Suisse | Deutsche Bank | Deutsche Telekom | Deutsche Post | Dow Europe | Duke Energy | EMCCorporation | Eskom | Etihad Airways | Evonik | FluorCorporation | GDF Suez | General Electric Company | Good Energies | Google | HCL Technologies | Hindustan Construction Company | HSBC Holdings | IHS Inc.49. Infosys Technologies | Intel Corporation | Jet Airways | JSC RusHydro | Jubilant Organosys | McKinsey and Company | Microsoft Corporation | Mitsubishi Chemical | NASDAQ | NetJets Europe | Nike | Novozymes | PricewaterhouseCoopers | Qualcomm | Reliance Industries | Rio Tinto | Rolls Royce | Royal DSM NV | Royal Dutch Shell | SAS Institute | Siemens | Standard Chartered Bank | Swiss Reinsurance Company | ThomsonReuters | TNT | Unilever | United Overseas Bank | UPS | Vantage Point | Vattenfall | Vestas Wind Systems | WPP | Xenel | Zurich Financial [3]

Experts and Organizations

There are 40 'experts and organizations', largely representing corporations, investment firms and emissions trading lobbies (including the other major groups with very similar corporate membership), with some academics. There is only one representative from an environmental NGO.

Notes

  1. WEF Climate Change Initiative "World Economic Forum Initiatives" Accessed 09/11/09
  2. WEF Climate Change Initiatives "World Economic Forum Climate Change page" Accessed 09/11/09
  3. World Economic Forum Climate Change Initiative, low carbon Economic Prosperity task force Participants Accessed 22/01/10
  4. World Economic Forum Climate Change Initiative, low carbon Economic Prosperity task force Participants Accessed 22/01/10