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Financing Clean Energy: A Framework for Public-Private Partnership to Address Climate Change

Conference & workshop organized by EBRD, World Bank, World Economic Forum, WBCSD
Under the auspices of the Gleneagles Dialogue on Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development

Tuesday 13 March 2007

Welcome and Overview

• Jean Lemierre, President, EBRD
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Overview of the Gleneagles Dialogue on Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development

Political perspective

• Erich Stather, Deputy Minister, State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
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• Kazunori Tanaka, Senior Vice-Minister of Finance of Japan
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Business perspective

• Richard Samans, Managing Director, Centre for Public-Private Partnership, World Economic Forum
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Opening Session: Building Public–Private Partnerships to Finance Clean Energy to Address Climate Change

Keynote Address

• Paul Wolfowitz, President, World Bank, Washington DC
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Overview of the Clean Energy Investment Framework

Business perspective

• Lars G. Josefsson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Vattenfall, Sweden; Chief Adviser to the German Government G8 Presidency on International Climate Issues
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Interactive Panel Discussions

Plenary 1: What are the key obstacles and opportunities for scaling up the finance required to lower the carbon intensity of developing and transition countries?
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• Michael Jacobs, Member of the Council of Economic Advisers, HM Treasury and Gleneagles Dialogue Government Representative
• Haruhiko Kuroda, President, Asian Development Bank, Manila
• Caio Koch-Weser, Vice-Chairman, Deutsche Bank
• Igor Kozhuhovsky, Head of Economy Department, RAO UESR
• Graeme Sweeney, Executive Vice-President Renewables, Hydrogen & CO2, Shell Renewables

Moderated by Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times, United Kingdom.

Plenary 2: What are the practical ways forward for the multilateral development banks (MDBs) and the private sector to take a smarter approach to low-carbon finance in transition and developing countries? How can the Gleneagles Dialogue process help?
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• Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC
• Ben Van Gils, Global Utilities Partner, Ernst and Young (Sector Analyst)
• Nigel Scott, Head Structured Commodity & Environmental Products Energy, Metal & Softs, JP Morgan
• Jean-Claude Steffens, Senior Executive Vice-President, Director of Environment & Innovation, Suez, France

Moderated by Elliott Morley, United Kingdom Member of Parliament for Scunthorpe, Prime Minister's Special Representative to the Gleneagles Dialogue on Climate Change

Keynote Address

• Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom
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Closing Remarks

• Jean Lemierre, President, EBRD

Wednesday 14 March 2007

Welcome address

• Jean Lemierre, President, EBRD

Overview of the MDB Clean Energy Investment Framework: Current activities and potential for improvement

• Jamal Saghir, Director, Energy, Transport and Water, World Bank, Washington DC
• Anil Terway, Director Energy, Asian Development Bank

Facilitated by Dominic Waughray, Director, Head of Environment Initiatives, World Economic Forum

A Private Sector Perspective on MDB Clean Energy Investment Framework: Current activities and potential for improvement.

• Jayesh Parmar, Partner, Sector Utilities, Ernst and Young

Facilitated by Dominic Waughray, Director, Head of Environment Initiatives, World Economic Forum

Working group themes:

• Cleaner Energy Production, including new technologies (power generation, technological innovation)
• Renewable Energy
• Energy Efficiency (innovations)
• Financial Instruments
• Adaptation

Moderated by Adam Kirkman, Programme Manager, Energy and Climate, World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Overall summary and next steps

• Katherine Sierra, Vice-President, Sustainable Development, World Bank
• Richard Samans, Managing Director, Centre for Public-Private Partnership, World Economic Forum
• Josué Tanaka, Corporate Director, Energy Efficiency and Climate Change, EBRD