CLIMATE CHANGE SYMPOSIUM

The Forum for Economics and the Environment in conjunction with Nathan Associates are to host a Symposium on the Economics of Climate Change.

DATE: 26 - 27 October
VENUE: Roodeplaat Country Lodge, Pretoria (Map to lodge)
CONTACT PERSON: Prof JN Blignaut
AGENDA: Click here for the Agenda
LIST OF DELEGATES: Click here for list of delegates
PROCEEDINGS: (all the files below are in PDF format)

Key issues in the Climate Change Debate: Evolution and current status.
Paper by Ogunlade R Davidson

International Climate Change Partnerships
Address by Australian High Commissioner to South Africa
H.E. Mr David Connolly

International Climate Change ­ the U.S. Position.
Paper byMr W Brent Christensen

International Climate Change ­ the U.S. Position.
Speech byMr W Brent Christensen

South Africa's position and COP-6.
Presentation by Festus Luboyera

Global Climate Debate: Opportunities and Threats for South Africa.
Presentation by Dr John Kilani.

A Survey of Climate Change Research in South Africa
Paper by M.P. de Wit

A Survey of Climate Change Research in South Africa.
Presentation by M.P. de Wit

The Clean Development Mechanism:
a Pressing Economic and Trade Issue for South Africa.
Presentation by Randall Spanding-Fecher

Regional climate change and CDM activities to date: the way forward
Presentation by Dr Hesphina Rukato

What are the options of Technology Transfer for South Africa?
Paper by Wendy Poulton, Steve Lennon and Laurie Steenkamp

Feasibility of carbon sinks and sequestration.
Presentation by Bob Scholes

EU and USA Positions on Climate Change.
Implications for the Southern Agenda.
Presentation by Karin Ireton

Free Riders, Cheats Charter, and the Complete Destruction Mechanism:
Identifying the loopholes in the Clean Development Mechanism
Paper by Richard Sherman

Climate Change. How Business is Responding.
Presentation by Wayne Visser

Symposium overview paper
Paper by Tony Leiman