Press Briefing: Copenhagen Climate Talks 101

12 November 2009

Contact: Brandon MacGillis – 202.887.8830
Stephanie Hanson, WRI – (202) 729-7641
Lisa Nurnberger, UCS – (202) 331-6959

WASHINGTON – With one month to go before the Copenhagen summit, leading climate experts joined Janos Pasztor, the director of the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Change Support Team, on a November 12 phone briefing to set the stage for the upcoming climate meeting. Speakers briefly discussed what happened during this year’s international talks, the current state of play in these negotiations and what is expected out of the United States in Copenhagen.

Participants:

• Janos Pasztor – director, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Climate Change Support Team
• Alden Meyer - director, Strategy and Policy, Union of Concerned Scientists
• Jennifer Morgan - director, Climate and Energy Program, World Resources Institute
• Phyllis Cuttino - director, U.S. Global Warming Campaign, Pew Environment Group (moderator)

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