3月3日：温暖化と洞爺湖サミットをテーマにしたイベント （ブルッキングス研究所）

[Climate Change and the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit]

Monday, March 3, 2008, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

The Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC

As the international community continues to seek a sensible and a workable multilateral architecture for addressing climate change, the Japanese government has declared climate change a top priority as it prepares to host the G8 Summit in Hokkaido in July. On March 3, the Brookings Institution will host the top Japanese and U.S. climate change advisors for a discussion on their governments’ respective policy initiatives. The speakers will explore options for a new international framework on climate change and discuss the role of the Hokkaido Summit as a critical milestone in ongoing climate policy negotiations. Speakers include Mutsuyoshi Nishimura, special advisor to the Japanese Cabinet on Climate Change; James Connaughton, chairman, White House Council on Environmental Quality; and Warwick McKibbin, nonresident senior fellow, The Brookings Institution Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy Carlos Pascual will provide introductory remarks and moderate the panel discussion. After the program, the panelists will take audience questions. To RSVP, please call the Brookings Office of Communications at 202.797.6105, or visit http://onlinepressroom.net/brookings/new