Climate COP23 - Step Up 2018

Press Conference on Expectations for 2018 -- The Year to Step Up on Climate Change

 

Senior representatives from Climate Action Network, World Resources Institute, We Mean Business and Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy hosted a joint press conference at COP23 on Tuesday, 14 November, 2017 to set expectations for 2018, a critical year when countries need to signal that they will ramp up their climate efforts and put the world on track to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement.

 

Moderator: Michael Oko, World Resources Institute

 

Panelists:

 

* Andrew Steer, President & CEO, World Resources Institute

 

* Wael Hmaidan, Executive Director, Climate Action International

 

* Nigel Topping, CEO, We Mean Business Coalition

 

* Marcelo Mena Carrasco, Minister of Environment, Chile

 

* Yamide Dagnet, Senior Associate, International Climate Action, World Resources Institute

 

* Special Guest: Laurence Tubiana, CEO European Climate Foundation and French ambassador for international climate negotiations for the 2015 COP21 Climate Change Conference in Paris

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