Event Details
01 September 2015
Maison de la Chimie, Centre des Congrès, 28 Rue Saint Dominique, 75007 Paris
Start 10:30
End
Together with 350.org and the Greens/EFA in the European Parliament, the European Greens are co-organising a major divestment conference in Paris in order to further mobilise for fossil fuel divestment, discuss the risks of a so-called carbon bubble, and highlight opportunities for a sustainable financial system.
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With Bill McKibben of 350.org, Stephen Heintz from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the World Council of Churches among others, Mark Campanale, Carbon Tracker’ Founder and Director will bring Carbon Tracker’s take on both divestment and engagement.
KEYNOTE SPEECH
Bill McKibben | 350.org
PANEL 1 – DIVESTMENT STORIES
May Boeve | 350.org (MODERATION)
Stephen Heintz | President Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Rev. Hendrik Grape | Church of Sweden
James Randerson | Keep it in the Ground Campaign The Guardian
Ferrial Adam | Africa-Arab World Team Leader
350.org Marianne Marthinsen | Finance Spokesperson Arbeiderpartiet Norway
KEYNOTE SPEECH
Marjan Minnesma | Co-Founder and Director of the Dutch NGO Urgenda (TBC)
PANEL 2 – PROMOTING A SUSTAINABLE FINANCIAL SYSTEM
Dagmar Dehmer-Omondi | Tagesspiegel (MODERATION)
Mark Campanale | Founder and Executive Director, Carbon Tracker Initiative
Pascal Canfin | Co-Chair, Commission on Innovative Climate Finance & former French Development Minister
Ian Simm | Founder and Chief Executive, Impax Asset Management Group
Véronique Menou | Vice-President, ESG Research, MSCI
Nick Robins | Co-Director, UNEP Inquiry into the
Design of a Sustainable Financial System
VIDEO MESSAGES
Achim Steiner | UNEP CONCLUDING REMARKS
Nicolas Hulot | Special Envoy of the French President for the Protection of the Planet & President of the Nicolas Hulot Foundation