The Climate Change Forum scheduled for Pittsbugh on October 8, 2009 has been canceled.  We are currently working on a webinar based forum for late September.  If you would like to be notified on the date and time of the webinar, once it is confirmed, please use the registration link at the bottom of this page.

Details

Date:    TBD
Time:    TBD
Where: Your Computer
Cost:     No Charge

About the Forum

The Department of Commerce plays a key role as a member of the U.S. government team participating in the international negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC). As these negotiations move towards a new global agreement on climate change, which could be announced as early as December 2009 in Copenhagen, the International Trade Administration is organizing industry outreach events around the United States to disseminate information on the UNFCCC process and to garner feedback from companies.

Critical topics in the negotiating process include establishing long term goals for emissions reductions, identifying the technologies and practices needed to achieve substantial reductions, and building a financial framework to support these efforts.

If intellectual property rights, research and development, technology sales, carbon financing, energy efficiency, or environmental regulation are important to your business, it’s critical that you are part of this process.

Relevant industries sought for input include – but are not limited to – companies in the energy, chemicals, forestry and paper, metals, and other manufacturing and services sectors.

Speakers

This outreach event looks for your input and comments on how your business would be affected by proposed UNFCCC. To illustrate the issues, U.S. government speakers will address the below subjects: 

- Overview of UNFCC Negotiations, U.S. State Department  
- International Financial Framework for Climate Change, U.S. Department of Treasury 
- Linkages with Domestic Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Actions, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency  - Key Issues for U.S. Industry and Commercial Opportunities, International Trade Administration 

Registration

To register for the Pittsburgh event, please click here.

For more information on the Pittsburgh event, please contact Steven Murray via email at Steven.Murray@N0SPAM.mail.doc.gov or at 412-644-2800.