Third German Conference on Climate Change

Realistic options for a worldwide climate protection – the scientific, commercial and political communities will discuss this issue at the 3rd German Conference on Climate Change organised by EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG. On the 26th of November 2008 experts from the USA, China, India, Australia and other countries will take part in discussions under the title "Protecting the Climate – the Options?". Among other experts, Prof. John Schellnhuber, climate advisor to the German Chancellor and Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Research will also be present.

Shortly after the US elections and just before the UN Conference on Climate Change in Poznan (Poland), the German Conference on Climate Change will deal with the positions of the major players and will examine the options available to avoid dangerous climate change and answer the following question:  What instruments are available and suitable to solve the contradictions of competing interests and the necessity for cooperation? Among other issues, the distribution of responsibility between industrialised and emerging countries, the role of renewable and nuclear energy sources, and the chances and problems of a global emissions trading system will be discussed.

With the 3rd German Conference on Climate Change, EnBW continues its successful commitment from the previous years. In 2006, EnBW was the first German company to become actively involved in the discussion on climate protection. In 2007, EnBW pointed the way forward with the foresighted invitation of Nobel Prize winner Al Gore.