Fourth EnBW 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.

This year's conference will again draw a crowd of renowned international expertise, such as Dr. Denny Ellerman of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Environment Minister of the state Baden-Württemberg, Tanja Gönner, Dr. Felix Matthes of the Öko-Institut and further experts from Europe, Africa and China. The Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, is not only the scientific advisor at the conference, but will also make a speech on the current state of climate research.

As an energy supplier it is our task to give people a reliable supply of energy at a stable cost without over-exploiting natural resources. We continue to pursue this course and are therefore an active participant in the social discourse. The 4^th Conference on Climate Change is the continuation of EnBW's commitment from the previous years. For the first time in 2006, representatives of science, politics and the corporate sector were brought together to find possible ways out of the climate crisis. The highlight of the 2^nd Conference on Climate Change was without doubt the appearance of Nobel Prize winner Al Gore, who gave his award-winning presentation on the dangers of climate change. In 2008, the 3^rd EnBW climate conference titled “Protecting the Climate – the Options?" focused on technologies and instruments that permit effective climate protection.