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Professor Wangari Maathai - 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Founder, The Green Belt Movement

Professor Wangari Maathai – 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Founder, The Green Belt Movement

 

Holdren Heinz Lovejoy 2013-03-19 at 9.25.03 AM

Stephanie Meeks - TNC, Jim Rogers - Duke Energy, Russ Mittermeier - CI, Kathleen Kennedy, Fred Krupp - EDF

Stephanie Meeks – TNC, Jim Rogers – Duke Energy, Russ Mittermeier – CI, Kathleen Kennedy, Fred Krupp – EDF

 

Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat

Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat

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Roundtable Discussion

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Following the public luncheon, AD Partners and colleagues convened a roundtable meeting with 80 individuals representing over 55 for- and non-profit organizations to discuss support for the inclusion of international forest carbon principles in U.S. climate policy, with a focus on the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act. Professor Maathai participated in the full three-hour discussion.

General consensus emerged that a set-aside allocation for tropical forest protection and inclusion of forest carbon in the international offset provision are important and complementary tools for advancing REDD. The concluding discussion focused on ways to broaden and maximize support for forest carbon, including coalition building across the social sector and the coalescing of complementary sustainability and resiliencecentered efforts with avoided deforestation. Participants agreed that the continued collaboration among forand non-profit groups remains an essential component of moving practical avoided deforestation policy forward. It was also concluded that the integration of broad based “poverty” organizations would constitute a welcome addition to the ever growing coalition of organizations supporting the inclusion of international forestry provisions in U.S. climate legislation.

Jan Hartke, The Clinton Foundation, former Lt Gov. Kathleen Kennedy, Prof. Wangari Maathai and Barbara Bramble, NWF

Jan Hartke, The Clinton Foundation, former Lt Gov. Kathleen Kennedy, Prof. Wangari Maathai and Barbara Bramble, NWF

 

Sponsored by Avoided Deforestation Partners with: The Green Belt Movement, The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, Covington & Burling LLP, Climate Focus, PG&E Corp., and Baker & McKenzie LLP.

Photos credits for all of the above: Erika Nortemann, TNC

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Participants List

Conference Organizers
  1. Jeffrey Horowitz – Avoided Deforestation Partners
  2. Chris Tuite – Director, Green Belt Movement North America
  3. Jennifer Denney – Director Strategic Communication-Climate, The Nature Conservancy
  4. Charlotte Streck – AD Partners; Director and Founder, Climate Focus B.V.
  5. Rick Saines – AD Partners; Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP
  6. Robert O’Sullivan – AD Partners; Executive Director North America, Climate Focus
  7. Toby Janson-Smith – AD Partners; Senior Director, Conservation International
  8. William Boyd – Attorney, Covington & Burling LLP
  9. Aimée Christensen – Christensen Global Strategies LLC
  10. MaryKate Hanlon – Avoided Deforestation Partners
Featured Keynote Speakers / Panelists
  1. Wangari Maathai – The Greenbelt Movement
  2. Stephanie Meeks – Acting President, The Nature Conservancy
  3. Russell Mittermeier – President, Conservation International
  4. Fred Krupp – President, Environmental Defense
  5. Stuart Eizenstat – Partner, Covington & Burling
  6. John Holdren – Director, Woods Hole Research Center
  7. Thomas Lovejoy – President, The Heinz Center
  8. James Rogers – Chairman, CEO, & President, Duke Energy Corp.
  9. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend – Environmentalist, former Lieutenant Governor, Maryland
Invited Guests
  1. Aldo de Cresci Neto – Attorney, Fleury Malheiros, Gasparini, De Cresci e Nogueira de Lima
  2. Ann Wrobleski – Vice President, Government Affairs, International Paper Company
  3. Barbara Bramble – Senior Program Advisor, International Programs, National Wildlife Federation
  4. Bill Goodfellow – Executive Director, Center for International Policy
  5. Brad Gentry – Yale School of Forestry
  6. Bill Nitze – President, GEMSTAR Group
  7. Brent Swallow – Global Coordinator, ASB Partnership for Tropical Forest Margins
  8. Carina Bracer – Manager, Tropical America Katoomba Group
  9. Cathleen Kelly – Climate & Energy Program Director, German Marshall Fund US
  10. Dan Lashof – Science Director, Climate Center, Natural Resources Defense Council
  11. Daniel Zarin – Consultant, David and Lucille Packard Foundation; University of Florida
  12. David Hayes – Global Chair of the Environment, Land & Resources, Latham & Watkins, LLP
  13. David Struhs – Vice President, Environmental Affairs, International Paper Company
  14. David Shapiro – Partner, Brunswick Group
  15. David Williamson – Beveridge and Diamond, PC
  16. Diana Movius – International Policy Associate, Center for Clean Air Policy
  17. Dirk Brinkman – Founder and CEO, Brinkman and Associates Reforestation Ltd.
  18. Donna Lee – U.S. Department of State, Office of Global Change
  19. Doug Boucher – Director, Tropical Forests and Climate Initiative, Union of Concerned Scientists
  20. Duncan Marsh – Director, International Climate Policy, The Nature Conservancy
  21. Emily Figdor – Federal Global Warming Program Director, Environment America
  22. Eric Bettelheim – Chairman, Sustainable Forestry Management
  23. Eric Haxthausen – Climate Change Senior Policy Adviser, The Nature Conservancy
  24. Florence Daviete – Associate, World Resources Institute
  25. Frank Loy – Former Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs
  26. Gerrity Lansing – President, Equator Environmental
  27. Gonzalo Castro – Sustainable Forestry Management
  28. Greg Janetos – Sustainable Forestry Management
  29. Greg Minnick – Director, TREES, Rainforest Alliance
  30. Gustavo Silva-Chávez – Int’l Climate Change Policy Analyst, Environmental Defense
  31. Helen Howes – Vice President, Environment, Health & Safety, Exelon Corp.
  32. Holly Fechner – Of Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP
  33. Howard Gould – Director of Corporate Development, Equator Environmental
  34. Jacob Scherr – Director, International Programs, Natural Resources Defense Council
  35. James Baker – Director, Global Carbon Measurement Program, William J. Clinton Foundation
  36. James Russell – Senior Director, Clinton Climate Initiative, William J. Clinton Foundation
  37. Jan Hartke – William J. Clinton Foundation
  38. Jason Scott – Partner and Co-founder, EKO Asset Management Partners
  39. Jeff Reamy – Manager, Downstream/Environment, ConocoPhillips
  40. Jeff Waldon – Executive Director, Conservation Management Institute
  41. Jesse Fink – Co-founder and Managing Director, Mission Point Capital
  42. Joanna Durbin – Director, Climate Community and Biodiversity Alliance
  43. John Niles – Carbon Conservation
  44. John Stowell – Vice President, Environmental, Healthy, & Society Policy, Duke Energy Corp.
  45. John Van D. Lewis – Coordinator, Carbon & Poverty Team, Academy for Educational Development
  46. Jon Sohn – Vice President-Policy and Market Development, Climate Change Capital
  47. Jose Rente Nascimento – Senior Natural Resources Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank
  48. Judy Belk – Senior Vice President, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
  49. Karen Steuer – Sr. Officer and Dir. Of Government Operations, Pew Environment Group
  50. Kate Hamilton – Managing Director, Ecosystem Marketplace
  51. Keister Evans – Executive Director, Tropical Forest Foundation
  52. Kelly Keenan Aylward – Head of Federal Affairs, Wildlife Conservation Society
  53. Kyle Danish – Partner, Van Ness Feldman PC
  54. Laura Ledwith – Director, International Policy & Science, Conservation International
  55. Lee Stein – Founder and Chair, Prize Capital
  56. Leslie Durschinger – Principal, Terra Global Capital
  57. Leslie Jones – General Counsel, The Wilderness Society
  58. Lisa Handy – Senior Director, Conservation International
  59. Liz Bernstein – Director, Nobel Women’s Initative
  60. Lydia Olander – Sr. Associate Dir., Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University
  61. Marc Paul – Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP
  62. Mariann Quinn – Director, Environmental Policy, Duke Energy Corp.
  63. Marisa Meizlish – Manager of Advisory Services, New Forests
  64. Marisa Uchin – Manager, Federal Government Relations, PG&E Corporation
  65. Mark Trexler – Managing Director, Global Consulting Services, EcoSecurities
  66. Marty McBroom – Federal Environmental Affairs, American Electric Power
  67. Melinda Kimble – Executive Vice President, United Nations Foundation
  68. Merribel Ayres – President, Lighthouse Consulting Group
  69. Michael Jenkins – President and CEO, Forest Trends
  70. Michael Wolosin – Senior Policy Fellow, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
  71. Nathan Clark – Director of Public Affairs, Construction & Forestry, John Deere
  72. Nigel Purvis – Visiting Fellow, Resources for the Future
  73. Paul Ezekiel – Head of Global Carbon Trading, Credit Suisse
  74. Peter Jenkins – Director of International Conservation, Defenders of Wildlife
  75. Radha Kuppalli – Director, New Forests, Inc.
  76. Ralph Ashton – Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists
  77. Ricardo Bayon – Partner and Co-founder, EKO Asset Management Partners
  78. Russell LaMotte – Beveridge & Diamond PC
  79. Sally Ericsson – National Policy Representative, The Pacific Forest Trust
  80. Scott Settelmyer – Co-founder and Managing Director, TerraCarbon LLC
  81. Simon Roosevelt – Sagamore Foundation
  82. Steven Corneli – Vice President, Market and Climate and Policy, NRG Energy, Inc.
  83. Teresa Heinz – Chair, The Heinz Foundations
  84. Tracy Johns – Policy Advisor, Woods Hole Research Center
  85. Wanjira Maathai – The Green Belt Movement
  86. Wendy Paulson – Chairman of the Board, Rare Conservation
  87. Wolfgang Ortloff – Director of Environmental Asset Management, Equator Environmental

Note: The list above does not include congressional staffer attendees or members of the media.

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