Invitation to Attend "The Rising Tide at Copenhagen: A 'Win-Win' Solution for Industrialized and Developing Nations in a Changing World" Luncheon at the United Nations

Invitation to Attend "The Rising Tide at Copenhagen: A 'Win-Win' Solution for
Industrialized and Developing Nations in a Changing World" Luncheon at the
United Nations

WHAT: Invitation to attend a luncheon at the United Nations on
behalf of The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) and
Columbia University Consortium for Risk Management on "The
Rising Tide at Copenhagen: A 'Win-Win' Solution for
Industrialized and Developing Nations in a Changing World."

AOSIS is a coalition of small island and low-lying coastal
countries that share similar development challenges and
concerns about the environment, especially their vulnerability
to the adverse effects of global climate change caused by
developing countries such as the United States and China.
AOSIS membership of 42 States and observers, and 37 are
members of the United Nations, close to 20% of the UN's total
membership.

Dr. Chichilnisky will explain her proposal for a new financial
mechanism that is mutually beneficial to the US and China
while helping to diffuse their emissions standoff, and how the
Small Island States can play a key role in the climate
negotiations. She will be joined by other scholars, diplomats,
and business leaders who will address a new technical and
financial proposal to help Small Island States respond to
climate risk. Dr. Chichilnisky is a lead author of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and creator and
designer of the carbon market established in the aftermath of
the Kyoto Conference.

WHO: Dr. Graciela Chichilnisky, Columbia University and author of
Saving Kyoto
Dr. Peter Eisenberger, Professor of Earth and Environmental
Sciences, Columbia University
Ambassador Dessima Williams of Grenada, Chair of AOSIS
Yvette Clarke, Member of the United States Congress, New
York's 11th District
Sasha Mackler, Research Director, National Commission on
Energy Policy

WHEN AND
WHERE: Thursday, November 12, 2009, 1:00 to 3:00 PM
United Nations Headquarters, Delegate Dining Room

RSVP: To register to attend this event or if you have any questions,
please contact Lauren Onis at 212-614-4069,
lauren.onis@bm.com, or Amy Rosenberg at 212-614-4558,
amy.rosenberg@bm.com.

/PRNewswire -- Nov. 9/

SOURCE Dr. Graciela Chichilnisky