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ECO POWER Brings UN Envoy and Two Nobel Peace Prize Winners to Brazil; Conference...

Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:35pm EST

ECO POWER Brings UN Envoy and Two Nobel Peace Prize Winners to Brazil;Conference Seeks to Generate Public Policies Aimed at Making Renewable EnergyViable

FLORIANOPOLIS, Brazil, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The opening of the ECOPOWER Conference -- International Forum on Renewable Energy and Sustainability

-- featured 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner and Vice-President of the-- featured 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner and Vice-President of theIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Mohan Munasinghe, formerPresident of Chile and UN Special Envoy for Climate Change Ricardo Lagos, andGovernor of Santa Catarina state Luiz Henrique da Silveira. "From 2020 thedeveloping countries with average per capita income will have carbon emissionand deforestation reduction targets, as well as energy efficiency objectives,"Ricardo Lagos emphasized.

(Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071203/SPTH001 )

The event will run through November 30 at the Costao do Santinho Resort inFlorianopolis (Santa Catarina state), bringing together 130 conferees andspeakers. The objective is to generate public policies that makeimplementation of renewable energy projects in Brazil viable and createbusiness opportunities. A variety of topics will be addressed: Ethanol andbiofuels: How to produce without compromising the use of land for growingfood; Green companies x positive balance sheets: Encouraging responsibleconsumption standards; New technology for using clean coal, etc.

Muhammad Yunus of the Grameen Bank (2006 Nobel Peace Prize Winner) willdiscuss Karma Capitalism, how cooperation and microcredit can eradicatepoverty. The conference's scientific advisor is one of Brazil's top energyspecialists, physicist Jose Goldemberg, professor and former president of theUniversity of Sao Paulo. "In Brazil, renewable energy is still not discussedmuch, whereas nuclear and hydroelectric power are always controversialsubjects. Cost is the problem with renewable energy in Brazil, as thetechnology is already there, but the barriers can be eliminated with large-scale production," said ECO POWER director Ricardo Bornhausen.

"This very important event will debate and showcase alternatives tocurrent energy matrixes. Our planet of tomorrow depends on our attitudestoday," said Mohan Munasinghe. The event has the official support of the StateTourism, Culture and Sports Secretariat -- Funturismo -- and Celesc (SantaCatarina's electricity company), and is sponsored by Banco Real, Bunge, Sadia,Eletrosul and Tractebel Energia. More information at www.ecopowerbrasil.com.brSOURCE ECO POWERMedia, Chris Moraes, chris.moraes@ketchum.com.br, or Ana Cristina Nobre,anacristina.nobre@ketchum.com.br, both of Ketchum Estrategia for ECO POWER,+011-5511-5096-4334


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