Climate Change TV » Private Sector

Reid Detchon

francesca — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:44:20 +0000

Reid Detchon, Vice President for Energy & Climate, explains his hopes for Cancun on issues such as deforestation and technology. He sees that the private sector is increasingly recognising the opportunity in moving to a green economy. He says developed countries have a moral obligation to help developing countries with the challenges they face.

Cherine Khallaf

francesca — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:40:03 +0000

Cherine Khallaf , from Egypt’s Ministry of Trade and Industry, explains how she hopes that the business sector in the developed world has better consideration over issues such as intellectual property rights. She talks about Egypt’s plans to develop a green economy.

Juan J Daboub

francesca — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:25:56 +0000

Juan J Daboub, explains how his organisation, the Global Adaptation Institute, is working on the adaptation fund. There three concrete areas they have identified including developing matrices which show a return on investment, structuring an outreach communication programme for developing countries, and providing grants and venture capital to small and medium sized enterprises in areas of water, food. agriculture and coastal protection.

Alexander Sarac (June 2009)

admin — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:20:36 +0000

Alexander Sarac, General Counsel for Carbon Transactions and an associate director with EcoSecurities, talks about the Clean Development Mechanism and how it fits into emissions reduction efforts, and calls for an improvement in the CDM system and explains how the free market can play a key role in the process. Also see Alexander Sarac speaking from Bonn, April 2009. And Alex Michaelowa from Perspectives Climate Change, speaking from Barcelona in 2009.