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World Bank Environment Department
cordially invite you to a book launch and panel discussion featuring
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| | Climate change is a global challenge |
| | requiring international collaborative |
| | action. Another area where countries |
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| | long-term multilateral resolution is |
| | the liberalization of international |
| | trade. Integration into the world |
| | economy has proven a powerful means for |
| | countries to promote economic growth, |
| | development, and poverty reduction. |
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| | This book is one of the first |
| | comprehensive attempts to look at the |
| | synergies between climate change and |
| | trade objectives from economic, legal, |
| | and institutional perspectives. It |
| | addresses important policy questions |
| | and explores opportunities for aligning |
| | development and energy policies in such |
| | a way that they could stimulate |
| | production, trade, and investment in |
| | cleaner technology options. |
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Wednesday, November 14
3:00 - 5:00 pm
a reception will follow the presentation
World Bank J Building, Auditorium J1-050
701 18th St. NW, corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
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Welcoming Remarks and Chair
James Warren Evans
Director, Environment Department, World Bank
Mr. Evans oversees the implementation of the World Bank?s
Environment Strategy, in particular, mainstreaming environmental
objectives into lending and nonlending operations. He provides
leadership to the global environment agenda with internal
constituents and external stakeholders, including the expansion and
strengthening of global environmental partnerships. Mr. Evans joined
the World Bank in July 2003. From 1988 to 2003, he held technical
and managerial positions at the Asian Development Bank based in
Manila, his last position was the Director for the Environment and
Social Safeguards Division.
Presented by author
Muthukumara Mani
Senior Environmental Economist, Environment Department, World Bank
Mr. Mani leads the World Bank's work on assessing environmental
implications of policy reforms. His work also focuses on country
environmental assessments, natural resources management,
environmental institutions and governance, climate change and
adaptation and trade and environment issues. His research and
analytic work on industrial pollution, trade and environment and
environmental governance has appeared in professional economic
journals. He has also co-authored several policy research working
papers for the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
Panelists
Jennifer Prescott
Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, Environment and Natural Resources,
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Ms. Prescott is responsible for environment negotiations in the
World Trade Organization (WTO), including environmental goods and
services market access. She also serves as the U.S. lead negotiator
for environment provisions in U.S. Free Trade Agreements in the
Middle East region, including Morocco, Bahrain, Oman and the United
Arab Emirates. In addition, her portfolio includes several
multilateral environment and health agreements and issues, most
recently the UNEP-lead negotiations for a Strategic Approach to
International Chemicals Management (SAICM).
Robert Bradley
Director, International Climate Policy Initiative, World Resources Institute
Mr. Bradley is the Director of International Climate Policy at the
World Resources Institute (WRI). He manages WRI's Sustainable
Development Policies and Measures (SDPAMs) project and has worked
for 10 years on energy and climate issues, with a particular
emphasis on renewable energy policy and financing, energy efficiency
and international climate policy. Prior to joining WRI he spent 10
years consulting for private, public, and NGO sector clients on
issues such as international climate policy, innovative financing
for renewable energy, solar energy marketing, market assessments for
wind energy, economic impact of environmental policy, and
geopolitical aspects of energy agreements.
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