David Hone: Senior Climate Change Adviser, Shell International
Paul Jefferiss :Head for Energy, Climate and Environment, BP
Dr. Eugenio Laris: Project Director, Federal Electricity Commission (Comisión Federal de Electricidad, CFE), Mexico
Bob Pegler: Senior Vice President Europe Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute
Rob Renner: Minister of Environment of Alberta, Canada
From left to right: BP rep;..Alberta Environment Minister-Rob Renner;...Shell Rep. at the Cora Beach Hotel meeting room. Not very well attended. Strong presence of Alberta every which way.
Edmonton... Environment Minister Rob Renner travelled to Cancun, Mexico to represent Alberta’s interests and priorities for a global greenhouse gas reduction framework at the United Nation’s 16th annual climate change conference (COP16) from December 6 to 10.
“The world must find solutions to the challenge of meeting a growing global energy demand, retaining economic growth and reducing emissions,” said Renner. “While climate change is the focus in Cancun, others will want to hear about the environmental performance of our oil sands. I will take this opportunity to talk about Alberta’s successes, challenges and the importance of our energy resource to all Canadians. We have a record to be proud of and an important story to tell.”
As a part of the Canadian delegation at COP16, Alberta will continue to put forward priorities for an international agreement that is fair, achievable and transparent. From the province’s perspective, an agreement must include all emitters and have the right focus on technology development and deployment, while creating confidence that the world can reduce emissions and have strong economies.
Renner will also meet with other jurisdictions to discuss Alberta’s:
$2-billion investment in carbon capture and storage;
experience operating North America’s only emission reduction program;
mandatory targets for all large emitters;
regulated offset market;
price on carbon; and
clean energy technology fund, which has already collected $187 million.
The estimated cost for Renner and his Executive Assistant to attend for five days is $4,500.
Room Coral Kingdom 2 of Coral Beach
