29/01/09

Following a two day dialogue between GLOBE and the Club of Rome addressed by Mr. Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC and Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, UK Secretary of State for Climate and Energy and GLOBE's President challenged the G20 Chairman, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown MP, to ensure the London G20 Summit addresses the inter connected challenges of the economic crisis, climate change, energy security and ecosystems decline.

Mr. Yvo de Boer said; ‘The April London G20 Summit must not only focus on the short term economic recovery agenda.  It must begin to set the world on a path to genuine sustainable economic reform that addresses the underlying economic challenges of climate change, energy security and ecosystems decline.  Failure to do so will only result in the same 20 countries having to come together at a later date with less time to question why they didn’t get it right the first time.  We can ill afford such a delay or missed opportunity.’

The outcome of the meeting was a statement produced between the GLOBE International legislators and Club of Rome delegates. Please click on the top link to the right to see the statement.

The opening remarks made by the President of GLOBE International can be found if you click on the middle link to the right.

Fred Pearce, the senior environment correspondent for the New Scientist wrote an article about this event, which can be found via the bottom link.

The presentations and meeting documents can be found on the Club of Rome website here - http://www.clubofrome.org/eng/meetings/london_2009/presentations.asp