Climate Change: Can the EU and the US Find Common Ground?
12 January 2011
Residence Palace, International Press Centre
Brussels
With just over a year until the Kyoto Protocol runs its course, the Missouri Transatlantic Center held a forum to address the EU and US's differing views on climate change. The conference addressed the following issues:
Keynote Speakers
Moderator
Host
Residence Palace, International Press Centre
Brussels
With just over a year until the Kyoto Protocol runs its course, the Missouri Transatlantic Center held a forum to address the EU and US's differing views on climate change. The conference addressed the following issues:
- Is it time to admit that global warming is an issue where the United States and Europe will never see eye-to-eye?
- Is an international agreement to cap greenhouse gas emissions still desirable and achievable?
- Outside the arena of international talks, what actions can the EU and the US take to combat warming and deal with the consequences of climate change?
Keynote Speakers
- Jos Delbeke - European Commission Director General for Climate Change
- Louis Bono - Counselor of Energy, Environment, Science and Technology, US Mission to the EU
- Michael Urban - Professor of Geography, University of Missouri
Moderator
- Sonja Van Renssen - Freelance journalist - Climate, energy and environment
Host
- Brady Deaton - Chancellor, University of Missouri
