Date and Time
Friday May 22, 2015
8:30 am-12:00 pm
Location
Paris
Topics
#Climate Change
BSR Spring Forum: A Series of Events on Climate
This spring, BSR will gather the business community ahead of the COP21 climate talks to drive leadership on climate with a series of spring events throughout Europe.
BSR will share its business and climate strategy, Business in a Climate-Constrained World, and how climate “wedges” can be applied to different industries and sectors and—when combined—how they can contribute to a 2°C pathway, which is generally considered the upper limit of global temperature rise to avoid catastrophic climate impacts.
Climate Action: Tackling “Short-Lived Climate Pollutants”
As part of the series, BSR will hold a morning event dedicated to climate and fast mitigation on May 22 in Paris.
Carbon dioxide often takes center stage when it comes to talking about greenhouse gases. A group of lesser-known but no less important pollutants—black carbon, methane, tropospheric ozone, and hydrofluorocarbons, collectively referred to as short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs)—also contribute to the warming of the planet.
The relatively short lifetime of SLCPs, as well as their significant role in global greenhouse effects and human health outcomes, represent an opportunity to slow the rate of global warming while saving millions of lives over the next decades, making them crucial to any climate strategy.
This event will explore how high-emitting sectors such as transport, responsible for approximately one-fifth of black carbon emissions, and oil and gas, the second-largest emitter of methane after agriculture, can develop fast-mitigation strategies for SLCPs.
BSR will present its research on fast mitigation, which was funded by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, on private-sector engagement to SLCPs. In addition, we will explore research on two specific sectors, drawn from waste management, oil and gas, transport, or agriculture, to highlight the opportunities represented by integrating SLCP mitigation strategies into a broader climate action plan.
Agenda
Subject to change.
- 8:30-9 a.m.: Registration and networking
- 9 a.m.-9:30 a.m.: Climate strategy and the “wedges” approach
- 9:30-10 a.m.: Deep dive into fast mitigation
- 10:15-11:30 a.m.: Panel discussion : Best practices on fast mitigation with corporate leaders
- 11:30 a.m.-Noon: Networking reception with light refreshments
Partners
Speakers
- Bahijjahtu Abubakar, Former Co-Chair, Climate and Clean Air Coalition
- Gary Crawford, Vice President, International Affairs, Veolia
- Gerard Langlais, Vice President, Sustainable Development, Arkema
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Edward Cameron, Former Managing Director, BSR
Dr. Edward Cameron has served at the interface of climate, development, and human rights for more than 20 years. He has worked with government, business, civil society, academia, philanthropy, and the media to catalyze bold collective action by all in pursuit of a low-carbon, climate-resilient, and inclusive global economy.
As an advocate, he is a champion of climate justice: reducing greenhouse gas emissions consistent with holding global temperatures well below 2°C above pre‐industrial levels, enhancing the adaptive capacity of communities on the front line of climate risks, and improving access to information, decision-making, and justice for vulnerable and marginalized communities. As a researcher, he builds the case for climate leadership grounded in solid evidence and a forensic assessment of the drivers, challenges, barriers, and conditions that can incentivize or undermine public and private ambition on climate change. As a strategist, he works with diverse stakeholders to devise and implement effective plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; enhance resilience inside companies, across supply chains, and within vulnerable communities; and create policy-enabling environments conducive to climate-compatible development.
Edward spent four-and-a-half years with BSR, first as Director of Partnership, Development, and Research and subsequently as Managing Director with responsibility for the organization’s climate practice. He has previously worked for the World Resources Institute, the World Bank, the Government of the Maldives, and the European Union. Today, Edward serves as an advisor to several international organizations, private-sector facing networks, and philanthropies.
Edward holds a Ph.D. in Social Sciences, Economics, and Business from Åbo Akademi University; an M.A. in European Studies from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; and a B.A. in Political Science and History from University College Dublin.
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Emilie Prattico, Former Manager, BSR
Emilie leads BSR’s engagements on climate change for the EMEA region, including partnerships with grant funders, public-sector bodies, and members in key industries.
Her expertise informs BSR’s climate strategy by including short-lived climate pollutants as a powerful lever for curbing emissions with benefits on health, development, and air quality. She leads research seeking solutions within the finance sector to deepen corporate investment in climate action.
Previously, Emilie worked as a consultant with local governments in California on climate-action strategies and private-sector stakeholder engagement on climate policy planning. She has worked with the transportation, manufacturing, and agriculture sectors on supply chain sustainability and climate impacts. Emilie teaches as a university lecturer in philosophy and sociology. She speaks French, English, German, and Italian.
Emilie holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Northwestern University, an M.S. in Management and Sustainability from HEC (Paris), and a B.A. in Philosophy and Theology from the University of Oxford.
