INSTITUT Veolia Environnement

Climate 2050

Press releases

This section features the press releases that have been launched during the conference preparation.
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Premier Jean Charest and Sheila Watt-Cloutier will open Climate 2050 on October 24

The Honourable Jean Charest, Premier of Québec, accompanied by Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Former Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Conference, will open today Climate 2050: Technology and Policy Solutions. This international climate conference, being held October 24-26, 2007, at the Palais des congrès de Montréal (Canada), brings together leading experts and decision makers to discuss effective climate action over the next half century. Download (pdf - 31Ko)

Media Advisory: Opening Ceremony, October 24

The Honourable Jean Charest, Premier of Québec, accompanied by Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Former Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Conference, will open the international conference Climate 2050: Technology and Policy Solutions, on Wednesday October 24 at 7 p.m. at the Palais des congrès de Montréal. Download (pdf - 29Ko)

High level and keynote speakers are now confirmed

Montreal, Quebec -(July 17, 2007) - Climate 2050 will bring together notable speakers from government, business and academia to explore the critical technology and policy challenges. In sessions focused on key sectors, the conference will highlight technology potentials and gaps, innovative action in the public and private sectors, and critical policy needs. In cross-cutting sessions, the conference also will examine the broader policies and strategies needed at the national and international levels to mobilize action across economies and the globe. Through this combination of sectoral and cross-cutting perspectives, the conference will help to identify essential technology and policy pathways between now and 2050 as well as concrete lines of immediate action.
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International Conference in Montreal to Explore Technology and Policy Solutions to Global Warming

Montréal (Québec, Canada), June 7, 2007 - The climate change debate unfolding at this week's G8 Summit underscores the critical risks and decisions facing nations as they confront the long-term challenge of climate change. These challenges will be explored in-depth at Climate 2050: Technology and Policy Solutions, an international conference gathering leading experts and decision makers from government, business and academia to consider technology pathways and innovative policies to deliver effective climate action over the next half century. The conference will take place October 24-26, 2007 at the Palais des congres de Montreal (Canada). Download (pdf - 30Ko)

Delivering workable solutions to curb the current trends in emissions

Montréal (Québec, Canada), 15 April 2007 - The Veolia Environment Institute (France), the Pew Center on Global Climate Change (USA) and the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (Canada) have joined to organize Climate 2050: Technology and Policy Solutions. The major international conference, focusing on solutions to the critical issue of global climate change, will take place on 24-26 October 2007 at the Palais des Congrès de Montréal (Canada). Download (pdf - 31Ko)