Notable Speakers
The conference advertised the following notable speakers:
- Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- Professor Nicholas Stern, author of the prominent Stern report.
- Professor Daniel Kammen, Professor of Energy at the University of California, Berkeley and climate advisor to the Obama Administration.
- Connie Hedegaard, Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy.
- Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish Prime Minister
- José Manuel Barroso, 11th President of the European Commission (did not speak)
- Ian Chubb, president of Australian National University
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