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Addressing the World Congress on Water, Climate and Energy in Dublin, Ireland, on 17 May 2012, Einari Kisel, WEC's Senior Fellow for European Policies and Partnership Development, emphasised the need for stronger co-operation between governments and businesses to tackle the energy for water challenge. |
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During May 2012, Christoph Frei engaged in high level discussions, presenting the key findings from WEC flagship studies, at conferences in UK, Jordan and Canada.
On 3 May WEC's Secretary General spoke at the UK Energy Summit, held by The Economist in London. On 7 May Frei and Dr Hisham Khatib, WEC Honorary Vice Chairman, gave opening speeches at the Jordan International Oil Shale Symposium in Amman. On 14 May Frei addressed the World Forum on Energy Regulation in Québec, Canada. |
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The election will take place during the WEC Executive Assembly in Monaco, 5-8 November 2012. The person elected, who will succeed current WEC Chair, Pierre Gadonneix, will serve a year as WEC Chair-elect before being officially seated at the end of the World Energy Congress in Daegu, October 2013. |
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Dr Christoph Frei, the World Energy Council's Secretary General, met with Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General, on Friday, 10 February 2012 at the United Nations headquarters in New York to discuss collaboration on the International Year of Sustainable Energy For All.
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During a recent trip to Canada, World Energy Council Secretary General Christoph Frei toured four provinces with colleagues from the Energy Council of Canada to learn of Canadian perspectives on current energy issues. |
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The WEC African Regional meeting took place at the Sandton Convention Centre of Johannesburg, South Africa, on 28th February 2011. The meeting was hosted by SANEA, WEC MC of South Africa; and chaired by Prof. A. S. Sambo, WEC Vice Chair Africa Region and Chairman of Nigerian National Committee of WEC.
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The World Energy Council, through its Task Force on Trade and Investment Rules, has been monitoring the progress in the WTO’s commendable efforts to reduce or eliminate barriers to trade for environmental goods and services, both in the Committee on Trade and Environment in Special Session (CTE-SS) and in plurilateral talks. |
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Energy Leaders Summit Asia 2010 WEC's first Energy Leaders Summit took place in Beijing last week and was marked by high level representation from a number of Asian and international companies and by energetic and insightful dialogue during the sessions. Issues discussed included energy security in Asia, the role of renewables and energy efficiency, and financing mechanisms to fight energy poverty. |
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WEC SG speech in the Cancun Ministerial Session Speech delivered by Christoph Frei at the 12th International Energy Forum, held in Cancun, Mexico, on 30-31 of March, in conjunction with the 4th International Energy Business Forum. Both events were hosted by the Mexican government. |
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Energy and climate policy dialogue in Riyadh Dr Christoph Frei gave his perspective on the role of a international global price coordination mechanism for carbon as a climate change mitigation policy at a lecture held at the IEF headquarters in Riyadh. Carbon price coordination proposed to curb climate change |
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WEC marks a firm presence in Johannesburg On 23rd February, SANEA, WEC'S South Africa Committee, hosted a workshop and Africa regional meeting. The workshop focused on the Energy and Climate Policy Assessment and also provided an opportunity to discuss WEC's other flagship, Energy Policy Scenarios to 2050 as well as topics of importance to the region, including energy equity and poverty, which WEC is partnering on with the World Economic Forum as part of the Energy Poverty Action (EPA) project. |
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WEC Indian Member Committee Hosts Energy and the Environment Roundtable The WEC Indian Member Committee hosted a welcome reception honouring WEC Chairman Pierre Gadonneix on February 1 at the Ashok Hotel in Delhi. The reception was followed by a roundtable discussion the Energy and the Environment. Over 60 WEC-IMC members and other dignitaries were present at the event. |
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World Energy Council interview on Energy Industry's needs from a Copenhagen Climate Change agreement Interview with WEC Secretary General Christoph Frei, At COP 15, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2009 |
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Trip-perspective on Latin America During a regional tour of Latin America WEC Secretary General Christoph Frei held meetings with Energy Leaders from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Colombia to present the WEC Issue Survey and discuss the most urgent energy challenges of the region. |
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WEC presents key findings of the World Energy and Climate Policy Assessment to Chinese government In an exclusive meeting with the former NDRC (National Development and Reform Commission) Chair and now State Councilor Ma Kai and with NDRC’s first Vice Chair (in the position of an Energy Minister) Zhang Guobao, WEC's Secretary General Christoph Frei presented the key findings of the recently published World Energy and Climate Policy Assessment. more > |
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World Energy and Climate Policy 2009 Assessment launched at FT-WEC Energy Leaders Summit This WEC report was launched by the WEC Chair, Pierre Gadonneix at the 2009 FT-WEC Enery Leaders Summit: |
