PARIS, Oct. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Former California Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger will join regional and local leaders from across five continents, at the Palais d'Iena in Paris on October 10th and 11th, 2014 at the World Summit of Regions for Climate. This pivotal event brings together government, business, finance, academic, and NGO leaders from across the globe to discuss and formulate new solutions to the critical issue of climate change. The Summit will be co-hosted by The Economic, Social and Environmental Council of France and R20 Regions of Climate Action, a non-profit organization created by Schwarzenegger in 2010, with the aim of uniting cities, states, provinces, and other regions to create a network of bottom-up climate policies and actions that over time will lead to broader solutions on both the national and international levels.
WHO: R20 Regions of Climate Action The Economic, Social and Environmental Council of France
WHAT:World Summit of Regions for Climate R20 Regions of Climate Action will hold the World Summit of Regions on Climate in order to generate a multi-stakeholder "bottom-up" movement through the mobilization of regional and local stakeholders. The Summit will gather 500 participants, including regional leaders, government officials, heads of large corporations, investors, associations, and the media.
WHEN: Friday, October 10, 2014 - Event Schedule Highlights Below
WHERE: Palais d'Iena - Conseil economique, social et environnemental9 Place d'Iena 75016 ParisFrance
WHY: The objective of the Summit is to bring together and engage a broad community of actors in the "bottom-up" approach: regions, cities, businesses, and financial institutions in different areas of the green economy, as well as civil society. The event will also be an opportunity to announce the creation and funding of innovative projects enabling the sustainable reduction of greenhouse gas emissions at the global level. The Summit is positioned within the "positive agenda" of COP21 preparations and represents a call to action on the sub-national level, for world leaders to unite and come to an agreement on universal climate change policies.
Event Schedule Highlights
Friday, October 10th
10am - Official Opening - The Road to Paris 2015
Remarks by Jean-Paul Delevoye, President of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council, France; Terry Tamminen, Strategic Advisor to R20 Founder, former Secretary of California Environmental Protection Agency, USA; Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, Franceand Manuel Valls, Prime Minister, France
From 10am to 6pm and October 11th from 9am to 4pm (Full schedule of events available upon request)
Saturday, October 11th
9am – Opening Speeches – The Road to Paris 1015
Remarks by Arnold Schwarzenegger, R20 Founder and former Governor of California, USA and Laurent Fabius, French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development, France
2pm – Defining the "Positive Agenda" – Succeeding in Reaching a New International Agreement at COP21 in Paris 2015
Remarks by Laurence Tubiana, Founder of IDDR and climate expert; Terry Tamminen, Strategic Advisor to R20 Founder and former Secretary of California Environmental Protection Agency, USA; Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of UNFCCC; Pierre-Henri Guignard, Secretary General, COP21, France; Jean Jouzel, Vice-President of the IPCC, France
3:00 pm – Declaration Signing – Presentation of commitments of regions, and signing
Remarks by Michele Sabban, President of R20, and FMDV, France; Andrae Rupprechter, Austrian Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Austria; Arnold Schwarzenegger, R20 Founder and former Governor of California, USA
