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Global business leaders issued "The Copenhagen Call" at the close of the World Business Summit on Climate Change on May 26. Click here for the Call. Transcripts are available of the address by Cate Blanchett, Ban Ki-moon, José Manuel Barroso, Yvo de Boer, and Lars Løkke Rasmussen. Also now available is the Summary Report for Policymakers.

Please return to this site for on-demand video of all three days of the Summit. For media wishing to access footage of the Summit, e-mail worldfeed@eurovision.net.

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To Be, or Not to Be? New Leadership for a Sustainable Economy
By The Climate Community | November 18, 2009
Failure or success at COP15 will require the private sector to help guide the economy onto a sustainable path. On December 12, the Copenhagen Climate Council will bring together business leaders from around the world at Hamlet's Kronborg Castle to help kick-start the low-carbon revolution.
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PBS' "NOW" Explores "Electric Car Dreams" of Shai Agassi and Anders Eldrup
By Justin Gerdes | November 2, 2009
Will green energy and electric cars drive a new global climate change plan? Yes, say Copenhagen Climate Council members Shai Agassi, CEO of Better Place, and Anders Eldrup, CEO of DONG Energy, this week on the PBS series "NOW."
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"The Time Is Now," Says GE's Jeff Immelt Today in Copenhagen
By Laura Storm | October 28, 2009
Agreement at COP15 in December could create millions of new green jobs, unleash huge investments in new, low-carbon markets, and thereby spur economic growth, Jeff Immelt, CEO of GE, said at a press conference today in Copenhagen with Danish Minister for Climate and Energy Connie Hedegaard.*
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Killing the Climate Myths

Erik Rasmussen,
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Copenhagen can actually deliver a significant result for the benefit of future generations, but business leaders and governments must think beyond the climate myths argue Danish Minister of Climate and Energy Connie Hedegaard and Erik Rasmussen, founder of the Copenhagen Climate Council.*
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Joan Ruddock: The EU Deal Is Crucial for a Global Deal
For a global deal on climate change to be realistic in Copenhagen, the EU has to get its gear together in its own deal. Joan Ruddock, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the UK at the newly created Department of Energy and Climate Change, tells the Climate Community she sees no other way. The Climate Community,
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Upcoming Events
Theory to Action: The Science, Economics, and Policy of Climate Change 23 November, 2009 | Washington, D.C. | Organized by: Fulbright Association and NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

The National Capital Area Chapter of the Fulbright Association invites you to attend Theory to Action: The Science, Economics, and Policy of Climate Change. Climate change is an ever increasing topic for debate. Science for the first time in history has stepped heavily into the public arena with information that is not simply novel and fascinating, but of a predictive quality. Please join us for a stimulating discussion on this important topic.

Climate Change, Displacement and Migration: Understanding and Responding to the Humanitarian Impacts 25 November, 2009 | Geneva | Organized by: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Climate change is becoming a major driver of disasters, with increasingly frequent and intense floods and storms affecting more people globally. Increased forced displacement is an extremely likely consequence of such events. Heightened drought risk, desertification, sea-level rise, and changes in the availability of water and fertile land, coupled with reduced access to basic resources, will also fuel longer term migration and forced displacement. Climate change therefore has the potential to displace millions of people in coming decades, with potentially extremely significant humanitarian consequences.

Research on the scale and nature of human mobility as a result of climate change events and processes, as well as the humanitarian impacts, is still in its infancy. However, an emerging body of inter-disciplinary research is beginning to look at these issues, with the aim of helping policy makers to make informed decisions on how to prevent, prepare for, or respond to the humanitarian implications of climate change. This event will profile some recent research on climate change and human mobility, look at the future direction of research and how it can best inform humanitarian decision making, and discuss some of the policy questions that need to be addressed to effectively manage the impacts of climate change impacts on displacement and migration.

Welcome and introduction – Niels Scott, OCHA Disaster displacement in the context of climate change: Findings of a recent study by OCHA/IDMC – Kate Halff, IDMC Forced migration hot spots: from humanitarian response to area-wide adaptation – Jean Francois Durieux, UNHCR Environmental changes, conflicts and migration:  Addressing development and humanitarian needs – Tom Delrue, UNEP Migration and the Environment: Findings of a New International Study and Priorities for Future Research – Frank Laczko, IOM – Questions and discussion

Important information: Interested researchers and practioners from UN agencies, NGOs and research institutes are invited to attend this event. If you wish to attend, please inform Chantal Lejarle of OCHA by email (lejarle@un.org). If you do not have a badge that would allow access to the Palais, please also request one from Chantal, making sure to include your name and organisation. Room XI is on the 3rd floor of A Building.

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