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Invitation: EU-India - A new partnership on climate change?

By E3G Admin

The climate debate between Europe and India is stuck, with official positions limited by how far governments are willing to go in light of UNFCCC negotiations. Both the EU and India are falling far short of their potential. If we are to respond to the climate challenge effectively, fresh thinking is urgently needed.

We are pleased to announce the first in a series of seminars in India and Europe, designed to ask hard questions of why the partnership is not working and what needs to be done to reinvigorate it. Across the EU and India new voices are emerging in response to the perceived failure of governments to deliver on climate change. This seminar series will bring many of them together to build new coalitions for action and work with governments to move official positions on.

The series will culminate with a set of recommendations feeding into the EU-India Summit in Marseille on 29 Sept 2008.

‘EU-India: Towards a new partnership on climate change’

Tuesday 6 May 2008 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm

Speakers:

Ms Malini Mehra, Founder & Chief Executive, Centre for Social Markets (India)

Mr Matthew Findlay, Global Deal Programme Leader, E3G

Mr M. K. Lokesh, Deputy Head of Mission, Indian Embassy

Mr Robert Donkers, Environment Counsellor, European Commission Delegation to India

Chaired by
Martin Porter, Managing Director of The Centre

Venue: The Centre, Avenue Marnix 22, B-1000 Brussels

To register, please send an email with “EU-India climate partnership” in the subject field and stating clearly your name and organisation to .