The Challenge of Climate Change
Tuesday the 6th of May 2008
"The International Transport Forum offers
a unique opportunity for the transport sector to say how it will deal
with global warming", said Jack Short, Secretary General of the
International Transport Forum in Paris on Tuesday, while introducing
the programme of the Forum 2008. " The Forum will bring together
Ministers, politicians, key industry actors, top researchers as well as
high level representatives of NGOs and civil society from around the
world to discuss, debate, and provide a set of messages on how the
sector can best reduce its impacts on global warming". The Forum will
chart the strategies and measures that must be put in place, nationally
and internationally, if the sector is to contribute to reducing global
emissions by around 50% over the next 50 years. Minister of Transport,
Industry leaders and experts from more than 50 countries will make the
Forum the "transport summit of the year"
German Federal Chancellor, Angela Merkel will deliver a keynote
address at the Forum 2008. "The participation of the Chancellor
underlines the important role foreseen for the International Transport
Forum as a high level strategic platform, and also the enormous
challenge for the transport sector that global warming poses" said
Short. Among the speakers, along with many others, are eminent industry
leaders, such as Thomas Enders ,CEO, Airbus; Thierry Morin, CEO, Valeo;
leading academics like Professor Julia King, author of the recent
report "The King Review on low carbon cars"; and key figures of
international agencies such as Angel Gurriá, OECD Secretary General and
Nobou Tanaka, IEA Executive Director.
"The International Transport Forum offers a unique opportunity for the transport sector to say how it will deal with global warming", said Jack Short, Secretary General of the International Transport Forum in Paris on Tuesday, while introducing the programme of the Forum 2008. " The Forum will bring together Ministers, politicians, key industry actors, top researchers as well as high level representatives of NGOs and civil society from around the world to discuss, debate, and provide a set of messages on how the sector can best reduce its impacts on global warming". The Forum will chart the strategies and measures that must be put in place, nationally and internationally, if the sector is to contribute to reducing global emissions by around 50% over the next 50 years. Minister of Transport, Industry leaders and experts from more than 50 countries will make the Forum the "transport summit of the year"
German Federal Chancellor, Angela Merkel will deliver a keynote address at the Forum 2008. "The participation of the Chancellor underlines the important role foreseen for the International Transport Forum as a high level strategic platform, and also the enormous challenge for the transport sector that global warming poses" said Short. Among the speakers, along with many others, are eminent industry leaders, such as Thomas Enders ,CEO, Airbus; Thierry Morin, CEO, Valeo; leading academics like Professor Julia King, author of the recent report "The King Review on low carbon cars"; and key figures of international agencies such as Angel Gurriá, OECD Secretary General and Nobou Tanaka, IEA Executive Director.