COP15 Climate Change Conference

 
Expert attendees available for interview
Dr. Russ Mittermeier
President

Talk to me about: biodiversity, primates, climate change, payment for ecosystem services
Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French

Glenn Prickett
Senior Vice President and Executive Director Center for Environmental Leadership in Business (CELB)
Senior Fellow, United Nations Foundation

Talk to me about: global environmental policy, US climate policy, energy, REDD+ finance, low carbon development and corporate leadership on the environment
Languages: English

Dr. Fred Boltz
Senior Vice President for Global Strategies & Climate Change

Talk to me about: climate change, adaption and mitigation, payment for ecosystem services, REDD, economics, sustainable development.
Languages: English, Spanish, French

Carlos Manuel Rodriguez
Vice President Global Policy

Talk to me about: payment for ecosystem services, REDD, global environmental policy, sustainable development, Costa Rica
Languages: English, Spanish

Dr. Jonah Busch
Post Doctoral Fellow in Economics of Climate Change and Biodiversity

Talk to me about: REDD reference levels, REDD finance, low carbon development
Languages: English, French

Rebecca (Becky) Chacko
Director of Climate Policy

Talk to me about: international climate policy, UNFCCC, REDD, market mechanisms
Languages: English, Spanish

Manuel Oliva
Director, U.S. Climate Policy

Talk to me about: U.S. Climate Policy
Languages: English, Spanish

Ricardo Ulate
Regional Climate Change Advisor, Mexico and Central America Field Division

Talk to me about: REDD, international climate policy
Languages: English, Spanish

Hannah Campbell
Senior Manager for Climate Adaptation and Communities

Talk to me about: climate change adaptation policy and strategies, role of ecosystems in helping people adapt to climate change, building capacity and stakeholder engagement for indigenous peoples and local communities in adaptation efforts.
Languages: English, French

Dr. Jatna Supriatna
Regional Vice President, Indonesia Program

Talk to me about: Indonesia, forests, REDD, carbon projects
Languages: English, Bahasa

Clea Paz
Programs Manager, Bolivia Program

Talk to me about:  REDD, climate change adaptation
Languages: English, Spanish

Johnson Cerda
Indigenous Advisor

Talk to me about: Indigenous issues, rural communities, Global Indigenous Caucus on Climate Change, Latin American indigenous peoples
Languages: English, Spanish

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Resources


BRIEFING: COP15 for journalists: a guide to the UN climate change summit - from IEED (PDF - 304 KB)
WEBSITE: COP15
WEBSITE: UNFCCC
LEARN MORE: UNFCCC Glossary
WEBSITE: CCBA
ARTICLE: Comparing Climate and Cost Impacts of Reference Levels for Reducing Emissions From Deforestation - from Environmental Research Letters (PDF - 900 KB)
DOWNLOAD: Climate Action Partnership Factsheet (December 2009, PDF - 303 KB)
DOWNLOAD: Connecting Biodiversity and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation - from the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (PDF - 952 KB)