Towards a Transatlantic Green New Deal

The Heinrich Boell Foundation & The Worldwatch Institute  cordially invite you to attend

    Towards a Transatlantic Green New Deal:

The Path to a Green Economy that Will Fight Climate Change and Create Quality Jobs

Tuesday, June 23, 2009
12 p.m. - 2 p.m.

2247 Rayburn House Office Building

Capitol Hill, Washington, DC 20515

Light lunch will be served.

(Registration and Lunch 12 p.m.-12:30 p.m.)

Please join us for a transatlantic dialogue featuring Juergen Trittin, Member of German Parliament for Alliance 90/The Greens, and U.S. and United Nations policy experts on strategies to overcome today's joint economic and environmental crises and create new green job opportunities for workers around the world. The speakers will discuss the findings of a  new report: Towards a Transatlantic Green New Deal: Tackling the Climate and Economic Crisis, prepared by the Worldwatch Institute for the Heinrich Boell Foundation.

Please RSVP here.

Welcome

Hilary French, Worldwatch Institute

Klaus Linsenmeier, Boell Foundation

Keynote

 Juergen Trittin, Member of German Parliament for Alliance 90/The Greens

Panel: Core Elements of a Green New Deal

Moderator: Amy Fraenkel, United Nations Environment Program

Michael Renner, Worldwatch Institute

Michael Peck, Gamesa

This event has been made possible by funding from the European Commission. The European Commission is not responsible for the content of the event.