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Exposé

Eines der zentralen Schwerpunktthemen der deutschen EU-Ratspräsidentschaft und des deutschen Vorsitzes der G8 2007 ist die Energiesicherheit. Angesichts weltweit wachsendem Energiebedarf, knapper werdender Ressourcen, steigender Öl- und Gaspreise und der Gefahr des Klimawandels erlangen erneuerbare Energien, also die Erzeugung von Strom aus Solarenergie, Wind- und Wasserkraft, Biomasse und Erdwärme, eine immer größere Bedeutung. Ziel des Internationalen Zukunftskongresses ist es, die Potentiale erneuerbarer Energien für Entwicklungsländer zu beleuchten.

Program

13:45 Uhr

WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS

Mr. Wilhelm Staudacher, Secretary General, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

Ambassador Ortwin Henning, Vice President and Head of Conflict Prevention Program, EASTWEST Institute

14:00 Uhr

Keynote Speeches

Mr. Andris Piebalgs, EU Commissioner for Energy

Dr. Peter Paziorek, Parliamentary State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection

Questions and Answers

SESSION 1:

RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION –

BETWEEN NATIONAL/EUROPEAN INTEREST AND GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITIES

15.00 Uhr

Chair: Herbert Reul MEP, European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

• Professor Stefan C. Krauter, Chairman, World Council for Renewable Energies; Board Member, International Solar Energy Society
• Eric Tang, Policy Officer, Energy and Environment, DG Environment, European Commission
• N.N., German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
• Simon Worthington, Environmental Senior Policy Adviser, BP Europe

SESSION 2:

POTENTIAL AND BENEFIT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

17.00 Uhr

Chair: Nick Mabey, Chief Executive “E3G” (Third Generation Environmentalism), Senior Advisor in the British Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit

• Eric Usher, Head of Renewable Energy Finance at UNEP’s Energy Branch Paris/France
• Professor Mamadou Mansour Kane, Director of the Center of Renewable Energy, Dakar/Senegal
• Professor Weber Antonio Neves do Amaral, Director of the Brazilian Biofuels Program, Piracicaba/Brazil
• Dr. V.V.N. Kishore, Senior Fellow, The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI), New Dehli/India

Conclusions

Dr. Gerhard Wahlers, Head of Department of International Cooperation, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

Dr. Greg Austin, Director for Policy Innovation and Acting Director, Global Security Programme, EastWest Institute