WFC events around the globe 2012
Europe
- Austria: International Conference on Good Policies for Persons with Disabilities, Vienna
- Sweden: Jokkmokk Winter Conference 2012, Norrbotten
- Switzerland: Global Energy Basel, Basel
- Germany: Municipalities moving ahead in climate protection, Stuttgart
- Germany: German-African Economic Forum North Rhine-Westfalia 2012, Dortmund
- Belguim: A prelude to the European Accessibility Act: Findings of the Zero Project Report, Brussels
- Switzerland: "Towards the Common Good“ – 3rd Zermatt Summit, Zermatt
- Liechtenstein: Congress on Sustainable Development and Responsible Investing
- Austria: 2012 NPT Preparatory Committee, Vienna
- Italy: Access to Sustainable, Renewable Energy in Africa as Prerequisite for the MDGs, Bellagio
Asia
- Sri Lanka: Building a Sustainable Future, Colombo
- Singapore: World Oceans Summit, Sentosa Island
Africa
- Uganda: 126th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly, Kampala
- South Africa: Millennium Development Goals Summit, Cape town
- Egypt: Saving our shared future - Strategy Meeting, Sekem
- South Africa: Climate Finance & Carbon Markets Africa, Johannesburg
North America
- United States: World Renewable Energy Congress, Denver
- United States: Governance Issues and the Rio+20 Zero Draft, New York
- United States: Feed-in Tariff Workshop, Sacrament
- United States: Initial discussions on the Rio+20 Zero Draft, New York
Central and South America
- Brazil: Decisions We Need for the City of 2030, Rio de Janeiro
- Brazil: Choosing Our Future, Rio de Janeiro
- Brazil: World Summit of Legislators Discusses Visionary Policies for Biodiversity, Rio de Janeiro
- Brazil: FiTs in Developing Countries, Rio de Janeiro
- Brazil: Social Justice for Future Generations, Rio de Janeiro
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Events 2011
Europe
- Austria: 8th CESIO Congress ‘Global challenges and answers’, Vienna
- Belgium: Green Week of the European Commission, Session on 'Monitoring our impact on the environment: the role of Ombudsmen' Brussels
- Belgium: EREC Policy Conference, participation of the climate energy team, Brussels
- Croatia: Speech at ‘Energy Cities’ Annual Rendezvous, Presentation of ‘Regenerative Cities Conept', Zagreb
- Estonia: European Youth Meeting for Sustainable Development 2011, Tallinn
- France: Keynote lecture on Regenerative Cities, Paris
- France: WFC intervention at IEA briefing on energy access, Paris
- Germany: Kampnagel International Summer Festival, ‘To whom does the world belong?’ Hamburg
- Germany: UNFCCC SB 34 - WFC Side Events on SDR und Cities, Bonn
- Germany: Presentation of winning policies of the 2011 Future Policy Award at International Forest Conference, Bonn
- Hungary: Consultation on ‘The Right to a Healthy Environment’ at the Office of the Hungarian Parliamentary Commissioner for Future Generations
- Italy: ‘Think More About’ conference
- Netherlands: WFC at steering committee meeting of UN Habitat’s World Urban Campaign
- Norway: Energy for All – Financing Access for the Poor, Oslo
- Poland: Annual General Meeting of the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms, Szeczin
- Sweden: Tällberg Forum, Speech at Rio +20 workshop ‘Can a new generation of global political leaders ensure the Earth’s security?’ Sigtuna
- Switzerland: Ecological and Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Warfare seminar ‘Climate Change, Nuclear Risks and Nuclear Disarmament: From Security Threats to Sustainable Peace’ report released, Geneva
- Switzerland: World Resources Forum, Davos
- Switzerland: Speech at Masdar, 'European Future Energy Forum’ on renewable energy policies, Geneva
- Switzerland: Key note speech at 'Green Growth Gathering' on Renewable energy policies, Zurich
- Spain: Key note speech 3rd Conferences on Cities, Renewable Energy and Energy, Zaragoza
- Turkey: Eurosolar Turkey – IRENEC, Presentation about FiTs at IRENEC Conference, Istanbul
- UK: Financial Times conference on future energy markets and renewable energy development
Asia
- India: WFC & HCU Parliamentary Hearing on Regenerative Cities, ‘Regenerative urbanisation in India: Steps towards future-proofing urban development’, Delhi
- Japan: briefing of the government of Japan on Feed in tariffs and Europe’s energy transition
- Maldives: SLOW LIFE Symposium on sustainable tourism, Soneva Fushi
- United Arab Emirates: Global City Forum 2011 ‘Visionary values for sustainable cities’, Abu Dhabi
Africa
- Egypt: 10th World Wind Energy Conference and Renewable Energy Exhibition, Cairo
- Nigeria: WFC/AREA Power Kick for Africa 2. ‘Solar Powered Public Viewing of the Women's Football World Cup 2011’, Abuja
- Nigeria: WFC/AREA 3rd International Conference of the African Renewable Energy Alliance on Renewable Energy Policies and Gender, Abuja
- South Africa: World Economic Forum ‘Energy Efficiency – Accelerating the Agenda’, ‘New Energy Architecture’ and ‘Scaling up Renewables’, Cape Town
- South Africa: Power & Electricity World Africa 2011 WFC endorsed conference & exhibition + opening panel discussion, Johannesburg
- South Africa: Renewable Energy Africa Conference & Exhibition, WFC/ AREA endorsement & participation, Johannesburg
- South Africa: UNFCCC Climate Summit COP17 and CMP7, Durban
North America
- Canada: Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing, Future Policy Award 2010 presented in side event on ‘Visionary Biodiversity Laws and Policies’, Montreal
- Canada: ARE - Alliance for Renewable Energy set up by WFC for Canada and USA
- Canada: Workshop with Paul Gipe, Edmonton, Alberta
- Canada: Keynote - The Path to a Canadian Sustainable Energy Future, Edmonton, Alberta
- Canada: Report on how cities that aren’t MUNIs can do FITs, Edmonton, Alberta
- Canada: Participation in conference on the application of international humanitarian law to nuclear weapons, Vancouver
- United States: Future Policy Award 2011 announcement at UN headquarters and evening award ceremony, New York
- United States: American farmers and Rural Electric Coop fact finding mission to Germany and Austria
- United States: Green economic principles for Rio+20, New York
- United States: US FIT coalition calls and meetings with RBF, New York
- United States: Plenary talk at FIT conference, Oakland, California
- United States: Keynote talk to World Resources Institute think-tank, Washington DC
- United States: Participated in 11th Hour Project daylong seminar, San Francisco
- United States: Coordinate with Alliance for a Sustainable Colorado, Denver
- United States: FIT panel at AREDAY - American Renewable Energy Day, Aspen, Colorado
- United States: Advise energy experts on FITs, New Mexico
- United States: Advise World Bank on FIT policy, Washington DC
- United States: Collaborate with EcoLogic Institute on tours, Washington DC
- United States: Coordinate with UN Foundation on SDRs, Washington DC
- United States: Coordinate with CitiGroup bank on SDR roundtable, New York
- United States: Presentation Best Nuclear Disarmament Policies, daylong UN disarmament event, New York
Central and South America
- Brazil: Side event on “100% renewable energy and beyond for cities: urban renewable power policy toolbox” at the World Urban Forum in Rio de Janeiro
- Mexico: Side event on “Regenerative Cities: more than sustainable urban development” at UN Climate Change Conference – COP16 in Cancún
Events 2010
Europe
- Austria: Speech at 13th GlobArt Academy - GlobArt Talk: Time for change, modules for a different progress
- Belgium: First public seminar on Future Generations and how the EU 2020 strategy can be used to safeguard opportunities for them
- Switzerland: Presentation of WFC proposal "Breaking the funding deadlock" which focuses on financing climate security on a global scale
- UK: Debate of the Scottish Parliament to make Scotland a Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
- Poland: Presentation of good policies for the promotion of renewable energies in the EU at the Central and Eastern Europe Renewable 2010 Conference in Warsaw
- Portugal: WFC co-hosts Ways to legally implement Intergenerational Justice Conference in Lisbon
- Germany: Presentation on cities at My Sustainable World Conference
- France: Workshop to examine best practise policies in order to set priorities for future research and development in OECD countries
- Sweden: Policy dialogue “Identifying the policy implications of world-changing initiatives” at the 5th Global Youth Entrepreneurship Sustainability Summit
- Liechtenstein: Lecture on "Direct market development mechanisms in practice: the renewable energy feed-in tariff" at the Liechtenstein Congress
Asia
- Japan: WFC Future Policy Award 2010 Ceremony at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Nagoya
- China: Keynote lecture in Dezhou, “China's Solar City” and “Model city for the use of renewable energy in building”
- Malaysia: Presentation of the WFC vision on Future Justice at the Multi Religious Consultation on Faith, Shared Wisdom and International Law
- Maldives: Presentation about “The Role of Renewable Energy for a Steadily Increasing Global Ecotourism” at the 2nd Six Senses Eco Symposium
- Saudi Arabia: Keynote lecture on policy and strategic-making skills at the event of the Saudi Sustainability Initiative
- Abu Dhabi: Presentations on Renewable Energy for Cities and Feed-In Tariffs at the World Renewable Energy Congress
Africa
- Ghana: “Power Kick for Africa” - public viewing of the 2010 Football World Cup in the non-electrified village of Oboadaka, Ghana
- Tanzania: Interregional hearing of WFC and e-parliament
- Senegal: Presentation of Solar Energy Support Policies and Mechanisms at an ECREEE Regional Forum in Dakar
- South Africa: Workshop on “7 Principles of Future Just Law Making – Renewable Energy Policies for Sustainable African Development” at the First Steering Committee meeting of the African Renewable Energy Alliance (AREA) in Johannesburg
- Egypt: Panel discussion on the impact of climate change on coastal cities
North America
- Michigan: Feed-in Tariff Price Setting Workshop on how to set feed-in tariff prices for a host of renewable technologies
- New York: Keynote speech to develop a FIT Policy Incentive proposal at FIT for New York: A Long-Term Renewables Incentive Vision
- Washington D.C.: Presentation of “Powering the Green Economy: the feed-in tariff handbook”
- Massachusetts: Feed-in Tariff Price Setting Workshop to provide a series of intensive training sessions across North America on how to set feed-in tariff prices
- Canada: Presentation on Germany’s and Europe's experience with ten years of FIT at the Feed-in Tariffs for Developers Conference in Toronto
- Florida: FIT workshop at 2nd Annual FARE Conference (Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy)
- California: Meeting of government officials, political decision-makers and NGO representatives from Pacific fringe states in order to develop a Pacific Ocean 2020 Strategy