16 March 2010 - IISS US - Special Address - Dr Klaus Scharioth

On Tuesday 16 March 2010, after an IISS roundtable workshop on Climate Change & Energy Security: Overlapping Priorities, Dr. Klaus Scharioth, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States, spoke to a group of approximately 40 IISS Members and invited guests.  During his speech, Ambassador Scharioth said that the US should learn from Germany’s efforts to “Kill three birds with one stone.”  He said that moving to a low-carbon economy can address climate change, increase energy security, and spur job creation. 

Climate Change and Energy Security

The Honorable Dr. Klaus Scharioth
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States

Moderated by Nigel Inkster
IISS Director of Transnational Threats and Political Risk

Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Reception 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Address and Discussion 6:00 – 6:45 p.m.

The Hyatt Regency, Capitol Hill
400 New Jersey Ave, NW
Washington, DC.

On Tuesday 16 March 2010, after an IISS roundtable workshop on Climate Change & Energy Security: Overlapping Priorities, Dr. Klaus Scharioth, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States, spoke to a group of approximately 40 IISS Members and invited guests.  During his speech, Ambassador Scharioth said that the US should learn from Germany’s efforts to “Kill three birds with one stone.”  He said that moving to a low-carbon economy can address climate change, increase energy security, and spur job creation

Ambassador Klaus Scharioth presented his credentials to President George W. Bush on March 13, 2006. He is a graduate of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, where he studied international relations, international law and international economics and received his PhD. He entered the Foreign Service in 1976 and was political director before serving as State Secretary of the German Foreign Office from 2002 onwards.

‐‐ The IISS would like to thank the European Commission for its generous support in financing this project. ‐‐ 

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Workshop Agenda

09:00 – 09:30             Registration

09:30 – 10:00             Keynote Address

                                   Energy Security and Climate Change – Two Threats to Global Stability

10:00 – 11:15             First Session

                                   Resource Conflicts: The Geopolitical Competition for Energy Supplies

11:15 – 11:30             Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:45             Second Session

                                   Threats to Critical Energy Infrastructure from Climate Change

12:45 – 13:45             Lunch

                                   Off-the-Record Discussion: Climate Change and Energy Security in the US Congress

14:00 – 15:15             Third Session

                                   Policy Trade-Offs between Climate and Energy Security – Transatlantic Differences

15:15 – 15:30             Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:00             Fourth Session

                                   International Governance of Energy and Climate – The Outlook after Copenhagen

17:00 – 19:00             Reception (Open to all IISS Members) 

‐‐ The IISS would like to thank the European Commission for its generous support in financing this project. ‐‐ 

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