Clean Energy As a Driver for Cooperation and Global Growth

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Event Details
Contact

Ben Hill
Venture Lab
404-894-2376

Summaries

Summary Sentence: A conversation sponsored by the Georgia Tech Clean Energy Speaker Series.

Full Summary: What is the role for international collaboration in advancing Clean Energy?  What is the UK’s experience in driving jobs and growth in Clean Energy and Clean Tech sectors? What can be learned and shared about progress and setbacks that have occurred? What new forms of collaboration are helping advance Clean Energy? Where can international partnerships make a difference?

On May 10, UK Government Minister Gregory Barker MP will be interviewed by CNN International anchor Fionnuala Sweeney.

Clean Energy and Clean Technology are established global markets with excellent prospects for future growth. In the United Kingdom the Clean Energy and Clean Tech sectors have continued to expand despite the difficult economic conditions. In 2011 worldwide spending on solar projects totalled $136 billion while US spending equaled $56 billion. At the same time worldwide investments from venture capital, corporate RD&D and government R&D sources in the development of Clean Tech exceeded $10 billion. (Bloomberg New Energy Finance)

What is the role for international collaboration in advancing Clean Energy? What is the UK’s experience in driving jobs and growth in Clean Energy and Clean Tech sectors? What can be learned and shared about progress and setbacks that have occurred? What new forms of collaboration are helping advance Clean Energy? Where can international partnerships make a difference?

  • Gregory Barker MP, UK Minister of State, Department of Energy & Climate Change — A member of Parliament, Barker was appointed Minister of State in the Department of Energy and Climate Change by Prime Minister David Cameron in May 2010. He has a broad ranging portfolio including energy innovation, green jobs, sustainability and the green economy.Gregory Barker was appointed Shadow Minister for Climate Change & Environment in December, 2005 and led the passage of the Climate Change Bill through the House of Commons in 2008 and was a key author of the Conservative Party’s ‘Low Carbon Economy’ green paper, launched in January 2009. In October 2008 he was promoted to Shadow Climate Change minister in the new Shadow Department of Energy and Climate Change. 
  • Fionnuala Sweeney, CNN International — Sweeney is an anchor and correspondent at the network’s headquarters in Atlanta. She was previously based in London and has reported on major news events from around Europe and the Middle East. Most recently she has reported from Cairo, Jerusalem and Abu Dhabi as part of the network’s coverage of the unrest in Egypt and the Middle East. She was the launch anchor of "World News Europe."

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Groups

School of Public Policy, Green Buzz

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Categories
Seminar/Lecture/Colloquium
Keywords
clean tech, energy, Green Buzz
Status
  • Created By: Michael Hagearty
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: May 1, 2012 - 2:11pm
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 9:58pm