Thursday, April 12, 2007

  Special Event

Topic:

CAN YOU HANDLE THE TRUTH ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE? Time for corporate action

Speakers

• Dave Mowat, Chief Executive Officer, Vancity
• Bob Elton, President and Chief Executive Officer, BC Hydro

TIME FOR CORPORATE ACTION

In the recent issue of Time, Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University challenges: "When climate-change sceptics mock the fear about a rise of a ‘few degrees’ in temperature, we should remind them of how it feels to have a 1030 fever. A few degrees above normal can mean the difference between life and death, species survival and extinction. And a few actions on our part could make the difference between a healthy planet and one that falls into an environment tailspin."

Before the industrial era, CO2 concentration in the Earth’s atmosphere was 280 parts per million. Based on current trends, that level could reach 560 p.p.m. by mid-century. With our energy system so deeply entrenched in the world economy in vehicles, power plants, factories, residential and office buildings it will take decades to overhaul it. That’s why people who care about the future of the planet will need to push for businesses to reduce industry generated carbon emissions by producing electricity, concrete, steel and plastics in new ways.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

Join us as Vancity CEO Dave Mowat presents a condensed version of Al Gore’s slide show from the Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth and provides ideas on how business can take action against climate change. Bob Elton, president and chief executive officer of BC Hydro, will join Dave in leading a business challenge that will illustrate to business leaders how they can use their influence to take action on climate change.

Q&A guest panelist: Hadi Dowlatabadi, Associate Director/Professor, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia

Event#

071230

Date:

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Time:

Registration: 1 p.m.
Program: 1:30-4:00 p.m.
Reception: 4-4:45 p.m.

Location:

Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle Downtown – Ballroom
1128 West Hastings

Sponsors:

BC Hydro

Tickets:

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Members
Individuals	$45.00 + tax*

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