FOREWORD10 Sir Crispin TickellDirector, The Policy Foresight Programme, The JamesMartin Institute for Science and Civilisation, OxfordUniversityG8 MEMBER COUNTRIES12 Rt Hon Jim PrenticeMinister of the Environment, Canada CANADA'S ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE16 Nicolas SarkozyPresident of the French RepublicRETHINKING WORLD GOVERNANCE18 Dr Yukio HatoyamaPrime Minister of JapanCLIMATE EFFORTS CONTINUE AFTER COPENHAGEN20 Dmitry MedvedevPresident of the Russian Federation CHANGING CLIMATE IS A THREAT TO SECURITY22 Barack ObamaPresident of the United States of AmericaMOVING TOWARDS CLEANER ENERGY ANDHEALTHIER PLANETCLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY24 Peter BondChief Executive Officer, Linc Energy Ltd. NEW ENERGY FOR CLEANER INDUSTRYPOST- COPENHAGEN REVIEW 28 Lars Løkke RasmussenPrime Minister of DenmarkTHE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE30 Dr Steve HowardFounder and CEO, The Climate GroupThe ACCORD AND BEYONDPROTECTING THE NATURALENVIRONMENT34 Dr James HansenDirector, NASA Goddard Institute for Space StudiesAdjunct Professor, Earth and EnvironmentalSciences, University of ColumbiaHONEST, EFFECTIVE ACTION FOR PEOPLE ANDTHE ENVIRONMENT36 Kim CarstensenLeader of the Global Climate Initiative, WWFInternationalBACK ON THE TABLE? CLIMATE CHANGE AT THEG8 AND G20 SUMMITSSUSTAINABLE BUSINESS38 Achim SteinerExecutive Director, The United Nations EnvironmentProgramme (UNEP)BUSINESSES NEED TO EMBRACE A LOW-CARBONGROWTH42 Rt Hon Lord Chris SmithChairman, Environment AgencyDELIVERING ROBUST AND TRANSPARENTREGULATION OF CARBON REDUCTION46 Professor Hanns HoelzChairman of ecosense - Forum for SustainableDevelopment of German Business CLIMATE PROTECTION AFTER COPENHAGEN:REMARKS FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE FINANCE 50 Robert TaconFormer Chairman, UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)Paul Clements-HuntHead, UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEPFI)WARINESS AND HOPE IN CANCUN?CONTENTS008THE NEW ECONOMYIn Association with 88925034