Meeting the energy needs of current and future generations while ensuring ecological sustainablilty will be the defining challenge of the 21st century.

The University of Maryland’s Sustainable Development & Conservation Biology program will host the second annual Sustainable Energy Forum to explore progressive proposals for confronting the challenge of global warming from a scientific, technological, and particularly a policy perspective:

• What level of carbon reduction is necessary to avert ecological tipping points?

• What policy options are most effective for reaching carbon reduction targets?

• Which technologies can contribute to less carbon-intensive energy?

• Will carbon markets finance sustainable development and biodiversity conservation?

Join IPCC WGIII co-chair Ogunlade Davidson, Ecuador's Minister of Energy Alberto Acosta and distinguished speakers for a discussion of climate change mitigation strategies that share parity with the scale and urgency of the problem.

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