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Preventing Resource Conflicts by Replacing Fossil
Transport Fuels
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Dörte Fouquet, EREF, Belgium |
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Franz Alt, Germany |
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The mounting resources conflicts and the related endangerment
of world peace and the global economy |
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The spectrum and potential of Renewable Energy transport fuels |
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The watershed between solar and nuclear or fossil hydrogen |
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The decline of the oil age
Robert Bentley, Reading University, UK |
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Why natural gas is not an alternative
Julian Darley, Post Carbon Institute, Canada |
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The rise and fall of the fossil world economy
Elmar Altvater, Germany |
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The ignored link between the global water and
energy crises
Ole von Uexküll, Sweden |
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A summary report from the 2nd World Conference on
Biomass 2004
Wolfgang Palz, WCRE Chair, Member of the ISES board |
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The potential of biomass for fuels
Ralph E.H. Sims, Centre for Energy Research, Massey
University, New Zealand |
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The central role of biofuels
- Bodo Wolf, CHOREN Industries, Germany
- Giuliano Grassi, General Secretary, European Biomass Association
(EUBIA), Italy |
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| 12.30 - 16.00 |
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Education and Financing Capacity Building
for Renewable Energy
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Judy Siegel, President, Energy and Security Group, USA |
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Claude Turmes, Member of the European Parliament |
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Reasons behind investment failures for Renewable Energy |
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Micro-financing requirements and opportunities |
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Guidelines for certification of Renewable Energy promotion
organizations |
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Policy and Financing Efficiency for promoting
Renewable Energy
Frank Pinto, Executive Coordinator, Global Environment
Facility, Deputy Leader of the Energy and Environment
Group, UNDP |
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The role of international
research network for promoting RE
Jürgen Schmid, University of Kassel, Germany |
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The research, education and training push for Renewable Energy
Osman Benchikh, UNESCO |
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Human capacity building for Renewable Energy
Klaus Knecht, InWEnt, Germany |
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Financing Renewable Energy
in the Developing World; Issues and Opportunities
Klaus-Peter Pischke, KfW, Germany |
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Evaluation of Renewable Energy financing failures and prospects
- Nancy Wimmer, USA
- Noara Kebir, Algeria |
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The Grameen Shakti example
Dipal Chandra Barua, Bangladesh |
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Criteria for certifying finance institutions
Klaus Rave, Investitionsbank Schleswig-Holstein,
Germany; Vice President, EWEA |
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Presentation of a WCRE Guideline for Certification of
Effective Renewable Energy Promotion |
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| 16.00 - 19.00 |
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New Institutional Capacity Building for Renewable
Energy Acceleration
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Rakesh Bakshi, Chairman, RRB Consultants and Engineers Pvt. Ltd.;WCRE
Chairperson for Asia, India
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Arthouros Zervos, President, EREC |
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The need of forceful international institutions
for promoting Renewable Energy
Thomas Johannson, University of Lund, Sweden |
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The meaning of legal framework for Renewable Energy
promotion
Richard L. Ottinger, Pace Law School, IUCN ELP, USA |
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The Concept of an International Renewable Energy
Agency (IRENA)
Wolfgang Hein, Vice-President of EUROSOLAR,
Austria |
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Transitioning to a global energy future
Yogi Goswami, President, ISES |
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The world solar programme
Osman Benchikh, UNESCO |
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The way towards IRENA: a voluntary initiative
of likeminded governments
Hermann Scheer, General Chairman WCRE |
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