Biography provided by participant
Stephen D. Eule is the vice president for climate and technology at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy.
Previously, Eule was the director of the Office of Climate Change Policy & Technology at the U.S. Department of Energy. His prior experience includes a decade working in various public policy positions. He was a subcommittee staff director on the House Science Committee and also served as legislative director for Rep. Nick Smith. In addition, Eule was an environmental analyst in the Washington, D.C. office of New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman. Earlier, he worked for eight years as an Orkand Corporation consultant to the Energy Information Administration and at the Heritage Foundation, where he was assistant editor of the book Free Market Energy.
Eule earned a master of arts degree in geography from The George Washington University and a bachelor of science degree in biology from Southern Connecticut State College.
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Recent Responses
December 17, 2009 03:11 PM
Always Prepared?
In a previous post, I raised many of the same issues regarding funding. To finance global emissions reductions and avoidances at the level being talked about in these negotiations will mean a staggering and wholly unprecedented amount of wealth transfers from developed to developing countries. The $10 billion "starter" fund on offer isn't enough for the developing world--they want to move right to the main course. Adding a "0" would make it more appetizing.
But I'd like to take the Congressman's thought a step further. As we think about the scale and scope of the transformation in energy systems that would be necessary, we have to ask ourselves if we are prepared to do what is needed not just in finance, but in many other areas no less critical.
For example, the International Energy Agency notes that to achieve a 50% global reduction in CO2 emissions by 2050, we're looking at building 32 gigawatts of additional nuclear capacity--an amount that is 50% higher than the historical high--every year for 40 years.
Continue ReadingDecember 16, 2009 01:00 PM
Major Economies Business Forum Meets
While the stalemate continued in the Bella Center, the international business community gathered at Dansk Industry for a meeting of the Major Economies Business Forum on Energy Security and Climate Change (MEBF).
For those of you not familiar with MEBF, it is a group of large trade associations from the major economies modeled after the intergovernmental Major Economies Forum. The group represents over 25 million companies over six continents. The group's first formal meeting was back in September at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The meeting produced a joint statement outlining the international business's community's goals headed into Copenhagen.
Here in Copenhagen, another meeting of the Major Economies Business Forum was convened. We used the occasion of COP-15 to further our di
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