IMMEDIATE
FRIDAY 28 JANUARY 2005
ATTENTION: NEWS EDITORS/ECONOMIC/ENVIRONMENT/ POLITICAL CORRESPONDENTS
FOR FORWARD PLANNING
LORDS COMMITTEE ON THE ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE TO HEAR FROM CONTROVERSIAL AUTHOR
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee inquiry into the Economics of Climate Change is due to hear evidence from controversial Danish economist
Professor Bjorn Lomborg − author of
The Skeptical Environmentalist.
Lomborg was named one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time Magazine in April 2004.
He is one of three witnesses due to appear before the Committee on
Tuesday 1 February, from 3.45 pm, Committee Room 3.*
The Committee will also hear from:
(Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)
(Professor of Sustainability and Global Change University of Hamburg)
The evidence session is open to the public. Access is via St Stephen's Entrance, Palace of Westminster. Allow 15 minutes to pass through security.
(*Please note: room allocations can change at short notice.)
For more information about Professor Bjorn Lomborg use the following link:
http://www.lomborg.com/biograph.htm
For more information about Dr Rajendra Pachauri use the following link:
http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/bios/pachauri.htm
For more information about Professor Richard Tol use the following link:
http://www.uni-hamburg.de/Wiss/FB/15/Sustainability/tol.html
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