Business of Climate Change Conference 2009

A recent conference held in canada.

Business of Climate Change Conference 2009

Businesses all over the world are looking to transition to a low carbon economy in order to manage increasing regulatory, investor, physical and reputational risks. Unlike previous recessions where the environment was put on the back burner, governments around the globe are forging ahead with green stimulus investments and carbon constraining legislation.

At this year's conference you'll hear from public policy experts on the probable domestic and international regulatory context, short and medium term scenarios and implications for Canadian business. Learn from leading corporate executives about their strategies, successes and challenges in analyzing climate change across business units, reducing risks, increasing value and realizing positive bottom line results.

The most interesting (and only publicly available) presentation was by Jeff Rubin who is author of Why Your World is About to get Smaller: Oil and the End of Globalization . He is an economist and makes arguments are familiar to those of us following peak oil discussions. His basic thesis is that globization will reverse itself for low value goods. The margins, he says, are too small to withstand triple digit oil. I am looking forward to reading his book on the specifics. Intuitively it makes sense but numbers are always good.