EPRI Participates in International Climate Meetings
John Novak participated as a nongovernment observer at a series of follow-up meetings to the Copenhagen Accord; the meetings were held May 31-June 11 in Bonn, Germany.  The major issue at these meetings was discussions on a new draft negotiating text for a comprehensive global agreement under the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA).  John was asked to brief the European Union Flexible Mechanisms Group on lessons learned from the development of offsets leading to the Kyoto Protocol and the Clean Development Mechanism in order to provide insights into the development of potential sectoral crediting.  He also met with members of the Expert Group on Technology Transfer to provide input on the report under development on options to facilitate international collaborative technology research and development.  The report will be submitted to the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice in December in Cancun, Mexico.  The Group expressed interest in an EPRI "think piece" as input to the report, and EPRI has begun its development.