SESSIONS
India Bangladesh Session
Vibhuti Garg, IISD
Ashish Fernandes, Greenpeace
Gireesh Shrimali, Director Climate Policy Initiative India
Simon Nicholas, IEEFA
Global Outlook for Electricity Markets
Melissa Brown, IEEFA
Nityanand Jayaraman, Chennai Solidarity Group
Paul Bodnar, Rocky Mountain Institute
Moderator: Tim Buckley, IEEFA
Fossil Fuel Divestment; New York City and State Leading the Nation
Dan Zarrilli, Office of New York Mayor Bill DiBlasio
Adam Zurofsky, Office of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo
Denise Patel, 350.org
Moderator: Kathy Hipple, Bard College
Community-Based Strategies for the Energy Transition
Nicole Horseherder, To’ Nizhoni Ani (video)
Tony Skrelunas, DinéHózhó
Ingrid Vila Biaggi, Cambio PR
Tomás J. Torres, Puerto Rico Institute for Competitiveness and Sustainable Economy
Moderator: Heidi Binko, Just Transition Fund
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Pros and Cons
John Thompson, Clean Air Task Force
Anna Sommer, Sommer Energy
Presenter/Moderator: David Schlissel, IEEFA
Financial Vulnerabilities of the Oil and Gas Industries
Clark Williams-Derry, Sightline Institute
Ted Nace, CoalSwarm
Moderator: Tzeporah Berman, York University
China is Coal, Coal is China
Shelagh Whitley, Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Melissa Brown & Tim Buckley, IEEFA
Han Chen, NRDC
Ben Caldecott, Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme
Calvin Quek, Greenpeace
Xinyue Ma, Global Development Policy Center
Financial Challenges Facing the U.S. Coal Mining Industry
Seth Feaster, IEEFA
Andy Blumenfeld, Doyle Trading Consultants
Moderator: Sarah Brennan, Robertson Foundation
LNG/Natural Gas Market Trends
Bruce Robertson, IEEFA
David Schlissel, IEEFA
Presenter/Moderator: Deborah Goldberg, Earthjustice
U.S. Energy Industry Trends
Jim Hempstead, Moody’s
Anna Zubets-Anderson, Moody’s
Presenter/Moderator: Shannon Fisk, Earthjustice
Natural Gas Pipelines
David Bookbinder, Niskanen Center
Natalie Karas, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
Moderator: Rebekah Sale, Property Rights and Pipeline Center
Distributed Solar as an Organizing Strategy
Anya Schoolman, Solar United Neighbors
David Ortiz, El Puente
Moderator: Cathy Kunkel, IEEFA
Creating Our Future Transport System
Hannah McKinnon, Oil Change International
Dan Becker, Safe Climate Campaign
Mark Kresowik, Sierra Club
Moderator: Suzanne Mattei, IEEFA
Global Coal Phaseout Outlook
Matt Gray, Carbon Tracker Initiative
Heffa Schuecking, Urgewald
Christine Shearer, CoalSwarm
Alison Kirsch, Rainforest Action Network
Moderator: Kathrin Gutmann, Europe Beyond Coal
Business-Driven Demand for Renewable Energy
Tom Murley, Two Lights Capital
Moderator: Melissa Brown, IEEFA
U.S. Utilities Financial Outlook
Julien Dumoulin-Smith, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML)
Presenter/Moderator: David Schlissel, IEEFA
Interdependence Among Oil, Gas and Petrochemical
Cathy Kunkel, IEEFA
Eric Schaeffer, Environmental Integrity Project
Moderator: Lisa Hamilton, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
Insuring Coal No More?
Cynthia McHale, Ceres
Peter Bosshard, The Sunrise Project
Andreas Spiegel, Independent Sustainability Expert
Moderator: Larry Shapiro, Rockefeller Family Fund
Integrating Renewables into the Grid, Lessons from Developed and Developing Countries
Warren Lasher, ERCOT
Eric Gimon, Energy Innovation
Sara Jane Ahmed, IEEFA
Moderator: Gerard Wynn, IEEFA
IEEFA and Columbia Law School brought together environmental advocates and attorneys from around the world for a three-day training program in New York City. The training covered current developments in the coal, natural gas, renewables, and electric utility industries. It was designed to provide advocates and attorneys with the skills to understand and engage in the financial aspects of current debates on fossil fuels.