Planned and implemented high level forestry event for COP15 in Copenhagen, Dec. 2009

1. Conference of the Parties – UNFCCC COP 15
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation:
Opportunities for U.S. Initiatives in Support of a Global Framework
Wednesday,
Dec.
16,
2009,
from
2:00
to
5:00
pm
Copenhagen,
Denmark
Photographic
Highlights
of
AD
Partners
Event
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Hon. Tom Vilsack
Announces US pledge of $1 Billion in forest protection over the 2010 - 2012 period
Sir. Richard Branson, Dr. Jane Goodall Thomas Friedman Pres. Bharrat Jagdeo of Guyana, PM Jens Stoltenberg of Norway
Conversation about the urgency of REDD+ and the International Frame

2. Brian McClendon, Vice President, Google, Inc., Co-founder Google Earth Kevin Knobloch, President, Union of Concerned Scientists
Hon. Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator UN and World Bank interview by Jeff Horowitz, AD Partners founder Robert Zoellick, President, World Bank
Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat “Unity Coalition” - Leading NGOs and companies advocating for U.S. policy leadership on REDD
Frances Beinecke, President, NRDC; Dennis Welch, Executive Vice President, American Electric Power; Mark Tercek,
President and CEO, The Nature Conservancy; Dave Yarnold, Executive Director, Environmental Defense Fund; Peter
Seligmann, Chairman and CEO, Conservation International; Bill Tyndall, Senior Vice President, Duke Energy
Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director General, IUCN, Carter Roberts, President, World Wildlife Fund,
U.S, Hon. Eduardo Braga, Governor, Amazonas, Brazil

3. U.S. “Unity Coalition” Panel moderated by Ambassador Eizenstat
Pre-Meeting, “Green Room” L - R: Sir Richard Branson, Founder, The Virgin Group; Amb. Stuart Eizenstat, Former U.S. Negotiator; Carter Roberts,
President, World Wildlife Fund, U.S.; Dennis Welch, Executive Vice President, American Electric Power; Robert Zoellick, President, World Bank; Tom
Friedman, Author, Journalist, New York Times; Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director General, International Union for Conservation of Nature; Jane Goodall, DBE,
Founder, The Jane Goodall Institute, and UN Messenger of Peace; Brian McClendon, Vice President, Google, Inc. and Co-Founder, Google Earth; Hon. Helen
Clark, Administrator, UN Development Programme, former Prime Minister of New Zealand; Kevin Knobloch, President, Union of Concerned Scientists; HE
Bharrat Jagdeo, President of Guyana; Bill Tyndall, Senior Vice President, Duke Energy; Dave Yarnold, Executive Director, Environmental Defense Fund; Nigel
Purvis, Founder and President of Climate Advisers; Peter Seligmann, Chairman and CEO, Conservation International; Rick Saines, Partner, Backer & McKenzie
LLP; Jeffrey Horowitz, Founder, Avoided Deforestation Partners