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The International Climate Dialogue Meeting was organised around 4 panel debates:

Expectations for a Climate Agreement at COP 15

The entire summery is availeble below as well as the program

Panel A:
• Connie Hedegaard, Minister for Climate and Energy
• Saleemul Huq, Chairman of Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS)
• Yu Jie, Head of Policy and Research, The Climate Group China Office
• Alden Meyer, Director of strategy and policy, Union of Concerned Scientists, USA

Issues discussed:
• Crunch issues in the negotiations
• The lack of representation of the most vulnerable people to Climate Change in the negotiations
• Chinas role and actions on Climate Change
• The importance and role of technology

For entire summary of the dialogue click here

Mitigation and Justice

Panel B:
• Angelica Narvarro, Lead negotiator, Bolivia
• Srinivas Krishnaswamy, Climate and Energy Campaigner, Greenpeace India
• Peter Emberson, Climate Change Campaigns Officer, Pacific Conference of Churches

Issues discussed:
• The historical debt A1 countries have in causing climate change should be reflected in the A1 Mitigation targets.
• India’s role and action on Climate Change
• The serious consequences Small Island states are already facing due to Climate Change and the least developed countries and a climate agreement at COP 15

Panel C:
• Ketil Karlsen, Senior Advisor, Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Rachel Berger, Climate Change Policy Advisor, Practical Action, UK
• William Chadza, Director, Centre for Environmental Policy and Advocacy, Malawi

Issues discussed:
• Finance for adaptation and the future role of CDM
• The role new and old institutions should play in making finance available for developing countries.
Financing a Climate Agreement

Panel D:
• Per Callesen, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Danish Ministry of Finance
• Antonio Hill, Senior Climate Change Policy Advisor, Oxfam International
• Tasneem Essop, International Climate Policy Advocate, WWF South Africa

Issues discussed:
• The role of providing finance that can help developing countries adopt and fulfill mitigation target.
• The lack of EU leadership in securing finance for adaptation and mitigation
• The inaction of the A1 countries in the negotiations causing stalemate.

Summary of the speeches and the debate can be found here
The full programme for the public meeting can be found here