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Technological Innovations & Emissions Reductions
The role of cement industry and CCS

Presentation
Ambassador Richard Jones
Deputy Executive Director, International Energy Agency

Rob van der Meer
EU Public Affairs Director, Heidelberg Cement

John King
CO₂ Manager, Shell

Jennifer L. Morgan
Director for Climate & Energy, World Resources Institute

Ruksana Mirza
Senior Vice President, Corporate Industrial Ecology, Holcim Group Support LTD

Thursday, December 3, 2009
Rayburn House Office Buildling, Room 2325
Washington DC, 20515
9:00-11:00 AM Presentation, 8:30 AM Registration

While the series is free of charge, we ask that you please
register by Wednesday, December 2, for security reasons.

Event Description:

This briefing comes in the run-up to Copenhagen, at a time where identifying tangible processes and technologies for carbon emissions reductions from heavy industry is high on governmental agendas. To support the discussions, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has developed a set of detailed technology roadmaps that outline potential technological development and dissemination paths, to help us reach a global halving of carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. It recently launched a roadmap on carbon capture and storage (CCS), and has worked with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) to develop an industry-specific roadmap for the cement sector.

This event will launch these two roadmaps, and will cover:

• Emissions reductions potential in the cement industry, the source of 5% of global man-made CO₂ emissions
• The potential for CCS as part of the technological solution in the cement and power sectors
• Investment needs and policy/public engagement strategies for CCS more broadly
  The IEA technology roadmap project and the role of technology policy in the climate change debate

For more information on these technology roadmaps, see www.iea.org/roadmaps or www.iea.org/roadmaps/cement.asp   

Biographies:

Richard H. Jones, Deputy Executive Director, International Energy Agency took up his duties as Deputy Executive Director of the International Energy Agency on 1 October 2008. Ambassador Jones, a former American diplomat, brings to the IEA over thirty years of diplomatic and policy experience on issues ranging from Middle East politics to trade negotiations and energy security. After a rapid rise through the ranks of the U.S. Foreign Service, he served as the American Ambassador to four countries: Israel (2005-2008), Kuwait (2001-2004), Kazakhstan (1998-2001) and Lebanon (1996-1998). He also acted as the U.S. Secretary of State’s Senior Advisor and Co-ordinator for Iraq Policy from February-August, 2005.

Rob van der Meer, was appointed EU Public Affairs Director in 2007 and was incorporated in the new Group department “Global Environmental Sustainability” where he also coordinates all CO2 issues for HeidelbergCement. His business career started at the regional government of the Province of Limburg (Netherlands) as environmental engineer focusing on industry air pollution. In 1996, he joined the cement plant of ENCI (Dutch subsidiary of HeidelbergCement) as a process engineer and was appointed as responsible for the engineering department in 2000. In 2004 he moved to the Heidelberg Technology Center as CO2 Coordinator for HeidelbergCement. In 2007, he was appointed EU Public Affairs Director and was incorporated in the new Group department “Global Environmental Sustainability” where he also coordinates all CO2 issues for HeidelbergCement.

John King serves as the chair of NACCSA, a nonprofit organization of companies in North America that support the development of a sustainable carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and storage (CCS) industry in the United States and Canada. His experience includes environmental R&D roles and a number of management roles dealing with environmental, regulatory and safety issues for Shell's manufacturing, heavy oil and upstream businesses in the US and Canada. As CO2 Manager for Shell Upstream Americas, he currently leads efforts to manage GHG emissions from existing operations and future development projects in the Americas.  As part of Shell's commitment to advancing key technologies for climate change, John is responsible for coordinating Shell's CCS projects and CCS policy work in the Americas.
 
Jennifer L. Morgan is the Director of the Climate and Energy Program at the World Resources Institute. Prior to WRI, she worked at E3G as its Global Climate Change Director, where she lead the organization’s climate change work on its full range of global activities, and she remains a non-executive Board member of E3G. Prior to joining E3G, Jennifer Morgan led the Global Climate Change Programme of Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF), present in over 30 countries around the world. She joined WWF in July 1998 and headed its delegation to the Kyoto Protocol climate negotiations. Before joining WWF, Ms. Morgan worked for the US Climate Action Network, a network of over 200 environmental groups worldwide with eight regional offices working on global climate change.

Ruksana Mirza is the Head of Corporate Industrial Ecology (CIE) at Holcim Group Support Limited in Switzerland. Ruksana leads the Environmental, Climate Change and Alternate Resources departments promoting the use of alternative fuels and raw materials and supporting the Group to comply with its internal and external environmental obligations. Ruksana joined St. Lawrence Cement (SLC) in 1999 before joining Holcim (US) in 2003, as Vice President of Environmental Affairs. She served on the board of directors of the Portland Cement Association (PCA), where she chaired the Global Climate Subcommittee of the Energy and Environment Committee.  Ruksana also represented the US cement industry on the Cement Task Force of the Asia Pacific Partnership on Climate Change. 

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