Update:April 1, 2010

Message from Chair of the CTI for the Participants

The Climate Technology Initiative
Office of the Chairperson
Routing Code PO-6; Room 7C-034
Forrestal Building
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585, USA
Tel. 1-202-586-6768
Fax 1-202-586-8177

18 September 1999

Message from the Chair of the CTI

for the Participants in the

CTI Training Course on Energy Efficiency

Greetings. It is a great pleasure for me to welcome you on this important occasion - the third Climate Technology Initiative (CTI) Training Course. The first course was here in Japan, and it was so successful that training has become one of the most important and effective activities of the CTI. Energy Efficiency is central to man's ability to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, and hence to mitigate the potential impacts of global climate change. By participating in this Course, you are making a major contribution to solving this problem. The technologies and practices that you will be exposed to this week are vital as we begin to address this issue and the needs of sustainable development.

However, even more important than your being here as a student is the role you will play after this week as a teacher. The CTI thinks of these courses as "training the trainer." By this we mean that the benefits from applying what you learn here this week will be multiplied many times over when you share your knowledge with your colleagues and associates at home.

Under the sponsorship of the CTI, we plan to make these courses available in different regions of the world, and to cover a range of subjects that reflect the CTI Mission:

To promote the objectives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by fostering international cooperation for accelerated development and diffusion of climate-friendly technologies and practices for all activities and greenhouse gases.

At this time, courses are planned in Italy and Germany, followed perhaps by Denmark, Africa, and South America. Just as you are learning from us, as these courses take place, we are learning from you how to provide a better and more effective training experience, and also how we can provide other forms of technology transfer. Accordingly, my CTI colleagues and I invite you to share with us your views and "lessons learned," and to make suggestions for future course topics and materials.

Again, it is an honor for me to greet you here today, albeit not in person. While I am sorry that I cannot be with you, you have my best wishes for what I know will be a successful and productive week.

Sincerely,

Abraham E. Haspel