BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT LAST-MODIFIED:20070518T132049 SEQUENCE:0 ORGANIZER:IQ2 DTEND:20071030T203000 UID:2008-07-26T14:03:04-0400_381116137@socialweb1 DESCRIPTION:*Speakers for the motion:* \n \nEric Bettelheim: A commercial l awyer and co-editor and contributor to a seminal publication by The Royal S ociety on carbon sequestration. He is Executive Chairman of Sustainable For estry Management\, a leading company in ethical and sustainable forest land -use\, taking advantage of the new markets for environmental services\, par ticularly carbon dioxide\, with a commitment to reducing poverty and the de struction of natural habitats in the developing world. \n \n \nAnatole Kale tsky: One of the country's leading commentators on economics\, he was forme rly Economics Editor and is now an Associate Editor of The Times. He has wo n many awards for his financial and political journalism. Before joining Th e Times\, he worked for 12 years on the FT. \n \n \nThe Rt Hon Oliver Letw in: MP Conservative MP for West Dorset. His former appointments include Sha dow Chief Secretary to the Treasury\, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer an d Shadow Secretary of State for Environment\, Food & Rural Affairs. Since D ecember 2005\, he has been the Chairman of the Party's Policy Review and Ch airman of the Conservative Research Department. \n \n*Speakers against the motion:* \n \nLord Lawson: Chancellor of the Exchequer (1983-89) and Membe r of the Economic Affairs Committee of the House of Lords\, which in July 2 005 produced a unanimous report on the economics of climate change. Deliver ed a lecture for the Centre for Policy Studies in November 2006 entitled †˜The Economics and Politics of Climate Change - An Appeal to Reason’. \n \n \nDavid Rieff: An American writer and policy analyst. He has served as a consultant for several humanitarian organisations and written widely on w ar\, human rights and humanitarian assistance to Africa. He is the author o f five books including ‘Slaughterhouse: Bosnia’ and ‘The Failure of T he West’. \n \n \nFrances Cairncross: Rector of Exeter College\, Oxford. Formerly on the staff of The Economist and past President of the British A ssociation for the Advancement of Science. Her books include ‘The Company of the Future’ (2002). Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Honorary Member of the BA. \n \n \nThe debate will be chaired by Andrew Neil Publisher\, editor\, writer\, broadcaster and business consultant on media matters. He is Publisher of Press Holdings\, owners of The Business i n London and The Scotsman in Edinburgh. He also presents BBC TV's ‘Daily Politics’ and ‘This Week’. During his career\, he has been editor of The Sunday Times and UK Editor of The Economist. SUMMARY:Capitalism can save the planet (with carbon trading we can solve th e climate change crisis without damaging economic growth) DTSTART:20071030T180000 CREATED:20070518T131145 DTSTAMP:20080726T140304 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR