The panel of distinguished policymakers will include former Governor of Utah Jon Huntsman; former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Risky Business Committee Member Henry Cisneros; and Chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International Jim Murren. They will discuss the effect of climate change from a business perspective as well as sustainability efforts to ensure a strong economy.
They will also be joined by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and keynote speaker former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, along with other top policymakers and market leaders. The panel will aim to generate ideas that bring the public and private sectors together leading to further growth of the US clean energy economy.
The summit is to be held at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on September 4th 2014 and is aiming to highlight how the private sector and government can collaborate to deploy clean energy, invest in innovation, modernize the US electricity grid and reducing climate changing pollution. The panel will allow for a prospective look at how businesses assess the risks of climate change and how public-private partnerships in clean energy are simultaneously growing the economy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This will also allow for a discussion of the risks posed by climate change to existing business models and why it is necessary from a business perspective to plan for those externalities.
The annual event is co-sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, The Centre for American Progress, The Clean Energy Project, MGM Resorts International and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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