High-level taskforce established by the Institute for Public Policy Research (see seperate entry), the Centre for American Progress and the Australia Institute.
Taskforce members have been chosen for their expertise, creativity and political influence. The geographic representation of the taskforce reflects the need for engagement and support from major European and developing countries, and the desire to bring the two countries that have rejected the Kyoto Protocol, the US and Australia, back into the multilateral process.
The Taskforce was launched shortly before its first meeting on 22nd March 2004 in Windsor, near London. It is expected to hold two or three sessions by video or telephone conference, before a second face-to-face meeting in mid-November 2004 in Washington DC or Sydney, Australia. At this final meeting, taskforce members will be expected to reach a consensus on a set of proposals.
The Taskforce’s recommendations, delivered early in 2005, aimed at all major governments with special emphasis on the United Kingdom (UK) presidencies of the G8 and the European Union in 2005.