Members of the Western Australian Sustainable Energy Association (WA SEA) are part of a contingent of Australian business leaders heading to Copenhagen to join 192 official country delegations gathering in Copenhagen for the 15th UN Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP15).

WA SEA members from Perth attending COP15 include the Hon. Cheryl Edwardes, Special Counsel with Minter Ellison Lawyers; Prof Paul Hardisty, Executive Director, EcoNomics, Sustainability with WorleyParsons; Vanessa Rauland of Curtin University's Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute; Peter Tickler, Principal of Greensense; and Prof Ray Wills, Chief Executive of WA SEA.

Prof Wills will be one of 50 CEOs and leaders to speak at the exclusive global business forum CLIMATE SPARK (www.climatespark.com) during COP15.

A selection of comments from the delegates:

• ‘The conference in Copenhagen must lay the foundation for a legally binding climate treaty, a treaty that commits to real action, creating change in the way the planet does business and delivers more sustainable business practices' - Prof Ray Wills, Chief Executive of WA SEA.
• ‘Attending the conference will let us hear what world leaders and industry leaders are saying and doing and help Australian industries to better understand and respond to the global challenges,' - Hon. Cheryl Edwardes, Special Counsel with Minter Ellison Lawyers.
• ‘Like most people, I would like to see sanity prevail, and the world agree to investing in an insurance policy for the planet and for the future of my children, for everyone's children,' - Prof Paul Hardisty Executive Director, EcoNomics, Sustainability, WorleyParsons.

WA Sustainable Energy Association Inc. (WA SEA) Media Release - 7 December 2009