Press Release

·       Richard Jones, Deputy Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, to discuss implications of UN Copenhagen meeting

Abu Dhabi, January 15, 2010 – Richard Jones, Deputy Executive Director of the International Energy Agency has said The World Future Energy Summit is establishing itself as a major forum for addressing urgent issues.

Jones went on to say, holding such a conference and exhibition in the Gulf shows that both energy exporters and consumers face common challenges in achieving sustainable energy strategies.

Mr. Jones will be among the world leaders discussing the implications of the recent UN Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen, in a session entitled, “What now, after Copenhagen?”, which will take place on January 19^th, the second day of the summit.

Mr. Jones is a former American diplomat, with thirty years of diplomatic and policy experience on issues including trade and energy security.

“The International Energy Agency is an intergovernmental organisation which has established itself as one of the most highly respected policy advisory bodies in the energy sector.  The organisation comprises 28 Member countries with a broad mandate to promote the “Three E’s” of balanced energy policy-making: energy security, economic development and environmental protection.”

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About the World Future Energy Summit:

The World Future Energy Summit, now in its third year, is taking place from 18-21 January 2010, hosted by MASDAR, at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre under the patronage of HH General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces

World Leaders, Policy Makers, Experts and Investors from 100 countries will meet in Abu Dhabi to identify real solutions for today's climate change and energy challenges. Over 600 exhibitors from 50 countries will be exhibiting at the World Future Energy and Environment Exhibitions on a total space of 40,000sqm offering an unrivalled business and networking opportunities to over 20,000 attendees expected to visit the summit and the exhibition.

Deutsche Bank Climate Change Advisors is the principal sponsor of WFES 2010. Emirates Aluminium is Associate Sponsor, and additional Sponsors include BP Alternative Energy, Standard Chartered, Siemens, Schneider Electric, ExxonMobil, ABB, Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority, Oxy, the Abu Dhabi Department of Municipality Affairs and Terna.

For more information on the programme or to register, visit www.worldfutureenergysummit.com

About DBCCA:

DB Climate Change Advisors group (DBCCA) is the institutional and alternatives investment management business of Deutsche Asset Management, managing assets of institutional investors and high net worth individuals. DeAM is one of the leading climate change investors in the world, with approximately $4 billion under management as of March 2009.  With a world-class in-house research team focusing on this theme, DeAM is an investment industry thought-leader on a broad range of climate change dynamics.

In June 2009, DBCCA launched the world’s first scientifically valid, real-time carbon counter, a nearly 70-foot-tall digital billboard displaying the running total of long-lived greenhouse gases in the atmosphere in New York.  The Carbon Counter Number is available 24 hours a day at http://www.know-the-number.com and updates are available at ttp://twitter.com/knowthenumber

For more information:

James Hawksworth

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Asda’a – Burson Marsteller

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