Open letter from Boston-Power CEO & Founder, Christina Lampe-Onnerud on Boston-Power's commitment to environmental issues in conjunction with her participation in the recent Climate Control 2008 (CC8) and U.N. Sustainable Consumption conferences:

I am thankful for the opportunity to participate in the discussion on global climate change. To me as a scientist, I am happy to see more specificity in the discussion... the introduction of kWh and real focus on energy storage in combination with solar and wind power are good examples, but also the fact that we reached consensus that the post-Kyoto protocol needs effective and well defined goals worldwide. As a business leader, I appreciate both the difficulty in lowering costs to developing countries and the need to share new innovation equitably worldwide. Interest from the media and government recognition of technological innovation and ethical leadership will help inspire people and companies to find ways to accomplish this.

I feel a great deal of responsibility to help facilitate reductions in emissions and pollution so that we reach sustainability ... and I want to continue to help create both public awareness and new solutions before it is too late. I know there is a path to profitable sustainable development!

Christina Lampe-Onnerud

More details on how the recent CC8 conference impacts you

Under the guidance of the United Nations Framework on Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) world leaders are coming together in preparation of the Post Kyoto protocol in Copenhagen 2009. This recent CC8-meeting was charged with giving the UNFCCC recommendations on how to use technology to halt the increasing threat of climate change.

The CC8 meeting included 100 hand-picked delegates from the Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, France, Germany, India, Mexico, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Norway, Senegal, Spain, Sweden UK, and USA, and was designed to bring their insights into the discussion on provisions needed for a successful post-2012 climate agreement. CC8 delegates brought a diverse mix of experience since the group consisted of: