Subject: Re: March 16th Principals Dinner
From: Christiana Figueres <[email-masked]>
To: Nat Simons Elan <[email-masked]>
Cc: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, Steve Colwell <[email-masked]>, Tom Carnac <[email-masked]>, Geeta Reddy <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, Daniele Violetti <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2016 06:20:29 +0000

Happy to join you. Delighted to be joined by John

See you soon
Christiana

Sent from my iPhone

On 02 Mar 2016, at 23:23, Nat Simons Elan <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:

Dear Christiana and John,

We are absolutely delighted that you will be able to join us in San Francisco on March 16. We know that you both have extraordinarily busy schedules and complicated travel plans, so we are especially grateful that you have made time to attend this gathering.

The "Principals Dinner"-as we have named it-is designed to bring together a group of high-net-worth individuals who have already made very substantial philanthropic gifts to support work on climate and clean energy, and who have the capacity to continue or increase their pro-climate investments, personally or through their foundations. We have attached a list of guests who have accepted our invitation. This list is for your reference only, and we ask that you keep it confidential to respect the guests' privacy. Depending on guests' reactions, we may try to organize similar gatherings for climate donors in other places.

The purpose of the Briefing/Roundtable Discussion from 5:30-6:30pm is to give the guests the opportunity to learn about climate issues first-hand from the world's top experts. As a guideline to your talk, we request that you answer the following types of broad questions about climate and energy policy.

* "Where are we?"

* "Where we need to go?"

* "How can we get there?"

During the Q&A session, the entire group will have an opportunity to raise issues and questions and have an informal discussion about particular areas of interest. No PowerPoint or other presentation materials are expected, but you should feel free to use them if you feel they would help you explain your perspective more effectively.

The dinner, starting at 7pm, will not have a formal agenda. It will be an opportunity for the guests to get to know each other (many have not met) and for you to share any additional thoughts that you didn't get to express in the Briefing/Roundtable Discussion.

Christiana, we would ask you to take the lead in providing your perspective on these questions in the international context, with specific insights into how the "Post-Paris" world is different and what the international community must focus on to meet or exceed the goals set in the Paris Agreement.

John, we would ask you to address the same questions focusing on U.S. policies. Guests will probably have specific questions about the effect of the Supreme Court stay of the Clean Power Plan and what might happen on climate and energy depending upon who is elected as President.

We have explicitly promised guests that this is neither a fundraiser nor a political event, but guests understand that funding and politics will almost certainly form part of the backdrop for your presentations and discussions. If either of you would like any further clarification about the Principals Dinner, please feel free to contact me or Steve Colwell (copied on this email).

We are very much looking forward to seeing you on the 16th and are very appreciative of your willingness to participate in this important set of discussions.

Best,

Nat Simons

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