ITU Telecom World 2009 In Review 2009 Geneva 5-9 October at the same time? Three suggestions were mentioned: the removal of regula-tory barriers and creation of more competitive opportunities, open and partici-patory processes including robust consultations with a range of stakeholders and looking beyond the traditional confines of communication regulation. Moderator * Mr Sami Al Basheer Al Morshid, Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), International Telecommunication Union, ITU Panellists * Mr Robert McDowell, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission, United States * Dr Joseph S. Kilongola, Director, ICTs, Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authory (TCRA), Tanzania * Prof. Eli M. Noam, Professor of Finance & Economics and Director, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, Columbia University, United States * Ms Karen Rose, Director, Access and Development Initiatives, ISOC , ISOC * Mr Ahmed Khaouja, Directeur de la concurrence et du suivi des opérateurs, Agence Nationale de Réglementation des Télécommunications (ANRT), Morocco DEV.4 - ICTs AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN DEVELOPING ECONOMIES In September 2008, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) organized a session with the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to highlight the close linkages between climate change and sustainable development and highlighted the benefits of mainstreaming climate change considerations as part of overall approach to sustainable development. This reinforced the find-ings in the IPPC’s Fourth Assessment Report released just before the UN Bali conference in September 2007, which included an extensive perspective on the close linkages between climate change and sustainable development. Cli-mate change is the latest in a long list of developmental stressors that chal- 140 Forum Summary Report