AWG-KP 14/AWG-LCA 12
Side Events schedule
Monday, 4 October to Saturday, 9 October 2010
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Category/Abbreviation
Adaptation
Agriculture
Disaster Risk Reduction
Humanitarian
Finance
Mitigation general
Mitigation potentials
Capacity building
Commitments
Transport, bunkers, aviation
Time/Room
Monday,
04 October
13:00–14:30
Yinchuan
Organizer
Belgium
Mr. Tom Dauwe
tom.dauwe@vito.be
+32 14 335977
United Nations
Conference on
Trade and
Monday,
Development
04 October (UNCTAD)
13:00–14:30 Guoyong Liang
Guiyang
guoyong.liang@uncta
d.org
+41 229174875
CDM/JI
ETS/carbon markets
Mechanisms (non CDM/JI/ETS)
LULUCF
REDD
Sectoral approaches
Tech. devt. transfer IPRs
Energy Efficiency
other (please specify)
Title / Theme
Category
Scientific perspectives after
Copenhagen
In this side event, the paper “scientific
considerations of the Copenhagen
Accord” will be presented. This paper is
an assessment of the scientific
implications of the CA and provides an
update of the most recent scientific
evidence of direct relevance to the
mitigation targets specified in the CA.
Mitigation general
Catalyzing a low-carbon economy
with transnational corporations and
foreign direct investment
Foreign direct investment can play an
important role in jump-starting lowcarbon economic development. To take
advantage of its benefits, a strong
framework is required across a number
of policy areas. This side event reveals
the findings of UNCTAD's latest World
Investment Report on this issue.
Finance
1
Time/Room
Organizer
Global
Environmental
Monday,
Institute (GEI)
04 October Mr. Douglas
14:45–16:15 Whitehead
Guiyang
douglas@geichina.or
g
+86 10 67083192
Title / Theme
Category
Rural energy at the core of the
climate solution
Growing energy consumption in rural
areas of the developing world will be a
major contributor to GHG emissions in
the future. Promoting rural renewable
energy and energy efficiency
technology, along with financing and
policy support mechanisms, will be vital
to mitigation and development efforts.
Other
The impacts of climate change on
China – civil society responses
Climate change is already impacting on
China in form of extreme weather
Greenriver
Monday,
Ms. Ya Tang
events, flooding, desertification or
04 October
tangya4@yahoo.com. glacier melting. The side event will
14:45–16:15
cn
introduce how Chinese NGOs respond
Yinchuan
+86 13880921832
to these challenges and support local
communities and indigenous people in
adapting to climate change.
China
Tuesday,
Mr. Hairan Gao
05 October
gao.hairan@ccchina.
13:00–14:30
gov.cn
Guiyang
+86 10 68501567
Tuesday,
05 October
13:00–14:30
Yinchuan
Global Environment
Facility (GEF)
Mr. Mikko Ollikainen
mollikainen@thegef.o
rg
+1 202 4588912
Innovation Center
for Energy and
Tuesday,
Transportation
05 October (iCET)
14:45–16:15 Ms. Lucia GreenGuiyang
Weiskel
luciagw@icet.org.cn
+1 917 2878297
Adaptation
China's policies and actions on
climate change
To present China's policies and actions
on combating climate change, as well
as challenges ahead.
Other
Adaptation Fund: accreditation
process and project cycle
The Adaptation Fund has become
operational, and receives project
proposals from eligible Non-Annex I
Parties. The Fund offers to Parties the
groundbreaking direct access path,
along with conventional access through
multilateral agencies. Representatives
introduce access to the Fund, and
project cycle.
Adaptation
Low-carbon development in China:
Energy-efficiency and smart
transportation
How will China reach its goal of
reducing energy intensity by 40%-45%
from 2005 levels by 2020? Through
low-carbon transportation policies and
technologies and standardized
measuring, reporting and verification of
GHG emissions. This panel focuses
bottom up solutions to climate change.
Energy Efficiency
2
Time/Room
Organizer
Institute for
Agriculture and
Tuesday,
Trade Policy (IATP)
05 October
Ms. Eleonore
14:45–16:15
Wesserle
Yinchuan
ewesserle@iatp.org
+1 612 8703425
Third World
Network (TWN)
Tuesday,
Ms. Yvonne Miller
05 October
Berlie
18:00–19:30
ymiller@twngeneva.c
Wuhan
h
+41 22 9083550
United Nations
Tuesday,
University (UNU)
05 October
Ms. Koko Warner
18:00–19:30
warner@ehs.unu.edu
Yinchuan
+49 228 8150226
Title / Theme
Category
Carbon markets: a reliable and
practical source of climate finance?
The UN Secretary-General’s Advisory
Group on Climate Change Financing
assumes that developing countries
must rely on carbon markets. The panel
reviews public finance mechanisms;
market and environmental integrity in
carbon trading; and consequences for
sustainable agriculture.
Agriculture
An assessment of the state of the
climate negotiations
The side event will discuss the state of
play of the climate negotiations in
Tianjin in the run up to Cancun. The
speakers will include negotiators from
developing countries as well as
speakers from civil society
organisations from the South.
Other
Migration and displacement: Policy
gaps and options for adaptation
(with CCEMA, www.ccemaportal.net)
Delegates and experts discuss findings
on climate change and migration in
Bangladesh, Mexico, and Senegal.
Panel addresses policy gaps and
options to address human migration
and displacement in a UNFCCC
adaptation framework. Ideas for policy
and institutional frameworks to help
vulnerable people and countries.
Humanitarian
Successful partnering in climate
change technology transfer: How to
innovate and disseminate?
The purpose of the side meeting is to
World Intellectual
highlight the role of innovation and
Tuesday,
Property
diffusion of technologies to address
05 October Organization (WIPO)
climate change. We will showcase
18:00–19:30 Mr. Joe Bradley
success stories where Asian, European
Guiyang
joe.bradley@wipo.int
and US companies have worked
+41 22 3388038
cooperatively with governments and
companies in Africa, Asia and Latin
America.
3
Other
Time/Room
Organizer
Global Witness
Tuesday,
Limited
05 October
Mr. Davyth Stewart
18:00–19:30
davyth@gmail.com
Harbin
+44 7879 764643
Tuesday,
05 October
19:45–21:15
Wuhan
Clean Air Task
Force (CATF)
Ms. Pam Pearson
pampearson44@yah
oo.com
+1 802 4880991
Global Campaign
for Climate Action
Tuesday,
(GCCA)
05 October
Mr. Manish Joshi
19:45–21:15
manish.joshi@tcktckt
Guiyang
ck.org
+44 7879 423340
Tuesday,
05 October
19:45–21:15
Harbin
BirdLife
International (BL)
Ms. Melanie Coath
melanie.coath@rspb.
org.uk
+44 1767 693046
Title / Theme
Category
Closing the gaps and loopholes in
REDD and LULUCF
The current REDD and LULUCF
proposals will fail to keep natural
terrestrial ecosystems intact and their
carbon out of the atmosphere.The
Ecosystems Climate Alliance proposes
what Cancun must deliver on
comprehensive accounting,
governance, implementation and
monitoring of safeguards and reducing
timber demand.
REDD
Global methane fund: A new rapid
financing mechanism to reduce
methane
Methane abatement is one of the few
tools that meet both near- and longterm climate goals. The Methane Blue
Ribbon Panel, UN Foundation, Chinese
and other partners will outline plans to
launch a Global Methane Fund to
decrease actual levels of methane by
2020.
Mitigation general
Capacity Building
BASIC countries racing to the future
An opportunity to listen to the views of
BASIC country NGOs.
LULUCF: from problem to solution
Climate Action Network International
will explore how rules for land use
change and forestry can truly deliver for
the climate.
Assessing the adaptive effect of
proposed adaptation
projects/programs
We discuss how to quantify the
ClimateNet
adaptive effect(s) of proposed projects,
Tuesday,
Mr. Björn Dransfeld
based on recently launched research
05 October
dransfeld@perspectiv for Swiss Agency for Development and
19:45–21:15
es.cc
Cooperation. The aim is to provide
Yinchuan
+49 40 399990691
valuable input for adaptation
practitioners and policy makers shaping
the rules of the relevant funds under the
UNFCCC.
4
LULUCF
Other
Time/Room
Wednesday,
06 October
13:00–14:30
Yinchuan
Organizer
International
Maritime
Organization (IMO)
Ms. Lucy Essuman
lessuman@imo.org
+44 207 4634210
China
Wednesday,
Mr. Hairan Gao
06 October
gao.hairan@ccchina.
13:00–14:30
gov.cn
Guiyang
+86 10 68501567
Wednesday,
Mexico
06 October
Mr. Edgar Cubero
13:30–15:00
ecubero@sre.gob.mx
Shanghai
+52 55 36865699
Wednesday,
06 October
14:45–16:15
Guiyang
Natural Resources
Defense Council
(NRDC)
Mr. Jake Schmidt
jschmidt@nrdc.org
+1 202 2892388
Title / Theme
Category
Progress report on IMO works on
control of GHG emission from
international shipping
IMO will present the progress made by
the sixty-first session of its Marine
Environment Protection Committee (27
September - 1 October) on mandatory
technical and operational reduction
measures, as well as on further
consideration and development of
market-based measures, for
international shipping.
Transport,
bunkers, aviation
Energy saving and emission
reduction in Tianjin
To present Tianjin municipal
government's actions on energy saving,
emission reduction and low carbon
development.
Other
Fast Start Finance: Update on
Progress for Parties
Fast Start Finance is key to our
negotiations. This side event will focus
on the mobilization of resources,
transparency and experiences from
both donor and recepient countries as
well as the views of observer
organizations on this process.
Finance
Key countries taking action to
reduce emissions: Detailed look at
China and other countries
Countries taking real actions to reduce
their emissions and providing clear
information on their progress toward
their commitments are critical elements
of the international response. New
reports will be released on what China
and other countries are doing to reduce
emissions.
Other
Toward a transformative fast-start
finance package: Implications for
Third Generation
contributors and recipients
Wednesday, Environmentalism
E3G will discuss its new report on
06 October (E3G)
climate finance in the run up to Cancun.
14:45–16:15 Ms. Meera Shah
It provides recommendations for donor
Yinchuan
meera.shah@e3g.org countries, recipients, multilateral
+44 207 2349880
development banks and the private
sector.
5
Finance
Time/Room
Organizer
Organisation for
Economic Cooperation and
Wednesday,
Development
06 October
(OECD)
18:00–19:30
Ms. Malika Idtaleb
Guiyang
malika.idtaleb@oecd.
org
+33 1 45249658
Climate Action
Network
Wednesday, International (CAN
06 October International)
18:00–19:30 Mr. David Turnbull
Yinchuan
dturnbull@climatenet
work.org
+1 202 6216309
International
Chamber of
Wednesday,
Commerce (ICC)
06 October
Mr. Carlos Busquets
18:00–19:30
carlos.busquets@icc
Wuhan
wbo.org
+33 1 49532975
Asian Development
Wednesday,
Bank (ADB)
06 October
Ms. Annie Idanan
18:00–19:30
aidanan@adb.org
Harbin
+63 2 6325779
Carbon Markets and
Investors
Wednesday,
Association (CMIA)
06 October
Ms. Leticia Labre
19:45–21:15
leticia.labre@cmia.ne
Yinchuan
t
+44 7814 533661
Title / Theme
Biennial national communications:
possible scope and content
The need for biennial reporting of
climate-related data and information
was outlined in the Copenhagen
Accord, and has been reinforced since
– both for Annex I and non-Annex I
countries. This side event will present
and discuss options for the content of
future National Communications.
CAN-International's Cancun package
Following up on our popular side event
in June, CAN-International members
will present views on outcomes that are
both ambitious and achievable in
Cancun this year.
Category
Other
Other
ICC perspectives on a post-2012
technology mechanism – supporting
innovation and dissemination
Will provide business recommendations
for post-2012 technology institutions
that capitalize on business knowhow
and commercial transactions, discuss
options that strengthen enabling
frameworks and markets for necessary
technologies to address mitigation and
adaptation needs in developing
countries.
Tech. devt. transfer
IPRs
Development of national REDD+
strategies in Asia and the Pacific:
Progress and challenges
This event will provide an update on
national REDD+ strategy development
in key countries, and facilitate dialogue
among stakeholders on key issues
facing countries getting ready for
emerging REDD+ mechanisms.
REDD
The relevance of the UNFCCC
This session will explore various global
institutional and policy options that will
ensure the relevance of the UNFCCC
given the currently fragmented state of
the climate markets.
CDM/JI
6
Time/Room
Organizer
Environmental
Wednesday,
Defense Fund (EDF)
06 October
Mr. Dan Anderson
19:45–21:15
danderson@edf.org
Guiyang
+1 202 5723301
Rainforest
Foundation Norway
Wednesday,
(RFN)
06 October
Ms. Siri Damman
19:45–21:15
siri.damman@gmail.c
Harbin
om
+47 23 10950
Wednesday,
06 October
19:45–21:15
Wuhan
climatepolicy.net
e.V.
Mr. Niklas Hoehne
n.hoehne@ecofys.co
m
+49 162 1013420
United Nations
Environment
Thursday,
Programme (UNEP)
07 October Mr. Edward Clarence13:00–14:30 Smith
Yinchuan
e.clarencesmith@unido.org
+86 10 6532344020
Thursday,
07 October
13:00–14:30
Guiyang
International
Telecommunication
Union (ITU)
Ms. Cristina Bueti
cristina.bueti@itu.int
+41 79 5991458
Title / Theme
Category
China's perspectives on the global
carbon market
Top officials from the National
Development Reform Commission of
China and the CDM Executive Board
join representatives of CREIA, EDF,
ERI and China’s environmental
exchanges to offer insights on China’s
climate target, policy outlook and
prospects for domestic and the global
carbon markets.
ETS/carbon market
The need for avenues for redress
and complaint for indigenous
peoples and local communities
under REDD+
The side event will discuss one of the
key challenges in REDD+; to ensure
that measures taken in the readyness
and implementation phase do not
undermine the rights of indigenous
peoples and local communities
depending on forests.
REDD
Financing sector-based mitigation
programmes
The side event presents the concept of
financing sector-based mitigation
programmes. Such programmes need a
boundary drawn around it, measures of
performance established and a range of
support tools. The concept is able to
accommodate financing action through
NAMAs and/or thought the carbon
market.
Other
Toward an Adaptable Future – the
Joint Efforts of the United Nations
System in China
UN China’s work in the area of climate
change adaptation in support of China’s
efforts to balance the development of
people and nature.
Adaptation
The effective use of ICTs and the IP
system for mitigating climate change
This side-event which is organized by
ITU and WIPO will discuss how
information and communication
technologies (ICTs) can help to adapt
and mitigate the effects of climate
change and how the intellectual
property (IP) system can be used to
promote innovation.
Tech. devt. transfer
IPRs
7
Time/Room
Thursday,
07 October
14:45–16:15
Yinchuan
Organizer
Munich Climate
Insurance Initiative
(MCII)
Ms. Koko Warner
warner@ehs.unu.edu
+49 228 8150226
Tsinghua
University, Global
Thursday,
Climate Change
07 October
Institute (GCCI)
14:45–16:15
Ms. Alun Gu
Guiyang
gal@tsinghua.edu.cn
+86 10 62794098
World Resources
Thursday,
Institute (WRI)
07 October
Ms. Raquel Gonzalez
18:00–19:30
rgonzalez@wri.org
Harbin
+1 202 7297847
International
Thursday,
Emissions Trading
07 October Association (IETA)
18:00–19:30 Mr. Cedric Ammann
Guiyang
ammann@ieta.org
+41 22 7370500
World Health
Thursday,
Organization (WHO)
07 October
Ms. Marina Maiero
18:00–19:30
maierom@who.int
Wuhan
+41 22 7912402
Title / Theme
Category
Insurance sector, government and
adaption in developing countries
(with UNEPFI, Geneva Assoc,
ClimateWise)
Delegates and experts discuss global
insurance industry statement on
adaptation, risk management and
insurance. What can the insurance
sector contribute, and what steps must
governments take on adaptation and
risk reduction? Preparing ground for
feasible, catalytic COP decisions on
risk management including insurance.
Disaster Risk
Reduction
Addressing climate change and
South-South Cooperation on science
and technology
Technology needs of developing
countries(especially Africa, LDC and
other vulnerable countries), supply of
cost-effective technologies from
developing countries, south-south
cooperation on technology
development and transfer between
suppliers and other developing
countries with needs.
Capacity building
Promoting low carbon development
through on-the-ground solutions in
China: lessons learned
Companies, sectors and cities in China
are taking important steps to shift to a
low carbon economy. Working with
partners on the ground in the fields of
GHG accounting in sectors, low carbon
city planning and technology transfer,
WRI shares lessons and learning for
national and global debates.
Sectoral
Approaches
Pricing carbon in China
This session will explore the current
landscape for pricing carbon using
markets in China and consider how
such markets can be optimally
employed around the country.
Health adaptation to climate change
The side event aims at sharing
experiences and lessons from the first
WHO/UNDP GEF global project on
public health adaptation to climate
change.
8
ETS/carbon market
Adaptation
Time/Room
Organizer
Thursday,
07 October
18:00–19:30
Yinchuan
Greenpeace
International (GPI)
Ms. Naomi Goodman
naomi.goodman@gre
enpeace.org
+31 20 7182143
Thursday,
07 October
19:45–21:15
Harbin
Georgetown
University
Ms. Kathryn Zyla
zyla@law.georgetow
n.edu
+1 202 4691753
International Centre
for Trade and
Sustainable
Thursday,
Development
07 October (ICTSD)
19:45–21:15 Ms. Ana Maria
Yinchuan
Kleymeyer
amkleymeyer@ictsd.
ch
+41 22 9178746
Research Centre for
Sustainable
Thursday,
Development
07 October (RCSD)
19:45–21:15 Ms. Ying Zhang
Guiyang
zyonlinecn@yahoo.c
om.cn
+86 10 1326195350
Title / Theme
Category
Mitigation general
Mitigation perspectives in emerging
economies
The way forward with clean
development in emerging economies.
Building national renewable energy
industries: Experiences and models
of technology development
This event examines how countries and
companies have acquired low carbon
energy technologies to develop leading
national industries, including models of
technology transfer. Includes examples
from China, India and South Korea.
Tech. devt. transfer
IPRs
Launch of UNEP- EPO- ICTSD study
on patents and clean energy
UNEP, the European Patent Office and
ICTSD launch a study on patents and
clean energy that reveals a patent
landscape for energy generation
technologies and the first global survey
of clean energy licensing practices.
Findings and recommendations are
relevant to negotiations on technology
transfer and IPR.
Tech. devt. transfer
IPRs
Carbon budget proposal and climate
justice
The carbon budget proposal can
effectively achieve equitable sharing
emission reduction goal. This approach
would solve the structural flaws of
UNFCCC/Kyoto model and realize
global climate justice. Several
operational mechanisms under this
framework can help to raise fund and
allocate capital.
Mechanisms (non
CDM/JI/ ETS)
CANCELLED by the Organizer
Tech. devt. transfer
IPRs
CANCELLED by the
Organizer
Geoengineering: A techno-fix in lieu
of a multilateral agreement and
ETC Group (Action
reduction of carbon emissions
Thursday,
What are the geoengineering
Group on Erosion,
07 October
technologies that could have dramatic
Technology and
19:45–21:15
Concentration) (ETC impacts on biodiversity through
Wuhan
technological adjustments to earth's
Group)
Ms. Elenita Dano
albedo, large scale manipulation of
neth@etcgroup.org
marine ecosystems, and converstion of
+63 917 5329369
"biomass" to industrial uses in a postcarbon economy.
9
Time/Room
Friday,
08 October
13:00–14:30
Guiyang
Organizer
European Union
Ms. Agnieszka
Cyndecka
agnieszka.cyndecka
@ec.europa.eu
+32 2 2967240
Title / Theme
Category
The EU emissions trading system
and carbon market mechanisms.
This side event will inform about
lessons learned from the EU emissions
trading system in the first two trading
periods and its developments after
2012. It will also cover proposals for
development of the new market-based
mechanisms and CDM reform.
ETS/carbon market
Facilitating technology transfer:
Experiences on the ground
This event will focus on practical
United Nations
Development
experiences and lessons from
Friday,
Programme (UNDP) facilitating technology transfer at the
08 October Ms. Veronique
global, regional and national levels.
13:00–14:30 Lozano
Panelists will address the roles of
Yinchuan
veronique.lozano@un technical assistance and capacity
dp.org
building in the development and
+1 212 9065724
deployment of technologies in
developing countries.
Ecology Center
Friday,
Ms. Lucia Fernandez
08 October
lucia.fernandez@wie
14:45–16:15
go.org
Yinchuan
+3 68 5952330
Institute for Global
Environmental
Friday,
Strategies (IGES)
08 October Mr. Kentaro
14:45–16:15 Takahashi
Guiyang
ktakahashi@iges.or.jp
+81 46 8269593
Oxford Institute for
Energy Studies
Friday,
(OIES)
08 October
Mr. Benito Müller
18:00–19:30
benito.muller@oxford
Guiyang
energy.org
+44 1865 311377
Tech. devt. transfer
IPRs
The contribution of wastepickers to
climate change mitigation: threats
and opportunities.
Waste pickers are on the frontline of
climate change mitigation, earning
livelihoods from waste recovery and
recycling, saving natural resources, and
reducing GHG emissions. Yet CDMbacked waste-to-energy projects
threaten their potential and worsen
climate change.
Mitigation
potentials
MRV in NAMAs and the CDM
The first part of this side event will
analyze how existing MRV systems in
Asia could operate under a future
climate change regime. The second
part will share results from a workshop
held in Manila on improving the regional
distribution of CDM projects in Asia and
the Pacific.
Mitigation general
Mitigation general
Addressing large developing country
emissions
The case for strategic Sino-European
collaboration under joint commitments
10
Time/Room
Organizer
ICLEI-Local
Governments for
Friday,
Sustainability
08 October (ICLEI)
18:00–19:30 Mr. Yunus Arikan
Yinchuan
yunus.arikan@iclei.or
g
+49 228 97629920
United Nations
Industrial
Development
Friday,
Organization
08 October
(UNIDO)
18:00–19:30
Mr. Edward ClarenceHarbin
Smith
c.wong@unido.org
+86 10 65323440
The Energy and
Resources Institute
Friday,
(TERI)
08 October Mr. Sasanka
18:00–19:30 Thilakasiri
Wuhan
sasanka.thilakasiri@t
eri.res.in
+91 11 24682100
CANCELLED by
the organizer
Friday,
08 October ECONEXUS
19:45–21:15 Ms. Helena Paul
Harbin
h.paul@econexus.inf
o
+44 207 4314357
Title / Theme
Category
World Mayors Summit on Climate –
Next phase of global local climate
action
Local Authorities worldwide move to the
next phase of concrete climate action at
the World Mayors Summit on climate in
Mexico City on 21 November 2010. The
Summit will launch global mechanisms
to formulate measurable, verifiable and
reportable local climate action now, up
to and beyond 2012.
Commitments
The United Nations system in China:
Support to China’s mitigation efforts
and low carbon development
UN China’s work in the area of climate
change mitigation and low carbon
development in support of China’s
efforts to balance the development of
people and nature.
Tech. devt. transfer
IPRs
Informing international adaptation
strategy through domestic
initiatives: the Indian experience
TERI will present its research on India’s
national and state level adaptation
strategies, vulnerability and impact
assessment capability, prioritization and
methodological tools, funding needs
and institutional challenges with a view
to articulating and enhancing
international adaptation frameworks.
Adaptation
CANCELLED by the organizer
Agriculture
Agriculture, soil and carbon
markets: who would win and who
would lose?
Should agriculture and soils be included
in REDD, CDM and carbon markets?
Presentations discuss likely winners
and losers - indigenous peoples and
small farmers (mostly women) or
industrial monocultures and
plantations? GM crops, agrofuels and
biochar or sustainable food production
and biodiversity?
11
Time/Room
Organizer
Center for
Biological Diversity
Friday,
(CBD)
08 October
Ms. Rosemarie Braz
19:45–21:15
rbraz@biologicaldiver
Yinchuan
sity.org
+11 415 4369682
Unis-Terre (UT)
Friday,
Mr. Phillip Hannam
08 October
phil.hannam@gmail.c
19:45–21:15
om
Wuhan
+86 136 11291947
Title / Theme
Category
What's Wrong with the U.S.?
Achieving Science-Based Emissions
Reductions in the Face of Political
Failure
This event explores opportunities for
more ambitious emissions reductions in
the U.S. in light of current scientific
thinking about the pathways
available to reach 350 ppm. We will
also consider the U.S. political
context, reflect on the failure of U.S.
ambition, and offer an opportunity
for open discussion among international
colleagues.
Mitigation
potentials
Considering population and
emissions together under a Novel
Liability Framework
Emissions reduction frameworks that
implicate historical high emitters without
accounting for population dynamics are
inequitable. We introduce a strategy for
adjusting these national responsibilities
by considering who benefits from past,
present, and future actions that result in
climate impacts.
Commitments
CANCELLED by the organizer
CDM/JI
CANCELLED by
the organizer
CDM projects in China: Broadening
NGO participation under a reformed
CDM
Friday,
China hosts the majority of CDM
German
NGO
Forum
08 October
projects. However, civil society’s
on
Environment
and
19:45–21:15
oversight of the process remains
Development
Guiyang
limited. This session will present
Ms. Eva Filzmoser
info@cdm-watch.org challenges faced by non-governmental
actors within the CDM and will discuss
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ways of giving citizens a genuine role to
play under a reformed mechanism.
Saturday,
09 October
13:00–14:30
Guiyang
U.S. Climate Action
Network (USCAN)
Ms. Jennifer Kurz
jkurz@climatenetwor
k.org
+1 202 6099846
China and the US: Emissions
monitoring, reporting and
verification under the Copenhagen
Accord
This session will explore perspectives
from both nations about commitments
and requirements under the
Copenhagen Accord, actions being
taken by both nations separately and
cooperatively to meet requirements and
options for future action and
discussions.
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