WBCSD
Side Events
COP 11, COP/MOP 1
Montreal, Canada
28 November- 9 December 2005
Please check daily UNFCCC monitors, WBCSD flyers
and www.wbcsd.org/web/cop11.htm for any changes.
WBCSD PRESS CONFERENCES AT COP11
Tuesday, 6 December
The Sustainable Forest Products Industry- Responsible Managers of
Carbon: Key Messages for Policy-Makers
Time:
Venue:
12:00-12:30
Check daily monitors for press room provided by UNFCCC
Also: Side Event: 15:00-17:00 Margaree River Room, at the Palais des Congrès
Tuesday, 6 December
Launching the GHG Protocol for Project Accounting
(WBCSD & WRI)
Time:
Venue:
17:00-17:30
Check daily monitors for press room provided by UNFCCC
Also: Official UN Side Event:18:00-19:30 Mackenzie River Room, at the Palais des Congrès
Wednesday, 7 December
Pathways to 2050-Energy and Climate Change
(Follow up to the 2004 Facts and Trends publication)
Time:
Venue:
12:00-12:30
Check daily monitors for press room provided by UNFCCC
Also: Side Event: 15:00-17:00 Margaree River Room, at the Palais des Congrès
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Thursday, 1 December
Technology in Action
Official UNFCCC
Side Event
(Co-hosted with ICC/BCSE)
13:00-15:00
Ottawa River, Palais des Congrès
This side event will demonstrate the use of technology and management
systems to address climate change by businesses and associations.
Presentations will outline the issue, demonstrate solutions adopted to
address it as well as its impacts of the solution and costs.
Further information will be circulated at COP and available at the
WBCSD booth in due time.
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Friday, 2 December
The Role of Carbon Capture & Storage
(Co-hosted with IETA)
10:00-12:00
Banquet Room, Hotel Place d’Armes
Examine the work already done within the field of carbon capture and
storage and its role within CDM and JI mechanisms. This side event will
look at the current status of technology and the possible impacts that the
use of carbon capture and storage can have on the emissions reduction
market.
Panel
Frede Cappelen
Statoil
Corporate Adviser
Paul Curnow
Baker & McKenzie
Senior Associate
Wolfgang Heidug
Royal Dutch Shell
Principal Scientist CO2 Mitigation
Susanne Haefeli-Hestrik
DNV
Project Manager
Leo Meyer
IPCC
Head Technical Support Unit Working Group III
Wishart Robson
Nexen
International Manager, Safety, Environment & Social Responsibility
Moderators
Laurent Corbier
WBCSD
Energy and Climate Director
Andrei Marcu
IETA
President
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Friday, 2 December
The Greenhouse Gas Pilot Program in Mexico
(Co-hosted with SEMARNAT and WRI)
Official UNFCCC
Side Event
13:00-15:00
Kazan River, Palais de Congrès
The Mexico GHG Program is a voluntary, national GHG accounting and
reporting program that is helping over 30 participating companies
manage their GHG emissions. The first of its kind in a non-Annex I
party, the program was established in 2004 by the Mexican Secretariat of
Environment and Natural Resources in partnership with the WRI and the
WBCSD The side event will review the Program’s achievements to date
and explore its future directions and political implications in the context
of changing national and international climate policy.
Panel
Fernando Tudela
(Mexican Ministry of Env.) SEMARNAT
Under Secretary of Planning and
Environnemental Policy
Luis Carranza
CEMEX Mexico
Environmental Director
Laurent Corbier
WBCSD
Energy and Climate Program Director
Lorenzo Gonzalez-Merla
Altos Hornos de Mexico
Environment and Safety Coordinator
Jonathan Pershing
WRI
Climate and Energy Program Director
Moderator
Miguel Cervantes
SEMARNAT
General Director of Climate Change Projects
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Friday, 2 December
Business Perspectives on Long-Term Framework
15:00-17:00
Margaree River Room, Palais des Congrès
The panel will discuss the question: of how to achieve a sustainable
energy world in the future and how to address issues related to climate
change in an integrated agenda. More specifically the panelists will
cover relevant long-term framework issues such as wide participation,
market-based mechanisms, the engagement of capital markets and
consumer behavior.
Panel
Jean-Yves Caneill
EDF
Senior Research Scientist
Laurent Corbier
WBCSD
Energy and Climate Director
Ogunlade Davidson
IPCC
Professor and Chair
Andrei Marcu
IETA
President
Cedric Philibert
IEA
Administrator, Long-Term Cooperation
Masayuki Sasanouchi
Keidanren
Project General Manager, Environmental Affairs Division
Moderator
Bill Kyte
E.ON UK
Head, Sustainable Development
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Monday, 5 December
Cement Sustainability Initiative
13:00-15:00
Margaree River Room, Palais des Congrès
Discussions will include; cement industry voluntary initiatives: Battelle
study, GHG protocol(s), Agenda for action, sectoral approach. The
panel will discuss emission trading systems and the current experience of
the CDM and highlight various international collaborations (IPCC, G8,
Japan-China, Keidanren, Meti).
Panel
Marco Bedoya
Cemex
Corporate Sustainability Manager
Angela Burton
CAC
Government Affairs
Yoshito Iyumi
Taiheiyo
General Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility
Rob van der Meer
Heidelberg Cement
Senior Process Engineer
Michel Picard
Lafarge
Vice President, Environmental Issues
Bruno Vanderborght
Holcim/Cembureau
Vice President, Corporate Industrial Ecology
Moderator
Laurent Corbier
WBCSD
Energy and Climate Director
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Tuesday, 6 December
Business Action for Energy (BAE)
12:00-14:00
Margaree River Room, Palais des Congrès
BAE is an innovative structure aimed at enhancing the business
contribution to the UN CSD process. The purpose of this intervention is
to demonstrate that policies need to be compiled in an integrated manner.
Presentations will highlight successful energy mitigation projects discuss
the outcomes, models used and lessons learned. Energy-related CDM
projects will be highlighted and the interlinkages between COP and
CSD.
Founding organizations of BAE are:
 International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
 World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
 World Energy Council (WEC)
Associated organizations of BAE are:
IAI, ICC; IETA, IPIECA, EURELECTRIC, WBCSD, WCI, WEC,
WLPGA, WNA
Further information will be circulated at COP and available at the
WBCSD booth in due time.
----Light snacks to follow after the event----
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Tuesday, 6 December
The Sustainable Forest Products Industry (SFPI),
Responsible Managers of Carbon - Key Messages for
Policy Makers
(Co-hosted with ICFPA)
15:00-17:00
Margaree River Room, Palais des Congrès
This side event will: 1) present the unique carbon profile of the forest
products industry focusing on biomass energy and the carbon cycle
including sequestration and storage; 2) provide policy recommendations
and 3) launch “Key messages for Policy makers” publication.
Panel
Brian Emmett
NR Canada
Assistant Deputy Minister
Jeff Fiedler
NRDC
Climate Policy Specialist
Reid Miner
NCASI
Vice President
Robert Prolman
Weyerhaeuser
Director, International Environment Affairs
Karen Risse
International Paper
Environmental Business Services Manager
Moderator
James Griffiths
WBCSD
Director
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Tuesday 6, December
Launching the GHG Protocol for Project Accounting
(Co-hosted with WRI)
Official UNFCCC
Side Event
18:00-19:30
Mackenzie River, Palais des Congrès
Designed for use in any scheme, the GHG Protocol provides
requirements and guidance to quantify project-based emissions
reductions. It is the product of an extensive multi-year, multi-stakeholder
partnership between the WBCSD and the WRI, involving business,
NGOs, governments and academia.
Panel
Dwight Demorais
Lafarge
Special Adviser
Suzie Greenhalgh
WRI
Senior Economist
Johnathin Pershing
WRI
Director, Climate Change
Einar Telnes
DNV
Technical Director
Mahua Acharya
WBCSD
Formerly with the WBCSD Energy and Climate Team
Moderators
Laurent Corbier
WBCSD
Energy and Climate Director
Johathin Pershing
WRI
Director, Climate Change
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Wednesday, 7 December
Energy Efficiency - the Role of Electricity Utilities
10:00-12:00
Margaree River Room, Palais des Congrès
Why should utilities get involved in helping their customers use the
latest technology to consume less electricity for a given service level?
After all, they do sell kilowatt-hours… What are the hidden costs of
demand-side efficiency improvements? What supportive policy
frameworks are needed for utilities to realize the full potential of their
contribution? What is the role of other players, including regulators,
manufacturers and end-use equipment?
Panel
Jean-Paul Bouttes
EDF
Director of Prospective and International Affairs
Jeff Fiedler
NRDC
Climate Policy Specialist
Dian Grueneich
California Public Utilities Commission
Commissioner
Wendy Poulton
Eskom
General Manager Corporate Sustainability
Moderator
Simon Schmitz
WBCSD
Project Manager, Electricity Utilities
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Wednesday, 7 December
Regional Views on Current Climate Regimes
(Co-hosted with ICC)
Official UNFCCC
Side Event
13:00-15:00
Churchill River, Palais des Congrès
Regional associations will present their views on the development of
climate policy and the impact on business in their specific regions.
Further information will be circulated at COP and available at the
WBCSD booth in due time.
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Wednesday, 7 December
Pathways to 2050 - Energy and Climate Change
15:00-17:00
Margaree River Room, Palais des Congrès
The panel will discuss the world’s energy challenges, different energy
sources and different development pathways. The panel will illustrate
that even if a global consensus is reached on long-term objectives, a
combination of approaches will be needed to be on a sustainable track by
2050.
Panel
David Hone
Royal Dutch Shell
Group Climate Change Adviser
Bill Kyte
E.ON UK
Head, Sustainable Development
Gordon Slack
Dow Chemical Company
Energy Director
Cedric Philibert
IEA
Administrator: Long-Term Co-operation
Simon Schmitz
WBCSD
Electricity Utilities Project Manager
Laurent Corbier
WBCSD
Energy and Climate Director
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Wednesday, 7 December
Forest Products Industry - Climate Action
(Co-hosted with ICFPA)
18:00-20:00
Banquet Room, Hotel Place d’Armes,
The world’s forests and the products that come from them are unique in
their ability to remove and store carbon dioxide. A panel of experts will
discuss opportunities for the global industry to contribute to greenhouse
gas mitigation efforts. Topics for discussion include: calculations of
emissions, carbon sequestration in forest products, carbon benefits of
wood building material, industry’s bio-energy and bio-refining potential
and afforestation/reforestation, CDM projects.
Panel
Thomas Amidon
State University, New York
Professor
John Perez Garcia
University of Washington
Professor
Reid Miner
NCASI
Vice Presiden, Sustainability
Karen Risse
International Paper
Manager, Environmental Business Services
Eric Vance
NCASI
Manager, Forest Carbon Cycle
Moderator
Avrim Lazar
President & CEO
Forest Products Association of Canada
President
International Council of Forest and Paper Associations
----Hors d’oeuvres and drinks after the event---17
Wednesday, 7 December
International Sectoral Approaches
(Co-hosted with Conseil Patronal de
l’Environnement du Quebec, CPEQ)
19:30-21:00
Bay du Nord River, Palais des Congrès
Official UNFCCC
Side Event
CPEQ and the WBCSD will explore an industry sector-based approach
and its potential ability to contribute to combating climate change.
Discussions will include the definition of sectors and whether an
international sectoral approach is an efficient and viable route to engage
more players.
Panel
Richard Baron
IEA
Administrator, Long-Term Cooperation
Dan Bodansky
Pew Center
Climate Change Expert
Jean-Yves Caneill
EDF
Senior Research Scientist
Dan Gagnier
Alcan
Senior V.P., Corporate and External Affairs
Gordon Lambert
Suncor
V.P. Sustainable Development
Michel Picard
Lafarge
V.P., Environmental Issues
Gordon Slack
Dow Chemical Company
Energy Director
Moderators
Michael Cloghesy
Laurent Corbier
President
Energy and Climate Director
CPEQ
WBCSD
----Reception with light snacks begin at 18:45---18
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Hotel Place d’Armes
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COP11, COP/MOP 1
Palais des Congrès de Montreal
1001 Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle
Montreal, Canada
Hotel Place d’Armes
701 Place d’Armes Hill
Montreal, Quebec, H2Y 2X6
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About the WBCSD
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a coalition of 175
international companies united by a shared commitment to sustainable development via the three
pillars of economic growth, ecological balance and social progress. Our members are drawn from
more than 30 countries and 20 major industrial sectors. We also benefit from a Global Network
of 50+ national and regional business councils and partner organizations.
Our mission is to provide business leadership as a catalyst for change toward sustainable
development, and to support the business license to operate, innovate and grow in a world
increasingly shaped by sustainable development issues.
Our objectives include:
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Business Leadership - to be a leading business advocate on sustainable development.
Policy Development - to participate in policy development to create the right framework
conditions for business to make an effective contribution towards sustainable
development.
The Business Case - to develop and promote the business case for sustainable
development.
Best Practice - to demonstrate the business contribution to sustainable development
solutions and share leading edge practices among members.
Global Outreach - contribute to a sustainable future for developing nations and nations in
transition
WBCSD Contact Emails
Laurent Corbier
corbier@wbcsd.org
Energy and Climate Director
Adam Kirkman
kirkman@wbcsd.org
Energy and Climate Program Manager
Simon Schmitz
schmitz@wbcsd.org
Electricity Utilities Program Manager
Thorsten Arndt
arndt@wbcsd.org
Communications Manager
Lorenz Koch
koch@wbcsd.org
Energy and Climate Assistant
Kija Kummer
kummer@wbcsd.org
COP 11, Conference Coordinator
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Overview of Events
Press Conferences
The Sustainable Forest Products Industry – Responsible
Managers of Carbon: Messages for Policy Makers
Launching the GHG Protocol for Project Accounting (with
WRI)
Date
Time
Location
6 Dec
12:00-12:30
UNFCCC
6 Dec
17:00-17:30
UNFCCC
Pathways to 2050-Energy and Climate Change
7 Dec
12:00-13:30
UNFCCC
Side event
Date
Time
Location
Technology in Action (with ICC/BCSE)
1 Dec
13:00-15:00
Official Event
The Role of Carbon Capture & Storage (with IETA)
2 Dec
10:00-12:00
Place d’Armes
The Greenhouse Gas Pilot Program in Mexico (with
SEMARNAT & WRI)
2 Dec
13:00-15:00
Official Event
Business Perspectives on Long-Term Framework
2 Dec
15:00-17:00
Margaree Room
Cement Sustainability Initiative
5 Dec
13:00-15:00
Margaree Room
Business Action for Energy (BAE)
6 Dec
12:00-14:00
Margaree Room
6 Dec
15:00-17:00
Margaree Room
6 Dec
18:00-19:30
Official Event
Energy Efficiency: The Role of Electricity Utilities
7 Dec
10:00-12:00
Margaree Room
Regional Views on Current Climate Regimes (with ICC)
7 Dec
13:00-15:00
Official Event
Pathways to 2050-Energy and Climate Change
7 Dec
15:00-17:00
Margaree Room
Forest Products Industry-Climate Action
7 Dec
18:00-20:00
Place d’Armes
International Sectoral Approaches (with CPEQ)
7 Dec
19:30-21:00
Official Event
The Sustainable Forest Products Industry – Responsible
Managers of Carbon: Messages for Policy Makers
Launching the GHG Protocol for Project Accounting
(with WRI)
For background information about the event and to get updates on possible location/time
changes, please check out the WBCSD COP 11 website
www.wbcsd.org/web/cop11.htm
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