Scientific Planning Committee
Report
1th Meeting of the Committee
12-13 February 1998
Amsterdam
Institute for Environmental Studies
The meeting of the IHDP-IT Scientific Planning Committee was attended by David Angel, Theo de
Bruijn, Cutler Cleveland, Jacqueline Cramer, Sukehiro Gotoh, Robert Socolow, Pier Vellinga (chair)
and Charles Vlek.
Additional participants: Larry Kohler (IHDP), Ramine Shaw (IHDP), Marjan Hofkes (IVM), Peter
Mulder (IVM).
Peter Groenewegen (VU) and Frank den Hond (IVM) joined the meeting during the discussions on the
Inventory of Research, since both contributed to the Update of the Inventory of Research .
Aim of the meeting:
1. to screen the Inventory of Research
2. to discuss and endorse the first draft of framework for the Science Plan
3. to discuss the process of developing a Science Plan, including the organisation of Regional
Workshops and a Global Conference
1. Inventory of Research Document
After the IHDP-IT Scoping Report was approved by the IHDP Scientific Committee in May 19961, a
small group started at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) to develop an
Inventory of Research that could be relevant for IHDP-IT. This resulted in a first edition of an IHDP-IT
Inventory of Research document that was published in February 1997 (IHDP-IT doc. no 3). This
document was discussed at an international workshop on IT, hosted by the Vrije Universiteit/IVM on
February 20th 1997. Based on the discussions during this workshop, the Inventory of Research has
been modified and complemented resulting in a revised version of the Inventory of Research. This
document was published in May 1997 (IHDP-IT doc. no.8).
Still it was felt at that time that this Inventory of Research document needed to be updated in order to
make it more comprehensive. Peter Groenewegen, Frank den Hond and Marjan Hofkes were asked to
engage in this task. Marjan Hofkes edited chapter 2, Frank den Hond edited chapters 3 and 5 and Peter
Groenewegen edited chapter 4. A number of experts, including the members of the Scientific Planning
Committee (SPC), were asked to contribute to this update. However, only little response was received
and what arrived was rather late in view of the SPC meeting. Due to limited time and budget available
the process of updating the Inventory actually integrated the received comments in the existing
Inventory of Research document without pretending of being complete.
The latest version of the document was discussed in the meeting with the following results.
In general the SPC’s opinion is that there is yet no clear line in the document. What are the questions
addressed in the Inventory? Do we want to describe or identify research gaps? A clear framework for
the organisation of the chapters is more or less lacking. Furthermore the document does not deal
explicitly with the notion of change, evidently a key word in transformation processes.
At this moment the document raises expectations which cannot be met by the existing Inventory: it is
more a recent view on research fields than a thorough inventory of Industrial Transformation.
It should be stressed that the document is a tool of the SPC in developing a Science Plan; it is a living
working document which should serve as an input in the process of developing a Science Plan. At the
meeting it was decided to change ‘Inventory of Research’ in ‘Research Directions’.
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See Annex 1 for a historical overview of IHDP-IT
The organising principle of a distinction between bottomup and topdown will be maintained since
Industrial Transformation deals with both bottom up and top down approaches. The Research
Directions should take into account in a more comprehensive way that there is a tension between both
approaches as well as the limited significance of this distinction. The latter refers to the fact that much
is in between both approaches: each of them can be applied to study the properties of systems as a
whole and properties at the level of organisations (firms) and individuals. Furthermore, research on
Industrial Transformation does rely on the interaction of both levels of analysis.
Any work on IT has to include the systems and processes shaping the environment of production, the
production itself (things we produce) and the consumption.
Discussions on aim and scope of the Research Directions document raised the question: what should be
the relation between this document and the Science Plan? Can we develop a Science Plan before we
agree on and finish the Research Directions document? Furthermore, there is an interdependence
between both documents: the identification of research relevant in the field depends on what research
questions we want to address in IHDP-IT Science Plan.
After discussion the Committee agreed that the document on Research Directions should be
distinguished from the Science Plan. In the Research Directions the emphasis is on providing a view of
relevant research in the broad field of Industrial Transformation, including different views, while the
Science Plan has a more narrow focus: providing a framework for research, formulating research
questions and identifying core projects.
To summarize: It was felt important to clarify and improve the leading lines in the document, to make
aim and scope of the Research Directions more explicit and to rewrite the document in order to make it
more comprehensive.
Therefore the Inventory of Research will be updated as follows:
IHDP - IT Research Directions
CHAPTER 1. Introduction: the research field of Industrial Transformation
By Pier Vellinga; input by David Angel
preliminary content of the chapter:
1. Background
2. Scoping
3. Narrowing down the field
including a more comprehensive view on the use of top-down and bottom-up approaches
and the notion of change.
CHAPTER 2. Macro-Systems and Incentive Structure
by Cutler Cleveland; additional input by Marjan Hofkes
preliminary content of the chapter ?
CHAPTER 3: Production System
By Jacqueline Cramer; input by Peter Groenewegen and Frank den Hond
preliminary content of the chapter:
Firms, Management, production: Eco-Efficiency and beyond
1. Introduction
- Industrial Ecology (IE) as the normative framework. How is IE being developed and
implemented?
- What is production system: firms, networks, flieres, chains, ....
2. Taking up the Environmental Challenge
Pollution Prevention (p2), Life-Cycle Design / Closing the Loop, Industrial Symbiosis
3. Environmental Impact of Production
Environmental Accounting, Environmental Performance
4. Drivers for Sustainability
Opportunities & Threats, Culture / Leadership, Stakeholders, Larger Context (institutions,
national &
regional differentiation, sectoral differences)
5. Stimulating Sustainability in Production
Managing External Pressure, focus on needs, Incentives, Creating New Resources, including
Technology
6. Conclusions
CHAPTER 4: Consumption System
By Charles Vlek; input from Pier Vellinga, Paul Stern (possibly)
preliminary content of the chapter:
1. Introduction
2. Determinants of Consumer Behavior
3. The environmental impact of Consumption Patterns
4. Stimulating Sustainable consumption
5. Research on sustainable consumption for IT
ANNEX 1: Networks and organisations with a potential link to IHDP-IT
By Peter Mulder; input from David Angel
Including only those networks and organisations of relevance for IHDP-IT that have their own
e-mail network. The criterion is that those organisations provide a wider access.
Chapter 3 includes the original chapter 3 (Industrial Ecology) and the original chapter 4 (Firms:
Organisations, Management and Networks) of the Inventory of Research. Chapter 4 will be the original
chapter 5 of Inventory of Research.
Chapter 6 of Inventory of Research will be taken out. Annex 2, 3 and 4 will be included in the
document text as far as their content is relevant.
specific details on the chapters:
Chapter 2:
Sentence on page 20: “A drastic reduction of the material and energy flows due to
human activities is the core element in the field of eco-restructuring.” Such normative
and questionable elements should be taken out. (third world participants would have a
completely different point of view).
Chapter 4:
Annex 1:
use will be made of the report Paul Stern et al (1997), Sustainable Consumption
to the NSF.
David Angel will investigate whether the Greening of Industry Network links can
be arranged
Pier Vellinga will slightly rewrite chapter 1 as soon as possible in order to avoid confusion during the
Regional Workshops since the Research Directions document will serve as basis for the discussions
during the Workshops.
Final editions of the chapters should be send to IVM by the end of June 1998. Draft editions should be
ready by the end of March.
2. Framework for Science Plan
The Science Plan will be a follow up of the Research Directions document and aims to provide the
basis for conducting research under the umbrella of IHDP-IT( see annex 4 for the time-frame of
IHDP-IT). During the meeting a first proposal for the set-up of the Science Plan was presented by Pier
Vellinga. During the meeting this draft was slightly modified and endorsed by the Committee. See
annex 5 for the framework of the Science Plan.
The Science Plan will consist of:
1. a framework for IHDP-IT research, including the type of research which is required for getting a
thorough understanding of the issues relevant for transformation of the industrial activities
2. a decision on what global environmental issues and what transformations we should focus on
within IHDP-IT
3. Core projects, both global and regional
In the Research Directions document a tentative list of disciplines and fields to be covered by an
IHDP-IT research framework (see also annex 5) has been made. What kind of research adds to our
understanding of the process of IT should be described in the Science Plan more specifically by
addressing the question what global environmental issues IHDP-IT should focus on. Three kinds of
global environmental issues can be distinguished:
 Truly Global (from a natural systems perspective)
 Universal Practices, that in cummulation can cause a threat to the global environment
 Regional Problems of Global Importance
It was agreed upon that all three are of relevance for IHDP-IT, but in particular Universal Practices are
important to identify research programmes and core-projects. With respect to the latter the importance
of linking global environmental problems with local practices should be taken into account.
In order to translate issues and questions in research questions A three step approach was agreed (see
annex 5)
1. Identify activities affecting global environment, including underlying needs/wants/preferences
2. Identify options for transformation. i.e. alternative ways of meeting needs/wants/preferences
3. Identify and study opportunities incl. barriers for transformation
Form this it follows that preferably, research should have an analytical part: why are things as they are,
and a design oriented part: what are the options for meeting the needs in a different way, a way that has
a lesser impact on the environment.
What are human needs? It is important to notice that ‘human needs’ is broader than ‘material
consumption’ as well that needs drive consumption (the need for autonomy in the western societies
drives (partly) car consumption). Within IHDP-IT the ultimate starting point will be taken by needs as
forces behind consumption and production. Since IT is about industrial activities the focus is not on
needs in itself but on needs as far as they are embedded in activities (consumption and production). It
was agreed upon that sectors are not a good starting point because that may cause a tunnel view i.e.
research questions will be formulated within one sector and may stay close to existing practices. On the
contrary, the challenge of research on IT lies in studying alternative ways of meeting the needs driving
activities, including a long time horizon.
This way of including needs into the Framework has the advantage of meeting the requirement for
research on transformations to go beyond solely (present) material consumption and production.
Furthermore is does justice to the fact that the consumption side of industrial activities - including the
role of individual consumers - is essential and must therefore be treated as an integral part of the
Science Plan.
The set up of the Framework (see annex 5) can be used during the Regional Workshops to test this
method of dealing with the issues addressed. Thereby it should be noticed that the methodology of
connecting the horizontal rows (research fields) and vertical columns (activities) depends upon the
column, i.e. upon the activities being investigated. Moreover, it should be understood that in social
sciences, framing the question is often regarded as the most important part of the research.
In addition to the present components of the draft Science Plan, the difference between the IHDP-IT
Science Plan and existing research programs and activities should made clear. In other words, the core
weaknesses of existing research should be demonstrated (e.g. the fact that the energy efficiency
discussion missed the N-curve (the strong rebound effect)) and the added value of IHDP-IT must be
formulated explicitly. The tentative set-up of the Framework can be seen as a tool of organizing
research towards important effectiveness and efficiency.
It was decided that a number of cases will be developed by the Committee-members on how the
proposed IHDP-IT framework works out for research on transformation of (industrial) activities in
specific areas. The structure of these cases is as follows:
1. Identification of the activity
2. Identification of the underlying needs/wants/preferences
3. Description of present practice
4. identification of alternatives
5. identification of opportunities and barriers for transformation
6. identification of key research questions
including value added character of IHDP-IT
Cases will be developed on
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Transport by Charles Vlek
Materials Use by Cutler Cleveland
Energy by Pier Vellinga/IVM
Recreation by Robert Socolow
Water by Theo de Bruijn (subject to further discussion within CSTM)
The current working definition of the Industrial Transformation research theme was re-considered by
the Committee. The best proposal the Committee came up with is: understanding the human drives and
mechanisms that could enable a transformation of the industrial system towards a decoupling of
industrial activities from their environmental impact’. Additional suggestions are still welcome.
3. Core Projects
The goal is to identify 2-4 global and 7-8 regional core projects by 1999. Core projects should fit in the
overall framework as described in the previous section, although there will be flexibility / pragmatism.
especially regarding regional initiatives.
Probably 3 different categories of research as related to IHDP-IT can be distinguished:
1. Research that is fundamentally required to answer research questions posed in the Science Plan
2. Research that contributes from a regional level to these questions
3. Relevant research contributing to but not part of IHDP-IT
Category 1 and may be also category 2 applies to Core Projects and consists of research for which the
SPC is responsible and which requires screening, endorsement and quality control by the SPC.
4. Regional Workshops
Regional Workshops will be organised in East-Asia, South Asia, Latin America, Africa, and Eastern
Europe with Nort Amercia and Western Europe still under discussion. The idea is to bring together in a
workshop 20 to (a maximum of ) 40 experts mainly representing several institutes in the region and the
industrial production and consumption sectors and the government. The workshop organisers are
encouraged to identify and invite participants covering each of the three fields distinguished within
IHDP-IT and researchers who take a long term interest in conducting research within the framework of
IHDP-IT.
For each workshop a Steering Committee will be established which is responsible for the organisation
of their Workshop. See Annex 6 for the Terms of Reference of the Regional Workshops and Annex 7
for a general overview of the state-of-the-art of the organisation of the several workshops.
 The East-Asia Workshop:
Sukehiro Gotoh presented the provisional program of this workshop, see Annex 8.
The SPC indicates that also experts from other East-Asian countries (Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand
etc) should join the Workshop. Moreover, the participants from the Greening of Industry Network
could be invited.
IGES (Institute for Global Environmental Strategies) is a newly founded institute, initiated by the
Japanese Environment Agency. IGES may adopt IT as one of its core themes. Under the heading of
IGES a project on de-industrialising old industry cites is likely to be initiated. The question is raised
whether this project can become a potential IT core project. The committee agrees that the first focus of
IT core projects has to be on industrial activities related to substance, energy and material flows
relevant for global environmental change. Therefore the Committee at the moment is hesitant to
consider the IGES project for adaoption as a core project because that may focus too much on
geographical, urbanisational and planning issues and less on physical flows and the industrial system.
In other words: the committee is not yet sure this project will meet the criteria as described in the
previous section.
Remaining details:
- David Angel will provide Gotoh with two names of the experts within the Greening of Industry
Network.
- Robert Socolow will provide Gotoh with a name of a Japanese researcher on consumption issues.
 The South-Asia Workshop
Pier Vellinga presented the Status Report as forwarded to the meeting in writing by Rajendra Pachauri
(see annex 7). Dr. Pachauri himself could not be present at this SPC-meeting.
The SPC felt that the proposal to focus the Workshop on Energy and Coal in South and South-Asia
could be a chocie very relevant for IHDP-IT. The Committee however is not sure whether the proposal
sufficiently covers the human dimensions side of research. At this moment the tentative outline of the
backgroundpaper is rather technical oriented. The three fields of research as distinguished in the
Inventory of Research and the framework for the Science Plan are not clearly reflected.
Coal and Energy is a good topic under the heading of IHDP-IT. To be adopted by IHDP-IT the project
should reflect the transformation approach and the three major fields of research as indicated in the
framework (see annex 5). Moreover, it should deal with a long term-horizon and should focus on
transformations.
With respect to the organisation of the Workshop the question is raised how international and how
multidisciplinary the meeting will be.
remaining details:
- Pier Vellinga will contact Pachauri to discuss the questions raised within two weeks. A further
telephoneconference with Pachauri, Mohan Munasinghe, Socolow and Larry Kohler may be useful to
discuss the final preparations for the workshop.to discuss the raised issues.
- Jacqueline Cramer will provide names of potential participants to Pier Vellinga/Peter Mulder
 The Eastern Europe Workshop
The focus of this workshop will be on the level of Macro Systems and Incentive Structure, in particular
the difficulties Eastern-Europe is facing with adopting EU policies on environmental regulation. While
the EU is focusing on best available technology legislation, Eastern Europe may find it more attractive
to move ahead to more recent economic instruments in environmental policy.
remaining details:
Charles Vlek will suggest names of researchers working on attitude changes in relation to transitions to
Jill Jaeger.
 The Latin America Workshop
See Annex 7.
remaining details:
- Jacqueline Cramer does have contacts with Philips and Akzo Nobel in this region; she will forward
some names to Pier Vellinga
- Cutler Cleveland will provide names of social scientists participating in a major workshop in Brasil
last year.
 The African Workshop
Karakezi was not able to organise this workshop; at this moment no keyperson has been found yet.
Larry Kohler will contact prof. Massaquoi. When Massaquoi indeed is not able to organise the
workshop, Larry Kohler will investigate the possibilities of organising the workshop in Zimbabwe
(UNEP).
Meanwhile Jacqueline Cramer will provide names of South African experts.
 The Nort Amercia Workshop
David Angel and Cutler Cleveland will organise a one day workshop in the US (Boston). The goal of
the Workshop is to test the IHDP-IT approach in order get support and possibly to identify 1 or 2
potential core projects.
The workshop will probably take place in the summer 1998
remaining details:
- Robert Socolow will assist David Angel and Cutler Cleveland with the organisation.
- Larry Kohler will provide names of Canadian experts for participating in this workshop.
 The Western-Europe Workshop
Jacqueline Cramer will take the lead in organising a workshop The goal of the Workshop is to test the
IHDP-IT approach in order get support and possibly to identify 1 or 2 potential core projects.
The workshop will take place in Brussels, probably in the end of August 1998. If not Brussels, than
Bonn may be a convenient location.
remaining details
- Charles Vlek, Theo de Bruijn and Pier Vellinga will assist Jacqueline Cramer with the organisation
- Pier Vellinga will contact Andrew Sors of the EU-DGXII regarding travel cost to Brussels.
4. Global Conference
The SPC decided that the Regional Workshops and the preparation of the Science Plan require more
time than is envisaged in the existing timeframe. Therefore the Global Conference is postponed to
24-26 February 1999, still to be held in Amsterdam.
During the conference the Science Plan will be presented by the SPC
Target Groups of the Conference will be
 Research Community
 Groups interested in research use and research agenda building, such as governments, private sector
and NGOs
 International Organisations
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Research Funding Agencies
5. Publication by SPC
It was decided to postpone a joint publication by the SPC on ‘the need to address energy and material
flows at a global level’. The Research Directions document and the Science Plan itself have priority.
6. Next meeting of the Committee
October 29-30, 1998 in Amsterdam
ANNEX 1
History of IHDP-IT
The IHDP-steering group requested Pier Vellinga, director of the Institute for Environmental Studies
(IVM) of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Scientific Director of the SENSE Research School, to
initiate and coordinate the preparations for the development of an international research agenda on
Industrial Transformation. The IHDP Scientific Committee, the Vrije Universiteit, the Netherlands
Academy of Sciences and the Netherlands’ Council on Environmental Research (RMNO) have
provided the funds to support the preparatory activities. The activities started in 1996 with the
development of a Scoping Report (March 1996). This Scoping Report (SR) was based on two
workshops held at IVM. Industrial Transformation (IT) describes in an abstract and preliminary way
the Research Field IT.
When the SR was approved by the IHDP Steering Committee in May 1996, a small group started at the
International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) to work on a inventory of research by
summarising main achievements and research clusters that would be relevant for IT. This document
describes the research activities in the field of IT and summarises several background-papers. This
Inventory of Research was first discussed at an international workshop on IT, hosted by the Vrije
Universiteit/IVM on February 20th 1997. In May 1997 a revised version of the Inventory of Research
was finished.
During the IHDP Open Science Meeting held at IIASA (12-14 June 1997) a tentative framework of the
Research Agenda on IT (table 1) was presented and discussed during a plenary and two small group
meetings.
sectors
research fields
System-analytical Perspectives
(Environmental Kuznetscurve, International
Mass Balance Research, Eco-restrucutring,
Dev-Dev country Issues)
Industrial Ecology
(firms, networks, organisations, products,
Life Cycle Analysis, Eco-efficiency etc.)
Consumers
Consumer chocie, role of consumers in
decision making
food
chemical
industry
transport
electronics
energy
others
Table 1. First tentative set-up of the Research Agenda
The Meeting supported the idea to develop a Science Plan on the basis of this tentative framework.
The IHDP-IT Scientific Planning Committee was established in the fall of 1997. This committee will
co-ordinate the forthcoming activities and has the formal responsibility of drawing up and presenting a
IHDP-IT Science Plan at an International Conference to be held in Amsterdam in February, 24-26, 1999
ANNEX 2
Members of the IHDP-IT Scientific Planning Committee
David Angel is chair of the Economics, Technology and Environment section of the Graduate School
of Geography, Clark University. His background and training are in economic geography, focusing
upon issues of industrial restructuring and technological change within advanced economies. He has
begun a series of projects examining industrial innovation and the environment, including a study of
obstacles to environmental innovation and reconstruction in Poland and Russia, and an analysis of
international collaboration in green technology development in the US, Asia and Japan. He is the US
coordinator of the Greening of Industry Network.
Theo de Bruijn is a senior research associate at the Center for Clean Technology and Environmental
Policy CSTM of the University of Twente (NL).He publishes and teaches about the relations between
governments and companies on environmental affairs and conducted research on environmental
management, the evaluation of pollution prevention projects, and the meaning of sustainability for
industrial development. He is the European Coordinator of the Greening of Industry Network.
Cutler Cleveland is Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies and Associate
professor in Geography, Boston University. His background is in ecology and economics. He conducted
research on physical and economic modeling of natural resource scarcity, energy systems and
dematerialisation. He is initiating a collaboration between his Center and a Business School in order
to conduct ‘IT-kind’ of research
Jacqueline Cramer is professor in Environmental Management at the Tilburg University in the
Netherlands and affiliated with TNO ( the major government supported Technological Research
Institute). Furthermore she works with several large companies, in particular Philips (electronics) and
Akzo Nobel (chemical industry), where she advises on and assists with the implementation of
eco-efficiency. She is member of several advisory committees for the Netherlands Government.
Sukehiro Gotoh is Director of the Social & Environmental Systems Division of the National Institute
for Environmental Studies, Japan Environment Agency. He teaches at the School of Art & Science and
the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo. Professor He did research for over 20 years on soil
waste management, recycling and Industrial Ecology. He is experienced with corporate practices on
transforming Japanese industries towards sustainability.
Rajendra Pachauri is director of Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI), an independent, non-profit
institute mainly working on industry related environmental topics (e.g. industrial ecology). He views
Industrial Transformation (IT) as a highly relevant issue for India, since industry is increasing rapidly
growing in India. TERI is part of the TATA Research Institute that has affiliates in Washington DC and
is related, among others, to research institutes in Germany and Moscow.
Gerard Scherhorn is professor in Consumer Economics at the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart
Germany, and Director of the Working Group on New Models of Wealth at the Wuppertal Institute on
Climate, Environment and Energy. He conducted research on excessive buying behaviour and
post-material values, the informal sector and ecological enterprises.
Robert Socolow is professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Director of the Center of
Energy and Environmental Studies, both at Princeton University. He is member of several Scientific
Boards and Advisory Committees and has an extensive experience in research on Energy Conservation,
Industrial Ecology and Global Change.
Pier Vellinga is director of the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) at the Free University of
Amsterdam. He has been asked by the IHDP Scientific Committee to initiate and coordinate the
preparations for the development of an international Science Plan on IT. He and the institute take a high
interest in this topic (i.e. the interaction between economy and environment).
Charles Vlek is professor of applied psychology, particularly behavioural decision theory. He is
chairman of the Centre for Environmental and Transport Psychology at the University of Groningen.
He carries out research in environmental risk analyses/ evaluation, the environmental impacts of
household consumption and motorised transport as a source of environmental and societal problems.
He is member of various advisory boards and research coordination committees.
Thomas Zylicz is director of the Warsaw Ecological Economics Center and professor in Economics at
the Warsaw University. Moreover, he is Project Associate of the Central and Eastern Europe
Environmental Economics and Policy Project of the Harvard Institute for International Development.
He has a broad experience, both at the research and the public policy level, in environmental policy and
environmental economics and is advising governments in Central and Eastern Europe on these issues.
There are still a number of vacancies in the Scientific Planning Committee. These vacancies will be
filled after the Regional Workshops.
ANNEX 3: Addresses of members Scientific Planning Committee
Dr. David Angel
Graduate School of Geography
Clark University
950 Main Street
WORCESTER MA 01610
USA
Tel. +1 508 7937388
Fax. +1 508 7938881
E-mail: dangel@clarku.edu
Dr. Theo J.N.M. de Bruijn
University of Twente
Center for Clean Technology & Environmental Policy
European Coordinator Greening of Industry
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE ENSCHEDE
The Netherlands
Tel. +31 53 4894234
Fax. +31 53 4894850
E-mail: t.j.n.m.debruijn@cstm.utwente.nl
Dr. Cutler Cleveland
Boston University (CEES)
Centre for Energy & Env. Studies/Dept. of Geography
675 Commonwealth Avenue
BOSTON, MA 02215
USA
Tel. +1 617 3535740/3083
Fax. +1 617 3535986
E-mail: cutler@bu.edu
Mrs.prof.dr. Jacqueline Cramer
Akzo Nobel/ TNO-STB
Sons Beekweg 2
6814 BA ARNHEM
The Netherlands
Tel. +31 26 4439699
Fax. +31 26 4436764
E-mail: jmcramer@worldaccess.nl
Dr. Sukehiro Gotoh
Nat. Inst. for Environmental Studies
Japan Environment Agency
Onogawa 16-2
TSUKUBA, IBARAKI 305
Japan
Tel. +81 298 502334
Fax. +81 298 502572
E-mail: sgotoh@nies.go.jp
Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri
TERI/Tata Energy Research Institute
Darbari Seth Block, Habitat Place
Lodi Road, NEW DELHI-110003
India
Tel. +91 11 4627651/01550/4622246
Fax. +91 11 4621770/4632609
E-mail: pachauri@teri.ernet.in
Prof.dr. Gerhard Scherhorn
Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
Postfach 100480
42004 WUPPERTAL
Germany
Tel. +49 202 2492175/42
Fax. +49 202 2492138/08
E-mail: scherhor@rs1.rz.uni-hohenheim.de
Prof.dr. Robert Socolow
Center Energy & Environmental. Studies
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 0-8544
USA
Tel. +1 609 2585446
Fax. +1 609 2583661
E-mail: socolow@princeton.edu
Prof.dr. Pier Vellinga
Institute for Environmental Studies
Vrije Universiteit
De Boelelaan 1115
1081 HV AMSTERDAM
The Netherlands
Tel. +31 20 4449515
Fax. +31 20 4449553
E-mail: pier.vellinga@ivm.vu.nl
Prof.dr. Charles A.J. Vlek
University of Groningen
Dept. Psychology
Grote Kruisstraat 2
9712 TS GRONINGEN
The Netherlands
Tel. +31 50 3636443/386
Fax. +31 50 3636304
E-mail: c.a.j.vlek@ppsw.rug.nl
Prof.dr. Tomasz Zylicz
Warsaw Ecological Economics Center,
Warsaw University,
44 / 50 Dluga Street PL - 00241 WARSAW
Poland
Tel. +48 22 8313201
Fax. +48 22 8312846
E-mail:tzylicz@wne.uw.edu.pl
ANNEX 4: Time frame IHDP-IT
Industrial Transformation
Scoping Report
increasing
level of
specificity
1996
Research Directions
1997-1998
Framework Science Plan
1998*
Core Programmes and Projects
Core Programme 1
1998-2002
Research Project 1
Research Project 2
* Adoption of Science Plan by Global Conference on February 24-26, 1999
Annex 5: Development of the Science Plan.
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A tentative framework for research and criteria for the development of core research projects
1.
Industrial Transformation research under the International Human Dimensions
Programme
What makes an Industrial Transformation Science Plan different from existing research programs and
activities. The leitmotif as indicated in the Scoping Report and in the Research Inventory document
suggests that research should focus on the generation of knowledge and information that can help to
guide production and consumption patterns in more sustainable directions, i.e. towards a decoupling of
economic growth and a parallel growth of environmental pressures.
This approach has two elements that should be highlighted: one, research should consider the process
of transformation of certain activities. This implies that we should identify these. Second, we should
have an idea about options for transformation of these practices such that the pressures on the
environment would be reduced.
An important criterion for the development of a coherent International Science Plan is a shared
understanding of what type of research is required for getting a thorough understanding of the issues
relevant for transformation. What disciplines and what fields of research should be covered? In the
Research Inventory document a tentative listing has been made. It is suggested that research should be
aimed at analyzing the process of transformation and analyzing the options for transformation covering
the following three fields:
1.
Macro-systems and incentive structure. The sets of rules and incentives that are or have been
important for production and consumption processes that are addressed, and an understanding
2.
3.
of the related environmental resource use, including the flow of materials and substances
affecting the environment;
The production system, including the technologies applied in view of its organizational and
economic system and their setting; in the earlier documents this was referred to as industrial
ecology/production;
The consumption system, including the needs (abilities and opportunities), demands and
preferences of consumers, and the ways in which consumers express their preferences; in
earlier documents, this was referred to as consumers perspective/sustainable consumption.
Any research core project on Industrial Transformation should cover all three fields of research in a
multi-disciplinary setting.
Industrial Transformation Research should focus on the transformation of the activities related to the
flows of substances, energy and materials that negatively affect the global environment.
A final and most important criterion for the development of a Science Plan is the decision about what
global environment issues we should focus on. As the title of the overall programme is Human
Dimensions of Global Environmental Change it seems obvious that the Science Plan focuses on
production and consumption activities that, by their nature, pose a threat to the global environment. The
notion of global environment however, can be defined in three different ways:
1.
Truly global environmental systems such as ozone layer depletion, climate change, unique
global biodiversity and/or resource depletion;
2.
Universal practices that, through their cumulative effect, could over time result into global
problems such as eutrofication, land degradation, acidification, water scarcity and water
pollution, irreversible soil/ground water pollution;
3.
Regional environmental problems that could over time develop into global problems as a result
of “knock-on effects”, for example regional problems that could lead to political instability, or
problems that could trigger diseases which in turn could spread around the world, or problems
that would generate environmental refugees.
2.
A Step wise approach to the development of a Science Plan
The elements and criteria discussed in the previous paragraph provide the basis for the development of
the Industrial Transformation Science Plan. Building on these elements the framework could be
developed as follows:
 Step 1: identify specific activities (production and consumption), indicate how these activities
affect the quality of the global environment and get agreement on the need for transformation;
 Step 2: identify underlying human needs, wants, preferences and investigate alternative ways of
meeting these, thereby increasing the efficiency of resource use and reducing the pressure on the
global environment (this should be done at a high level of abstraction); Investigate what we can
learn from examples;
 Step 3: make a tentative list of existing or perceived opportunities and barriers for adjustment of
the activities, such opportunities/barriers could include information/awareness, technological
options/lock-in effects, market opportunities/barriers, institutional opportunities/barriers,
psychological/sociological barriers, emerging/persistent consumers preferences, etc., etc.;
 Step 4: the development of a comprehensive plan that addresses the issues identified in step 1, 2
and 3.
An example is the present ways in which energy needs are met; growing use of fossil fuel poses a threat
to the global climate. A second example is the way we meet our food demands. Present practices result
into a considerable loss of biodiversity and land degradation. A third example is the way in which the
human needs for water are met resulting into scarcity and/or shortages for now and/or future
generations. A fourth example is the way industrial production systems are organized. Especially the
areas used for heavy industry may require a restoration for sustainability purposes, transformation
research on this topic could include the process of de-industrialization and environmental rehabilitation.
Once a specific set of activities aimed at meeting human demands/needs has been identified the options
for meeting these in a different way can be investigated. Each alternative will have its own
opportunities and barriers.
To ensure a comprehensive approach in transformation research all three research fields/disciplines as
listed in the previous paragraph should be covered: the consumers side of the issue, the producers side
and the overall institutional and cultural setting in which producers and consumers operate.
Preferably, the research should have an analytical part: why are things as they are, and a design oriented
part: what are the options for meeting the needs in a different way, a way that has a lesser impact on the
environment.
3.
The Research Framework
The overall frame for the Science Plan can be developed on the basis of the considerations described
above. The Scientific Planning Committee is charged with the development of an overall Science Plan
and with the identification/selection of a set of specific core research projects.
Preferably, some of the core research projects should be global by nature and global in terms of
international cooperation and task sharing. Other core projects could have a more regional focus and
be composed of mainly regional research teams. The goal of the Scientific Planning Committee could
be to identify one core project per region (presently we have 7 regions) and two or three global core
projects.
The frame work in which the specific core projects should fit can be illustrated by the matrix presented
below. The Research Plan could select a number of priority area’s.
Activities
Water
Food
Water
Food
production
production
production
production
consumption
consumption
consumption consumption
Transport
Transport
Materials
Materials
Processing
Processing
and
andUse
Use
(steel, paper, pulp,
(steel, paper, pulp,
plastics, cement)
plastics, cement)
Energy
Energy
production
production
consumption
consumption
Financial
Financial
Services
Services
Information
Information
and
and
Recreation
Recreation Communication
Communication
Services
Services
Research fields/
disciplines:
Macro-Systems
and
Incentive Structure
Production
System
Consumption
System
Industrial Transformation is about the way production and consumption activities,related to substance, energy and material flows,
take place, and about bringing about alternative ways of organising these activities such that environmental presure is reduced,
in view of the functions these activities performand the human needs, wants and preferences that underlie these functions.
4.
Epilogue
This is a proposal based on consultations with a broad range of experts and in depth discussions by the
IHDP-IT Scientific Planning Committee at our meeting on February 12-13, 1998. The Framework will
be tested, elaborated and complemented in the 7 Regional Workshops to be held in 1998. A full Science
Plan, including core projects will be presented at the global IHDP-IT Conference on February 24-26,
1999 in Amsterdam.
Pier Vellinga
Chair IHDP-IT Scientific Planning Committee
Amsterdam, February 22, 1998
ANNEX 6: Terms of Reference Regional Workshops
IHDP
Industrial Transformation
Terms of Reference Regional Workshops
(version 2)
February 1998
Prof. Dr. Pier Vellinga, Dr. Marjan Hofkes, Peter Mulder
Part of the process of developing a Science Plan on IHDP-IT is the organisation of Regional
Workshops. They will be organised in East-Asia, South Asia, South-/ Meso-America, Africa, and
Eastern Europe, Western Europe and North America.
1. Scope and Mandate:
Two documents will serve as input for the discussions at the workshops: the Research Directions and
the framework for the Science Plan. The Research Directions was first published in May 1997 as an
Inventory of Research document. It is continually updated since then. After the first Science Planning
Committee meeting the title has been modified form Research Inventory to Research Directions. The
IHDP-IT Scientific Planning Committee has discussed and slightly modified the framework for a
Science Plan at their first meeting in February 1998. The broad scope and mandate of the Regional
Workshops is as follows:
1. Discuss and consider the Research Directions document and the overall goal of
the IHDP research activities.
2. Develop ideas, set priorities and make proposals for a Science Plan on IHDP-IT, both at the global level
and the regional level.
3. Explore contributions, including funding for the implementation of the
prioritised research activities.
The results of the Regional Workshops serve as input for the Science Plan, which will draw up a set of
global research core projects and a set of regional core projects.
2. Topics to be discussed:
In line with the above mentioned the following Research Fields are to be discussed at the Regional
Workshops:
A) Macro-systems and Incentives-structure
Issues are, among others, the environmental Kuznets curve, international mass
balance analyses, fiscal and financial incentive structure, trade issues,
etc. Both international political and economic science issues have to be reflected. The main disciplines
here would be econometrics, development economics, environmental economics, political sciences,
international policy analyses and geographical sciences.
B) Production System
Issues are, among others, LCA, eco-design, industrial networks, organisational aspects, etc. The main
disciplines and expertise here is technology, technology assessment, chemistry, physics, management and
organisational expertise.
C) Consumption System
Issues are, among others, consumer needs and preferences and the role of the
consumer in decision making (e.g. in NGOs). The main disciplines here are psychology, sociology,
marketing and related disciplines.
3. Participants:
The idea is to bring together in a workshop 20 to (a maximum of ) 40 participants from a several
institutes in the region. Potential commitment to the program, i.e. willingness to develop research
proposals in future time, is an important criterion for the experts to be invited. To ensure disciplinary
balance in the workshop and in the future research programme, the workshop organisers are encouraged
to identify and invite experts and institutions covering each of the three fields mentioned above.
Moreover, representatives of the industrial production and consumption sectors and government
representations from the ministries of science, environment and economics should participate.
4. Finances:
The START Office in Washington has agreed to sponsor the development of the Science Plan on
IHDP-IT through the co-sponsoring of the Regional Workshops to be held in Africa, South-Asia,
East-Asia and Eastern-Europe. Contact has been established with the US National Science Foundation
for funding the South/ Meso-America workshop. In addition, several regional organisations identified
by the workshop organisers, will sponsor the workshops.
5. Regional Steering Committee:
For each workshop a Regional Steering Committee will be established which is responsible for the
organisation of their Workshop. Furthermore, this Committee can function as the starting point to build
up a regional network. The Committee members will consist of the already identified key-persons
organising the workshops, supplemented by regional experts.
6. Organisational Issues:
In view of a smooth communication among several key-persons in the process, we will encourage you
to keep the following persons in the loop in the correspondence of the
preparations of the Regional Workshops:
Prof.Dr. Roland Fuchs
START Office, Washington
Dr. Larry Kohler
IHDP Secretariat, Bonn
Prof.Dr. Robert SocolowPrinceton University, Princeton
Prof.Dr. Pier Vellinga
IHDP-IT Secretariat, Amsterdam
In order to be able to disperse information of the workshops which have been held to subsequent
workshops, the Regional Steering Committee will write a report on the workshop. This report should be
sent to IVM as soon as possible after the workshop has been held. IVM will distribute the reports
among the organisers of the other workshops.
ANNEX 7: Overview Workshops
* The East-Asia Workshop:
Date:
June 23-25, 1998.
Place:
Kita-Kyushu City, Japan.
Jointly with the IGES (Institute for Global Environmental Strategies )
Workshop ‘Urbanization and Environment’.
Contactperson:
Dr. Sukehiro Gotoh, National Institute for Environmental Studies Japan.
Social & Environmental Systems Division
National Institute for Environmental Studies
Onogawa 16-2, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 JAPAN
Tel: +81-298-50-2334
Fax: +81-298-50-2572
E-mail: sgotoh@nies.go.jp
Steering Committee:
Dr. Sukehiro Gotoh (co-chair), Prof.Dr. Imura (Kyushu University;
co-chair), Mr. Moriya (IGES; coordination), Mr. Natori (APN), Mr.
Shinohara (Kita Kyushu City; logistics), Prof.Dr. Pier Vellinga, Prof.Dr.
Robert Socolow
.
Japan and South-East Asia
Participants:
Finances:.
START will provide $ 10,000 ; APN will provide $ 10,000 ; Kita Kyushu
City will provide 6 million Yen (ca. $ 50.000) ; IGES will balance the total
expenditure of the IGES and IHDP-IT workshop which is currently
estimated to be 10 million Yen (ca. $ 83,000).
* The South-Asia Workshop:
Date:
April 4-5, 1998
Place:
New Delhi, India.
Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI)
Contactperson:
Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, TERI
TATA Energy Research Institute
Darbari Seth Block, Habitat Place, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003,
INDIA
Tel: + 91-11-4627651/4647762
Fax: + 91-11-4621770/4632609
E-mail: pachauri@teri.res.in
Steering Committee:
Dr. Rajendra Pachauri (chair), Dr. Pradheep Dadhich, Dr. Mohan
Munasinghe, Dr. Ijaz Hussain, Prof.Dr. Pier Vellinga, Prof.Dr. Robert
Socolow, Dr. Gotoh.
Participants:
Mainly India and surrounding countries, in addition: South-East Asia
Finances:.
START will provide $ 20.000
* The Latin America Workshop:
Date:
End of September 1998
Place:
IAI office, Brasil
Contactperson:
Prof.Dr. José Goldemburg /Dr. Marcella Ohira,
Inter American Institute
Inst. Electrotechn. and Energy, Av. Prof. Almeida Prado 925
Cidade Universitaria 05508-900, Sao Paulo, BRASIL
Tel: + 55 11 8185053
Fax: + 55 11 2107750
E-mail: goldemb@iee.usp.br
Steering Committee:
Prof.Dr. José Goldenburg (chair), Prof.Dr. Pier Vellinga, Dr.
Armando Rabufetti (IAI), Dr. Marcella Ohira (IAI), Dr. Mauricio
Tolmasquin (IHDP/Univ. Of Rio de Janeiro)
Participants:
South- and Meso America
Finances:.
Contact has been established with Paul Filmer from the US
National Science Foundation for financial support for this
workshop
* The Africa Workshop:
Date:
Still to be established
Place:
Still to be established
Contactperson:
Prof. Dr. J.G.M. Massaquoi (?)
Programme Specialist in Science and Technology
UNESCO Nairobi Office
P.O. Box 30592
Nairobi, KENYA
Tel: +254-2-621234
Fax: +245-2-215991
Telex: 2222275 Nairobi
Steering Committee:
Still to be established
Participants:
Africa
Finances:.
START will provide $ 20.000.
* The Eastern-Europe Workshop:
Date:
March 26 - 27, 1998
Place:
Laxenburg, Austria.
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Contactperson:
Dr. Jill Jaeger
IIASA
A-2361 Laxenburg, AUSTRIA
Tel: + 42-2236-807 571
Fax: + 42-2236- 71313
E-mail: jaeger@iiasa.ac.at
Steering Committee:
Dr. Jill Jaeger (chair), Prof.Dr. Thomas Zylicz, Prof.Dr. Pier
Vellinga, Prof.Dr. Robert Socolow
Participants:
Eastern-Europe
Finances:.
START will provide $ 20.000.
* The North America Workshop:
Date:
Summer of 1998
Place:
Boston, USA
Contactperson:
Dr. David Angel
Graduate School of Geography
Clark University
950 Main Street
WORCESTER MA 01610
USA
Tel. +1 508 7937388
Fax. +1 508 7938881
E-mail: dangel@clarku.edu
Steering Committee:
Dr. David Angel, Dr. Cutler Cleveland, Prof.Dr. Robert Socolow
Participants:
USA
Finances:.
* The Western Europe Workshop:
Date:
August 1998
Place:
Brusells, Belgium
Contactperson:
Mrs.prof.dr. Jacqueline Cramer
Akzo Nobel/ TNO-STB
Sons Beekweg 2
6814 BA ARNHEM
The Netherlands
Tel. +31 26 4439699
Fax. +31 26 4436764
E-mail: jmcramer@worldaccess.nl
Steering Committee:
Mrs.Prof.Dr. Jacqueline Cramer, Dr. Theo de Bruijn, Prof. Dr.
Charles Vlek, Prof. Dr. Pier Vellinga
Participants:
Western-Europe
Finances:.
To be investigated/EU -DGXII
ANNEX 8: Status Report Japan
Proposed Draft Program - IHDP-IT East-Asia Regional Workshop
Dr. Sukehiro Gotoh
February 1998
Date: June 23 - 25, 1998
This East-Asia Workshop will be jointly held with the IGES-UE (Institute for Global Environmental
Strategies - Urbanization and Environment) Project Workshop. This IHDP-IT Workshop will be in the
latter one and a half days.
Place: The Kita-Kyushu International Convention Center, Kita-Kyushu City, Japan (Main Hall and
International Conference Room are reserved.)
Purpose and Scope of the Workshop
This Kita-Kyushu Workshop on Industrial Transformation has been organized for the Region
Japan/East-Asia as a part of the process of developing a Science Plan of IHDP-IT.
The purpose and scope of the Workshop are; 1) To discuss and consider the existing research
inventory, the overall goal of the research activities, 2) To develop ideas, set priorities and make
proposals for a Science Plan on IHDP-IT, both at global and the East-Asian Regional level, and 3) To
explore ways and means including funding for the implementation of the prioritized research activities.
Two documents will serve as an input for the Workshop discussions: the Inventory of Research
document (re-revised version) and a draft framework document for developing a Science including
criteria to identify core programs and projects. These should be provided by the Secretariat of the
Scientific Planning Committee (SPC) on IT in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
The results of the Workshop discussions will in turn serve as an input as one of the regional
components to the SPC for development of a global Science Plan, which will be discussed and finalized
at the SPC Meeting scheduled on October 29-30, 1998, in Amsterdam.
Issues and Topics to be Discussed:
For the following three distinguished Research Fields, issues and topics as identified in the revised
Inventory of Research document are to be discussed:
1) Macro Systems Approach and Incentive Structure
Issues are, among others, the Environmental Kuznets Curve, international mass balance and flow
analyses, economic incentive structure, eco-restructuring, etc. Both international policy and economic
science issues have to be reflected. The main disciplines here would be econometrics,
environmental/ecological economics, political sciences, international policy analyses and geographical
sciences.
2) Production System (Industrial Ecology and Organizational Aspects)
Issues are, among others, LCA, eco-designs, sustainable production practices at firm level,
organizational aspects including management and industrial networking in terms of both organizational
and physical contexts, etc. The main disciplines and expertise here will be process
technology/engineering, technology assessment, business management, organizations, and networks.
3) Consumption System (Consumers Actions, Sustainable Consumption)
Issues are, among others, consumer needs and preferences, and the role of the consumer in
decision-making (e.g., in NGOs). The main disciplines here are psychology, sociology, education,
marketing and related disciplines.
Tentative Program and Workshop Sessions:
At the Workshop, the following five consecutive Sessions are planned to take place from the afternoon,
June 24, and the whole day of June 25. The program is organized accordingly and designed as
follows. Splitting up the participants into groups of three Research Fields is avoided in order to
preserve the linkage among them and to share all the information and discussions.
(Afternoon, Wednesday, June 24, 1998)
SESSION I: “INTRODUCTION - TOWARDS RESEARCH AGENDA OF IHDP-IT”
(Chair S. Gotoh)
In this Session, first P. Vellinga, in the capacity of SPC Cahir, will make an introductory presentation
on the background of IHDP-IT, the two documents as an input, and aim & goal of the Workshop
discussions to follow. Then, following the presentation, some brief discussions from the invited
(table) participants may be in order. Purpose of this Session is to share a general and common
understanding on the Industrial Transformation and the Workshop purpose.
SESSION II: “RESEARCH FIELD 1 - MACRO SYSTEMS AND INCENTIVE STRUCTURE”
(Chair S. Nakamura ?)
In this Session, the first half will be used for presentation of three speakers introducing their ongoing
research of relevance to this Research Field, 15 min each. The speakers are leader of research groups
and/or institutions mainly in Japan as identified by the organizers. The latter half of the Session will
be devoted to discussions by the speakers and other table participants on issues specifically relevant to
Industrial Transformation in terms of priority setting of research agenda and potential regional
collaboration. The discussions will be moderated by the Chair.
(Morning, Thursday, June 25, 1998)
SESSION III: “RESEARCH FIELD 2 - INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY AND ORGANIZATIONAL
ASPECTS”
(Chair R. Socolow)
In this Session, the first half will be used for presentation of several speakers introducing their ongoing
research of relevance to this Research Field, 15 min each. The speakers are leader of research groups
and/or institutions mainly in Japan as identified by the organizers. The latter half of the Session will
be devoted to discussions by the speakers and other table participants on issues specifically relevant to
Industrial Transformation in terms of priority setting of research agenda and potential regional
collaboration. The discussions will be moderated by the Chair.
(Afternoon, Thursday, June 25, 1998)
SESSION IV: “RESEARCH FIELD 3 - CONSUMERS CHOICE AND SUSTAINABLE
CONSUMPTION”
(Chair ????????)
In this Session, the first half will be used for presentation of four speakers introducing their ongoing
research of relevance to this Research Field, 15 min each. The speakers are leader of research groups
and/or institutions mainly in Japan as identified by the organizers. The latter half of the Session will
be devoted to discussions by the speakers and other table participants on issues specifically relevant to
Industrial Transformation in terms of priority setting of research agenda and potential regional
collaboration. The discussions will be moderated by the Chair.
SESSION V: “CONCLUSION - WORKSHOP SUMMARY AND PROPOSALS FOR A SCIENCE
PLAN”
(Chair P. Vellinga)
In this concluding Session, the first 45 min will be used for summary report of Chair of previous three
Sessions. Following the reporting, a Panel composed of all Chairs will discuss, with some
participation from the table, on the overall goal of research activities, proposals for a Science Plan, and
possible international collaborative research network including funding for the implementation of the
research activities envisaged. The Panel will conclude this Workshop with endorsement of the table
participants.
Participants of the Workshop:
Participants to this Workshop may be divided into two categories; invited table participants, 20-30 in
number, who sit on the central roundtable to be selected from the experts of potential commitment and
of higher relevance to IT including speakers at the Sessions, and registered observers, maximum 50 in
number due to the size of the Meeting Room, who sit outside of the roundtable willing to participate in
this Workshop because of their interest in research need and use. The table participants, including
SPC members, will be several from Asia, three or four from North America and Europe, but mainly
from Japan, while observers are expected to be mostly from industry in Japan.
SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION
All the presentation and discussion of the Workshop shall be simultaneously translated between
Japanese and English due to the fact of larger participation of the Japanese. The service is provided
from the sponsors, The City of Kita-Kyushu and IGES.
Contact Person for Program:
Dr. Sukehiro Gotoh
Director, Social & Environmental Systems Division
National Institute for Environmental Studies, JAPAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
Onogawa 16-2, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken 305-0053 JAPAN
TEL: +81-298-50-2334 FAX: +81-298-50-2572 E-MAIL: sgotoh@nies.go.jp
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ANNEX 9: Status Report India
Status Report - on the IHDP-IT South Asian Regional Workshop, April 6-7, 1998, New Delhi, India i
Dr. Pachauri
February 12th, 1998
Administrative Preparations for the Workshop
A workshop on IHDP-IT, to discuss and draw up a research agenda for the South and South-East Asian
Region, is scheduled for April 6-7, 1998, New Delhi, India. It is has been given wider publicity by
posting its details on the Internet and TERI homepage (which is also linked to IHDP-IT homepage).
A regional steering committee was constituted in consultation with Prof Pier Vellinga. The
committee members include Dr R K Pachauri (India) Dr Mohan Munasinghe (Sri Lanka), Dr Ijaz
Hussain (Bangladesh), Prof. Socolow (USA) and Prof. Pier Vellinga (Netherlands). A core IT group,
with professionals from TERI who have different backgrounds (such as environmental engineering and
sciences, sociology, economics and management), was formulated to work for the regional workshop.
A detailed program for the workshop was prepared in consultation with the International Steering
Committee
The proposed participants for the workshop, essentially from South and South-East Asian
countries, were selected after discussions with the IT core group at TERI. Invitations were sent out in
January 1998 to participants along with information about the workshop. Responses with confirmations
from participants have already started coming in.
The workshop venue, accommodation for the international participants are being fixed up in
New Delhi (at India Habitat Center and India International Center). Travel arrangements and other
logistics will be initiated in accordance with the confirmations from the participants.
Technical Preparations for the Workshop
The IT core group at TERI has met several times to discuss and understand the workshop objectives
and the “Asian Dilemma” of industrial transformation. The focus areas for the regional workshop are
Coal and Power related issues for IHDP-IT.
Recently, on Feb.5, 1998 the TERI-IT core group met and discussed the background material to be
prepared and further activities to be carried out for the workshop. A tentative outline of the background
paper, on which the TERI-IT core group is working, is given below.
1. Introduction
Context of the workshop, Industrial Transformation, Energy/Coal in South and South-East Asia
2. Status and BAU projections of energy, Impacts of coal cycle
Impact of coal cycle - Up stream and down stream impacts on the environment, economy and other
sectors like transport etc.
Power requirements and projections - Power demand projections till 2030, Demand/supply deficits,
Sectoral break-up, projections under various scenarios, etc.
3. Industrial Transformation applied to the problem
Technological issues:
Advanced technologies for power generation using coal- IGCC, PFBC, Ultra-super critical boilers and
other technologies. The target efficiencies are greater than 50% and comparable with Natural Gas.
Industrial use of coal- process heat generation, process feedstocks for chemicals, fertilizers and
metallurgical industries.
Pollution related aspects of power generation and industrial use of coal - pollution control, pollution
prevention, clean technology, life cycle analysis, waste recycling, environmental management systems
and ISO 14000.
Renewable energy for power generation - biomass, solar, wind, hydro and others like M.S.W.
Technologies for use of renewable energy to be considered are gas turbines, wind turbines, gassifiers,
and other decentralized power generation systems.
Economic aspects: Ecological economics, cost benefit analysis, environmental Kuznets Curve, natural
resource accounting.
Institutional issues: related to privatization, liberalization.
Points of discussion (The Asian Dilemma)
The background paper will be ready by the end of February 1998 with inputs from Prof. R H Socolow
and Dr R K Pachauri. Guidelines for participants will be prepared in the next few weeks.