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Climate Change (December 2007 Bali, Indonesia) |
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UNFCCC COP13 & COP/MOP3 Side Event:
APFED Policy Dialogue on Climate Change |
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 APFED members and experts of climate issues presented their views and recommendations on how should Asia tackle climate change challenges and how can Asian countries work together for global sustainability, with the intention of providing impetus to the policy processes on climate change. |
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8 December 2007(Sat.) 11:00-14:30 |
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Swiss Grand Bali(Yudhistira Room) |
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Prof. Hironori Hamanaka, Chair of the Board of Directors, IGES |
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APFED, an Asia - Pacific regional group of eminent experts, organized the APFED Policy Dialogue on Climate Change was convened at Swiss Grand Bali from 11 a.m. until 3:30 p.m on 8 December 2007. It was aimed at promoting multi-stakeholder dialogue on major issues in climate change policies such as the Kyoto Protocol implementation and the development of the post 2012 climate change policy regime.
Prof. Hironori Hamanaka, Chair of the Board of Directors, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies - IGES, Japan briefly underscored in his opening remarks, the vital role Asia needs to play in forging climate change policy processes taking into account its rapidly growing GHG emissions, stagnant poverty and vulnerability.
Mr. Hiroshi Ohki, Chairman, GEA International Conference 2007 and Chairman, Japan Center for Climate Change Action and President of the UNFCCC/COP3 emphasized the urgent need to intensify actions on climate change and the importance of developing a globally participated post 2012 climate change policy regime.
Mr. Raúl Estrada-Oyuela, former Ambassador of Argentina and Chairman of the Committee of the Whole (COW) of the COP3 broadly reviewed the Kyoto Protocol development and implementation processes and noted a number of cautions and future perspectives such as the constraints of the current CDM and emission trading in terms of reducing the overall GHG emissions at the national and global scale, and the expected potentials of cap and trade policies.
Mr. Michael Zummit Cutajar, former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) emphasized the importance of intervening policy measures that will reshape market and investment for reducing GHG emissions and presented his analysis on pros and cons of key issues such as 2 centigrade target, cap & trade and the length of commitment period.
Dr. Emil Salim, former Minister of Environment, Indonesia, and Special Envoy of the President, Indonesia and APFED Member presented political dynamisms in climate change policy processes. Dr. Cielito Habito, former Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning and former Director-General of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA), and Professor and Director, Ateneo Center for Economic Research and Development, Philippines and APFED Member highlighted the mechanisms of economic instruments for tackling climate change. Dr. Kim Myung-Ja, former Minister of Environment, and Member of Parliament, Republic of Korea and APFED Member explained a variety of policy measures that the Republic of Korea promotes such as carbon trading and RPS.
Prof. Shuzo Nishioka, Senior Research Advisor, IGES Japan emphasized the impacts of climate change on people's livelihood and the importance of prompting policies and measures to achieve a low carbon society. Dr. Kejun Jiang, Director, Research Management and International Collaboration Division, Energy Research Institute, People's Republic of China presented the China's policies for setting domestic GHG caps and promoting energy efficiency. Dr. Jonathan Pershing, Director, Climate, Energy and Pollution Program, World Resource Institute underscored the importance of reorienting market and investment for improving energy efficiency and promoting research, development, deployment and diffusion of environmentally sound technology.
Mr. Parvez Hassan, former Chairman of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) Law Commission and APFED Member highlighted the importance of stakeholder empowerment for tackling climate change through rural support programme, micro-credit, enhanced media's role and education for sustainable development. Prof. Akio Morishima, Special Research Advisor, IGES, Japan and APFED Member emphasized the work that APFED has been supporting to address climate change issues through APFED Showcase Programme - a grass root small grant programme, and APFED Ryutaro Hashimoto Award. Dr Suruchi Bhadwal, Fellow and Area Convenor, TERI, India underpinned the multiple policy requirements such as poverty reduction and adaptation in conjunction with climate change, and highlighted the recent policy and institutional development in India to address climate change issues more comprehensively.
The audience interacted with speakers to clarify and exchange views on the issues that were raised in the presentations and discussions.
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Opening Session |
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Welcome remarks
Prof. Hironori Hamanaka, Chair of the Board of Directors, IGES, Japan
Introducing a draft APFED message for tackling climate change issues
Mr. Masanori Kobayashi, Project Manager, IGES 31KB |
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| 11:15 |
Session 1 "Kyoto Protocol, its implementation progress and future challenges" |
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Facilitator:
- Prof. Hironori Hamanaka
"GEA's Initiative and Japan's Policies and Actions"
Mr. Hiroshi Ohki, Chairman, GEA International Conference 2007 and Chairman, Japan Center for Climate Change Action and President of the UNFCCC/COP3893KB
"Lessons learned from the Kyoto Protocol and their implications"
Mr. Raúl Estrada-Oyuela, former Ambassador of Argentina and Chairman of the Committee of the Whole (COW) of the COP3261KB
Discussant:
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Mr. Michael Zammit Cutajar, former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) |
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| 12:15 |
Panel Session 2 "Tackling climate change of sustainable Asia and World" (Lunch to be served at 12:30 individually)
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Facilitator:
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Prof. Akio Morishima, Special Advisor, IGES, Japan |
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Dr. Emil Salim, former Minister of Environment, Indonesia, and Chairman of Association for Community Empowerment35KB |
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Dr. Cielito Habito, former Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning and former Director-General of the National Economic Development Authority(NEDA), and Professor and Director, Ateneo Center for Economic Research and Development, Philippines355KB |
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Dr. Kim Myung-Ja, former Minister of Environment, and Member of Parliament, Republic of Korea11MB |
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Prof. Shuzu Nishioka, Special Research Advisor, IGES Japan622KB |
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Session 3 "Promoting innovative policies and building partnership for tackling climate change" |
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Facilitator:
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Dr. Emil Salim |
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Prof. Akio Morishima, Special Research Advisor, IGES, Japan |
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Mr. Parvez Hassan, former Chairman of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) Law Commission |
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Dr. Chandrashekhar Dasgupta, Distinguished Fellow, TERI (to be confirmed) |
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Dr. Jonathan Pershing, Director, Climate, Energy and Pollution Program, World Resource Institute417KB |
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Dr. Jiahhua Pan, Executive Director, Sustainable Development Research Centre, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences |
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| 14:55 |
Closing Session |
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Closing remarks
Prof. Hironori Hamanaka
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| 15:00 |
Adjournment |
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