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| IGES-TERI Asia Pacific Policy Dialogue on Sustainable Low-Carbon Development in Asia: Prospects for a Successful Future Climate Regime |
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 As a part of a series of Asia Pacific Dialogues, IGES and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India have organised a policy dialogue entitled “Sustainable Low-Carbon Development in Asia: Prospects for a Successful Future Climate Regime” on 22 and 23 October 2009 at Le Meridien Hotel, New Delhi. The dialogue focused on seven key aspects to tackle emissions reductions and achieve low-carbon development, including 1) low-carbon scenarios, 2) domestic actions, 3) non-UNFCCC initiatives, 4) measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of domestic actions and international support, 5) a co-benefits approach, 6) prospects for the Copenhagen Deal, and 7) adaptation. Experts and policy makers exchanged frank opinions on current issues and possible options for the future climate regime.
The results of the policy dialogues including this dialogue and the one held in China this September, will be presented at a side event at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP15/CMP5) scheduled for December 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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Agenda
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Day 1: Thursday, 22 October 2009
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| 9:45- 10:00 |
Welcome Remarks |
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Leena Srivastava, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India |
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Hironori Hamanaka, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan (92KB) |
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10:00-12:00
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Session 1: Low-Carbon Society: How can India achieve a low-carbon society with sustainable development?
Chair: Nitin Desai |
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| 12:00-13:00 |
Lunch |
13:00-15:00
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Session 2: Domestic Actions and Implementation
Chair: Arbinda Mishra |
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| Framing Presentation: - Kentaro Tamura, IGES, Japan (340KB) |
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Pradeep Kr. Dadhich, TERI, India (439KB) |
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Retno Gumilang Dewi, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia |
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Amir Hisham Hashim, UNITEN, Malaysia (526KB) |
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Fei Teng, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (219KB) |
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Chair's remarks (Arbinda Mishra) |
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How to enhance domestic actions? |
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What are the main opportunities and obstacles for domestic actions? |
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How could the future climate regime help India achieve its targets and other nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs)? |
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| 15:00-15:15 |
Coffee Break |
15:15-17:15
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Session 3: Non-UNFCCC: Will bi- and multi-lateral agreements complement or conflict with the future global climate regime under UNFCCC?
Chair: Surya P. Sethi |
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| Framing Presentation: - Hitomi Kimura, IGES, Japan (90KB) |
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Michael Zhao, Asia Society Center on US-China Relations, USA (2032KB) |
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Shirish Sinha, WWF-India |
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Jyoti Parikh, Integrated Research and Action for Development, India |
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Pamposh Bhat, EFCON-India (149KB) |
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Chair's remarks (Surya P. Sethi) |
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Why bi-lateral agreements have started gaining importance? |
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What opportunities these bi-lateral agreements provide to the climate regime under UNFCCC in specific and sustainable development in general? |
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What threats these bi-lateral agreements provide to the climate regime under UNFCCC in specific and sustainable development in general? |
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How can the future climate regime solve this conflict (if any)? |
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Way forward for enhancing regional cooperation |
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Day 2: Friday, 23 October 2009
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08:30-10:30
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Session 4: MRVs: What is the most appropriate MRV framework for mitigating climate change?
Chair: Linu Mathew Philipe |
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| Framing Presentation: - Koji Fukuda, IGES, Japan (347KB) |
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Neha Pahuja, TERI (87KB) |
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Linu Mathew Philipe, CENTAD, India (121KB) |
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Sumana Bhattacharya, Winrock International, India (91KB) |
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Trithankar Mandal, WWF, India (92KB) |
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Chair's remarks (Linu Mathew Philipe) |
| Question and Answer |
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How could existing NATCOM / GHG Inventories be improved for developing countries to establish better measuring and reporting basis, and what types of international support are necessary? |
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What are the opportunities and challenges for MRVing mitigation actions in developing countries? |
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How can MRV framework be best designed to help match and NAMAs with various types of support in the future climate regime? |
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Should developing countries be required to develop national action plans to seek international support? |
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10:30-12:30
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Session 5: Co-benefits: Can co-benefits approach help enhancing mitigation actions in developing countries?
Chair: Hironori Hamanaka |
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| Framing Presentation: - Eric Zusman, IGES, Japan (278KB) |
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Sarath Guttikunda, Urban Emissions Info., India (1225KB) |
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Atul Kumar, TERI, India (258KB) |
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Shantanu Mitra, DFID, India |
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S.A. Verma, DMRC, India (223KB) |
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Chair's remarks (Hironori Hamanaka) |
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What is the Government of India's position on a co-benefits approach? (i.e. an approach where policies/projects are designed to simultaneously mitigate GHGs and deliver development benefits) |
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What are the chief barriers to implementing policies/projects with co-benefits in India? |
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How can research on co-benefits help overcome those barriers? |
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How can the future climate regime help overcome those barriers? Would making co-benefits part of the eligibility criteria for the future regime’s financial support help overcome these barriers? If not, what types of incentives are needed from the future regime? |
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Should these incentives be based on measurable, reportable, and verifiable (MRV) co-benefits? What role, if any, should the UNFCCC play in MRVing co-benefits? |
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How should the future climate regime deal with black carbon given its significant co-benefits potential but difficulties measuring its climate benefits? |
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| 12:30-13:30 |
Lunch |
13:30-15:30
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Session 6: Prospects for Copenhagen Deal
Chair: Amb. C. Dasgupta |
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| Framing Presentation: - Prabhat Upadhyay, TERI, India (258KB) |
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T. Jayaraman, Tata Institute of Science and Technology, Mumbai, India (75KB) |
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Sanjay Vashisht, CAN-SA, India |
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Hironori Hamanaka, IGES, Japan* |
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Kentaro Tamura, IGES, Japan |
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Eric Zusman, IGES, Japan |
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Chair's remarks (Amb. C. Dasgupta) |
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What are developing country aspirations from the Copenhagen deal? |
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How these aspirations are aligned with positions of different negotiating countries? |
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How developing countries look at the issue of voluntary mitigation? What are opportunities and bottlenecks? |
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How the future climate regime can help achieve sustainable development goals? |
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| 15:30-15:45 |
Coffee Break |
15:45-17:45
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Session 7: Adaptation: How adaptation is effectively mainstreamed in national/sectoral development plans?
Chair: Sumana Bhattacharya |
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| 17:45-18:00 |
Closing Remarks |
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Arbinda Mishra, TERI, India |
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Kentaro Tamura, IGES, Japan |
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