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The 14th session of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention (COP14) will be held in conjunction with the 4th Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP4) in Poznań, Poland, from 1 to 12 December 2008. Important continuing issues will be capacity-building for developing countries, reducing emissions from deforestation (REDD), technology transfer and adaptation.
IGES held six side events during the conference, as well as an exhibit booth to introduce its research activities.
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Side Events Organised by IGES |
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4 December 2008
10:30-12:30
 IGES & Asia-Europe Environment Forum Side Event
Towards Integrated Adaptation and Mitigation Measures in Agriculture
Rapidly developing Asian countries are concerned about the impacts of climate change on their agricultural systems,while their energy use and GHG emissions are at the same time rapidly increasing. On the other hand, many European countriesare strugglingto achieve their mitigation commitments and most of them have not yet introduced adaptation actions. At this session, speakers addressed questions pertinent to promoting mitigation and adaptation in agriculture including technologies, monitoring, mainstreaming, incentives, good practices and a post-2012 framework.
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5 December 2008:
IGES Special Events Day
10:15-12:30
 Rewarding Transportation Co-benefits in the Future Climate Regime:
Possibilities and Priorities
The rapid motorisation of developing Asia will have significant implications for urban air quality and global warming. A growing body of research suggests that the best way to reduce these impacts is with policies that tackle both local transportation priorities and global climate concerns. The current climate regime, however, offers few incentives for countries to pursue integrated transportation strategies.
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This side event summarised the IGES consultations on co-benefits in the transport sector held in 2008 and examined how the future climate regime can overcome institutional, political, financial and technical barriers to adopting integrated transportation strategies. |
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An international panel discussion considered linkages between the global carbon market and the transportation sector and the effects of synergies between initiatives within and outside the UNFCCC on the transportation sector. |
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13:00-15:00
 Sealing the Deal in Copenhagen:
Some Views from Asia
The Bali Action Plan is an important roadmap towards an inclusive and sustainable development-oriented global climate regime. It considers both the founding principles of the UNFCCC and the latest findings from the 4th assessment report of IPCC, and calls for global collective action to address climate change in a fair and differentiated way. The plan, however, leaves many key elements of the future regime framework ambiguous. Intense negotiations based on diverse interpretations of the same terms are likely. Sealing an effective deal in Copenhagen will depend, therefore, upon how these key elements are defined, and how common understanding on those issues is developed.
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Since 2005, IGES has conducted four rounds of multi-stakeholder consultations in Asia to facilitate a constructive thinking on the future climate regime. |
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The side event summarised the findings of the latest round of consultations held in Bangkok and Kyoto. |
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A distinguished panel comprising senior negotiators and experts from both developed and developing countries discussed priorities for reaching an effective agreement at COP15 in Copenhagen. |
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15:30-17:30
IGES-WRI Side Event
Measuring the Effectiveness of Adaptation:
Implications for Climate Negotiations
Adaptation to climate change has become an important issue in negotiations on the future climate regime. There is growing realisation on the urgency for scaling up finances and providing effective governance for adaptation. Many stakeholders including national governments, donor organisations and implementing agencies have identified metrics for monitoring the progress of adaptation as one of the most important knowledge gaps.
The side event summarised findings of an IGES-World Bank expert consultation on adaptation metrics held in April 2008 and a WRI workshop on adaptation action priorities and evaluation metrics held in November 2008.
Photo courtesy of IISD/ENB
Details of the event
This event has been covered by IISD's "ENB on the Side"
18:00-19:30
 IGES & Asia-Europe Environment Forum Side Event
Role of Civil Society for Tackling Climate Change
Civil society has a vital role to play in promoting actions to tackle climatechange. Civil society is a mosaic that consists of multi-stakeholder groups. The extent and nature of their interface determine the performance of civil society’s movement as a whole. At this session, speakers from NGOs, research institutions, the media, universities, private sector and international organisations discussed the most effective ways to promote multi-stakeholder collaboration and develop the social capacity to tackle climate change.
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6 December 2008:
Official UNFCCC Side Event by IGES
 13:00-15:00
MOEJ-IGES-OECC Side Event
Where Do Market Mechanisms Go from Here?:
Demonstrating the co-benefits of climate
change mitigation and proposal for CDM reform based on experience in
Asia
This side event was held to discuss the co-benefit approach for climate change mitigation and proposal for CDM reform. The side event featured a report of demonstrating activities from Indonesia and Viet Nam to promote a co-benefit approach, which involved both mitigation measures and developmental benefits such as environmental benefits. The event also presented the experience and lessons learned from the Philippines, Indonesia and Cambodia based on IGES CDM capacity building activities. It was reported that a practical proposal was submitted for a change to the international CDM rule based on the experience gained in Cambodia. An IGES researcher presented a concrete proposal for the effective implementation and enhanced operation of CDM. In the discussion session, participants and panelists exchanged views on the proposal and CDM experiences in Asian countries.
The event was attended by government officials and observer organisations, including research institutions and private entities.
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IGES Researchers' presentation at other events |
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5 December 2008
18:30-20:00
Climate Strategies/Joanneum Research Side Event
Linking of Emissions Trading Schemes
Venue: Pavillion 5, Poznań International Fair
Within this Side Event result from the Climate Strategies
project Linkages among Emissions Trading Schemes and with offset projects
was presented and discussed.
Ms. Hitomi Kimura, Researcher, Market Mechanisms Project, IGES presented on "Linking Japanese Schemes" at
this session.
Papers available at: http://www.joanneum.at/climate/linking
8 December 2008
9:20-10:50
Climate Change Media Partnership's Media Clinic
Venue: 'VIP & Exhibitors Lounge' (first floor in Sektor A - B) in Pavilion 5 , Poznań International Fair
Hosted by: Climate Change Media Partnership
Dr. Ancha Srinivasan, Manager, Climate Policy Project of IGES have been invited to speak as a member of the panel to discuss "Current status and prospects for negotiations at Poznan".
11 December 2008
9:30-11:00
Local Government Climate Sessions (LGCS): Parallel Sessions A3
Carbon Trading
Venue: Entrance Hall (Room: Green), Poznań International Fair
Hosted by: Global Roadmap Partners and Local Government Information Unit, UK
The LGCS will take place on the occasion of the COP14, a key event in the process of a new post-2012 climate agreement which should be generally agreed in Copenhagen 2009 during the COP15.
Mr. Yushi Mizuno, Manager, Market Mechanism Project of IGES will contribute this event as a panellist of the parallel session "Carbon Trading".
For details, please visit ICLEI website at: http://www.iclei.org/poznan2008 |
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Related Publications
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IGES Briefing Notes on the Post-2012 Climate Regime
IGES Climate Policy Project
December 2008
This report is based on the fourth round of "The Asia-Pacific Consultations on Climate Regime Beyond 2012" in 2008 to further advance the frank exchange of opinions of policy makers, academics, and the private sector on specific issues of high priority to the region. These include: energy security & development, CDM, technology development & transfer, and adaptation.
This report presents a summary of what has been learnt through the current consultations with policy makers and climate policy researchers across the region.
More publications on climate policies, visit our Climate Policy Project website |
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Related Links
UNFCCC COP14, COP/MOP4 official site
IGES's activities at previous COP&other UNFCCC related meetings |
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