Agenda
“Working Together to Respond to Climate Change”
Seminar Organised by the Annex I Expert Group on the UNFCCC
Paris, 21-22 March 2005
Place: OECD La Muette Headquarters – Room 1 – Paris 16th arrondissement
Monday 21 March
9:00 Opening Session
9:30 – 12:45 Experience and Approaches Related to Adaptation
Session discussant: Andy Deacon, United Kingdom
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Overview of adaptation issues in UNFCCC context – Richard Kinley, UNFCCC
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National and sectoral adaptation approaches: lessons from recent international workshops –
Stéphane Willems, OECD
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Questions and discussion (see key questions)
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14:00 - 16:00 Experience and Approaches Related to Mitigation: Session 1 - National Experiences
Session discussant: Sibusiso Gamede, South Africa
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Overview of mitigation issues in UNFCCC context – Richard Kinley, UNFCCC
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Briefing on the World Energy Outlook 2004 - Energy and emission trends to 2030 - Fatih Birol, IEA
16:15 - 18:00 Experience and Approaches Related to Mitigation: Session 2 - Clean Development Mechanism
Session discussant: Erja Fagerlund, Finland
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Recent developments in the CDM Executive Board and its Methodology Panel - Jean-Jacques Becker, France
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Overview of developments in the CDM portfolio -
Jane Ellis, OECD
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CDM capacity development and its experience in attracting CDM investment in Latin America -
Christiana Figueres, consultant
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Questions and discussion (see key questions)
Tuesday 22 March (Day 2)
9:10-12:30 Experience and Approaches Related to Mitigation: Session 3 - Approaches for Future International Co-operation
Panel discussants: Harald Dovland, Norway; José Goldemberg, Brazil; Jonathan Pershing, World Resources Institute
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Combining various options for commitments: results from modelling simulations -
PatrickCriqui, Lepii -EPE, France
14:00 – 15:45 International Technology Collaboration
Session discussant: Margaret Martin, Canada
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Recent experience to promote technology collaboration. Experience with technology needs assessment development and implementation in Ghana, and in the UNFCCC Expert Group on Technology Transfer –
William Agyemang-Bonsu, Ghana
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International Technology Collaboration: case studies.
- Appliance Energy Efficiency,
Thomas Guéret, IEA
- Clean Coal Technology,
Cédric Philibert, IEA
- Wind Power Integration into Electricity Systems,
Debra Justus, OECD
- Summary of International Technology Collaboration and Climate Change and overview of lessons emerging from case studies,
Cédric Philibert, IEA
Chair’s summary and synthesis of main messages, comments by participants
17:00 Close of Seminar