COP12 & COP/MOP2 Side Event: Global Challenges Toward a Low-Carbon Society (LCS) Through Sustainable Development (SD)
- Thursday, October 26, 2006
DESCRIPTION
The National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), with the cooperation of the Ministry of the Environment (Japan) and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (United Kingdom) will hold a side event entitled "Global Challenges Toward a Low-Carbon Society (LCS) Through Sustainable Development (SD)" at the twelfth session of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention (COP12) and the second meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP2) which will be held from November 6 to 17 in Nairobi, Kenya.
In order to realize a low-carbon society, we have to devise measures that can be implemented in both developed and developing countries. This event will include presentations and a panel discussion by participants from various countries, including China and the United Kingdom. We will focus our discussion on the results of the joint Japan-UK workshop on developing visions for a low-carbon society that was held in June 2006 in Tokyo.
In addition, NIES will also offer an exhibit that gives an overview of the current status and findings of research on global warming and climate change including Japan's greenhouse gas inventory, monitoring of atmospheric and oceanic greenhouse gases, climate change projections based on global climate models (GCM), and the Asia-Pacific Integrated Model (AIM).
DETAILS
1. COP12 & COP/MOP2 Side Event: Global Challenges Toward a Low-Carbon Society (LCS) Through Sustainable Development (SD)
Date: Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Time: 11:15am to 12:45pm
Location: Acacia, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON)
Content: Presentations and panel discussion by participants from various countries, including China, India, South Africa, Germany, and the United Kingdom on devising low-carbon measures that can be implemented in both developed and developing countries
Organized by: National Institute for Environmental Studies, Ministry of the Environment (Japan), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (United Kingdom)
Schedule:
| 11:15-11:20 | Opening Remarks Dr. Ryutaro Yatsu (Ministry of the Environment, Japan) |
| 11:20-11:30 | Objectives of LCS through Sustainable Development (SD) Dr. Shuzo Nishioka (NIES, Japan) |
| Key-note Speeches | |
| 11:30-11:40 | Aligning Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies Prof PR. Shukla (Indian Institute of Management, India) |
| 11:40-11:50 | Modeling LCS to Identify Trend-Breaking Options Dr. Junichi Fujino (NIES, Japan) |
| 11:50-12:00 | National and Global Cooperation to Achieve LCS through SD Mr. David Warrilow (Defra, UK) |
| Panel discussions | |
| 12:00-12:05 | SD-PAMs Mr. Stanford Mwakasonda (University of Cape Town, South Africa) |
| 12:05-12:10 | Renewable Energy Mr. Martin Weiss (Federal Environmental Agency, Germany) |
| 12:10-12:15 | Technology RD&D Dr. Jiang Kejun (Energy Research Institute, China) |
| 12:15-12:45 | Open Discussion |
2. Exhibit: Global Warming and Climate Change Research at the National Institute for Environmental Studies
Dates: Monday, November 6 to Friday, November 17
Location: COP12 & COP/MOP2 Site, United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON)
CONTACT
Office of Public Relations and International Coordination
National Institute for Environmental Studies
16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8506 JAPAN
Tel: 029-850-2304
Fax: 029-851-2854
Email: www@nies.go.jp
For further information : Pamphlet