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Capacity-building workshop The UNDP sponsored an event on capacity-building for sustainable development and climate change policies. The event was chaired by John Ashe (Antigua and Barbuda) and speakers included Thomas B. Johansson (UNDP), Mark Mwandosya (Tanzania), and Thomas Black Arbelaez (Colombia). Arbelaez identified both international and national contstraints to implementing CDM projects and discussed the development of capacity-building approaches to address each of the constraining factors. Mwandosya stressed that the aim of capacity-building programmes should be self-reliance for developing countries and said that a minimum of five years was necessary for the programmes to be successful. He emphasized partnerships with developed countries.
Third Forum on Emission Factors and Activity Data of Greenhouse Gas Inventories of non-Annex I Parties This UNFCCC-sponsored event provided a forum to discuss a technical paper from the Convention Secretariat on Comparative Analysis of Activity Data and Emissions Factors Used in Preparing GHG Inventories in the Energy and Land-Use Change and Forestry Sectors in Some Developing Countries. The event paper also addressed the outcomes of a workshop on Emission Factors and Activity Data in Accra, Ghana, held from 4-6 August.
Communicating Climate Change - Innovative Approaches to Communicating Scientific Knowledge to the Public The Swiss delegation presented a number of innovative tools and products designed to improve public understanding of climate change. Speakers addressed on-going research programmes, an on-line demonstration of communication tools, and user experience. The presenters were: Beat Nobs of the Swiss delegation (Chair of the event, right), SAEFL, Claudia Pahl-Wostl, Swiss Federal Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG), Marin Bussenschutt (bussenschutt@eawag.ch), EAWAG, and Frank Neidhofer, Sigmaplan. The presentation covered:
Martin Bussenschutt talks to Peter Doran about the Swiss approach to communicating climate change Who Owes Who? Climate Change, debt, equity and survival Christian Aid and the Global Commons Institute teamed up for this side event, linking the issues of climate change and debt. The event was based on the recent launch of a Christian Aid report which draws attention to the carbon debt owed to the global community by industrialized countries as a result of their profligate use of fossil fuel. Meanwhile the rich pursue poor countries to service their foreign financial debts. Resource: Who owes who? Climate change, debt, equity and survival. A report for Christian Aid, written by Andrew Simms in collaboration with Nick Robins of the International Institute of Environment and Development, and Aubrey Meyer of the Global Commons Institute. Christian Aid, Tel.: 0171 523 2225 (London) .
ISO Standards in Climate Change mitigation: an overview of ISO's work The International Standardization Organization (ISO) convened an event on ISO standards in climate change mitigation and an overview of ISO's work to date, illustrated with case studies on implementation. Ahmad Husseini, Secretary, ISO, gave an overview of ISO, the ISO process and what it can do to help mitigate climate change. He urged participants to avoid reiventing the wheel with respect to environmental management. Pilot projects were presented, including the Illumez, a high efficiency lighting project in Mexico. A project on sustainable coffee production in the international supply chain, which looked at the links between Costa Rica and the Netherlands, was also outlined. (contact Myrtille G. Danse; e-mail: myrdanse@sol.racsa.co.cr)
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