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Consultation on the draft World Energy Assessment Report The Energy and Atmosphere Programme of the United Nation's Development Programme convened a consultation session on the draft World Energy Assessment prepared by the UNDP, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the World Energy Council. The Report and on going consultation process will be one of the key inputs into the formal preparatory process leading up to the ninth session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development in 2001 when energy will be a special theme. The 19th Special Session of the UN General Assembly in 1997 set out the multi-year programme on energy which will also address key linkages with atmospheric and transport issues. The second draft World Energy Assessment (WEA) is designed to provide information and analytical background to policy makers and others so that they can better understand energy's critical relationship to sustainable development, and how energy can serve as an instrument of that goal. In our RealAudio presentation, Jose Goldemberg, Chair of the World Energy Assessment (second speaker) and Thomas B. Johansson, UNDP, Director, Energy and Atmosphere Programme (first speaker) talk to Peter Doran about the background to their work and some of the draft conclusions. Input to the WEA
Consultation: Draft Report Outline:
Adaptation Responses to Climate Change This event was sponsored by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and the Climate Action Network South Asia. In his keynote presentation on the Science of Adaptation, Barry Smit, University of Guelph, Canada, explained what adaptation is and what is known about it. He also discussed the needs and opportunities for adaptation in the future. He noted that: adaptive capacity varies regionally; development decisions can fail to look at the risks associated with climate change; it is necessary to build capacity; and there is increasing knowledge regarding adaptive capacity. He said adaptation was an essential part of the climate change agenda and asked negotiators to identify their needs regarding information about adaptation.
IGES book launch and seminar on Japan's responses to climate change Japan's Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) hosted this seminar to mark the launch of a book entitled, "The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Activities Implemented Jointly Pilot: Experiences and Lessons Learned." The event was hosted by the book's editor, Robert Dixon, Deputy Assistant Secretary at the United States Department of Energy, and addressed by H.Hamanaka, Environment Agency, Japan. The Master of Ceremonies was the Secretary-General of IGES, Masaru Moriya. Many of the 34 contributing authors who were present were honored and thanked for their work by the book's editor who met many of them for the first time at the evening seminar. Much of the preparation work was conducted in 'cyberspace' according to Mr.Dixon. One of the book's contributors and referees, P.Hassing from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Netherlands, recalled some of the lessons he has learned from the AIJ pilot phase. He said the pilot phase had led, perhaps most of all, to capacity building within the Netherlands, the lead time for the transition to bankable projects had produced lessons of its own, the pilot phase had generated a positive attitude for future work, and the experience left him with a better understanding of the equity issue in developing countries. The evening concluded with a seminar on progress in Japan in the field of climate change issues, moderated by Masaru Moriya, Secretary-General of IGES. Kazuhito Takemoto, Environment Agency, Japan, made a presentation on new law concerning the promotion of measures to cope with global warming. Masayuki Sasanouchi, Project Manager, Environmental Affairs Division, Toyota, described the automotive industry's action in response to the Kyoto Protocol. Useful contact details:
World Bank's National Strategy Studies
Useful link: FBSD
On-line CDM dialogue: http://www.foundation.no/cdm_dialogue
Miscellaneous:
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