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Tuesday, June 2

• Maria Julia Alsogaray, Secretary of Natural Resources and Sustainable Development of Argentina, characterized COP-3 in Kyoto as a dynamic step toward meeting the FCCC's goals and said COP-4 in Buenos Aires should be another step in the same direction.
  
• UNEP Executive Director Klaus Töpfer pointed to the connection between flexibility and minimizing repercussions for economic growth potential.
  
• Michael Zammit Cutajar, FCCC Executive Secretary, noted 37 countries have signed the Kyoto Protocol, including Parties representing 39% of Annex I CO2 emissions.
  
• The G-77/CHINA said the joint cooperation mechanisms bring about technical, political and other new uncertainties that must be settled. He expressed alarm at interpretations of the CDM as a cleaner production mechanism or a global carbon fund. He opposed having any entity outside the FCCC operate the CDM.
  

Wednesday, June 3

• Dr. Cartinus Jepma, University of Groningen, discusses the challenges of credit sharing, trading and banking within Joint Implementation, the Clean Development Mechanism and Emissions Trading.

Thursday, June 4

• In a special event, the World Bank stressed that the Prototype Carbon Fund (PCF) is not a scheme for the facilitation of emissions trading rights, but aims to demonstrate a means for carrying out project-based emissions trades in an efficient and equitable manner:
  Part 1         Part 2         
   
• Ambassador Raoul Estrada, former chair of the COW: "The Kyoto Protocol: Explanation and Reflection".

Friday, June 5

• Chair Patrick Széll (UK) recalled that during AG13-5, delegates agreed that the MCP should be advisory rather than supervisory in nature. He stressed that the meeting will discuss only the MCP and not the Protocol.
• VENEZUELA, for the G-77/CHINA and supported by TOGO, said that COP-4's second review must respect the FCCC mandate on the second review of the adequacy of Article 4.2 (a) and (b).

Monday, June 8

• The US anticipated dramatic improvements in the state of knowledge concerning adaptation in the years ahead, and noted that the FCCC contains no provision similar to Article 4.4 obliging Annex I or Annex II Parties to compensate countries that could be affected by response measures.
• Donald Goldberg, of the Center for International Enironmental Law (CIEL) said there were issues regarding the mechanisms of grave concern to the environmental community. CIEL did not envisage that emissions trading would be used to evade responsibilities or weaken commitments. He offered sets of principles for the operation of the mechanisms.
• Lisa Jacobson (second from the right) of the Business Council for Sustainable Energy moderated a panel discussion on issues involving the Clean Development Mechanism.
• In a special event of the FCCC, Michele Frome of the Soil and Water conservation Society moderated several speakers in the "Soil Sinks for Carbon" discussion.
• "Soil Sinks for Carbon" Presenter:Dr. Rattan Lal, Ohio State University
• "Soil Sinks for Carbon" Presenter:Dr. C. Vernon Cole, Colorado State University
• "Soil Sinks for Carbon" Presenter:Dr. C.W. Lindwall, Agriculture and Agri-foods Canada
• "Soil Sinks for Carbon" Presenter:Paul Faeth, World Resource Institute
• "Soil Sinks for Carbon" Presenter:Carlos Crovetto, Chequen Farm, Chile

Tuesday, June 9

Speaker's presentations on the CDM:
• First Panel: Michael Marvin, US BCSE; Ned Holme, Center for Clean Air Policy; Dr. Paul Metz, E5 and Mark Stanga, York International
• Second Panel: Frank Joshua, UNCTAD
• Third Panel: Gier Hoibye, Norwegian Confederation of Business and Industry; John Palmisano, Enron Corp., Charlotte Grezo, British Petroleum and Jim Wolf, American Standard/Trane Company

Speaker's presentations on Emission Trading Under the Kyoto Protocol: Regional and Intra-Country Models

• Ambassador Elsa Kelly, Argentina
• Gylvan Meiro Filho, Brazil
• John Novak, Edison Electrical Institute, USA
• Milind Pathak, Tata Energy Research Institute, India
• Annie Petsonk, Environmental Defence Fund, USA
• J. Eduardo Sanhueza, CANLA, Chile
• Eveline Trine, SGS, Switzerland
• Simon Worthington, British Petroleum

Wednesday, June 10

The Center for International Law (CIEL) brought several speakers together for "Climate Change, Forests and the Clean Development Mechanism". The panel was made up of Donald Goldberg (CIEL), Brett Orlando (IUCN-Washington), Hermes Suarez (Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza, Bolivia), Carlos M. Chacón (CEDARENA, Costa Rica) and Darren Goetze (Union of Concerned Scientists).
• Introduction - Brett Orlando, IUCN
• Question & Answer Period - Part I
• Question & Answer Period - Part II

Thursday, June 11

The Climate Technology Initiative brought speakers together for a panel discussion entitled "Kyoto to Buenos Aires and Beyond". The meeting reported on the restructuring of CTI and its plans to foster accelerated development and diffusion of climate-friendly technologies.
• Opening address by Dr. Abraham Haspel; Chair of the CTI
• Dr. Maria Dalla Costa; Italian Agency for New Technology, Energy and Environment
• Shoji Kusada, Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Japan
• Shoji Kusada, Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Japan
• (Representative for) Bob Alderson; Dept. of Primary Industries and Energy of Australia
• Shoji Kusada, second presentation
• Mary Preville; IEA
• M. Kurushima: "Technology diffusion in Asia"
• Closing remarks, Dr. Abraham Hespel

The "Carbon Efficiency Mobility" forum discussed the impact of transportation on climate change.  The event was organised by the European Business Council for a Sustainable Energy Future (E5), the International Association for Public Transport (UITP) and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE).

• Dr. Paul Metz; Executive Director of E5
• Roger Torode; International Union of Public Transportation
• Anke Herold; Öko-Institut

 

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