Forest Day
Themes: Safeguards, Africa, REDD+, MRV,
Organizers: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Time: 7:00 – 21:00
Location: Olive Convention Center
Healthy Women, Healthy Planet
Themes: Links between gender and climate change
Organizers: The Aspen Institute
Time: 11:00 – 15:00
Location: The Tropicana Hotel
he Conference on Climate Law and Governance in the Global South will bring together country representatives, development practitioners, legal experts and other key stakeholders to discuss the most pressing issues facing developing country governments and citizens, including:
Attendance to the conference is free of charge.
UNFCCC Official Side Events (full schedule)
Agriculture and Rural Development Day
Organizers: Consortium
Time: 8:00-18:00
Location: Ritson Campus, Durban University of Technology
Official Side Event: Equal access to sustainable development: balancing carbon and financial budgets’
Themes: International cooperation and financial flows
Organizers: Research Centre for Sustainable Development (RCSD)
Time: 18:30—20:00
Location: Room 4
South-South Cooperation Between Costa Rica, Ecuador and Mexico on Lessons Learned from PES and Incentives for REDD and REDD+ (NOTE TIME CHANGE)
Themes: Intergovernmental dialog, REDD, Payments for Ecosystem Services
Organizers: Forest Trends
Time: 12:30-15:45
Location: Blue Waters Hotel
International Forest Carbon Association Meet and Greet
Themes: meet face to face with IFCA directors and members and discuss plans for 2012
RSVP: [email protected]
Time: 14:00+
Location: Durban Club; 93 – 96 Margaret Mncadi Avenue (also called Victoria Embankment); Durban, 4001
“Traditional” NGO Party
Themes: NGOs, networking and, well, partying
Time: 19:00-2:00
Location: Beach – “New Beach” area – Lower Marine Parade – opposite Dr Pixley Kaseme Street
circle. All with conference badges are welcome! Badge required for entrance.
UNFCCC Official Side Events (full schedule)
International Emissions Trading Association Events (full schedule)
Amazon Evening: A South-South Exchange with Africa
Themes: ½ day conference on managing forests for sustainable use and for the benefit of their people
Organizers: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the Fundaçí£o Amazonas Sustentí¡vel (FAS, Amazonas Sustainable Foundation)
Time: 13:00—20:00
Location: Suncoast Conference Centre
Official Side Event: Australia’s Carbon Pricing Mechanism and Clean Energy Future Plan
Themes: from AU’s Clean Energy Future plan to the Carbon Pricing Mechanism
Organizers: Australia
Time: 13:15—14:45
Location: Room 4
IETA: Reducing REDD+ Risks: the Role and Progression of Social and Environmental Standards
Organizers: International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)
Time: 14:00—15:15
Location: IETA Pavillion, Room B
Official Side Event: Effective Trading Systems to Facilitate Linking and Complement Multilateral Actions
Themes: linking national and state government trading scheme designs
Organizers: Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and the Climate Action Reserve
Time: 18:30—20:00
Location: Room 5
Official Side Event: Professionalization: A pathway to a mature, resilient, capitalized carbon market
Themes: professionalization in carbon markets; MRV; forestry sector/REDD+
Organizers: Greenhouse Gas Management Institute (GHGMI) and University of Michigan
Time: 20:15—21:45
Location: Room 5
The Forest and Carbon Initiatives of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
Themes: MRV systems for REDD+ and forest monitoring
Organizers: GEO Secretariat and the Department of Science and Technology, Republic of South Africa
Time: 14:00—16:00
Location: CCR Expo Convention Center – Room Umfolozi
UNFCCC Official Side Events (full schedule)
International Emissions Trading Association Events (full schedule)
IETA: Financing REDD+: Opportunities, Risks and Challenges for the Private Sector
Organizers: International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)
Time: 10:15—11:30
Location: IETA Pavillion, Room A
Official Side Event: Launch of GHG Protocol Product & Corporate Value Chain Standards
Themes: product life cycle emissions and corporate value chains
Organizers: WRI
Time: 11:30—13:00
Location: Room 2
Forest Trends: Workshop: Social context of forest governance and community involvement in REDD+; case studies from Africa (lunch provided)
Themes: MRV (including “beyond carbon”), socio-economic and governance considerations of REDD+
Organizers: Woods Hole Research Institute
Time: workshop – 12:00-16:00; cocktail hour – 18:30-19:30
Location: Durban Country Club
Official Side Event: Cracking the code: Private sector solutions to facilitate effective global action on carbon emission
Theme: Private sector solutions to climate mitigation
Organizers: Carbon Markets and Investors Association (CMIA) with Rothschild Group
Time: 18:30—20:00
Location: BINGO room
This exclusive Masterclass will be led by Matthew Tukaki. Matthew is the former Head of one of Australia’s largest and oldest multi layered corporations, Drake. He is currently the CEO of the Sustain Group and the Australian Representative to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). The UNGC is the worlds largest corporate citizenship initiative led by business in partnership with the United Nations.
Matthew has been extensively involved in the climate change narrative in the Southern Hemisphere and will lead you through a comprehensive look at the sector, the challenges and the opportunities. Included on the program are case studies, interactive scenario based workshops and practice driven theory. As a business leader and executive, someone involved in policy development, who better to lead it?
Following the Masterclass will be a private networking forum where participants can spend time with each other and discuss challenges and opportunities alike. This Masterclass is only being run in New York and is strictly limited.
UNFCCC Official Side Events (full schedule)
Official Side Event: How is REDD+ unfolding on the ground? An exploration of the social, political and biophysical issues
Themes: REDD+ in Africa – sub-national progress
Organizers: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Time: 11:30—13:00
Location: Room 2
Forest Trends/Official Side Event: Pioneer experiences on indigenous REDD+ Initiatives: The Surui Forest Carbon Project
Themes: The Brazilian Surui REDD+ project – baseline development, strategy, Surui Fund and “nesting”
Organizers: Institute for Conservation and Sustainable Development of Amazonas (IDESAM) and Metareila
Time: 15:00—16:30
Location: Room 2
Official Side Event: Addressing REDD+ social and environmental safeguards: experiences using REDD+SES and other mechanisms
Themes: How Ecuador, Nepal, Acre (Brazil) and partners are addressing REDD+ social and environmental safeguards
Organizers: Conservation International and Ecudor
Time: 18:30—20:00
Location: Room 5
Official Side Event: REDD+ in Brazil: the participation of Sub-National Government in the implementation of REDD policies
Themes: Sub-national action on REDD, project “nesting” approach
Organizers: Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM)
Time: 20:15—21:45
Location: Room 2
30 November 2011, Indwe River Room, Durban Exhibition Centre
Start time: 11:30 am
End time: 01:00 pm
This event will discuss early insights on the capability of REDD+ projects to deliver on their goal of sequestering forest carbon while providing a range of co-benefits. The information presented will draw mainly on findings of CIFOR’s Global Comparative Study on REDD+. Presentations will be given on:
* the status and challenges of REDD+ projects on the ground;
* challenges encountered in establishing REDD+ in Africa;
* the policy and economic context in which REDD+ projects is unfolding; and
* the status of monitoring, reporting and verification in setting up REDD+.
Moderator
Frances Seymour, Director General, Center for International Forestry Research, Indonesia
Panelists
* Erin Sills, Associate Professor, Department of Forestry and Environment Resources, North Carolina State University, USA
* Charles Meshak, Executive Director, Tropical Forest Conservation Group, Tanzania
* Maria Brockhaus, Scientist, Center for International Forestry Research, Indonesia
* Manuel Estrada, Independent Consultant, Spain
For more information, contact Levania Santoso of CIFOR at [email protected]
This session is designed to inform and update the Washington science and policy communities on the rationale and plans for the IPBES, describe the progress at the first IPBES plenary session, and explore opportunities for scientists, scientific societies, and NGOs to contribute to both the shaping and the execution of IPBES, in order to maximize its value for both scientific understanding and policy formulation.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
The Seminar will be held in the Alfred Nobel Hall of the
House of Sweden
2900 K St, NW
Washington, DC.
Register online at http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/biso/DIVERSITAS/PGA_065789
Agenda
Moderator: Peter Raven, Chairman, USNC DIVERSITAS
2:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks: Global Threats to Ecosystems and Biodiversity
Peter Raven, President Emeritus, Missouri Botanical Garden
2:30 Global Assessments and Policy Making: IPBES, IPCC, and the MA
Thomas Lovejoy, Biodiversity Chair, Heinz Center for Science
3:00 IPBES and the Science-Policy Interface
Charles Perrings, Professor of Environmental Economics, Arizona State University
(via video link)
3:30 IPBES Negotiations: What has been agreed, Questions still to come
Douglas Beard, Chief, USGS National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center
4:00 IPBES and the Science Community: Shaping and Carrying Out IPBES
Panel with Representatives of Scientific Societies, Academic Institutions and NGOs
Discussion and Suggestions from Audience
UNFCCC Official Side Events (full schedule) Official Side Events: Enforcement and Anti-corruption Measures Essential to REDD Success Official Side Events: Mitigation and Adaptation Planning in Developing Countries and Japan’s Cooperation Official Side Event: Enforcement and Anti-corruption Measures Essential to REDD Success Official Side Event: Mitigation and Adaptation Planning in Developing Countries and Japan’s Cooperation UNFCCC Official Side Events (full schedule) https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/143604849. The following panelists will explain the elements of the manual and how it can be used to assist REDD+ projects to undertake credible and cost-effective impact analysis, particularly projects using the Climate, Community & Biodiversity (CCB) Standards: Joanna Durbin – CCBA The Climate, Community & Biodiversity (CCB) Standards, used to assess multiple benefits of the majority of forest carbon projects, provide robust standards; however, until now there has been limited guidance on how to undertake credible and cost-effective impact assessment. Forest Trends, the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA), Fauna & Flora International (FFI) and Rainforest Alliance have developed a user-friendly manual that enables land-based carbon project proponents to undertake cost-effective social and biodiversity impact assessment (SBIA). The SBIA Manual is oriented to the CCB Standards, but the approach described is applicable to other multiple benefit carbon standards, as well as to other types of payments for ecosystem services (PES) projects. The Manual promotes a participatory approach that integrates project design and impact assessment through the development of a project theory of change. The benefits of this approach go far beyond the generation of credible monitoring plans and include: strategic project design necessary for achieving social and biodiversity objectives; effective participation of project stakeholders; promotion of adaptive project management; ease of understanding and of explanation of the results to a range of stakeholders. Find out more by joining the webinar. To download the SBIA Manual please visit www.climate-standards.org or http://www.forest-trends With less than a month until the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 17) in Durban, carbon market participants are hoping for significant progress on mitigation and adaptation measures for the post-2012 period, while acknowledging that a set of fragmented markets is far more likely than a new legally binding global agreement.
AGENDA: Overview – What are the main issues?; What is the mood among delegates?; What are the expectations? Finance – Update on Green Climate Fund; Financing NAMAs; Opportunities for private finance Markets – Outlook for JI and the CDM; Developments; Progress towards sectoral mechanisms; Long-term Co-operative Action Africa BENEFITS OF ATTENDING • Have incisive analysis delivered direct to your desk • Have an opportunity to pose questions to an unbeatable panel of experts on this subject • Receive the recording and a copy of presentations which you can refer to at your leisure All you need to participate is internet connection & landline phone (Skype or mobile phones can’t be used). We’ll email you a number – usually toll free – so you can dial in just before the webinar begins, and a link to the presentations so you can follow on screen while listening to the speakers. RATES & REGISTRATION: Full rate per webinar £125.00/US$200.00/€145.00 (all prices subject to VAT) 25% discount for combined package of both Pre- & Post-COP webinars! We accept payment in £ Sterling, US$ or Euro. HOW TO BOOK: The high level panel we could secure for this event will discuss future hot deals and pitfalls and how they will shape the future carbon markets and investment opportunities therein. We are delighted to have gained the following experts for our panel: * David Bresch, Head Sustainability & Political Risk Management, Swiss Re The event is free of charge for all members of the Zurich CMA, and open to other interested persons for the amount of 50 CHF. We thank Bank Vontobel for hosting the event and sponsoring a light lunch (sandwiches)! The address is Genferstrasse 27, 8002 Zí¼rich. 7th floor. Please see google map above for more guidance. Please note that the event is restricted to 50 participants. Hence, if you are interested in joining, please send your subscription to richard.voegeli(at) zurich-cma.org We look forward to seeing you and discussing this hot topic with you on the 17th of November! Key benefits of attending: • Optimise your business opportunities – gain a deep understanding of existing and planned carbon markets, so you have all the information you need to maximise investment opportunities as they arise • Understand relevant risk management techniques – learn how to manage portfolios of carbon assets and liabilities in an often uncertain policy environment • Highly interactive format – put your pressing questions to the course leader and discuss the issues that are most important to you and your business For some the issue is how to reform the CDM by scaling up, reducing costs and improving governance. For others the CDM is flawed by design. The event brings together leading actors and specialists in the field to debate these issues based on some of the findings of the research.
Moderator Simon Maxwell, Overseas Development Institute Discussion Panel – Confirmed Speakers Professor Michael Grubb, University of Cambridge Craig Bennett, Friends of the Earth Dr Emily Boyd, University of Reading
The event will begin with an introduction by Professor Peter Newell, University of Sussex. For some the issue is how to reform the CDM by scaling up, reducing costs and improving governance. For others the CDM is flawed by design. Moderator The event will begin with an introduction by Professor Peter Newell, University of Sussex. The event will be of interest to policy practitioners, climate change professionals and those involved in carbon markets as To register to attend this free event or for more information, please contact Peter Quinn at [email protected] or tel: +44 (0)1603 592329. Event proceedings will be made available shortly after the event at www.clean-development.com. The World Bank Institute e-learning course “CDM Programme of Activities (PoA): Challenges and Opportunities”, 7-18 November 2011 helps project developers, carbon market agents, development practitioners and government agencies to better understand the opportunities and challenges of Programmatic CDM and illustrates how it can be used as a tool for catalyzing low carbon development. The deadline for applications is 31 October 2011. The course is delivered in 3 modules which take about 8 hours to complete. It uses interactive presentations and provides discussion forums. Specific learning objectives of the e-Learning course on include: * Understand the Rationale for Developing PoA (why PoA?) The course builds on existing PoA guidebooks and assessment reports developed by strategic partners such as the German Development Bank (KfW), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) RISØ Center, and the World Bank. The fee for the facilitated course is USD 200. Applications have to be submitted online using the following link: http://info.worldbank.org/etools/wbi_learning/sec/app_form.cfm?sch_id=CLM12-00-205 For further information please visit the course webpage: http://einstitute.worldbank.org/ei/course/cdm-programme-activities-challenges-and-opportunities or contact Mr. Pablo Cesar Benitez ([email protected]). Healthy Women, Healthy Planet Featuring: and WHEN/WHERE: Sunday, December 4 Noon – 2:00 pm Tropicana Hotel, 85 OR Tambo Parade Durban, South Africa Women are instrumental in determining a family’s ability to survive the impacts of climate change. Access to reproductive health and family planning is an important part of strengthening women’s capacity as leaders in addressing climate change, yet in too many places around the world that access is limited. We look forward to your participation in a dynamic discussion of challenges and solutions with leading members of the Global Leaders Council for Reproductive Health. Please RSVP to [email protected] with name and affiliation. Organized by the Aspen Institute, Population Action International, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars’ Environmental Change and Security Program The International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG) – a joint initiative of the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and the Fondazione Giorgio Cini – in collaboration with the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change (CMCC), is pleased to announce the International Workshop on “Recent Trends in Non Market Valuation” to be held in Venice, on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, on November 3-4, 2011. The goal of this workshop is to examine and discuss recent and emerging methodological and technical issues, solutions to such issues, and applications of existing methods to novel areas and topics. Hedonics, consumer-behavior methods, contingent valuation and conjoint choice experiments, and the travel cost methods will be covered.
Contact: In order to contribute to documenting and analysing the experiences and lessons generated through these initiatives, the European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN), together with Tropenbos International and GIZ, will publish a special issue of ETFRN News on ”Enhancing forest related governance for development: Recent country experiences and what they teach us”. The publication will focus on the incentives, drivers and enabling factors for states and the private sector to improve forest governance and on the approaches and processes taken to improve forest governance. The Newsletter is scheduled for publication in May 2012. This publication may be an excellent opportunity to showcase your work and to contribute to the discussion on how to improve forest governance. We are therefore kindly inviting colleagues and organizations involved in the theme to contribute a short article (maximum 3,000 words) on their work and experiences. If you are interested to contribute, please contact before 12 November Guido Broekhoven ([email protected]) with the topic and a short outline (app. 200 words) of your article. Based on the number and nature of the proposed articles, an editorial committee will select the ones that are most suitable for publication in this issue of ETFRN News. We will provide a short instruction and general guidance on the process to authors once you have been selected to write a full article. The solution to forestry finance? Bonds for financing renewable energy BENEFITS OF ATTENDING All you need to participate is internet connection & landline phone (Skype or mobile phones can’t be used). We’ll email you a number – usually toll free – so you can dial in just before the webinar begins, and a link to the presentations so you can follow on screen while listening to the speakers. RATES & REGISTRATION: HOW TO BOOK: The need for standards The solution to forestry finance? Entitled Building the Climate Change Regime: Survey and Analysis of Approaches, the paper shows that a menu of options is available for scaling up action on the part of national governments and designing a climate regime capable of delivering adequate mitigation action. The World Resources Institute (WRI) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) cordially invite you to launch events in Dublin and Washington D.C. Washington D.C. launch: World Resources Institute, 10 G St. NE, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20002 Monday October 24, 2011 1:00 pm —3:00 pm ET PANELISTS: · Amy Fraenkel, Regional Director, UNEP Regional Office for North America · Noel Casserly, Climate Change Policy, Department of Environment, Community and Local Government, Government of Ireland · Jennifer Morgan, Director, Climate and Energy Program, World Resources Institute · Remi Moncel, Associate, Climate and Energy Program, World Resources Institute · Other commentators invited RSVP to: Kevin McCall at [email protected] by noon on Friday, October 21 2011. Details to join the event remotely will be provided next week Entitled Building the Climate Change Regime: Survey and Analysis of Approaches, the paper shows that a menu of options is available for scaling up action on the part of national governments and designing a climate regime capable of delivering adequate mitigation action. The World Resources Institute (WRI) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) cordially invite you to launch events in Dublin and Washington D.C. Dublin launch: Department of Environment, Community and Local Government, Custom House, Dublin 1 Monday October 24, 2011 2:30 pm—4:00 pm GMT PANELISTS: · John McCarthy, Assistant Secretary General, Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government · Nick Nuttall, Spokesperson, Office of the Executive Director, UNEP Nairobi · Remi Moncel, Associate,Climate & Energy Programme, WRI · Prof. John Sweeney, National University of Ireland, Maynooth · Feargal Duff, Irish Doctors for the Environment & FEASTA RSVP to: [email protected] by noon on Friday, October 21 2011 Ambassador Elkanah Odembo & Mrs Aoko Midiwo-Odembo cordially invite you to this year’s Mashujaa (Heroes) Day Reception to celebrate the late Professor Wangari Muta Maathai Founder of the Green Belt Movement and Nobel Peace Laureate (2004) on Thursday, October 20, 2011 from 5-7pm Venue: National Geographic Soceity, Cafeteria 1145 17th Street, NW, Washington DC 20036-4707 RSVP: [email protected] Please note that the below deadline for responses has been briefly extended Registration for The Carbon Show 2011 is now open! You can now register your place at the FREE to attend exhibition, which features organisations from all across the carbon and renewable energy industries showcasing their products, services and solutions, as well as informative plenary sessions and a green technology demonstration stage. Register now at www.thecarbonshow.com/register The Carbon Show 2011 features a top level seminar programme including sessions dedicated to: The speaker programme features industry leaders from organisations such as Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BBC, Carbon Trust, Department of Energy and Climate Change, European Renewable Energy Council, Rolls Royce, Sainsbury’s, and many more. Click here to download a PDF of the programme.
“As Carbon issues and compliance are a constantly changing arena, The Carbon Show is a valuable place to catch up on current industry developments and to share experiences with like-minded individuals.” For more testimonials from The Carbon Show 2010, click here. We look forward to seeing you at the show. From your Carbon Show team Partners and SponsorsCOP 17 Day 2
Themes: enforcement, anti-corruption and monitoring tools for REDD
Organizers: Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Global Witness Ltd.
Time: 13:15—14:45
Location: Room 3
Themes: Japanese bilateral cooperation on mitigation and adaptation planning efforts in developing countries
Organizers: Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan (OECC) and Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC)
Time: 18:30—20:00
Location: Room 4COP 17 Day 2
Themes: enforcement, anti-corruption and monitoring tools for REDD
Organizers: Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Global Witness Ltd.
Time: 13:15—14:45
Location: Room 3
Themes: Japanese bilateral cooperation on mitigation and adaptation planning efforts in developing countries
Organizers: Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan (OECC) and Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC)
Time: 18:30—20:00
Location: Room 4 COP 17 Day 1
Official Side Event: Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee: question and answer session
Themes: Progress in the UNFCCC’s JI program
Organizers: Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Time: 13:15—14:45
Location: Room 2Webinar – Social and Biodiversity Impact Assessment (SBIA) Manual for REDD+
Michael Richards – Forest Trends
Steve Panfil – Conservation International Jeffrey Hayward – Rainforest Alliance Jane Dunlop – Fauna & Flora International Good COP; Bad COP? Pre-COP WEBINAR
Marcela Main, Senior Liaison Officer, Secretary General’s Climate Change Support Team,
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What can the COP deliver for Africa?
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A Panel Discussion and Public Debate in London
This public event will explore these debates, which go to the heart of a 3 year project on The Governance of Clean Development: CDM and Beyond led by Professor Peter Newell, which explores the politics and governance of clean development in the energy sector through the CDM and through other initiatives of a growing range of public and private actors.Carbon Markets for the Poor:A Contradiction in Terms?
This public event will explore these debates, which go to the heart of a 3 year project on The Governance of Clean Development: CDM and Beyond led by Professor Peter Newell, which explores the politics and governance of clean development in the energy sector through the CDM and through other initiatives of a growing range of public and private actors.
The event brings together leading actors and specialists in the field to debate these issues based on some of the findings of the research.
Simon Maxwell, Overseas Development Institute
Discussion Panel – Confirmed Speakers
Professor Michael Grubb, University of Cambridge
Craig Bennett, Friends of the Earth
Dr Emily Boyd, University of Reading
well as NGOs and academics. Drinks and a buffet will be provided. Ecosystem Services
Simply put, ecosystem services are the benefits that human beings receive from the ecosystems (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005). Some of these benefits are easily quantified and can be assessed in economic terms (e.g., timber, food), whereas other services are more difficult to define and quantify (e.g. soil formation, toxin filtering, nutrient cycling or recreational benefits). Around the world, scientists, philanthropists, governments and communities are grappling with how we can support human well-being while considering the needs of our planet. Too often progress is hampered by false dichotomies such as development versus conservation.
A recent report by the Bridgespan Group determined that while the still fledgling field of ecosystem services faces challenges, the momentum around the field continues to build and has tremendous potential to achieve substantial benefits to conservation and human well-being. Those working in the area come from disciplines as diverse as ecology, remote sensing, agricultural engineering, civil engineering, water resources, international development, economics, public policy, computational modeling, demography and public health. Jeffery Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute believes that “almost all environmental challenges, from greenhouse gas emissions to the depletion of groundwater resources, demand technological transformation” (p. 29, Nature, 2010).
Areas the conference might explore include
Linking Human and Environmental Needs · How can the diversity, productivity and services of intact ecosystems be conserved, and degraded ecosystems be
restored, in ways compatible with efforts to improve the human condition? · How do we develop a common understanding of the science needed to inform policy decision-making?
· How can we better structure and measure local and regional projects to build upon a collective body of scientific evidence that can be shared across disciplines?
· What approaches will best allow conservation projects to take advantage of the growing understanding of the link between landscape change and human health?
· How can we cohesively include conservation and human development and incorporate material and intangible benefits of ecosystems in economic development initiatives?
Measurement
· How do we create metrics that adequately capture the complexities of biological and socioeconomic change and examine the causal relationships responsible for the outcomes observed?
· What valuation, sensing, measuring, analyzing, modeling, and integrating tools are required to track the processes and impacts of conservation and development efforts across multiple ecosystems simultaneously?
· How do we better quantify ecosystem services to reduce the transactional costs of policies based on ecosystem services?
· How do we improve understanding of the feedback effects resulting from economic, health, social, and environmental change?
Agriculture and Aquaculture
· How do we measure and manage the environmental impact of food production?
· What research and other actions are necessary to make evidence-based decisions about diversified (multi-functional) farming systems?
· How do we most efficiently apply biotechnology and engineering approaches to address limited water supply?
· What tools are needed to create functional agriculture and aquaculture systems to reduce environmental stress, enhance human well being and enhance stability in the developing world?
World Bank Institute E-learning Course on Clean Development Mechanism Programme of Activities
* Understand Rules and Structure (what PoA?)
* Identify Potential Sectors where PoA can be effectively applied (where PoA?)
* Understand Financial Issues and Contractual Arrangements (how PoA?)
* Identify possible linkages with other policy instruments.Healthy Women, Healthy Planet
The Honorable Joy Phumaphi Former Minister of Health, Botswana Former Vice President of Human Development, The World Bank The Honorable
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Call for papers: Enhancing forest related governance for development: Recent country experiences and what they teach us
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Short-term solution to long-term problem?
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Don Kanak, Chairman, WWF Forest Carbon Network Initiative
Who’s buying; who’s issuing?
Examples of recent issues
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Mahesh Jaykumar, Portfolio Manager Global Fixed Income, State Street Global Advisors
The need for standards
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Sean Kidney, Executive Chair, Climate Bonds Initiative
Bonds for financing renewable energy
Who’s buying; who’s issuing?
Examples of recent issues
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Short-term solution to long-term problem?
Scale of funding required – public vs private capital
Demand and supply factorsWRI-UNEP Launch: Building the Climate Change Regime
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