The schedule of side events and the list of exhibits at SB 18 is found below. These are organized by Parties, UN bodies and admitted IGOs and NGOs, who have applied using the side event on-line registration system. Presentations are added as they are received from the organizers.
Side events
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Date / Time |
Title |
Organizer |
Theme |
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4 June |
Forests and the CDM: Perspectives from Africa and Latin America |
IUCN - The World Conservation Union |
FAO, IUCN and UNEP recently organized expert meetings with delegates in Africa and Latin America on forests and the clean development mechanism (CDM). This event will focus attention on the outcomes of these meetings, and present views from governments on the definitions and modalities for including afforestation and reforestation project activities under Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol. |
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4 June |
European Business Council for a Sustainable Energy Future |
A study on the evolution of commitments under the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol is presented. It assesses several approaches according to a set of criteria. These approaches include intensity targets, contraction and convergence and the triptych approach. |
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4 June |
Forestry CDM projects: assessing baselines, additionality and leakage |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
The side event will examine issues relevant to determining additionality, calculating baselines and assessing leakage from forestry CDM projects. |
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4 June |
GHG registries |
International Emissions Trading Association |
Expert presentations on the development of the European Union registry system as well as developments on national level. |
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5 June |
UNFCCC, Learning Center for Sustainable Development (LearnSD) and the Institute for Global Environment Strategies (IGES) |
Presentation on the training programme proposal for review experts in the UNFCCC GHG inventory review process for Annex I, for years 2003-2006. It includes a demonstration of the pilot learning course - UNFCCC Review Guidelines and Procedures and General IPCC Inventory Guidance, developed at the request of the SBSTA and a presentation of a prototype course on conflict management and other skills necessary to enhance the performance of expert reviewers. |
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1 - 3 p.m. |
GEF briefing on LDC support |
Global Environmental Facility (GEF) |
GEF Secretariat, Implementing Agencies and UNITAR will provide a briefing on financial assistance to LDCs under the LDC fund, and answer questions on the subject. |
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5 June |
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction |
To build mutual understanding and collaboration between the disaster-reduction and climate change communities. To develop and articulate a no-regret and no-fault approach for climatic hazards. To generally advance awareness and the application of disaster reduction policies and practices. |
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5 June |
Afforestation/Reforestation CDM toward Sustainable Development Alternative Financing Model for Sustainable Management in the San Nicolas Forests |
Japan |
1.To showcase a variety of possible afforestation/reforestation (A/R) clean development mechanism (CDM) projects that are being planned or studied around the world. 2.To build confidence for A/R CDM projects in contributing to the sustainable development of host countries. 3.To provide useful information in facilitating the negotiations on A/R CDM definitions and modalities to be concluded at the COP 9. The event is organized by the Governments of Bolivia, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan and Uruguay and the Organization of Global Environment Centre-Foundation (GEC). |
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6 June |
UNFCCC/EGTT members/Experts |
Presentation on the outcome of the UNFCCC workshop on enabling environments held in Ghent, Belgium on 10 - 11 April 2003 and of the enabling environments and capacity building technical papers. |
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6 June |
CDM Methodologies: Philosopy and Design |
Netherlands |
Explanation of the philosophy behind different methodologies for the calculation of the emission reductions of CDM projects; case studies and dilemma's regarding the development of CDM methodologies with focus on the Prototype Carbon Fund (PCF) and the Certified Emissions Reduction Unit Procurement Tender (CERUPT). |
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6 June |
Transport and the CDM: Key Issues |
International Institute for Sustainable Development |
Transportation presents a number of challenges for CDM project development unique to the sector. The most recent thinking and research on the issues will be presented followed by an open discussion on the implications for transport projects. |
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6 June |
North-South Dialogue on Sinks in the CDM (zipped, 3 meg) |
Hamburg Institute of International Economics |
There is a new need to converge towards a forward-looking compromise over CDM sinks that does not endanger the Protocol's environmental integrity. Researchers, NGOs and decision makers meet for a North-South dialogue. |
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6 June |
CTI Activities in Technology Transfer |
Midwest Research Institute/National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
Operationalizing opportunities identified in technology needs assessments. Key representatives of developing countries, including the chair of the EGTT, will share their experiences and perspectives. |
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6 June |
Progress in the IPCC LULUCF Programme Introduction |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) |
The IPCC LULUCF Programme responds to invitations of the SBSTA to prepare reports on good practice guidance for the LULUCF sector in national GHG inventories (Task 1)and on definitions and methodological options to inventory and report emissions from direct human-induced degradation of forests and devegetation of other vegetation types (Task 2). The side-event would give information on the progress of the two draft reports. |
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6 June |
BioCarbon Finance at the World Bank: Practical solutions to delivering benefits to Developing Countries through sinks in the CDM |
World Bank |
The BioCarbon Fund will soon join the Prototype Carbon Fund and the Community Development Carbon Fund in the World Bank carbon finance activities. This new fund will deliver emission reductions along with environmental and community benefits to host countries. The event will focus on practical aspects of the design of the BioCarbon Fund. Panelists will present the methods by which additionality will be assessed and the design of benchmarks. The handling of permanence, especially in the context of the proposed temporary crediting schemes and insurance requirements and plans to identify and verify the delivery of tangible environmental and community developments will be discussed. |
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6 June |
Switzerland |
The various options proposed by the Parties on definitions, modalities and rules for the inclusion of sinks in the CDM are critically reviewed and assessed. |
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7 June |
Joint IETA / World Bank Workshop on Validation/Verification Manual |
International Emissions Trading Association |
IETA and the PCF started a process to develop a CDM/JI Validation/Verification Manual. The outcome of the two first workshops will be presented. Applicant entities are invited to provide input at this side event. |
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7 June |
Support of the Implementation of the Kyoto protocol in CEE: development of registry |
Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe |
The REC launched a project to develop capacity in the Central and Eastern European states (CEE) to elaborate and operate a registry system for GHGs. Different options for developing national registries were examined in six economies in transition countries in CEE. The results of the Czech and Romanian study will be presented. |
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7 June |
Civil Society Round Table on Social Aspects of Climate Change |
Environmental Defense |
This event will formally announce and describe a Civil Society Social Forum to be held in conjunction with the World Climate Change Conference in Moscow at the end of September 2003. This event is being organized by the American and Russian partners of Environmental Defense and the Center for Russian Environmental Policy. |
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9 June |
Information event by the CDM Executive Board |
UNFCCC |
Information on the status of the CDM activities. |
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9 June |
CC:FORUM: Financial and technical support for the preparation of non-Annex I second national communications |
UNFCCC |
Information on availability of financial and technical support for the preparation of non-Annex I second national communications. |
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9 June |
Linking Emission Trading Schemes - Creating a Global GHG Market |
International Emissions Trading Association |
The European Union emissions trading scheme foresees linkages with schemes by other Parties to the Kyoto Protocol. In addition, schemes in non-Parties are emerging. The challenges of such a fragmented approach will be discussed. |
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9 June |
The Kyoto-Marrakech System: a Strategic Assessment |
Imperial College, Centre for Environment Technology |
A research team led by Prof. Michael Grubb has over the past year undertaken a strategic assessment of the Kyoto-Marrakesh system, covering four main modules: the economics of how the Annex B commitments and trading system may work in practice in the aftermath of withdrawal by the United States; the role of companies in the development of the national and international policies; the prospects for action in and engagement of the United States; the context and approaches for post-2012 commitments. The side meeting will present the main findings and implications for scenarios of how the Kyoto Marrakesh system may develop in the future. A briefing paper summarising the main findings will be available. |
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9 June |
Energy and Climate Change - Two different discussions? (18 kB) |
Austria |
Panelists will explore how the parallel international discussions on energy and and on climate change can be brought together. The side event was conceived at the third meeting of the Global Forum on Sustainable Energy in November 2003, in Austria to further the work programme of the Commission on Sustainable Development on 2006/2007: energy for sustainable development, climate change, air pollution/atmosphere, industrial development, which will be dependent on bringing together "energy people" and "climate people". |
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9 June |
A Global Climate Community |
Global Commons Institute |
After Kyoto: a long-term strategy for all countries willing to commit to joint action. Can Europe and major developing countries pioneer a treaty of partnership based on the key priciples of precaution and equity, which all countries will one day join? The meeting is in preparation for a larger conference to be held in the United Kingdom next autumn. It will explore prospects, challenges and identify participants. |
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9 June |
Germany |
Launching of a common paper of 10 development organizations on "Poverty and Climate Change" |
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9 June |
Developing Perspectives On Climate Change: Issues and Analysis from Developing Countries and E.I.T. Countries |
International Institute for Sustainable Development |
Authors of issue papers for the Climate Change Knowledge Network (CCKN) Climate Compendium will present and discuss perspectives on climate change policy relevant to their regions. Presented by IISD and CCKN. |
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10 June |
Article 6 of the Convention - public participation and public access to information: the use of electronic tools |
UNFCCC |
Focus on two elements of the work programme of Article 6 (public participation and public access to information) and discuss how the use of electronic tools can contribute to their implementation. A few IGOs/NGOs will be able to present some initiatives. |
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10 June |
European Community |
The EU GHG monitoring mechanism is an instrument to assess accurately and regularly the extent of progress being made towards the European Community’s commitments under the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol and to provide as a Party the annual GHG data for the EC GHG inventory to the UNFCCC. Progress is evaluated by the EU Commission, in consultation with the Member States, and is based on national and community climate change programmes. |
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10 June |
University of East Anglia |
Description and demonstration of PC-based, user-friendly software for the development of scenarios of future climate change and for the quantification of uncertainties at both the global-mean and regional level. The global-mean component uses the MAGICC coupled gas-cycle/climate model, which is the model that was used to make the projections of global-mean temperature given in the IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR, Ch. 9). Users can emulate TAR results or expand these to other emissions scenarios. The SCENGEN components translates the global-mean projections to regional scale (gridpoint) results using results from 17 different coupled Atmosphere/Ocean General Circulation Models. The uncertainty analysis allows results to be given in probabilistic terms. |
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10 June |
Capacity Development for the CDM |
UNEP-Collaborating Centre on Energy and Environment |
Capacity development activities in 12 developing countries from four regions. To share lessons and information and to get feedbacks for further progress. |
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10 June |
Presentation of WBGU report "Towards sustainable energy systems" |
WBGU - Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen |
Presentation of the recently released report of the Scientific Advisory Council to the German Government on Global Change, "Towards sustainable energy systems". |
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10 June |
Prospects for the GHG Market - hosted by IETA and EcoCarbon |
EcoCarbon Incorporated |
Presentations of the latest analysis on volumes and prices in the European Union and Kyoto market, and hands on experience from active market participants. |
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11 June |
Special meeting with UNFCCC national focal points on the UNFCCC roster of experts |
UNFCCC |
Provide an explanation on the importance of national experts to the UNFCCC roster and how the roster is formed; and to facilitate nominations for those Parties who have not presented experts to the roster or have not updated their old nominees after the restructuring of the UNFCCC roster. |
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11 June |
Climate Change and Energy: A Focus on Technology |
International Energy Agency |
"Climate Change and Energy: A Focus on Technology", will present new IEA work on energy efficiency, renewable energy and technology innovation, with resentations from three IEA experts: 1. Technology Innovation, Development and Diffusion (Cedric Philibert) 2. 470 Mt @ negative cost: opportunities in appliance efficiency policy (Benoit Lebot) 3. Renewable energy costs and markets in the electricity sector (to be confirmed) Jonathan Pershing (Head of the Energy and Environment Division) will act as moderator for the event. |
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11 June |
Results of the assessment report on interlinkages on climate change and biological diversity |
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity |
The event will present the main results of the assessment report on "Interlinkages between Biological Diversity and Climate Change and Advice on the Integration of Biodiversity Considerations into the Implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol" produced by the ad hoc technical expert group on climate change and biological diversity of the Convention on Biological Diversity |
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11 June |
WWF |
UNEP, WWF, Greenpeace and the Netherlands Ministry of Environment have developed an International Climate Symbol. The idea is to create a common thread in all communications on climate change. In that way they will reinforce each other better. The symbol can be used freely by all non-commercial organizations. It expresses the concern of climate change and the willingness to solve the problem. |
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11 June |
Development and Climate |
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment |
This side event will present and discuss the results of how sustainable development policies can be a starting point for climate change policies. This project aims at identifying development paths and actions in developing countries linked to positive climate outcomes and supports decision making by facilitating dialogue between stakeholders at national and international level. The discussion will focus on possible implications of this approach for the future of the climate regime. |
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11 June |
Integrating Climate Change into development cooperation: a proposal for an EU strategy. |
European Community |
The European Union is committed to assisting its partner countries in the fight against poverty, the fulfilment of the Millenium Development Goals and the promotion of sustainable development. Climate Change forms an integral part of this agenda. The purpose of the side-event is to present a recently adopted European Commission Communication on Climate Change in the context of development cooperation, which proposes an European strategy and action plan to address this issue. |
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11 June |
Center for Clean Air Policy |
Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP) staff and selected negotiators will discuss possible future directions for international climate policy after 2012, building on outcomes of CCAP's dialogue on future international actions to address global climate change. |
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12 June |
Developing a post-Kyoto policy framework |
Fridtjof Nansen Institute |
The negotiations on a second commitment period present tremendous challenges for policy makers. This research project seeks to identify these problems and recommend policies that can help overcome them. |
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12 June |
Germany |
Following the announcement of Chancellor Schröder in Johannesburg, Germany will convene the International Conference for Renewable Energies in June 2004 in Bonn. For further information please look at the web site www.renewables2004.de. |
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12 June |
The GHG Protocol in the real world |
World Business Council for Sustainable Development |
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol in the real world - adoption of the Corporate and Project Modules. This event will demonstrate and discuss the applicability of the GHG Protocol in a range of institutions like the ISO, European Union emissions trading scheme, European Standards Center (CEN), International Aluminium Institute and CDM Executive Board. |
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12 June |
NSS Program : recently completed and ongoing studies |
Switzerland |
Presentation of the activities under the World Bank National Strategic Studies: assessment of capacities and needs of developing countries and EIT for the use of the flexible mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol as well as other needs in the context of the UNFCCC. |
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13 June |
Emissions Trading in Aviation (332 kB) |
Oeko-Institut (Institute for Applied Ecology e.V.) |
Design options for an emissions trading scheme in aviation and their impact on climate change. Issues such as open emissions trading with other sectors or closed emissions trading only within the aviation industry, coverage of gases (only CO2 or all relevant greenhouse gas emissions) and initial allocation of allowances are discussed. |
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13 June |
New Method for Baseline Determination for Multiple Project Categories |
United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
The methodology developed by UNIDO supports project developer in defining project boundaries, accounting of emission changes and screening of additionality of CDM project activities. |