Agenda
Day 1 / September 12, 2012 (Wednesday)8:45 am onwards
/Registration
10:00 am – 11:00 am
/Inaugural Session
· Welcome Address by FICCI· Theme Address by The World Bank
· Special Address by Mr Franzjosef Schafhausen, Deputy Director General, Environment & Energy, BMU, Federal Republic of Germany
· Inaugural Address by Ms Jayanthi Natarajan, Minister for Environment & Forests, Government of India
· Concluding Observations by Dirk Forrester, President, International Emissions Trading Association
11:00 am – 11:15 am
/Tea Break
11:15 am – 12:45 pm
/Plenary Session 1: India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) – Current Scenario & Outlook: PANEL DISCUSSION
The adoption of the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) in 2008 was a significant effort to combat Climate Change issues in India. This session will focus on India’s score card on attaining the goals set and the way ahead in terms of implementation of policies and plan at the central level as well as success stories at state level. This session will also give the participants a clear picture on the happenings of the central plan for combating Climate Change and what to expect from it in the future.Chair: Dr T Chatterjee, Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India
Speakers:
National Solar Mission – Tarun Kapoor, Joint Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India
National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency – Ms Abha Shukla, Secretary, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Government of India
Green India Mission – Dr P J Dilip Kumar, Director General Forests, Government of India
National Mission on Sustainable Habitat – Mr Ashok Singhvi, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India
12:45 pm – 1:30 pm
/Lunch
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
/Plenary Session 2: Strategy for Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA)
NAMAs refers to a set of policies and actions that countries undertake as part of a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The term recognizes that different countries may take different nationally appropriate actions on the basis of equity and in accordance with common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities. It also emphasizes financial assistance from developed countries to developing countries to reduce emissions. This session will have the discussions on opportunities for NAMAs in India and how NAMAs will help mitigate emissions for sustainable growth. Also, ways and means of potential bilateral/multilateral collaboration between nations on various projects could also be discussed.Chair: Mr R R Rashmi, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment Forests, Government of India
Speakers:
President, World Resources Institute
Dr Silke Karcher, The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany
World Bank
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm
/Tea Break
3:15 pm – 4:45 pm
/Plenary Session 3: Future of CDM & New Mechanisms: How can India Benefit from it
The CDM has been a great success to build up the institutional framework for carbon market in developing countries, including monitoring, reporting and verification. It has also leveraged considerable investment in developing countries. At the same time, there have been a number of concerns over environmental effects, transaction costs, uneven distribution of the benefits between countries as well as real or perceived lack of technology transfer. In addition, questions are being raised about the future of the CDM or any other post-2012 flexible mechanism if designed as off-setting mechanism for Annex-1 emissions. In this session, the future outlook of the CDM and the new market mechanisms for offsetting the carbon emissions will be discussed. Status of the current instruments in Indian market and the way forward would also be a point for the discussion.Chair: Dr Prodipto Ghosh, Chairman, FICCI Climate Change Task Force
Speakers:
Dr Rajiv Kumar, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Environment Forests, Government of India
World Bank/ MoP, BEE – policy based CDM, PMR
Mr Marcel Kruse, German Emission Trading Agency (DEHSt)
RWE
Edwin Aalders
Ms Rita Roy Choudhury, Director & Head – Environment, Climate Change & Renewable Energy, FICCI: Indian industry perspective
Mr Takashi Hongo – Bilateral offset mechanism
4:45pm – 5:45 pm
/PLENARY SESSION 4: Technology Mechanism
A Technology Mechanism, under the guidance of and accountable to the Conference of the Parties (COP), was established by the 16th session of the COP in Cancun, 2010. The Technology Mechanism is expected to facilitate the implementation of enhanced action on technology development and transfer in order to support action on mitigation and adaptation to climate change. This session will throw light on the basic structure of the Technology Mechanism and how India can reap benefits from it. Potential links between Technology Mechanism and the Financial Mechanism would also be brought out. Developments on various institutional mechanisms to support technology development and transfer would be also highlighted.Chair:
Speakers:
EBTC
Dr Akhilesh Gupta, Scientist G, Climate Change Programme, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India
UN-APCTT
UNDP - Ms. Caitlin Wiesen (Country Directory)/ Mr. Srinivasan Iyer (Assistant Country Director & Head Energy and Environment Group)
5:45 pm – 6:00 pm
/Tea Break
6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
/Plenary Session 5: Unilateral Measures for Climate Change including Aviation & Maritime
The aviation and maritime sector has often been treated separately on GHG emission because the source of emission is extremely mobile across national boundaries and the accountability is often difficult to establish. However, not to forget they fulfil a number of pivotal functions by facilitating economic growth & cultural exchange, by providing efficient means of international travel, etc. Therefore, these sectors need to be made sustainable as their growth cannot be at the expense of climate & environmental quality. This session will focus on the recent developments in the EUETS regarding inclusion of aviation and maritime sector, the rationale behind regulating the emissions of this sector, impact of inclusion of this sector for India and India’s potential reaction, the level of India’s preparedness to minimize the adverse impact on its economy and emissions.Chair: Mr Rajeev Kher, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India
Speakers:
Mr Deepak Shetty, Joint Director General, Shipping
Cathay Pacific
Day 2 / September 13, 2012 (Thursday)
8:20 am – 9:50 am
/Master Class on PoA Development by GIZ and KfW
(by prior registration only)
GIZ and KfW Master Session on PoA (Programme of Activities) Development will offer project developers from India and other developing country participants an update on PoA development with a special focus on CPA (CDM Programme Activity) management and emission reduction accounting. The master class will present tools, trainings and support programmes for PoA development in Asia.10:00 am – 11:15 am
/PLENARY SESSION 6: Role of STATE Governments AND URBAN LOCAL BODIES in Climate Change Action
A lot of the action on Climate Change Mitigation centres around the urban landscape. State Governments and Urban Local Bodies are particularly well placed for identifying the needs and challenges of their regions in climate action, and they are often responsible for the elaboration and implementation of policy, legislation, programmes, fiscal mechanisms and public investments plans in several areas - such as transport, energy, environment, agriculture, forestry, spatial planning, resource management, civil protection or development cooperation - that directly influence Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emissions levels and deal with the impacts of climate change. They are thus taking concrete actions to build more sustainable, low carbon, and less energy intensive communities to the level of having City level plans in urban space by creating opportunities for climate change mitigation through municipal bodies. This session will focus on the role of Sub-national Governments in Climate Change Mitigation.Chair: World Bank
Speakers:
State Action Plans – TERI
Gujarat
Dr Nagin Nanda, Secretary, Environment and Scientific Technology, Government of Himachal Pradesh
Colombo, Sri Lanka
The Gold Standard – accounting standards for sub national governments
Mr Iqbal Singh Bains, Director General, EPCO, Madhya Pradesh
11.15 am – 11.30 am
/Tea Break
11:30 Am – 1:00 pm
/PLENARY SESSION 7: Business Leaders’ Outlook on Low Carbon Growth
In the coming years, businesses will play a crucial role in addressing the challenge of climate change. The transition to green economy will have to come about through an inclusive strategy involving governments as well as businesses working in close harmony. Effective business strategies revolving around the well thought out engagement of technological, human and capital resources backed by strong government policies will result in sustainable solutions for climate change mitigation. It is imperative for businesses today to realise that investing in a clean and green economy in the long run would make good business sense. The shift to efficient, climate-friendly technologies and processes offers major business opportunities in fast-growing new markets and can boost resource efficiency, productivity as well as energy security. Moving towards green growth may emerge as the next big step for a company towards achieving a sustainable long term growth strategy. The Session would provide an insight on the views of top business leaders of India on how they see green growth and sustainability as an integral element of their business strategy in the next decade.Chair:
Speakers:
Mr Rakesh Bakshi, Chairman and Managing Director, RRB Energy Limited
Mr V Saibaba, Lanco, CEO, Lanco Solar
Dr GVK Reddy, Founder Chairman & Managing Director, GVK Group
Mr Uday Khanna, MD & CEO, Lafarge India Pvt Ltd
Mr Helio A Waszyk, CMD, Nestle India Ltd
Mr HM Bangur, MD, Shree Cement Ltd
Mr CS Verma, Chairman, SAIL
Mr S Roy Choudhury, CMD, HPCL
Mr B C Tripathi, CMD, GAIL (India) Limited
Dr Mukesh Aghi, Chairman and CEO, Steria India
1.00 pm – 1:45 pm
/Lunch
1:45 pm – 3:00 pm
/PLENARY SESSION 8: South-South Co-operation
The collaboration between developing countries is referred to as South-South Cooperation, which is generally led by major emerging economies like India, China, Brazil, and South Africa. Such cooperation is vital for confronting shared challenges like Climate Change. Lately, it has been very dynamic and growing in the form of bilateral, trilateral, regional and inter-regional relations. It can be a good way to exchange knowledge, learn lessons from each other’s experiences and collaborate in R&D, as most countries are facing similar challenges and operating in comparable financial & political constraints. This session will bring experiences from various South countries on their domestic efforts to combat climate change, climate change risks that they are exposed to, ways they are leveraging carbon finance, climate change funds and carbon markets to combat climate change, and their success stories.Chair: Mr H K Pande, Joint Secretary (IC), Ministry of Environment and Forests, GOI
Speakers:
Mexico
Thailand
Kenya
One of the SAARC countries
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm
/Tea Break
3:15 Pm – 4:30 pm
/plenary session 9: Green Climate Fund: How to Operationalize and use it
COP 16 established a Green Climate Fund (GCF) as an operating entity of the financial mechanism of the Convention under Article 11. The GCF will support projects, programmes, policies and other activities in developing countries. The Fund will be governed by the GCF Board. At Durban, the COP adopted the decision, in which Parties welcomed the report of the Transitional Committee for the design of the GCF and approved the governing instrument for it. Arrangements between the COP and the Fund are to be concluded at COP 18 to ensure that it is accountable to and functions under the guidance of the COP. This session will have focused discussion on how this fund needs to be utilized for low carbon development in developing countries, considering all stakeholder benefits and how countries can gain from it.Chair: Dr Dipak Dasgupta, Principal Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Government of India
Speakers:
BMU
UNFCCC
The World Bank
Dr Rajendra Singh, CGM, Development Policy Department – Farm Sector, NABARD – Adaptation Fund
4:30pm – 6:00 pm
/PLENARY SESSION 10: Closing session - International Negotiations: State of Play from Durban to Doha
"What we have achieved in Durban will play a central role in saving tomorrow, today." This is what was said by the President of COP17/CMP7 Maite Nkoana-Mashabane after the end of Durban conference. The UNFCCC, Durban 2011, delivered a breakthrough on the international community's response to climate change. In the second largest meeting of its kind, the negotiations advanced, in a balanced fashion, the implementation of the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol, the Bali Action Plan, and the Cancun Agreements. The outcomes included a decision by Parties to adopt a universal legal agreement on climate change as soon as possible, and no later than 2015. This session will draw upon the outcomes of the Durban COP and discuss the scoreboard of this epic international climate change meet. It will deliberate on the current state of play in international negotiations, India's position, and expectations in the run-up to COP18 in Doha.Chair: J M Mauskar, Co-Chair, Adhoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP)
Speakers:
Mr Franzjosef Schafhausen, Deputy Director General, Environment & Energy, BMU, Federal Republic of Germany
UNFCCC
World Bank
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Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry
As on August 30, 2012