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To deepen the understanding of the Buenos Aires Action Plan; to stimulate discussion on the many products envisaged under the Action Plan; to consider the role of the OECD and IEA, in the context of the wide UNFCCC audience, in undertaking some of the work; and to consider the role and priorities of governments in moving the Action Plan forward.
9 March
Session 1. Welcome and Introduction
Chair: Bert Metz, Co-Chair of the IPCC Working Group III
The session speakers will frame the broad discussion on the outcomes from Buenos Aires, focussing on issues that need to be resolved by governments, including potential analytical work that the OECD and IEA can provide in supporting the resolution of these issues.
Introductory remarks by the Chair, Bert Metz
Robert Priddle, Executive Director of the IEA
Joke Waller Hunter, Director of the OECD Environment Directorate
Session 2. COP4 Outcomes
This session will provide for perspectives from COP officials -- the President, Executive Secretary and the Chair of the Subsidiary Body for implementation -- on the outcomes from COP4, including their views on key issues that governments need to resolve by COP5 and COP6 under the Buenos Aires Action Plan.
Keynote Address: Minister Alsogaray, Argentina, Chair of COP4
Bakary Kante, Chairman of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation
Michael Zammit Cutajar, Executive Secretary of the UN FCCC
Discussion
Session 3. Perspectives on Climate Change Policy from the OECD and the IEA
Chair: Thorvald Moe, Deputy Secretary General of the OECD
Presenters in this session will speak to activities underway in the OECD and IEA, linking back to the Buenos Aires Action Plan. Discussion should elicit comments on the work proposed, its relevance to the Action Plan and any new work that countries may want to recommend. This is intended as a brainstorming session and is not intended to develop consensus recommendations.
Introductory remarks by the Chair, Thorvald Moe, Deputy Secretary General of the OECD
Paul O'Brien, OECD Economics Department -- Taking Action Against Climate Change: The Kyoto Protocol (Presentation and discussion)
Rémy Paris, OECD, Development Co-operation Directorate -- Capacity Building: climate change and other multilateral environmental agreements (Presentation and discussion)
Jan Corfee-Morlot, OECD, Environment Directorate -- OECD and Climate Change: Domestic Policies (Presentation and Discussion)
Jonathan Pershing, IEA, Energy and Environment -- IEA Activities on Climate Change Policy Issues (Presentation and Discussion)
10 March
Session 4. Towards Global Participation
Chair: Bert Metz, Co-Chair of the IPCC Working Group III
The panelists will present experiences and ideas on future avenues to global participation. The Forum participants can discuss the technical and political implications of moving towards global participation. The Chair will set the stage with an introduction to the session looking at IPCC long term emission trends and options for changing these trends at the international level.
Presentation by the Chair, Bert Metz, followed by questions and answers
Minister Alsogaray, Argentina
Raekwon Chung, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Korea
Fernando Tudela, Ministry of Environment, Mexico
Cornelia Quennet-Thielen, Germany
Rob Sturgiss, Australia
Discussion (Paper from Cédric Philibert on Emission Trading and Developing Countries)
Session 5. Some elements of the Buenos Aires Action Plan
Chair: Bert Metz, Co-Chair of the IPCC Working Group III
Panelists are asked to provide their viewpoint on how to advance the implementation on selected issues under the Buenos Aires Action Plan for COP5.
Introduction by the Chair, Bert Metz
Clean Development Mechanism and Perspectives on Equity -- Youba Sokona, Environmental Development Action in the Third World (ENDA), Senegal
Technology Transfer -- Ambassador Mark G. Hambley, United States
Emissions Trading -- Harald Dovland, Ministry of Environment, Norway
Policies and Measures -- Jean-Jacques Becker, Mission interministérielle de léffet de serre, Ministère de l'amenagement du territoire et de l'environnement, France
Compliance -- José Romero, Département fédéral de l'environnement, des transports, de l'énergie et de la communication, Switzerland
Discussion
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