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29/02/2012 - Japan
Towards Post-Kyoto Framework for International Climate Change Actions: Perspectives from the EU and Japan (Seminar)
Date: 29 February 2012, 10:00 - 12:00
Venue: The Delegation of the European Union to Japan
Co-organised by: The Delegation of the European Union to Japan, the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation
Participation: Free (capacity 180 seats, pre-registration required)
Language: English / Japanese (simultaneous interpretation)
Invitation
Overview:
The COP17/CMP7 (Durban, 2011) delivered a welcome agreement in the fight against climate change. After two weeks of negotiations, the 195 Parties to the UN climate change convention agreed on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action, under which Parties will develop “a protocol, another legal instrument or an agreed outcome with legal force under the Convention applicable to all Parties”. Negotiations are to be finalised by 2015 at the latest, and the results will come into effect from 2020.
The Durban conference also agreed on a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol and it made operational the new Green Climate Fund for developing countries. In parallel, the EU and Japan are developing domestic policies to meet mid and long-term emission reduction targets.
In this seminar, Mr. Artur Runge-Metzger, EU Chief Negotiator for international climate change negotiations, presented the EU’s assessment of COP17/CMP7 and the latest developments in EU climate policy.
The seminar was also joined by the representatives of the Japanese Ministry of Environment, and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, to outline the Japanese assessment of COP17 and measures being taken. Prof. Hironori Hamanaka, Chairman of IGES, discussed climate policies from a global perspective.
Programme:
| Moderator: | Mr. Hiroshi Tsukamoto, General Manager, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation |
| 10:00 | Opening remarks by Ms Maeve Collins, Chargé d'affaires, a.i., Delegation of the European Union to Japan |
| 10:05-10:25 |
“EU’s Assessment of COP17/CMP7 and Latest Developments in EU Climate Policy”
Speaker: Mr. Artur Runge-Metzger, Director for International & Climate Strategy, Directorate General for Climate Action, European Commission |
| 10:25-10:45 |
“Japan’s Strategic Actions on Climate Change”
Speaker: Mr. Takeshi Sekiya, Director, Office of International Strategy on Climate Change, Ministry of Environment |
| 10:45-11:05 |
“Climate Policies beyond Durban: From global perspective” Speaker: Prof. Hironori Hamanaka, Chairman / Board of Directors, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) |
| 11:05-11:25 |
“Japan’s Approach for Low Carbon Growth in Asia and Africa” Speaker: Mr. Kazushige Nobutani, Director, Global Environmental Affairs Office, Industrial Science & Technology Policy & Environment Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry |
| 11:25-11:55 | Questions & Answers |
| 12:00 | Wrap-up and closing remarks by Mr. Silviu Jora, General Manager, EU-Japan Centre |
