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Tuesday, June 2
Maria Julia Alsogaray, Secretary of Natural Resources and Sustainable
Development of Argentina, characterized COP-3 in Kyoto as a dynamic step toward meeting
the FCCC's goals and said COP-4 in Buenos Aires should be another step in the same
direction.
UNEP Executive Director Klaus Töpfer
pointed to the connection between flexibility and minimizing repercussions for economic
growth potential.
Michael Zammit Cutajar, FCCC Executive
Secretary, noted 37 countries have signed the Kyoto Protocol, including Parties
representing 39% of Annex I CO2 emissions.
The G-77/CHINA said the joint
cooperation mechanisms bring about technical, political and other new uncertainties that
must be settled. He expressed alarm at interpretations of the CDM as a cleaner production
mechanism or a global carbon fund. He opposed having any entity outside the FCCC operate
the CDM.Wednesday, June 3
Dr. Cartinus Jepma, University of
Groningen, discusses the challenges of credit sharing, trading and banking within Joint
Implementation, the Clean Development Mechanism and Emissions Trading.Thursday, June 4
Part 1
Part 2
Ambassador Raoul Estrada, former chair
of the COW: "The Kyoto Protocol: Explanation and Reflection". Friday, June 5
Chair Patrick
Széll (UK) recalled that during AG13-5, delegates agreed that the MCP should be
advisory rather than supervisory in nature. He stressed that the meeting will discuss only
the MCP and not the Protocol.
VENEZUELA, for
the G-77/CHINA and supported by TOGO, said that COP-4's second review must respect the
FCCC mandate on the second review of the adequacy of Article 4.2 (a) and (b).Monday, June 8
The US anticipated dramatic improvements in the state of knowledge concerning adaptation in the years ahead, and noted that the FCCC contains no provision similar to Article 4.4 obliging Annex I or Annex II Parties to compensate countries that could be affected by response measures.
Donald Goldberg, of the Center for International Enironmental Law (CIEL) said there were issues regarding the mechanisms of grave concern to the environmental community. CIEL did not envisage that emissions trading would be used to evade responsibilities or weaken commitments. He offered sets of principles for the operation of the mechanisms.
Lisa Jacobson (second from the right) of the Business Council for Sustainable Energy moderated a panel discussion on issues involving the Clean Development Mechanism.
In a special event of the FCCC, Michele Frome of the Soil and Water conservation Society moderated several speakers in the "Soil Sinks for Carbon" discussion.
"Soil Sinks for Carbon" Presenter:Dr. Rattan Lal, Ohio State University
"Soil Sinks for Carbon" Presenter:Dr. C. Vernon Cole, Colorado State University
"Soil Sinks for Carbon" Presenter:Dr. C.W. Lindwall, Agriculture and Agri-foods Canada
"Soil Sinks for Carbon" Presenter:Paul Faeth, World Resource Institute
"Soil Sinks for Carbon" Presenter:Carlos Crovetto, Chequen Farm, Chile Tuesday, June 9
First Panel: Michael Marvin, US BCSE; Ned Holme, Center for Clean Air Policy; Dr. Paul Metz, E5 and Mark Stanga, York International
Second Panel: Frank Joshua, UNCTAD
Third Panel: Gier Hoibye, Norwegian Confederation of Business and Industry; John Palmisano, Enron Corp., Charlotte Grezo, British Petroleum and Jim Wolf, American Standard/Trane Company Speaker's presentations on Emission Trading Under the Kyoto Protocol: Regional and Intra-Country Models
Gylvan Meiro Filho, Brazil
John Novak, Edison Electrical Institute, USA
Milind Pathak, Tata Energy Research Institute, India
Annie Petsonk, Environmental Defence Fund, USA
J. Eduardo Sanhueza, CANLA, Chile
Eveline Trine, SGS, Switzerland
Simon Worthington, British Petroleum Wednesday, June 10
Introduction - Brett Orlando, IUCN
Question & Answer Period - Part I
Question & Answer Period - Part IIThursday, June 11
Opening address by Dr. Abraham Haspel; Chair of the CTI
Dr. Maria Dalla Costa; Italian Agency for New Technology, Energy and Environment
Shoji Kusada, Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Japan
Shoji Kusada, Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Japan
(Representative for) Bob Alderson; Dept. of Primary Industries and Energy of Australia
Shoji Kusada, second presentation
Mary Preville; IEA
M. Kurushima: "Technology diffusion in Asia"
Closing remarks, Dr. Abraham Hespel
The "Carbon Efficiency Mobility"
Dr. Paul Metz; Executive Director of E5
Roger Torode; International Union of Public Transportation
Anke Herold; �ko-Institut
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