Day 5 at Climate Talks: Reconciling Asian priorities and global interests in climate regime beyond 2012

L-R: John Drexhage, IISD; Hironori Hamanaka, IGES; Ancha Srinivasan, IGES; and Rajendra Pachauri, IPCC.

Hironori Hamanaka, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), explained that IGES has been carrying out a stakeholder consultation since 2005 aimed to promote constructive thinking in the Asia Pacific region and contribute to the post-2012 regime.

Ancha Srinivasan, IGES, outlined the results of the IGES stakeholder consultation, highlighting that it had identified shared interests across Asia , including the need to: streamline market mechanisms; facilitate technology development and transfer; increase the focus on adaptation; and consider climate change in a development context.

John Drexhage, IISD, underscored that financing and investment are the most critical components of the future climate regime in order to get China and India on board.

Rajendra Pachauri, IPCC, highlighted some conclusions of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Synthesis Report, such as irreversible sea level rise and the threat of water scarcity, which could lead to conflict and major displacements.

Akio Morishima, Japan Climate Policy Center, noted that Japan possesses highly energy efficient technology and is willing to build capacity in developing countries.

Noting the role of forest exploitation in poverty eradication, Masnellyarti Hilman, Ministry of the Environment, Indonesia, called for compensation of avoided deforestation.

Toshiro Kojima, Vice-Minister, Japan, listed the outcomes from the ECO Asia Summit, held in September 2007 in Japan, including a call for a low carbon society and co-benefits approaches.

Participants discussed: “green jobs;” energy security and its link to climate change mitigation; the need for a bottom-up approach; and regional cooperation in Asia.

More information
http://www.iges.or.jp
http://www.iisd.org
http://www.jcpc.or.jp/objective/index_e.html

Contacts
Hironori Hamanaka <hamanaka@iges.or.jp>
Ancha Srinivasan <ancha@iges.or.jp>
John Drexhage <jdrexhage@iisd.ca>
Rajendra Pachauri <pachauri@teri.res.in>
Akio Morishima <morishima@jcpc.or.jp>
Masnellyarti Hilman <nelly@menlh.go.id>
Toshiro Kojima <toshiro_kojima@env.go.jp>

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