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The 14th Asia-Pacific Seminar on Climate Change

-Driving Climate Efforts Forward-

21-24 September, 2004 Sydney, Australia



	Conference Venue: Manly Pacific Sydney	Manly Beach

CONTENTS

Background
Objectives
Organizers
Date and Venue
Participants

Documents of the 14 th Seminar

Background

The Ministry of the Environment of Japan has been convening the Asia-Pacific Seminar on Climate Change since the early 1990s in support of regional efforts to address climate change. The seminar has been steadily growing in significance as a regional forum to promote awareness and exchange experiences on many issues of common interest to Asia-Pacific countries.

Many countries in the Asia-Pacific region, both at a national and international level, have made substantial efforts to address climate change in many ways. The Asia-Pacific Seminar offers an opportunity to discuss these achievements at a regional level, and increase awareness and understanding of the lessons they offer as countries continue to develop their responses to climate change. Also, the Seminar promotes international cooperation to address climate change, under the normative guidance provided by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and other related documents.

Documents from previous Asia-Pacific Seminars can be found at www.ap-net.org
Objectives

The objective of the Asia-Pacific Seminar is to provide a forum for the countries of the Asia-Pacific region, as well as international organizations working in the region, to share information and build relationships in an informal working environment. In addition to informative presentations, the seminar programme will allow ample time for questions and discussion, so that all participants can contribute and the opportunities for learning from the experiences of others will be greater.

Two common themes will run through the sessions of 14th seminar. These will be:
- Cooperative approaches. It is hoped that participants will increase their awareness and understanding of the breadth of existing cooperative activities, forums and processes across the region, and identify opportunities to enhance or better utilize these.
- Lessons learned. Presenters will be asked to consider what lessons they have learned through their activities, both through successes and unexpected challenges, and how these lessons could benefit the region.
Organizers

Australian Greenhouse Office (AGO), Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ), and Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan (OECC). Other international organizations are also suggested to co-organize the Seminar.
Date and Venue

21-24, September 2004 (four days)
Sydney, Australia
Participants

List of Participants downloadable

Documents of the 14 th Seminar

Programme

FOURTEENTH ASIA PACIFIC SEMINAR ON CLIMATE CHANGE
PROGRAMME

21 SEPTEMBER -DAY 1

09.00-09.20	Opening Addresses and Keynote Presentations Tentatively proceeded by the Secretariat Welcome address by Mr. James Shevlin, Branch Head, International and Strategies Branch, Australian Greenhouse Office , Australia Opening address by Mr. Kazuhiko Takemoto, Deputy Director-General, Global Environmental Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
09.20- 09.30	Election of the Chairpersons (After the election, the session will be proceeded by the Chairperson)
09.30-10.10	Keynote Speeches Keynote Speech by Ms. Wanna Tanunchaiwatana, Manager, Transfer of Technology, Sustainable Development Programme, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Keynote Speech by Mr. Kohji Iwakami, Economic Affairs Officer, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) Keynote Speech Japan's Climate Change Policy by Mr. Osamu Mizuno, Director, Office of International Strategies on Climate Change, MOEJ
10.10-10.30	Discussion Asia-Pacific Seminar generally and the 14 th Seminar specifically, focusing on what participants see as the most important aspects of the seminar and what they hope to get out of it
10. 30-10.50	Coffee Break
Session 1	Updates on Efforts to Address Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific
10.50-12.00	Introduction by the Chair of the Session
	Presentations Implementation of UN's Framework Convention on Climate Change in Pakistan Mr. Ahmad Jan Malik, Section Officer, Ministry of Environment, Pakistan Overview of New Zealand's Climate Change Policy by Ms. Catherine Leining, Senior Operator, Price-Based Measures Team, New Zealand Climate Change Office, New Zealand Mr. Taito Tabaleka Nakalevu, Climate Change Adaptation Officer, South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
12.00-12.45	Discussion Experiences of Asia-Pacific countries in implementing climate change activities
12.45-13.45	Lunch Break

Session 2	Lessons Learned on Approaches to Climate Change Capacity Building in the Asia-Pacific Region
13.45-13.50	Introduction by the Chair of the Session
13.50-14.35	Presentations Climate Change Capacity Building Needs for Asian Business by Mr. Peter Repinski, Project Officer, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Climate Change Capacity Building: the UNDP Samoa Experience by Ms. Misa Andriamihaja, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Samoa Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research by Dr. Graeme Pearman, APN Scientific Planning Group Member, Chair Capacity Building Committee, APN CAPaBLE Program, APN
14.35-15.00	Discussion Priority areas for climate change capacity building activities in the Asia-Pacific Region
15.00-15.20	Coffee Break
15.20-16.20	Presentation Country Perspective on Capacity Building Activities by Mr. Damdin Dagvadorj, Director, Administration and International Cooperation Division, National Agency for Meteorological Agency, Mongolia ao PDR's Climate Change Activities by Mr. Syamphone Sengchandala, Deputy Director, Environment Impact Assessment Division, Science Technology and Environment Agency, Lao PDR Kazakhstan's perspective on Capacity Building Activities in the Asia Pacific Region by Ms. Lyubov Anatolievna Inyutina, Senior Expert on Policy & Measures in Climate Change, Climate Change Coordination Centre, Kazakhstan
16.20-17.00	Discussion Lessons learned on approaches to climate change capacity building in the Asia-Pacific region

18.00-20.00

Cocktail function hosted by the Australian Greenhouse Office

22 September - Day 2

Session 3	Two Small Group Discussions to be run concurrently
	Small Group Discussion 1: Clean Development Mechanism
Sub session I:	Updates of Institutional Development of CDM
09.00-09.10	Introduction by the Chair of the Session
09.10-09.40	Technical Matters The Clean Development Mechanism -Update of the Current Deliberation- by Mr. Yuji Mizuno, Pacific Consultants Global Carbon Market Today by Mr. Martijn Wilder, Partner & Head Global Climate Change, Baker&McKenzie
09.40-10.20	Presentation Main CDM Activities in Viet Nam by Mr. Hoang Manh Hoa, Senior Expert and Researcher on Climate Change, National Office for Climate Change and Ozone Protection, Vietnam Institutional Development & Kazakhstan's perspective on CDM/JI by Ms. Lyubov Anatolievna Inyutina, Senior Expert on Policy & Measures in Climate Change, Kazakhstan
10.20-10.40	Coffee Break
Sub session II:	Putting CDM in business mode
10.40-11.40	Presentations A Perspective from a CDM project Developer by Mr. Yuvaraj Babu, Research Associate, The Energy and Resources Institute, India Legal Issues in the CDM by Mr. Martijn Wilder, Partner & Head Global Climate Change, Baker&McKenzie MOEJ's Support Measures to promote CDM Integrated Capacity Strengthening for -CDM and JI by Mr. Shinichi Iioka, CDM Program Manager, CDM Program, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) CDM/JI Feasibility Study Scheme by Mr. Kunihiro Ueno, Assistant Manager, Global Environment Centre Foundation, Japan (GEC) OECC's Kyoto Mechanism Information Platform Assisting CDM/JI Stakeholders Information-wise by Mr. Makoto Kato, Researcher, Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan (OECC)
11.40-12.30	Discussion How to drive CDM forward in operational mode in the region

Day 2

	Small Group Discussion 2: Global Environment Facility
09.00-09.20	Introduction by the Chair of the Session
09.20-09.50	Case Studies - Regional Approaches to Climate Change GEF -Supported Climate Change Initiatives by Ms. Nandita Mongia Team Leader, UNDP/GEF Climate Change Coordinator, Regional Coordination Unit Asia and the Pacific Case Study -Samoa, Samoa and Pacific Island Climate Change Assistance Programme (PICCAP) by Mr. Peniamina Doug-Alii Leavai, Senior Climate Change Officer & Project Coordinator, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Samoa Case Study - Philippines, Asia Least-Cost Greenhouse Gas Abatement Strategy (ALGAS) by Mr. Alan De Gala, Regional Director, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the Philippines
09.50-10.20	Discussion Opportunities and processes for accessing GEF funding for climate change projects
10.20-10.40	Coffee Break
10.40-11.40	Case Studies - Project Development Case Study - Tuvalu, Experience in project development from GEF funding for adaptation programmes in Tuvalu by Ms. Petely Niuatui, NAPA in the Department of Environment, Tuvalu Case Study - Nepal, Nepal's Experience in Climate Change by Mr. Mohan Bahadur Karki, Secretary, Ministry of Population and Environment, Nepal
11.40-12.30	Discussion Designing effective projects and options for leveraging 3 rd party involvement
12.30-13.30	Lunch Break

Session 4	International Cooperation for Adaptation Strategies
13.30-13.40	Introduction by the Chair of the session
13.40-14.25	Presentations Increasing Adaptive Capacity of Farmers to Extreme Climate Events and Climate Change through Climate Field School Program: Indonesia Experience by Dr. Rizaldi Boer, Head of Climate Laboratory, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia
14.25-15.00	Discussion Approaches to adaptation and opportunities for cooperation in the Region
15.00-15.30	Coffee Break
15.30-16.10	Presentations International Adaptation Efforts: the UNFCCC Agenda Item on Adaptation by Ms. Wanna Tanunchaiwatana, UNFCCC The Climate Change Roundtable on the Pacific Islands Regional Framework for Action on Climate Change, Climate Variability and Sea Level Rise and Appendix by Mr. Andrea Volentras, Climate Change Coordinator, South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Facilitating Proactive Adaptation to Climate Change at Local and Community Level: Policy Implications by Dr. Ancha Srinivasan, Principal Researcher & Manager, Climate Policy Project, Institute for global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
16.10-1700	Discussion Developing national adaptation strategies and options for incorporating adaptation responses into policy making at the national and local levels

23 September - Day 3

Session 5	Cooperative approaches to Science And T echnology in Asia-Pacific
09.00-09.05	Introduction by the Chair of the session
09.05-10.05	Presentations Cooperative Approaches to Science and Technology in Asia and the Pacific by Taka Hiraishi, Senior Consultant, Institute for global Environmental Strategies (IGES) Cooperative Approaches to Science and Technology in Asia and the Pacific by Mr. Kohji Iwakami, Economic Affairs Officer, Energy Section, Environment and Sustainable Development Division, UNESCAP Renewable Energy Technology Programs in Australia by Mr. Keith Baker, Assistant Manager, Renewable Energy Technologies Team, AGO, Australia Asian Regional Workshop on Climate and Energy, and U.S. Climate Policy by Mr. Trigg Talley Senior Expert and Researcher on Climate Change, Department of State, USA ICT and Climate Change in Malaysia by Mr. Simon Jailan, Assistant Director, Communication Division, Malaysian Meteorological Service, Malaysia Additional messages by Dr. Graeme Pearman, APN Scientific Planning Group Member, Chair Capacity Building Committee, APN CAPaBLE Program, APN
10.05-10.45	Discussion Opportunities for practical cooperation on technology development and diffusion in the Asia Pacific region including opportunities to benefit from international technology initiatives.
10.45-11.05	Coffee Break
Session 6	Lessons learned for the future - Moving forward on practical climate change cooperation
11.05-11.15	Introduction by the Chair of the session
11.15-12.15	Presentations Integrating GHG mitigation in local environment management in Asian Cities by Prof. Hidefumi Imura, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Japan Policy Implications of Co-benefit on China: Linking Air Pollution and GHGs by Mr. Hu Tao, Chief Economist, Policy and Research Center for Environment and Economy (PRCEE), State Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA), China The Integrated Environmental Strategies (IES) Program: Local Benefits With Global Results by Mr. Kong Chiu, International Program Specialist, US Environmental Protection Agency, USA
	Discussion
12.00-13.00	Lunch Break
13.00-13..45	Presentations Climate Change Projects in Somoa - Lessons Learned and the Way Forward Networking and inter-linkages of different networks by Mr. Peniamina Doug-Alii Leavai, Samoa Co-operative approaches: greenhouse action by local governments by Mr. Wayne Wescott, Chief Executive Officer, International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) The Asia-Pacific Network on Climate Change Mr. Makoto Kato, Researcher, Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan (OECC)
13.45-14.15	Discussion
15.00-18.00	Excursion to be organized by the AGO

24 September - Day 4

Session 6	Lessons learned for the future-Moving forward on practical climate change cooperation (continued)
09.00-09.10	Key points of the Seminar for the future by the Chairperson
09.10-10.30	Discussion Discussion on lessons learned in climate change responses, and what aspects of existing responses Asia-Pacific countries see as successful and how they envisage moving forward at national, regional and global levels, drawing on outcomes from previous discussions during the seminar.
10.30-11.00	Coffee Break
11.00-12.00	Closing session Discussion of key messages from the seminar and ideas for the 15 th seminar Chairperson's Summary Appendix
12.00	Close of the 14 th Asia-Pacific Seminar