LCS-RNet 2nd Annual Meeting in Berlin
| Synthesis Report | |||
| Preface | |||
| Ten Key Findings | |||
| Synthesis or Findings 1. States of LCS: Status, research, plans and actions for achieving low-carbon societies 2. Stakeholder engagement, governance, and the role of citizens and cities 3. Transitioning to a low-carbon society 4. Role of science: How can economics and social sciences advance a LCS? |
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| List of Participants | |||
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| Acknowledgement | |||
| Panel Summaries and presentations Welcome and Introduction Chair: Stefan Lechtenböhmer (WI) and Jean-Pierre Tabet (ADEME) |
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| Welcome note Host from German Environmental Ministry |
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| Welcome note by LCS-RNet Secretariat Shuzo Nishioka, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) |
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| Panel 1 – What policymakers need from the LCS-RNet: Chair: Carlo Carraro (CMCC, FEEM, University of Venice) |
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| P1-1 | What policy-makers need from the LCS-RNet? Franzjosef Schafhausen, Federal Ministry of the Environment (BMU), Germany |
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| P1-2 | Delivering GHG reductions and energy security: UK climate change and energy policies Nafees Meah, Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), UK |
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| P1-3 | Mid- and long-term roadmap for global warming countermeasures Yasuo Takahashi, Ministry of the Environment (MOEJ), Japan |
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| P1-4 | EU low carbon strategy and research needs from the LCS-RNet Jan Nill, European Commission (EC) |
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| Panel 2.1 – National roadmaps on green development: An industrialised countries’ perspective Chair: David McLaughlin (NRTEE) / Rapporteur: Isabella Kavafian (NRTEE) |
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| P2.1-1 | Scenarios – How to make scenarios work? Examples from the work of UBA Harry Lehmann, Federal Environment Agency (UBA), Germany |
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| P2.1-2 | UK Energy 2050: the Transition to a secure low-carbon energy system for the UK Mark Winskel, UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC)/Edinburgh Univ., UK |
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| P2.1-3 | Low carbon Russia: Perspectives after crisis Igor Bashmakov, Center for Energy Efficiency (CENEf), Russian Federation |
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| P2.1-4 | Transition towards LCS in a second-best world Improving models and their use: An attempt in the French context Jean-Charles Hourcade and Frederic Ghersi, International Research Centre on the Environment and Development (CIRED), France |
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| Panel 2.2 – Green Leaps for emerging economies Chair: P.R. Shukla (IIM Ahmedabad) / Rapporteur: Rahul Pandey (IIM Lucknow) |
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| P2.2-1 | Climate change initiatives: Toward low carbon development Syamsidar Thamrin, National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS), Indonesia |
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| P2.2-2 | Towards a low carbon future in Brazil: Voluntary goals for 2020 Emilio Lebre La Rovere, Federal Univ. of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil |
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| P2.2-3 | Transition to low carbon economies in developing countries. Case study: Bangladesh Nafees Meah, Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), UK |
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| Panel 3.1 – National roadmaps on green development: A developing countries’ perspective Chair: Jean-Charles Hourcade(CIRED) / Rapporteur: Eric Vidalenc (ADEME) |
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| P3.1-1 | Low carbon society: A green roadmap for India P.R. Shukla, Indian Institute of Management, (IIM), Ahmedabad, India |
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| P3.1-2 | Towards a low carbon future in Brazil: Voluntary goals for 2020 Carolina Dubeux, Federal Univ. of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil |
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| P3.1-3 | Research and practice of low carbon society in China Cai Bofeng, Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (CAEP),China |
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| Panel 3.2 – Green Economy as a successful model for innovation of industrialised countries Chair: Bert Metz (ECF) / Rapporteur: Oscar Amerighi (ENEA) |
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| P3.2-1 | Green economy as a successful model for innovation in industrialised countries – Canada David McLaughlin, National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE), Canada |
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| P3.2-2 | 100 % renewable energy scenarios for Denmark Kirsten Halsnaes, DTU Climate Centre Riso, Denmark |
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| P3.2-3 | Promoting green innovation and green growth: Policy instruments and challenges in terms of employment and human capital Patricia Crifo, Univ. of Paris West and Ecole Polytechnique, France |
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| P3.2-4 | European Investment Bank Gunnar Muent, European Investment Bank (EIB) |
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| P3.2-5 | Governments, governance and the transition to a low carbon economy Andy Gouldson, Univ. of Leeds, UK |
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| Panel 4 – Towards a research programme: How to come from here to there Chair: Stefan Lechtenböhmer (WI) / Rapporteur: Andy Gouldson (Univ. of Leeds) |
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| P4-1 | The role of interdisciplinary science in the transition to a low carbon society Jan Rotmans, Dutch Research Institute For Transitions (DRIFT), The Netherlands |
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| P4-2 | The role of science in the transition to a sustainable low carbon society Jill Jaeger, The Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI), Austria |
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| Panel 5.1 – Behavioural change: Models for sustainable consumption and production Chair: Christa Liedke (WI) / Rapporteur: Julia Nordmann (WI) |
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| P5.1-1 | Can sustainable lifestyles `trickle up´? Birgit Munck-Kampmann European Topic Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (ETC/SCP) |
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| P5.1-2 | Towards sustainable civilisation: How to bend the trend from unsustainable reality towards sustainable lifestyles? Maria Jolanta Welfens, Wuppertal Institute (WI), Germany |
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| P5.1-3 | Transforming lifestyles and consumption patterns towards sustainable low-carbon society Magnus Bengtsson, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan |
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| P5.1-4 | An approach to sufficiency carbon society: A case study of Thailand Sirintornthep Towprayoon, King Monkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand |
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| Panel 5.2 – A successful example: Communities and interest groups as promoters of LCS Chair: Harriet Bulkeley (Durham University) / Rapporteur: Vanesa Castán-Broto (Durham University) |
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| P5.2-1 | Innovation City Anette Bickmeyer, E.ON/ Initiativkreis Ruhr, Germany |
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| P5.2-2 | Promotion of dialogue for policy making: Case of the long-term significant reduction in GHG emissions Masanobu Ishikawa, Kobe University, Japan |
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| P5.2-3 | Solar water heater case study – Lwandle and Kuyasa, Cape Town Steve Thorne, SouthSouthNorth (SSN), South Africa |
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| Panel 6.1 – Changing society: Social support of LCS and transition policy Chair: Mikiko Kainuma (NIES) / Rapporteur: David Garber (EPA) |
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| P6.1-1 | Energy innovation milestones to 2050 Paul Ekins, Univ. College London, UK |
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| P6.1-2 | Transition governance for a sustainable low carbon society Derk Loorbach, Dutch Research Institute for Transitions (DRIFT), The Netherlands |
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| P6.1-3 | Towards low carbon society: Role of civil society Rahul Pandey, IGSA Labs/ Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow, India |
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| P6.1-4 | Barriers to low carbon growth: Lessons from EU Roadmap 2050 Bert Metz, European Climate Foundation (ECF), The Netherlands |
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| P6.1-5 | Brazil carbon market model Ronaldo Seroa da Motta, Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Brazil |
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| Panel 6.2 – Local governance towards a green society: How can cities act in a multilevel world? Chair: Jørgen Lund Madsen, ICLEI / Rapporteur: Hanna Scheck, WI, Germany |
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| P6.2-1 | Copenhagen climate plan Jørgen Lund Madsen, City of Copenhagen, Denmark / ICLEI |
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| P6.2-2 | Hannover Climate Alliance 2020 – On the way to a low carbon city Astrid Hoffmann-Kallen, City of Hannover, Germany |
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| P6.2-3 | Rethinking cities in a post carbon society Jacques Theys, Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable, Development and Sea (MEEDDM), France and Eric Vidalenc, Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME), France |
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| Panel 7 – Research Cooperation and Policy Learning Chair: Jean-Pierre Tabet (ADEME) / Rapporteur: Mark Winskel(UKERC) |
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| P7-1 | Formulation of LCS Kyoko Miwa, LCS-RNet Secretariat/ IGES, Japan |
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| P7-2 | Research drifts in the time of political transition: Japan’s case Shuzo Nishioka, LCS-RNet Secretariat/ IGES, Japan |
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| P7-3 | Country brief: Canada Isabella Kavafian, National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE), Canada |
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| P7-4 | Climate change: Where research meets policy in the United States David Garber, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), USA |
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| P7-5 | Low carbon society in China Cai Bofeng, Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (CAEP), China |
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| P7-6 | Review of long term visions and strategies for a sustainable Germany Sarah Rieseberg, Federal Environment Agency (UBA), Germany |
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| P7-7 | Italian best practices towards a low carbon society Part I: Giulia Galluccio, Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change (CMCC), Italy Part II: Sergio La Motta National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, (ENEA), Italy |
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| Panel 8 – Resume and Closing of the conference Moderators: Jean-Pierre Tabet(ADEME) / Stefan Lechtenböhmer (WI) |
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| Discussion based on Panels 1 and 7 Presentation of conference outcomes with two or three impulse statements |
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