LCS-RNet – COP17 Side Event

Opening and Welcome Address
Shuzo Nishioka, Secretary General of LCS-RNet,Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan
Presentation: How Do We Reconcile Climate Change and Development?
15:35-16:45 Climate policies in an untimely context – Ten key messages from the Third Meeting of the Low Carbon Society Network (LCS‐RNet)
Jean-Charles Hourcade, CIRED-CNRS/modeling chair for sustainable development, France
  Choosing between Low or High Carbon Intensive Development Patterns: What is the Rationale?
Priyadarshi Shukla, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA), India
  Making the transition to low carbon societies in a changing world: Why and How? African perspectives
Youba Sokona, African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC), United Nations of Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
  International Arrangements to Leverage Domestic Climate Policies
Erik Haites, Margaree Consultants Inc., Canada
 
Round Table: How Can We Unlock the Policy Process?
Chair: Bert Metz, ECF, Netherlands
16:45-17:25 Asher Minns, Tyndall Center, UK
Shigemoto Kajihara, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Paul Watkinson, Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing (MEDTTL), France
Jiang Kejun, Energy Research Institute (ERI), China
 
Closing remarks
Jean-Charles Hourcade, CIRED, France

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