[sustran] Subject: ADB-ESCAP Transport and Climate Change event, 25th September, Bangkok, Amari Watergate hotel.

[Cornie Huizenga]

Transport is the fastest growing sector of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in
developing countries. It is imperative that the new climate agreement to be
concluded in Copenhagen in December 2009 at COP 15 will enable and catalyze
action to control the growth in emissions from the transport sector.


The next round of climate talks will be held in Bangkok , Thailand from 28
September to 9 October, 2009. This round of the climate talks will focus on
refining the draft negotiation text developed by the AWG on Long Term
Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA)
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and the AWG on Future Commitments of Annex 1 countries under the Kyoto
Protocol (AWG-KP).   Following the Bangkok meeting there will be another
round of discussions in Barcelona prior to COP 15 in December 2009 in
Copenhagen .


Over the last year several events have been organized to convey the urgency
to address transport in the new climate agreement and the modalities how to
best accomplish such. The proposed 25th September event organized by ADB and
ESCAP is another step in the stakeholder dialogue process to with
negotiators and other relevant stakeholders in the climate negotiations.


The objectives for the 25th September event are:



a)     Climate negotiators and senior transport officials are increasingly
convinced of the importance that the new climate agreement is fully
applicable to the transport sector;



b)     Clarify the role of transport in the envisaged enhanced action on:
(a) adaptation, (b) mitigation, and (c) financing, technology and capacity
building.



c)     Discuss the role of revised and new instruments referred to in the
draft negotiation texts: CDM, Sectoral Crediting, Nationally Appropriate
Mitigation Actions (NAMAs), and Measuring, Reporting and Verification (MRV)

The event in Bangkok will serve as an important step in developing an
understanding of the activities that the transport and climate community
will have to undertake after COP 15 to support the development of detailed
guidelines for instruments agreed upon in principle in Copenhagen .

If you are interested in taking part in this whole day event please send an
email before 15 September to  Lorenzo Santucci (santucci at un.org) and Cornie
Huizenga (chuizenga at adb.org).  For persons from developing countries only,
who are attending the climate talks in Bangkok from 28th September to 9 th.
October there are limited funds available to pay for hotel and living
expenses for a maximum of three nights.

*Tentative Programme*



*Friday 25 September 2009*

08h30 – 09h00

Registration

09h00 – 09h15

*Opening session*

·         Opening remarks by ADB representative

·         Opening remarks by Mr. Barry Cable, Director, Transport Division
and Shaoyi Li, Officer-in-charge, Environment and Development Division,
ESCAP



9h15 - 10h45

*Session 1: Setting the scene*

·         Significance of transport now and in the future in terms of
emissions and overall sustainability in Asia, *Jamie Leather, Senior
Transport Specialist, Sustainable Infrastructure Division, RSDD, ADB*

·         Relevance of sustainable transport for COP process and for
socio-economic development in Asia and the Pacific, *by  Masakazu Ichimura,
Chief, Environment and Development Policy Section, EDD, ESCAP*,

·         Country presentation on India: current situation, scenario and
measures, *by. Sanjivi Sundar, Distinguished Fellow, The Energy and
Resources Institute, India *

·         Country presentation China: current situation, scenario and
measures, *representative from China - to be confirmed*

·         Country presentation Philippines/ASEAN: current situation,
scenario and measures, *by Anneli Lontoc, Undersecretary Department of
Transport and Communication, Philippines *



*10h45 – 11h00*

*Coffee / Tea break*

11h00 – 11h45

*Session 2: Adaptation *

·         Presentation on adaptation work undertaken in Asia by ADB, Sharad
Saxena, Transport Specialist, Sustainable Infrastructure Division, RSDD, ADB

·         Discussion on linkage between adaptation and mitigation



11h45 – 13h00

*Session 3: Mitigation*

·         Review of current mitigation efforts in Asia and of recommended
approach for future: “Avoid-Shift-Improve”; *by. Cornie Huizenga, Convener
Transport and Climate Change, ADB*

·         Linking low carbon transport to sustainable development:
co-benefits, *by Bert Fabian, Transport Manager Clean Air Initiative for
Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) Center*

·         Mitigation and associated instruments CDM – NAMAs, *by Holger
Dalkmann, **Programme* *Director Sustainable Transport and Climate
Change**,Transport
Research Laboratory*

·         Measuring progress in mitigation: Measuring Reporting and
Verification, *tbd*

·         Discussion

*13h00 – 14h00*

*Lunch*

14h00 – 15h45

*Session 4: Financing, Technology and Capacity Building*

·         Working groups, on Financing (facilitated by TRL) , one on
Technology (facilitated by GTZ) and one on Capacity building  (facilitated
by ITDP) each focusing on relevant sections of draft negotiation text

·         Reporting working groups



*15h45 – 16h00*

*Coffee / Tea break*

16h00 – 17h00

*Panel discussion*

·         Asian stakeholders commenting on the day’s discussions and on what
should happen at COP 15 and after COP 15 to make transport more sustainable
and low carbon?








with best regards,

Cornie Huizenga
Lorenzo Santucci