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About
this conference
The
conference was the first of a series
of events which are aimed at facilitating an open-minded societal
debate in new EU Member States, Acceding and Candidate Countries
on the challenges and opportunities arising from future climate
change policy. Views were exchanged on how the EU, and in particular
its new and future Member States, should build on the Kyoto Protocol
and how countries should work together after 2012 to fight climate
change.
The
conference brought together 74 key players and opinion leaders from
politics, business, non-governmental organisations, research institutes
and think tanks in the new Member States, Acceding and Candidate
Countries. Thereby it gave representatives from a broad range of
institutions and stakeholder groups an opportunity to contribute
to the debate on the future of EU and global climate policy. Speakers
included experts representing a wide range of institutions, from
both new and old Member States as well as Acceding and Candidate
Countries.
Key
issues
Plenary
and breakout sessions focused on the following key issues:
- Expected future emission trends and
climate change impacts at a regional scale
- Experiences from climate-related policies
and measures in old and new EU Member States
- Costs and benefits of possible climate
change action
- Business opportunities and early movers'
advantages
- Options for the future international
climate policy regime and their consequences for the EU and its
new Member States
- The future role of Joint Implementation
and the Clean Development Mechanism
- The role and contribution of new Member
States, Acceding and Candidate Countries in future EU climate
policy
- Capacity needs of new Member States,
Acceding and Candidate Countries for full participation in the
debate on future climate policy
Press
Here
you can find the press
release of this conference.
Conference
organisers (Consortium)
The conference was organised by Ecologic - Institute for International
and Environmental Policy, Berlin, in co-operation with the Institute
for Sustainable Development (ISD), Warsaw, the Institute for Environmental
Studies (IVM) at the Free University of Amsterdam, the Foundation
for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD), London,
the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin, and a
network
of experts from additional institutions in the old and
new Member States.
Summary
Conference Summary
[pdf, 103 KB, English]
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