Events & Announcements
The road to the Durban Platform: New framework, New market Mechanisms and MRV in Asia
When: May 16, 2012
Where: Bonn, Germany
Organized By: IGES
This side event organized by Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) will focus on emerging issues in Asia under a new framework after Durban including climate unilateralism, development of MRV on new market mechanisms, quality-of-governance standards for REDD+, and energy scenarios in Japan after the Fukushima accident. It will present IGES’s own analysis and take of these current issues.
Topics and Speakers:
- Emerging new framework after Durban – Prof. Jusen Asuka, Director of IGES Climate Change Group
- MRV development and new market mechanisms in Asia – Dr. Yasushi Ninomiya, Director of IGES Market Mechanism Group
- Developing quality standards to strengthen governance for REDD+ and forest sector MRV – Dr. Federico Lopez-Casero, Policy Researcher of IGES Forest Conservation Team
- Future energy and emission scenarios in Japan following Fukushima accident – Dr. Takeshi Kuramochi, Researcher of IGES Climate Change Group
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