To support the online/website activities, Road to Copenhagen initiative holds one high level conference per year, prior to the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the UNFCCC, in November or December. It produces a politically-focused communiqué to be presented directly to the UNFCCC. More…
RTC II – Last Stop for Climate Change before Poznan
Stakeholders and experts taking par in the second edition of the Road to Copenhagen Conference that took place on 6th November 2008 called for more “climate justice” during the Poznan talks. The Communiqué – a list of recommendations – drafted by participants was delivered to the negotiators in Poznan. More…
Margot WALLSTRÖM, Vice President, European Commission
H.E. Mary ROBINSON, Vice President, Club of Madrid, Former President of Ireland
H.E. Vigdis FINNBOGADOTTIR, Member, Club of Madrid, Former President of Iceland
Guido SACCONI, Chairman of the Climate Change Committee, European Parliament
Margarida PONTE FERREIRA, External Relations, Development Cooperation, Portuguese Permanent Representation to the EU
MODERATOR: Per NEISTRUP, Director of Climate Change, Copenhagen Climate Council
This session will set the political ‘décor’. The speakers will share their expertise and expectations regarding the upcoming international negotiations, the current challenges ahead and stress the need for practical tools from business, parliamentarians and civil society.
9:30 – 10:40
PLENARY SESSION: TOWARDS A LOW CARBON ECONOMY
Presentations of technological and non technological contributions to a low carbon economy
Introduction by Lise KINGO, Executive Vice President, Novo Nordisk
Graham SMITH, Senior Vice President External Affairs, Toyota Motor Europe
Andrew FISK, Director External Relations, Fabric and Home Care Global Business Unit, Procter & Gambler
Luigi MENGOLI, Supply Chain Director, Heineken
A round table session will follow the presentation with members from Respect Table: Fortum, IKEA, Novo Nordisk, Osram, Reed Elsevier, SKF, Triodos Bank and Whirlpool.
MODERATOR: Per NEISTRUP, Director of Climate Change, Copenhagen Climate Council
This session will bring business’ perspectives based on lessons learned on Climate Change realities and strategies covering Mitigation, Adaptation, Investment and Technology Development.
10:40 –11:00
COFFEE BREAK
11:00 –12:30
WORKSHOPS – PART 1: HOW SHOULD THE POST-2012 NEGOTIATIONS BE STRUCTURED? Yvo De Boer, the Chair of the UNFCCC, would like three outcomes from Bali:
agreement to launch inclusive negotiations on a comprehensive post-2012 framework
agreement on the structure of those negotiations, including the key elements to be negotiated; and
agreement on a timetable for concluding those negotiations
The communiqué will include a strong call for negotiations to begin in Bali, with a view to completing them by 2009. We would like the workshops to respond to Yvo’s second request and develop thinking about how this group can best make a positive contribution to the negotiations between 2007 and 2009. Therefore, each workshop will tackle the following questions: 1 What should be the key principles and/or elements of the post-2012 negotiations under each heading? 2) How can we, as representatives of key civil society groups, best organize an inclusive discussion process to build on this conference and make a positive contribution to the debate between now and 2009? The outputs will be a series of bullet points which will be included in the communiqué as Annexes
WORKSHOP 1
CHAIR: MARGOT WALLSTRÖM, Vice President, European Commission
WORKSHOP 2
CHAIR: Mary ROBINSON
Vice President, Club of Madrid, Former President of Ireland
WORKSHOP 3
CHAIR: Vigdis FINNBOGADOTTIR, Member, Club of Madrid, Former President of Iceland
MITIGATION
ADAPTATION
THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AND FINANCE
EXPERT 1: Teresa FOGELBERG, director, Global Reporting Initiative
EXPERT 2: Stewart MAGINNIS, Head Forest Conservation Programme The World Conservation Union (IUCN)
BUSINESS: Deborah CORNLAND, Monitor, Measure and set Targets, Business Leaders Initiative on Climate Change (BLICC)
PARLIAMENTARIAN: Steen GADE, Danish Folketinget and President of Globe Europe
NGO: Stephan SINGER, Head of European Climate and Energy Unit, WWF
EXPERT: Salvano BRICEÑO, Director of UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR)
PARLIAMENTARIAN: Milenko ZIHERL, Member of Slovenian Parliament, Head of Globe Slovenia
NGO: Alexander WOOLCOMBE, Senior Researcher, Oxfam Belgium
INSTITUTION: Derek OSBORN, President, Sustainable Development Observatory - European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
EXPERT 1: Lewis MILFORD, President, Clean Energy Group
EXPERT2: Agni VLAVIANOS ARVANITIS, President and Founder, Biopolitics International Organization
BUSINESS: Kate HAMPTON, Head of Policy, Climate Change Capital
PARLIAMENTARIAN: Michael, KAUCH, German Bundestag
NGO: Frederic HAUGE, President, Bellona Foundation
12:30 –13:30
LUNCH
13:30 –14:30
WORKSHOPS - PART 2: GUIDED DISCUSSION LED BY RESPECTIVE CHAIRS AND FORMULATION OF BULLET POINTS
WORKSHOP 1
WORKSHOP 2
WORKSHOP 3
14:30 –15:00
COFFEE BREAK
15:00 –15:45
CONCLUSION SESSION: PRESENTATION OF THE FINAL COMMUNIQUÉ OPEN TO MEDIA
1.PRESENTATION OF WORKSHOPS CONCLUSIONS:
Margot WALLSTRÖM, Vice President, European Commission
H.E. Mary ROBINSON, Vice President, Club of Madrid, Former President of Ireland
H.E. Vigdis FINNBOGADOTTIR, Member, Club of Madrid, Former President of Iceland
2. PRESENTATION OF FINAL COMMUNIQUÉ, WITH WORKSHOP CONCLUSIONS AS ANNEXES
3. CONCLUDING REMARKS
H.E. Mary ROBINSON, Vice President, Club of Madrid, Former President of Ireland
