Dear colleagues, we beg your indulgence for yet another self-advertisment regarding the Paris climate summit: Please find below a list of our events and activities at and around COP21 - as well as related publication highlights of the past days and weeks.
Besides, we look forward to discussing with you the outcomes of the Paris summit at the 2016 Berlin Conference on Global Environmental Change: Transformative Climate Governance 'après Paris', 23-24 May 2016, Berlin: http://www.berlinconference.org/2016/ Best wishes, Steffen & Clara COP21 - EVENTS 4 December 2015, 16:45 h-18:15 h, Climate Generations Area, Salle 10, Paris Climate Clubs: Coalitions of ambitious frontrunner countries to help close the two degree gap Co-organized with Germanwatch Faciliator: Clara Brandi (DIE); Speakers: Lutz Weischer (Germanwatch), Emilio Larovere (University of Rio de Janeiro ), David Waskow (WRI), Manish Kumar Shrivastava (TERI), Hanna Wang Helmreich (Wuppertal Institute for Climate Environment and Energy) The event brings together experts from all world regions and explores the potentials of a transformative pioneers‘alliance to complement the formal multilateral process and to build additional momentum for climate action. 5 December 2015, 11:15 h -12:45 h, OECD Pavilion, Blue zone, Paris Looking beyond the mitigation targets of INDCs: finance, fairness and adaptation Co-organized with African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) Facilitator: Clara Brandi (DIE); Speakers: Pieter Pauw (DIE), Kennedy Mbeva (ACTS), Manish Shrivastava (TERI), Anne Olhoff (UNEP DTU), Axel Olearius (GIZ), Delegate from an LDC/SIDS (tbc) Based on several INDC analyses, this event will discuss non-mitigation target related content of INDCs. It will launch an online tool for the visualisation of INDCs that has been developed by ACTS and DIE. 7 December 2015, 12:30 h - 17:30 h, Hotel Bel Ami, Paris Galvanizing the Post-2015 Groundswell of Climate Actions Workshop Co-organized with Galvanizing the Groundswell of Climate Actions (GGCA), The Stanley Foundation and TERI Speakers: Dirk Messner (DIE), Sander Chan (DIE), Thomas Hale (Oxford University Blavatnik School of Government), Angel Hsu (Yale University), Keith Porter (The Stanley Foundation) and many others. This workshop will highlight and engage a wide array of stakeholders to discuss non-state and subnational climate actions in the context of the Lima-Paris Action Agenda (LPAA). 7 December 2015, 18:00 h - 20:00 h, Hotel Bel Ami, Paris The Action Agenda: Climate Action from the Ground up to 2020 and beyond - Reception Contact person: Sander Chan (DIE) Speakers: representatives of the LPAA (UN SG, France, Peru, UNFCC) The objective of the reception is to share campaign and advocacy approaches on the groundswell of climate actions happening at all levels with the intent to honor the Action Agenda in Paris and beyond. 7 December 2015, 20:00 h - 21:30 h, German Pavilion, Blue Zone Documentary “1.5 Stay Alive”: How global warming affects the Caribbean Facilitator: Steffen Bauer (DIE) The movie “1.5 to Stay Alive” highlights the impacts of climate change in the Caribbean, featuring music by local artists, knowledge of local experts and cartoon characters to illustrate both environmental and social challenges of global warming beyond 1.5 degrees. 8 December 2015, 16:00 h -18:00 h, German Pavilion, Blue zone, Paris Mobilising private finance for adaptation: private realities and public ambitions Co-organized with United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and Frankfurt School of Finance and Management Facilitator: Eric Usher (UNEP Finance Initiative); Speakers: Christine Grüning (Frankfurt School of Finance and Management), Micheal Gajo (GIZ), Adis Dzebo (SEI), Raphael Jachnik (OECD), Pieter Pauw (DIE); Comments by Frank Fass-Metz (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Commissioner Special Unit “Climate”, tbc) and M. Mohamed Nbou (Ministry of Environment, Morocco) This event will present recent research findings and experiences on mobilising private finance for climate change adaptation. It will show opportunities, but also highlight barriers and limitations. 8 December 2015, 16:45 h- 18:15 h, Observer Room 2, Le Bourget, Paris Tracking, implementing, and ramping up transformative climate action post-Paris Co-organized with the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) and World Resources Institute (WRI) Speakers: Dirk Messner (DIE and WBGU), John Schellnhuber (WBGU and PIK), Jennifer Morgan (WRI), Falin Chen (National Taiwan University and President of IER) Transformative climate action has to be taken at all levels with a range of actors contributing towards decarbonization and climate resilience. This side-event will discuss this multi-faceted responsibility, from the subnational, especially cities, to national and international levels, including both public and private actors. 9 December 2015, 16:30 h-17:45 h, CICERO & Bellona Foundation Pavilion, Paris Private-sector finance for adaptation in LDCs? Spelling out the options Co-organized with Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Adaptation is crucial for Least Developed Countries (LDCs), as is international finance to support it. In this event, Adis Dzebo (SEI) and Pieter Pauw provide and discuss a framework that addresses how realistic it is to expect private finance to cover such needs. In particular, the discussion will focus on how to scale up adaptation finance in LDCs and how to ensure that finance is available to support national adaptation priorities. RECENT PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS Bauer, Steffen/ Clara Brandi / Simon Maxwell / Tancrède Voituriez (2015): Climate change: the European Union towards COP21 and beyond, European Think Tanks Group (ETTG) Brandi, Clara / Axel Berger / Dominique Bruhn (2015): Between minilateralism and multilateralism: opportunities and risks of pioneer alliances in international trade and climate politics, Briefing Paper 16/2015 Brandi, Clara / Steffen Bauer / Sander Chan / Okka Lou Mathis (2015): Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, in: Loewe, Markus / Nicole Rippin (eds.), Translating an ambitious vision into global transformation: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development, Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), (Discussion Paper 7/2015), 81-84 Brandi, Clara / Dominique Bruhn / Nannette Lindenberg (2015): The global regulatory framework for decarbonisation: 3x3 starting points for the reform of global economic governance, Briefing Paper 19/2015 Brandi, Clara / Steffen Bauer/ Pieter Pauw/ Sander Chan/ Okka Lou Mathis (2015): EU climate leadership: Five building blocks for ambitious action, Briefing Paper 21/2015 Chan, Sander / Harro van Asselt / Thomas Hale / Kenneth W. Abbott / Marianne Beisheim/ Matthew Hoffmann/ Brendan Guy / Niklas Höhne / Angela Hsu / Philipp Pattberg / Pieter Pauw/ Céline Ramstein / Oscar Widerberg (2015): Reinvigorating International Climate Policy: A comprehensive Framework for Effective Nonstate Action, Global Policy (online first) Chan, Sander / Robert Falkner / Harro van Asselt / Matthew Goldberg (2015): Strengthening non-state climate action: a progress assessment of commitments launched at the 2014 UN Climate Summit, Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (Working Paper 242), Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (Working Paper 216), German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Chan, Sander / Pieter Pauw (2014) Proposal for a global framework for climate action to engage non-state and subnational stakeholders in the future climate regime (Briefing Paper 15/2014), German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Galvanizing the Groundswell of Climate Actions (2015) Lima-Paris Action Agenda Independent Assessment Report. November 2015. Report commissioned by the French COP presidency. Publically available from 7 December on: http://www.climategroundswell.org. Hein, Jonas / Karen Meijer / Jean Carlo Rodríguez de Francisco (2015): What is the potential for a climate, forest and community friendly REDD+ in Paris?, Briefing Paper 3/2015 Hein, Jonas / Soeryo Adiwibowo / Christoph Dittrich / Rosyani / Endriatmo Soetarto / Heiko Faust (2015): Rescaling of access and property relations in a frontier landscape: insights from Jambi, Indonesia, The Professional Geographer Pauw, Pieter / Richard J.T. Klein / Frank Biermann / Pier Vellinga (2015): Private finance for adaptation: do private realities meet public ambitions?, Climatic Change Pauw, Pieter., Richard J.T. Klein / Frank Biermann (2015). Time for a reality check on adaptation finance. Blog on Climate Home, 24.11.15 van Asselt, Harro / Håkon Sælen / Pieter Pauw (2015): Assessment and review under a 2015 climate change agreement: lessons learned and ways forward, Nordic Working Papers ************************************** DEUTSCHES INSTITUT FÜR ENTWICKLUNGSPOLITIK (DIE) German Development Institute Dr. Steffen Bauer Tulpenfeld 6 D - 53113 Bonn TEL : 0228-94927-153 FAX : 0228-94927-130 mailto : [email protected] web: http://www.die-gdi.de ************************************** -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
