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Regional (European) and inter-regional (Europe-China) cooperation on adaptation and mitigation

Marta Szigeti Bonifert COP16 06 December, 2010

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Component 1.

• Lessons learned from European regional

cooperation (Central and South East Europe) – adaptation, mitigation, capacity building

• 1. REC – a vehicle for green growth – Marta Szigeti

Bonifert, Executive Director, REC)

• 2. Panel Discussion by invited panelists:
• Peter Olajos, Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Rural

Development, Hungary

• Tomasz Chruszczow, Director General, Ministry of

Environment, Poland

• Hasan Sarikaya • Former deputy minister of the Ministry
• f Environment and Forestry, Turkey
• Milan Dacic, South East European Virtual Climate

Change Center

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Component 2.

• Inter-continental cooperation focusing on China

in the field of mitigation

• 1. Government Policy – Fundamental Driving Force for

Development of Renewable Energy in China – Li Junfeng, Deputy Director General of Energy Research Institute & Secretary General of China Renewable Energy Industries Association)

• 2. Panel discussion by invited panelists
• Alessandro Costa, Co-Director of the Europe-China

Clean Energy Center

• Zsuzsanna Ivanyi, REC
• Masanori Kobayashi, Institute for Global Environmental

Studies (IGES)

REC

• a vehicle for green growth

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Regional Environmental Center (REC)

• “… is an international
• rganisation with a mission to

assist in solving environmental problems (…)”

• The REC is legally based on a

charter signed by the governments of 30 countries and the EC

• Multi-stakeholder International

Board

• 190 staff (some 30 nationalities)
• 100% project based organization

(over 300 running projects)

• 10 – 12 million Euro annual

turnover

• Offices in 17 countries
• Population served ~ 200 million

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Bridging

Government Local Governments Business Citizens NGOs

The REC

Government NGOs Local Governments Business Citizens

Bridging – Across Borders

Sustainability, Climate Change SEA Environmental Financing, LEAPs Awareness Raising, Green Pack Improvement

• f energy

efficiency Grants, training programmes

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What do we do?

• REC has been promoting access to information, public

participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters since 1990

• Builds capacity for central and local authorities, NGOs,
• Organize trainings, programmes (junior fellowship)
• Provides tools for promoting active and cooperative,

participatory decision-making

• facilitates multi-stakeholder dialogue
• development of guidance materials, manuals, guidelines, citizen

brochures

• pilot projects at community level

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Status of implementation of EU 2020 Strategy in Central and Eastern Europe

• Opportunities to promote the EU strategy:
• Relatively high energy intensity
• Limited –although increasing-use of RES
• Lower rates of waste recycling
• Obsolete public transport infrastructure
• Relatively strong agriculture and forestry sectors
• Good potential for the utilisation of domestic renewables
• The countries have very good potential to create a large

number of „green/low carbon jobs‟ in their relevant sectors in the use of

• new innovative technologies (RES) and
• green/low carbon services

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Potential REC Services

• REC competencies
• Policy briefs; good practices; integrated policy guideline

documents

• Specific support in the drafting of national strategies and

programmes for the implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy

• Capacity building
• organisation of complex and comprehensive seminars and

workshops at the national and regional level

• Stakeholder involvement
• cross-sectoral governmental bodies and agencies,
• e.g. ministries like environment, energy, housing,

transport, agriculture, innovation and employment

• the business sector
• the finance community
• as well as the representatives of civil society and academia
• media

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RENEWABLE ENERGY ENERGY EFFICIENCY ATTITUDE & BEHAVIOUR

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Regional Focal Point for the Article 6

• f the UNFCCC
• Awareness raising, climate

education, trainings on the regional scope

• Support of the public and key interests

groups – a key for the UNFCCC to succeed

• Previous successful experience of climate

stakeholders involvement:

• “Aarhus meets Kyoto” report;
• Cooperation with local climate NGOs
• Journalists trainings
• REC CO Turkey as the NFP for Article 6
• Pro-active approach: seeing value added in

the regional scope

• REC RFP recognized by the international

climate community at SB32

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17 Different Countries:

• Different problems? Common

challenges!

• Climate change topic quickly raising
• n the international and European

political agenda

• Carbon-intense economies
• Low awareness about the economic
• pportunities provided by the low-

carbon growth

• Low awareness on the necessity and

ways to adapt to a number of adaptation challenges (heat waves, see level rise, increasing incidents of storms, floods, droughts, etc)

• Educated and capable but insufficient

human capacities on all governance levels

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Activities of the young RFP REC: Responding to the regional needs

• Activity: training of negotiators-members of

the national UNFCCC delegations.

• Responding to: quickly growing national

delegations.

• Activity: Youth Forum on Climate Change
• Responding to: necessity to involve students

in discussions on the future of the World and sustainable development

• Activity: “Kyoto in Home”
• Responding to: necessity to involve children

and school teachers in the process

• Activity: Pilot training of the officials from non-

environmental ministries in Serbia

• Responding to: necessity to show that

environment and economy can develop hand in hand

And loads of plans….

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Education for the youngest!

• Development of cartoon series for 4-7 years old

children

• Energy conservation
• Renewable energy
• Sustainable transport
• Launch in 2010!

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Green Pack

• 2001 with the support of Toyota

Motor Corporation, the REC developed a comprehensive environmental education programme in Central and Eastern Europe (Green Pack)

• A multi-media environmental

education curriculum kit

• Primarily intended for secondary

school teachers and their students

• Focus on particular aspects of

environmental protection and sustainable development

• 25.000+ teachers
• 3.000.000+ students

In 15 countries….

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Sustainable Development Academy

• A comprehensive (~ 1 month!) educational programme

about the “three pillars” of sustainable development initiated by the Italian Government

• Target groups
• Key senior government officials
• Media
• Business associations
• Members of various ministries, agencies and the

business examine the major approaches to sustainable development

• In five regions:

SEE  CEE  Black Sea Region Kazakhstan  Russia

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The Climate Project

• Cooperation with The Climate Project – plans for

2010!

• Training for Central and Eastern European

volunteers

?

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Zero Emission Conference Center

• The biggest SOLAR POWER plant in

Hungary (close to 30 kW maximum capacity)

• High efficiency envelope
• minimise heat loss in winter, prevent

heat gains in summer and maximise the exploitation of natural lighting

• Lighting system
• a „light shelf” diffuses natural light

throughout the interior

• Photovoltaic
• The PV system generates close to 30

kilowatt hours

• Heating ventilating and air-conditioning
• Ground source heat pumps
• Architecture
• Energy systems and architecture have

been designed in a modern and integrated approach

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“Act before it’s too late!”

BECAUSE

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Component 1.

• Lessons learned from European regional

cooperation (Central and South East Europe) – adaptation, mitigation, capacity building

• 1. REC – a vehicle for green growth – Marta Szigeti

Bonifert, Executive Director, REC)

• 2. Panel Discussion by invited panelists:
• Peter Olajos, Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Rural

Development, Hungary

• Tomasz Chruszczow, Director General, Ministry of

Environment, Poland

• Hasan Sarikaya • Former deputy minister of the Ministry
• f Environment and Forestry, Turkey
• Milan Dacic, South East European Virtual Climate

Change Center

www.rec.org

Component 2.

• Inter-continental cooperation focusing on China

in the field of mitigation

• 1. Government Policy – Fundamental Driving Force for

Development of Renewable Energy in China – Li Junfeng, Deputy Director General of Energy Research Institute & Secretary General of China Renewable Energy Industries Association)

• 2. Panel discussion by invited panelists
• Alessandro Costa, Co-Director of the Europe-China

Clean Energy Center

• Zsuzsanna Ivanyi, REC
• Masanori Kobayashi, Institute for Global Environmental

Studies (IGES)