News I iCET Delegation heads to Copenhagen for COP15
The Innovation Center for Energy and Transportation, as a leading think tank and policy driver on energy efficiency and climate change in China, was actively involved in UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. The following items are main activities broadcasting for iCET in Copenhagen.
Mr. Robert Earley presented on Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) panel
December 8, 2009, iCET Low Carbon
Transportation Manager Mr. Robert Earley gave a talk on the panel of China and the world: Solving climate change through practical,
on-the-ground Collaboration, which was held by Natural
Resources Defense Council (NRDC) – China Program, Mr. Earley’s presentation was
mainly focused on developing low carbon transportation policies in China to
mitigate climate change. Other panelists are Dr. Mark Levine from the Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory, Lv Xuedu from the Chinese Meteorological Institute
and Chinese representative on the CDM Executive Committee, as well as Barbara
Finnamore, Alex Wong, Qian Jingjing and Kevin Mo from the Natural Resource
Defense Council.
iCET press conference on COP15
December 14th, 2009, iCET launched a press conference at 16:00-17:00 the Asger Jorn Room of Hall H in
Copenhagen's Bella Center, iCET's
Executive Director and President Dr. Feng An, the Program Director Dr. Cheng
Yufu, the Low Carbon Transportation Program Manager Mr. Robert Earley, the
Climate Change Program Manger Ms Lucia Green-Weiskel, and the Vice President of
The Climate Registry Ms Robyn Camp appeared on the press meeting. iCET’s plans to build carbon inventories,
including voluntary monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas
emissions in China was announced. The live broadcast of this press conference is
available at:
http://www9.cop15.meta-fusion.com/kongresse/cop15/templ/play.php?id_kongressmain=1&theme=unfccc&id_kongresssession=2525
iCET shared experience on The Climate Registry Panel
December 16th, 2009, the U.S. based non-government organization, The Climate Registry hosted a panel named Bridging the Gap: Sub-National Collaboration between Developed and Developing Countries, where iCET's Executive Director and President Dr. Feng An shared exciting new initiatives with attendees, e.g., agreement between the US state of California and the Chinese Jiangsu province, R20, UNDP’s Territorial Approach to Climate Change, a regional voluntary disclosure effort in Southern China, also discussed why accelerating collaboration is key to achieving reductions.
Later, on December 16th, 2009, The Climate Registry hosted another panel entitled, Adopt a GHG Registry: Don't Reinvent the Wheel, where iCET Climate Change Progam Manager Lucia Green-Weiskel discussed with other panelist on the risk of creating a multitude of different GHG database systems that will confuse users, increase the reporting burden; mislead the public and cost too much. By building on global accounting standards, and taking advantage of existing tools and programs, then we can work towards harmonized reporting and find economies of scale.
iCET side events on COP15 : The China Energy and Climate Registry
iCET had received approval to hold a side-event panel on The China Energy and Climate Registry in the Liva Weel Room of the Bella Center on December 18 to discuss GHG reduction mechanisms in China, specifically on building GHG registries and the need for more transparency in the context of China's business community. Unfortunately, it is cancelled due to the changed arrangements at COP15 to ensure security for global leaders, but iCET had spread The China Energy and Climate Registry material to the potential audience. The goal of the ECR is to produce reliable, consistent and verifiable information on energy consumption and GHG emissions. More information about ECR project, please load on http://www.chinaclimateregistry.org/