Pursuant to the workplan of the response measure forum and its KCI contained in decision 4/CP.25, 4/CMP.15 and 4/CMA.2, the response measures forum will implement the following workplan activities at the 57th sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation:
- Activity 5 – Build awareness and understanding of Parties and other stakeholders to assess the economic impacts of potential new industries and businesses resulting from the implementation of response measures with a view to maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative impacts of the implementation of response measures;
- Activity 11 – Facilitate, exchange and share experience and best practices in the assessment of the environmental, social and economic co-benefits of climate change policies and actions informed by the best available science, including the use of existing tools and methodologies.
The technical session will provide a non-negotiation space for Parties, observers and experts to exchange and share experience and best practices in relation to the above-mentioned workplan activities with a view to advancing their implementation. The session will also be informed by the work of the Katowice Committee of Impacts (the KCI).
Date: Sunday, 6 November 2022
Time: 16:30 – 18:30
Meeting Room 6
Venue: Sharm El Sheikh International Convention Centre (SHICC), Sharm el-Shiekh, Egypt
Moderated by H.R.H. Princess Abze Djigma, Burkina Faso
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PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
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Opening and scene-setting – by the moderator
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Activity 5 – Impacts of new industries
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15 min
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Impacts of new industries arising from mitigation actions – Presentation by the KCI
The presentation covers social, economic and environmental impacts of hydrogen production, Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage, and artificial intelligence
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15 min
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Impacts of new industries arising from mitigation actions, focusing on hydrogen sector (title TBC) – Presentation by Heinz J. Sturm, Climate Technology Center, Germany
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25 min
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Moderated interactive session and Q&A
Exchange of views and sharing of experience and best practices among all participants, informed by the inputs from the KCI and the expert.
Guiding questions:
- In your experience, how does new industries and technologies arising from mitigation actions are impacting society, economy and environment? What were lessons learned from the assessment process – what worked and what can be improved?
- What actions can be taken to maximize the positive and minimize the negative impacts of new industries arising from mitigation actions?
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Activity 11 – Co-benefits of climate policies & actions
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15 min
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Co-benefits of climate change policies and actions – Presentation by the KCI
The presentation will provide a summary on the submissions made by Parties and observers in response to the KCI’s call for input
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15 min
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Co-benefits of climate change policies and actions, from the perspective of IPCC working group III (title TBC) – presentation by Diana Urge-Vorsatz, vice-chair of working group III, IPCC
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25 min
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Moderated interactive session and Q&A
Exchange of views and sharing experience and best practice, taking into account inputs from the KCI and the expert.
Guiding questions:
- In your experience, how the co-benefits of climate change policies and actions are assessed? How this assessment informed the formulation and implementation of climate policies? What were lessons learned from the assessment process – What worked and what can be improved?
- What actions can be taken to maximize the co-benefits and minimize the adverse impacts of mitigation actions?
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5 min
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Wrap-up and closing – by the moderator
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Presentations
Impacts of new industries arising from mitigation actions
- Presentation by the Katowice Committee of Experts on the Impacts of the Implementation of Response Measures (KCI)
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| Social and Economics Impacts of Hydrogen Technologies in Developing Countries
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Synergies with sustainable development: insights from the IPCC WGIII report
- Presentation by Diana Urge Vorsatz, Central European University
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| Facilitate, exchange and share experiences and best practices on the assessment of the environmental social and economics co-benefits
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More information will be available soon.
