"Towards a Climate Change Agreement in Copenhagen"

The EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation is pleased to invite you to the forthcoming seminar in Tokyo entitled:


"Towards a Climate Change Agreement in Copenhagen"

Date & Time: Tuesday, 10 February 2009, 14:00 - 16:00
Place: EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation (Address: 13-3 Ichibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)

Language: English / Japanese (with simultaneous interpretation)
Participation: Free (Registration required)

■ Overview
2009 will be a crucial year for the global climate change negotiations. The world is expected to agree on further international action to tackle climate change, at the Copenhagen climate change conference in December.

Much work remains to be done before Copenhagen. The EU has thus far been leading the global climate discussions and has underlined this leadership with the adoption of the climate change and energy package in December last year. Furthermore, a new Communication was published last month to address key elements that will be crucial for a successful outcome of the Copenhagen negotiations and the need to further develop and improve global carbon market. Among the topics discussed in the Communication are: the targets for developed countries; appropriate action to be undertaken by developing countries; and finance that will need to be foreseen to support this action.

In this seminar, Mr Jürgen Lefevere, policy coordinator for international climate change negotiations at the European Commission, will introduce the European Commission's new Communication "Towards a comprehensive climate change agreement in Copenhagen" and present the EU's views on the negotiations that should lead to an international agreement in Copenhagen. In doing so, he will also touch upon the results of the Climate Change Conference held in Poznan and discuss the EU's climate and energy package that was adopted in December 2008 which is designed to help Europe transform into a low-carbon economy.

The seminar is joined by speakers from Japanese Ministries of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and of the Environment (MoE) to present the Japanese views on the direction of international climate change negotiations towards Copenhagen.

■Programme
14:00 Opening remark, Mr. Julien Guerrier, General Manager,EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation

14:05 "The EU views on the Road to Copenhagen"

Speaker: Mr. Jürgen Lefevere, Policy Coordinator, International Climate Change Negotiations, Directorate-General for Environment, European Commission

14:50 "Japanese views"

Speaker:

- Mr. Atsushi Taketani, Director, Global Environment AffairsOffice, Industrial Science & Technology Policy & Environment Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

- Mr. Kunihiko Shimada, Principal International Policy
Coordinator, Principal International Negotiator, Global Environment Bureau, Ministry of the Environment

15:30 Q & A

16:00 Closing remark, Mr. Hiroshi Tsukamoto, General Manager,EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation


■Registration
In order to register, please fill in the following and reply by email to seminar@eu-japan.gr.jp or Fax to: 03 3221 6226

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