Welcome to Fifth Newsletter from T@W: Sustainable Energy Technology at Work, a project supported by the EU’s Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) having as a key aim to promote sustainable energy technologies at carbon markets with focus on EU ETS and CDM markets in Asia.
The Climate Summit in Bali reached a decision on an action plan to reach deep cuts in global emissions and emphasises the urgency to do so to reduce the risk of more severe climate change impacts. This is a good starting point to reach a binding Post 2012 commitment at the summit in 2009 in Copenhagen.
This clear political decision leaves it up to all to do their uppermost in reaching the goals, where technology development and technology transfer is a key issue. It was thus also decided in Bali to further support technology transfer. This is needed in order to reduce the emissions significantly in developing countries below the expected baseline.
There is still a long way and much work to do, but at least the direction is clear. And actually the decisions are more groundbreaking than they looks at first glance.
The final decisions do not include direct statements on the needed CO2 reductions from the IPCC report – nor the 2 degrees
Celsius
mean temperature rise that is the highest acceptable to avoid more severe impacts of climate change; but taking a closer look at the footnote changes this judgement.
The footnote in the preamble to the Bali Action Plan links to statements in the IPPC reports that clearly shows that the global CO2-emissions should peek not later than 2015 and with a reduction of the global CO2 emissions by 50-85% in 2050 compared to 2000. This means that the emissions from the industrialised countries must be even lower.
Now that it is stated what should be done the work still remains to find the most viable road towards the goal – To define and develop the technologies and instruments needed. There was a clear decision in Bali to ease and support technology development and transfer by both administrative and financial means to remove obstacles and accelerate diffusion and transfer of technologies.
All of this requires the active participation of technology providers and project developers. The Technology at Work (T@W) team thus invites you to participate in our Workshops and Partner Matching events in Asia, announced in a recent e-mail to T@W registrants, and in Copenhagen in March - announced below.
Seasons Greetings and Best Wishes for 2008
The T@W Management Team
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T@W is funded by the European Commission FP6 Programme under contract TREN/05/FP6EN/S07.55796/020065
T@W Facilitation Workshops and Partner Matching Events
The aim of the T@W project is to facilitate co-operation between EU ETS companies and the European RTD environment, with the overall objective of enhancing penetration of the European sustainable energy solutions and know-how on these emerging markets. An important part is to facilitate interaction between market actors in Asia and EU in the field of sustainable energy.
To this end, T@W is arranging a workshop and partner matching event on 10 March 2008 in connection with Carbon Market Insights, an annual event for the Carbon Markets, which takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark from 11-13 March 2008.
This event will cover the latest and most relevant issues regarding the development of carbon markets and the possibilities for technology transfer. Speakers from the European Commission, Danish Confederation of Industries and European Investment Bank will take part, as well as speakers presenting their experience from CDM projects in China, Thailand and Malaysia .
During the Partner Matching Event on 10 March, business-to-business (B2B) meetings will be arranged, offering an opportunity to meet with organizations that will be of interest to both parties. Suppliers of sustainable energy technologies or project development services will have an opportunity to find project owners. Those involved in a project will have the opportunity to find project development assistance or technology suppliers.
If you are unable to attend the workshop, but would like your details to be made available to participants looking for potential partners for EU ETS or CDM projects, please complete the:
T@W is also organising four facilitation workshops in Asia, where EU market actors are invited to explore business opportunities. The timing of these workshops is as follows:
- Guangzhou, China 17-18 Jan 2008
- New Delhi, India, 21-22 Feb. 2008
- Bangkok, Thailand , 25-26 Feb. 2008
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia , 27-28 Feb 2008
Joining the Workshop(s) will provide an opportunity for direct meeting with the Asian market actors, including CDM project developers and local companies.
The T@W project offers a number of other services to help with EU market actors' entrance on the sustainable energy and carbon markets. Links to further information can be found on the home page of this site.
You are welcome to contact us for further information about any of these events.
Five Good Practice Case Studies Published by T@W
A further five T@W Good Practice Case Studies (GPs) were added to the website at the end of November 2007. They include four projects in Slovakia and one in the Peoples Republic of China, and all relate to biomass and sustainable heat and power projects.
United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali
The Conference, hosted by the Government of Indonesia, took place at the Bali International Convention Centre at the beginning of December 2007 and brought together more than 10,000 participants, including representatives of over 180 countries together with observers from intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations and the media. The two week period included the sessions of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, its subsidiary bodies as well as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol. A ministerial segment in the second week concluded the Conference.
The conference culminated in the adoption of the Bali roadmap, which charts the course for a new negotiating process to be concluded by 2009 that will ultimately lead to a post-2012 international agreement on climate change. Ground-breaking decisions were taken which form core elements of the roadmap. They include the launch of the Adaptation Fund as well as decisions on technology transfer and on reducing emissions from deforestation. These decisions represent various tracks that are essential to achieving a secure climate future.
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UN Climate Change Conference in Bali
