Participation in Future Action Policy Dialogues

FIELD participated in policy dialogue on future actions to address climate change: From 16-19 November 2004, FIELD participated in the Center for Clean Air Policy's (CCAP's) Future Actions Dialogue, which brought together over 35 participants from industrialised and developing countries in Mexico City to discuss future approaches to international climate change policy. Presentations and discussions included sector-based approaches to addressing greenhouse gas emissions, transportation emissions, results of a South-North Dialogue on future actions, WRI's Climate Analysis Indicators Tool, growth caps, LULUCF activities, the Clean Development Mechanism, and case studies on adaptation in Peru, the Caribbean and California. Click here for copies of presentations from these meetings. To see FIELD's presentation click here.

SB-20 Side Event - Future International Action on Climate Change: On 22 June 2004, FIELD participated in a side event organised by ECOFYS, which presented www.fiacc.net - a website that allows users to compare future commitment regimes. The website provides an interactive platform for discussion on future international action on climate change, including approaches of a post-2012 commitment regime under the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol. The website includes a description of recent and ongoing discussion processes on future international action on climate change as well as useful links to a number of computer modeling tools (FAIR, PRECIS, CAIT, Contraction and Convergence, JAVA, MAGICC). The site is targeted to researchers, climate modellers, members of country delegations to the UNFCCC, NGOs and other individuals interested in the topic. Click here for more information.

SB-20 Side Event - A Viable Long-term Global Framework: Ensuring Kyoto commitments and the potential beyond. On 23 June 2004, FIELD participated in a side event organised by Friends of the Earth (FOE) Japan on the long-term prospects for international climate policy. Panelists included Jennifer Morgan, WWF International; Matthias Duwe, Climate Action Network Europe; Jeff Fiedler, Natural Resources Defense Council; M.J. Mace, FIELD; Nasimul Haque, CAN South Asia; and Yuri Onodera, Friends of the Earth, Japan. M.J. Mace spoke on the need for an equitable legal framework to address adaptation to the impacts of climate change. For Earth Negotiations Bulletin coverage of this event, click here.