Low-Carbon Asia: Visions and Actions
Date and Time: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 14:45-16:15
Venue: Halfdan Rasmussen, Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

COP15 and CMP5 Side Event

Low-Carbon Asia:Visions and Actions

ProgrammeThursday, December 10, 2009, 14:45-16:15
Halfdan Rasmussen
Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

MC: Charmine Koda (IGES)
14:45-14:50

Jointly Organized by

Welcome Address and Objectives of this Side Event
Hironori Hamanaka (IGES)

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan
National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan

14:50-15:15

Scenarios for China, India, Japan and Other Asian Countries
Mikiko Kainuma, Junichi Fujino (NIES), P.R. Shukla (IIM, India), and Kejun Jiang(ERI, China)

15:15-15:30
Opportunities and Challenges in Asia

Kentaro Tamura, Kazuhisa Koakutsu (IGES), Hiroshi Ohki (JCCCA)

15:30-15:35
Isson Ippin（One Village, One Action）Campaign: National Competition
for Climate Change Actions
Koichi Hasegawa (Tohoku University)

15:35-15:45
World-wide “Low Carbon Societies Research Network” (LCS-RNet)

Moderator: Charmine Koda (IGES)

All slides will be available at“http://2050.nies.go.jp/sympo/cop15̲side.html” and“http://www.jccca.org/content/category/3/257/600/”.

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15:45-16:15
Open Discussion

RefresShuzo Nishioka (IGES)

Japan Center for Climate Change Actions (JCCCA), JapanLow-Carbon Asia: Visions and Actions
This session presents visions for sustainable low carbon development in Asia, anddiscusses how domestic actions (including Japanese “Isson-Ippin”) and international institutions (including enhanced market mechanisms) can contribute to low
carbon development in major Asian economies. Sustainable low-carbon society
visions and actions focusing on major Asian countries and cities show possible
drastic GHG emissions reductions with feasible roadmaps, available market
mechanisms, the Japanese local action “Isson-Ippin”, and eﬀective Asian and global
international institutions.

Presentations:
Opportunities and Challenges in Asia
This session will discuss opportunities and limitations for low-carbon developmentin Asia, and how international institutions, including market-based mechanisms(such as clean development mechanism) and research networks can help realize thisgoal. International Research Network for Low Carbon Societies (LCS-RNet) will
explore future research agenda for this challenge. The summary of Global Environmental Action (GEA) international conference 2009 will be also presented.

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan
Contact: Kazuhisa KOAKUTSU, koakutsu@iges.or.jp

Scenarios for China, India, Japan and Other Asian Countries

Discussion Points
・What paths are possible in order to achieve a low carbon Asia where GHG
emissions are low and the quality of life is high?
・What kind of actions is eﬀective to realize a sustainable low carbon Asia?
・What kind of institutions can contribute to low carbon development in Asian
economies?

Sustainable low-carbon society visions and roadmaps focusing on Asian countries
and cities such as Jilin in China, Ahmedabad in India, Iskandar in Malaysia, and Shiga
prefecture and Kyoto city in Japan, show possible drastic GHG emissions reductions
with realizing high quality of life through our research collaboration.

National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan
Contact: Junichi FUJINO, fuji@nies.go.jp

Isson Ippin (One Village, One Action) Campaign: National Competition for
Climate Change Actions
Collaborating with prefectural centers for Climate Change Actions, Ministry of theEnvironment Government of Japan has been holding Isson Ippin（One Village, OneAction）Campaign since 2007. Each year over 1000 various grass-rooted projects
nationwide have applied. This session highlights actors, actions and their local
characteristics.

Japan Center for Climate Change Actions (JCCCA), Japan
Contact: Aki SOEDA, soeda@jccca.org“Possible GHG emissions pathways”