COP13 and CMP3 Side Event on Saturday, 8 December 2007

“Low-Carbon Asia: To be or not to be”
How to Align Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Organized by NIES and MoEJ
15:30 - 17:30, Wave Room, Grand Hyatt, Bali, Indonesia
The importance of Asia in the global Low-Carbon Society (LCS) transition is now well
accepted. Asia is a very diverse region with a large developing population, huge energy
resources (e.g. in Middle-East and Central Asia), and highly developed countries like Japan.
Thus, the LC transition in Asia will manifest extreme diversity and there cannot be aone-size-fits-all solution. The development approaches will have to be viewed along
multiple dimensions. Large developing countries like China and India face dilemmas that
require trade-offs among different development goals. Highly developed countries like
Japan can find opportunities to take a leadership role in technology and investment
markets. The LCS transition in Asia thus poses multiple challenges and also offers newopportunities.
Key Questions:i. What are the key dimensions and dilemmas of transition to LCS in Asia?
ii. What could be alternate visions driving LCS development in Asia?
iii. What are the challenges and opportunities for developing LCS in Asia?
iv. How shall Asia make the transition to LCS a reality?
Programme:
15:30-15:35 Welcome Address
Ryutaro Yatsu (MoEJ)
15:35-15:40 Challenge of Asia
Shuzo Nishioka (NIES)
15:40-16:00 India: Dimensions and Dilemmas of Low Carbon Development
P.R.Shukla (IIM)
16:00-16:20 Japan: Clear Visions Make It Possible to Reduce ofJunichi Fujino (NIES)
70% CO2 Emissions by 2050
16:20-16:30 Visions for a Low-Carbon SocietyDavid Warrilow (Defra)
16:30-17:25 Panel Discussion

Moderator: Shuzo Nishioka (NIES)
Lead Speakers (5minutes per each):
Jiang Kejun (ERI, China)
Ram Shrestha (AIT)
Rizardi Boer (Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia),
Shobhakar Dhakal (NIES),
17:25-17:30 Closing Address
Ryutaro Ohtsuka (NIES)
All slides will be presented at “http://2050.nies.go.jp/sympo/cop13_side.html”

afternoon coffee break will be served

Japan - UK Joint Research Project
Developing visions for a Low Carbon Society (LCS)
through sustainable development
The Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MoEJ) and the Department for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs in the UK (Defra) are jointly promoting a scientific research project
toward achieving a Low Carbon Society (LCS) by 2050. The National Institute forEnvironmental Studies (NIES), the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) and the Tyndall
Centre for Climate Change Research are conducting research activities in line with thisgoal. We held the 1st LCS workshop in June 2006 (Tokyo) and the 2nd LCS workshop inJune 2007 (London). The 3rd LCS workshop will be held from February 13 to 15, 2008
(Tokyo) and it will summarize research outputs for G8 Japan.

A First workshop was heldin Tokyo, June14-16, 2006.
Participants from 19 countries;
Asia: Japan, China, India, Thailand,Taiwan (China)
Africa: South Africa, Nigeria
Europe: UK, France, Germany,Denmark, Spain, Netherlands, Russia
Latin America: Brazil, Mexico, Chile
North America: US, Canada

G8 Gleneagles 2005
G20 March 13-15, Chiba
G8 Env. May 25-27, Kobe

G8 Japan
July 2008

A Second workshop was heldin London, June13-15, 2007.
A Third workshop will be heldin Japan, Feb13-15, 2008.
Developing and Diffusing Innovations
for our good life and LCS through SD

http://2050.nies.go.jp

Contact: Junichi Fujino,
Senior Researcher, Center for Global Environment Research (CGER),
National Institute for Environmental Studies,
16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8506 Japan.
Tel: +81-29-850-2504, Fax: +81-29-850-2572
E-mail: fuji@nies.go.jp

Japan
Low Carbon
Society 2050

http://2050.nies.go.jp