Preliminary Program (PDF file)

 

 

 

Thursday, 4 September 2003

 

7:45 am           Bus transfer from Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel to the conference venue

 

8:00 am            Registration and Breakfast

 

9:00 am           Opening and Welcome

                        Chair: Dr. ZhongXiang Zhang, East-West Center, Honolulu, USA

 

Dr. Charles E. Morrison, President, East-West Center, Honolulu, USA

 

Mr. Mukul Sanwal, Special Advisor, UNFCCC Secretariat, Bonn, Germany

 

Mrs. Tilly Zwartepoorte, Director, Department of Climate Change and Industry, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, The Hague, The Netherlands

 

Mr. Yasuhiro Shimizu, Director, Climate Change Policy DivisionMinistry of the Environment, Tokyo, Japan

 

Dr. Jhy-Ming Lu, Director, Sustainable Energy Research Division, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan

 

9:30 am           Session I: Climate Change in Focus – From Science to Policy

Chair: Mr. Peter Heyward, Assistant Secretary, Environment Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra, Australia

 

Dr. Tom M.L. Wigley, Senior Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA

Climate Change under No-Policy and Policy Emissions Pathways

 

Prof. Catrinus Jepma, University of Groningen and Foundation Joint Implementation Network, The Netherlands; Coordinating Lead Author, IPCC Third Assessment Report

Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation

 

10:30 am         Coffee break

 

10:45 am         Dr. Daniel Dudek, Chief Economist, Environmental Defence, New York

Partnership for Climate Action and Emissions Trading among Conglomerates

 

Prof. Warwick J. McKibbin, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia and Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC

Designing a Realistic Climate Change Policy with Global Participation

 

11:45 am         Discussion

 

12:45 pm         Lunch

 

2:00 pm           Session II: U.S. Climate Policy and Perspectives

                        Chair: Dr. Robert K. Dixon, Senior Advisor for Climate Change, U.S. 

                        Department of Energy, Washington, DC

 

Dr. Harlan L. Watson, Senior Climate Negotiator and Special Representative, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
U.S. Climate Change Policy and Actions

 

Dr. Terry Surles, Manager, Public Interest Energy Research Program, California Energy Commission, Sacramento, USA

California Initiatives in Response to Global Climate Change

 

Dr. Paul Bernstein, Principal, Charles River Associates, Washington, DC

 Carbon Permit Allocations

 

3:30 pm           Coffee break

 

3:45 pm           Dr. David L. Greene, Corporate Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Knoxville, USA

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from U.S. Transportation

 

Mr. Douglas G. Cogan, Deputy Director, Social Issues Service, Investor Responsibility Research Center, Washington, DC

Corporate Governance and Climate Change: How Are 20 of the World’s Biggest Corporate GHG Emitters Factoring Climate Change into their Business Strategies and Governance Practices?

 

4:45 pm           Discussion

 

5:45 pm           Bus transfer to the Waikiki Aquarium

 

6:00 pm           Reception with the Halau performance at the Waikiki Aquarium (2777 Kalakaua Avenue)

 

 

Friday, 5 September 2003

 

8:40 am           Bus transfer from Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel to the conference venue

 

9:00 am           Session III: EU Climate Policy and Perspectives

Chair: Prof. Catrinus Jepma, University of Groningen and Foundation Joint Implementation Network, The Netherlands

 

Dr. Eric Haites, President, Margaree Consultants Inc., Toronto, Canada; Advisor to the UNFCCC Secretariat

Linking EU Trading Programs with Other GHG Trading Systems

 

Mrs. Tilly Zwartepoorte, Director, Department of Climate Change and Industry, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, The Hague, The Netherlands

Dutch Climate Policy

 

10:30 am         Coffee break

 

10:45 am         Prof. Terry Barker, Department of Applied Economics, University of Cambridge, UK; Coordinating Lead Author, IPCC Third Assessment Report

EU and UK Leadership in Moving towards Low Carbon Economy and Strengthening Future Commitments

 

Mr. Fabrizio d’Adda, Senior Vice President, Eni Group, Milan, Italy; Chairman, Environment Working Group, Union of Industrial and Employers’ Confederations of Europe (UNICE)

Climate Change: A Business Risk or a Business Opportunity?

                       

11:45 am         Discussion

 

12:45 pm         Lunch

 

2:00 pm           Session IV: Challenges for other Major Industrialized Countries

Chair: Dr. Robert K. Dixon, Senior Advisor for Climate Change, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC

 

Mr. Peter Heyward, Assistant Secretary, Environment Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra, Australia

Policies to Control Australia’s Emissions

 

Mr. Yasuhiro Shimizu, Director, Climate Change Policy DivisionMinistry of the Environment, Tokyo, Japan

Japan’s Strategy to Meet its Kyoto Target

 

                       Mr. Oleg Pluzhnikov, Deputy Head, Ecological Department, Ministry of

                        Energy, Moscow, The Russian Federation

Climate Policy of the Russian Federation - What Next?

 

 

3:30 pm           Coffee break

 

3:45 pm           Dr. ZhongXiang Zhang, East-West Center, Honolulu, USA; Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Peking University, Beijing, China

Open Trade with the U.S. without Compromising Canada’s Ability to Comply with its Kyoto Target

 

Dr. Alexander Golub, Environmental Defence, Washington, DC

                        Economies in Transition: Potential for GHG Reduction and Incentive for Implementation of Robust Climate Policy

 

4:45 pm           Discussion

 

5:45 pm           Bus transfer to Ala Moana Shopping Center

 

6:00 pm           Conference dinner in Longhi’s Ala Moana (1450 Ala Moana Blvd., Ste. 3001 (Ocean Side, Mall Level). Tel: (808) 947-9899)

 

 

Saturday, 6 September 2003

 

8:40 am           Bus transfer from Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel to the conference venue

 

9:00 am           Session V: Issues Related to Developing Countries

Prof. Zhou Dadi, Director-General, Energy Research Institute, State Development and Reform Commission, Beijing, China

China’s Perspectives

 

Dr. Fernando Tudela, Director, Program on Water, Environment and Society, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; Former Chairman, Inter-Ministerial Committee for Climate Change in Mexico

Developing Countries and the Evolution of Commitments 

                       

Mr. Imran Habib Ahmad, Pakistan’s Chief Negotiator at UNFCCC COP7 and SB18, Ministry of Environment, Islamabad, Pakistan

Technology Transfer and Capacity Building

 

10:30 am        Group Photo

                        Coffee break

 

10:45 am         Mr. Peter J. Kalas, Senior Technical Coordinator, National Strategy Studies Program, The World Bank, Washington, DC

National Strategy Studies: Promoting Links between Climate Change Issues and Sustainable Development

 

Mr. Toshiyuki Sakamoto, Director, Global Environmental Affairs Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Tokyo, Japan

Emission Trend in Developing Countries and Measures to Facilitate CDM

Implementation in Asia

 

11:45 am         Discussion

 

12:45 pm         Lunch

 

1:45 pm           Session VI: Panel Discussions: Where Do We Go from Here?

Chair: Prof. Catrinus Jepma, University of Groningen and Foundation Joint Implementation Network, The Netherlands

 

Mr. Peter Heyward, Assistant Secretary, Environment Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia

 

Prof. Akio Morishima, Chairman, Board of Directors, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Kanagawa, Japan

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Dr. Robert K. Dixon, Senior Advisor for Climate Change, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC

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Mr. Douglas G. Cogan, Deputy Director, Social Issues Service, Investor Responsibility Research Center, Washington, DC

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Dr. Fernando Tudela, Director, Program on Water, Environment and Society, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; Former Chairman, Inter-Ministerial Committee for Climate Change in Mexico

 

Mrs. Tilly Zwartepoorte, Director, Department of Climate Change and Industry, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, The Hague, The Netherlands

 

Dr. Irving M. Mintzer, Global Business Network, Silver Spring, U.S.A.

 

3:15 pm           Discussion

 

4:15 pm           Closing remarks

Dr. ZhongXiang Zhang

 

4:30 pm           Bus transfer back to Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel