The 20th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 20) to the United National Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) took place in Lima, Peru on 1-12 December 2014. Here, thousands of delegates from international government and observer bodies convened to discuss how to address the challenges of climate change, as well as further negotiate national emission reduction commitments. This year, the Global CCS Institute again advocated for CCS as a critically important mitigation option capable of substantially contributing to the global challenge of halting global warming to an average of less than a 2°C rise on pre-industrial times.
Join our experts to hear more about outcomes from COP 20, the implications for CCS, and what to expect of the next 12 months in the lead-up to COP 21 in Paris.
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Webinar: CCS outcomes from COP 20
1. WEBINAR – INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS
21 JANUARY 2015
John Scowcroft, Executive Adviser – Europe, Middle East and Africa
Mark Bonner, Principal Manager – International Climate Change
2. John Scowcroft
John Scowcroft joined the Global CCS Institute as
General Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa in
January 2012 and took up his present post in September
2013.
Prior to this, John was Head of the Environment and
Sustainable Development Policy Unit at Electricity
Development Policy Unit at Electricity EURELECTRIC,
the association which represents the European electricity
industry. In this role, John was responsible for all aspects
of environmental and sustainable development policy, in
particular for global and European climate policy.
After a long career in the British Electricity Industry where he held a number of
senior posts covering the whole range of employee relations issues, John joined
EURELECTRIC’s predecessor, UNIPEDE in 1991 as a Senior Adviser responsible
for environmental matters, and structural and organisation issues. In 1997, John
became Head of the Environment and Sustainable Development Unit.
3. Mark Bonner
Mark has spent many years in policy development and
program implementation specialising in the areas of
climate change, low emissions technology (including
CCS), energy and economic policy.
Prior to joining the Institute in 2010 as the Principal
Manager of Policy, he was the Executive Director of
Policy for the Queensland (Qld) Government’s Office
of Clean Energy and Senior Director of Economic
Policy in the Qld Department of Premier and Cabinet;
he also spent a decade in the Australian Government’s
climate change agency, the Australian Greenhouse
Office (AGO) as Director of Clean Energy Technologies
and Emissions Trading.
Mark also worked for IBM for ten years as the Program Manager for Commercial and
Marketing Intelligence, and PC Market Research. Mark holds an MEc, BEc and a
graduate diploma in resource economics.
He lives and works in Brisbane, and can be contacted on
mark.bonner@globalccsinstitute.com or +61 (0)439343117.
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7. UNFCCC 101
The Convention (COP):
o Stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the
atmosphere at a level that would stop dangerous
anthropogenic interference with the climate system.
The Kyoto Protocol to the Convention (CMP):
o QELROS.
Ad-hoc WG on Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (post
Kyoto arrangements).
Negotiating boundaries:
o CBDR
o COP 15, “… below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels”.
UNFCCC Organisation
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9. OVERVIEW OF CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS
What issues are covered
What agendas are relevant to CCS?
Who else is involved?
Why does the Institute engage?
Who stands to benefit from our engagement?
How does the Institute engage?
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10. INSTITUTE ENGAGEMENT
Accreditations
Nature of engagement
Previous campaigns
COP 20/CMP 10 Campaign
What to expect for COP 21/CMP 11 engagement
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UNFCCC endorsed side-events (Institute’s Brad Page
hosts, collaboration with GCC)
Media
Lord Stern, Panelist at Institute event
Plenary events, Ban Ki-moon
Closing COP Plenary
Institute exhibit
UNFCCC events
Institute at external event
(John Scowcroft)
IMAGES FROM COP 20
12. OUTCOMES / EXPECTATIONS
CCS and Related UNFCCC decisions
COP 20/CMP 10 decisions (2014)
COP 21/CMP 11 expectations (2015)
Final observations
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13. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
THANK YOU
CONTACT DETAILS
john.scowcroft@globalccsinstitute.com
mark.bonner@globalccsinstitute.com
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