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December 12, 2015
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December
12, 2015 - UNFCCC COP21 Agreement by
195 states is a reality!
"Welcome to a New World of "Paris" Climate Action"
.. Important step forward, even though it is NOT perfect.
by Gunnar Boye Olesen, INFORSE
Read evaluation of the Agreement: here. |
The
INFORSE network was represented at the 21st Session of the Conference
of the Parties (COP21) to the UNFCCC by about 20 member organisations.
INFORSE's participation was marked by an exhibition stall and 3 side
events. An official side event (December 3) in the so called "Blue
Zone", and side events at the Climate Generation Area, which
was open to the public organised by the French Government (December
8, and 10). |
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INFORSE
Exhibition at the UN Conference Building
BLUE
ZONE: 30
November -11 December 11, 2015 |
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INFORSE
had an Exhibition Stall at the UN Conference building organised
together with All India Women's Conference (AIWC), and the Nordic
Folkecenter for Renewable Energy.
The exhibition featured activities of INFORSE members including working
on 100% Renewables scenarios in Europe, and pro-poor, low-carbon development
in villages in South Asia.
INFORSE brochures were available in English, French and Spanish as paper
and as Q-R code download.
The featured publications included Sustainable Energy News, Policy Briefs
from Projects, the first edition of the Eco-Village Development Publication,
ZeroCarbonBritain.
The exhibition was a meeting place, and the eye-catching eco-village
model increased the interest of many visitors. See
pictures from the Exhibition and the representatives of the INFORSE members. (pdf
0.5 MB, 1 page).
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SIDE
EVENT - BLUE ZONE - Room No. 4
Date: 3 December, 2015 - Time: 16:45-18:15 |
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Title:
Fair Low/Zero Carbon & 100% RE Strategies, South & North
Countries, Villages, including Women Initiatives
Showcase
low and zero emission strategies and scenarios with 100%
renewables, women's initiatives and eco-village development
solutions for poverty reduction in Europe, Africa and South
Asia, as ways for operationalising the Paris Agreement
and the pathways leading from it. Organisers: International
Network for Sustainable Energy (INFORSE); All India
Women's Conference (AIWC), India; Association NegaWatt,
France; Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy (NFVE),
Denmark.
Download
the Program
December 3, 2015 (1 page
160kB) Note: This event was part of the
official side event of the UNFCCC COP21 Conference.
The presentations are also available at the UNFCCC
web site.
Read
on INFORSE's side events at the Pre
Conference of SBI 42 in Bonn in June 2015.
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Welcome: Setting
the Scene of Zero Carbon Transitions in North and South by prof.
Kevin Anderson (pdf
1.9 MB)
Presenting Zero-Carbon and 100% Renewable Energy Scenarios
Moderator: Usha Nair, AIWC, India
• Transition
of the UK to a Zero Carbon society in 20 year by Paul Allen, Center
for Alternative Technology (CAT), UK (pdf
1.8 MB)
• How
France can move to 100% renewable energy, with energy efficiency and
sufficiency, by Yves Marignac, negaWatt,
France (pdf
1 MB)
• 100%
Renewable Energy by 2030-2040 for EU and 10 EU countries with
Focus on Denmark by Gunnar Boye Olesen, INFORSE / VE, Denmark (pdf
1.0 MB)
• Getting
Ready for Zero. How zero carbon modelling & toolkits can
support by Isabel Bottoms, Track0 and
Paul Allen, CAT, UK (pdf
1.2 MB) |
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Eco-Village
Developments:
Moderator: Gunnar Boye Olesen, INFORSE
• Key
Parts of Climate and Development Solutions by Kavita Shriya Myles, INSEDA,
INFORSE South Asia (pdf
1.0 MB)
• Integrating
into Local Developments by Namiz M. Musafer, IDEA, Sri Lanka (pdf
1.5 MB)
• Extending
Successful Local Energy Solutions by M. Mahmodul Hasan, Grameen
Shakti, Bangladesh (pdf
0.9 MB kB)
• Using
to Reconstruction of Villages after the Earthquake by Ganesh
Ram Shresta, CRT, Nepal (pdf
2.0 MB)
PUBLICATION
and POLCY BRIEF: Eco-village Development as Climate Solution,
Proposals from South Asia Policy
Brief (0.5MB),
Link to Project
and Publication. |
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Low-Carbon
Development Strategies & Focus on Women
Moderator: Gunnar Boye
Olesen, INFORSE
• West
Africa: Energy for Productive Use with Local Resources
by Djiminique Nanaste, ENDA/INFORSE-West
Africa (pdf
2.0 MB kB)
• In
South Asia, Focus on Women and Poverty Reduction
by Kalyani Raj, All
India Women's Conference (AIWC), India (pdf
1.4 MB)
Short
dialogue on promotion of pro-poor low-carbon and gender focused
decarbonisation.
Read more: Policy Brief and Project at INFORSE
South Asia and at
INFORSE
Africa |
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SIDE
EVENT - CLIMATE GENERATION ZONE - Room 2
Date: 10 December, 2015 Time: 11:15-12:45 |
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Title:
Getting Ready for Zero Emissions and 100% Renewable Energy:
Plans and Scenarios to Pave the Way
- • Setting
the scene - the Demands of the Science by Prof.
Kevin Anderson, Tyndall Centre University
of Manchester (pdf
1.03 MB)
Who is Working on Getting to Zero and 100%
Renewable Energy Plans and Modelling?
- • 100%
Renewable Energy Plans for Countries, Regions and Cities by Anna
Leidreiter, World Future Council (pdf
0.9 MB)
- • Turning
France to Renewable Energy by Yves Marignac, negaWatt,
France (pdf
1,4 MB)
- • National & EU-wide
Transitions to 100% Renewables with Good Economy by Gunnar Boye
Olesen, INFORSE/VE Denmark (pdf
1.2 MB)
- • Zero
Carbon Britain: Making it Happen by Paul Allen, Centre
for Alternative Technology, UK (pdf
4.2 MB)
- • Zero
Carbon Australia by Stephen Bygrave, Beyond Zero Emissions,
Australia (pdf
1.9 MB)
- • The
Realized 100% Renewable Energy Transition of Thy in Denmark by
Preben Maegaard, Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy,
Denmark (pdf
2.9 MB)
Bringing Plans and Scenarios into the Climate Strategies Beyond
Paris:
- • What
does the Paris Agreement Mean for Climate Strategies after Paris?
Developing a Zero Practitioners Network by Isabel Bottoms, Track
0 and by Paul Allen, Center for Alternative
Technology (CAT) Wales, UK (pdf
0.9 MB)
Download:PROGRAM,
December 10, 2015 (1 page, pdf)
Organisers: Nordic
Folkecenter for Renewable Energy, Denmark (lead) and NegaWatt,
France in cooperation with INFORSE-Europe / SustainableEnergy,
Denmark; Center for Alternative Technology, UK; and Track0.
The event
was open to the public. See the Program also at www.cop21.gouv.fr/en/les-espaces-generations-climat/
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SIDE
EVENT - CLIMATE GENERATION ZONE - Room 3
Date: 8 December, 2015, Time: 11:00-12:30 |
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Title:
Promoting Pro-Poor Low Carbon Development Pathways with Gender
Focus
Organisers: AIWC, India (lead), INFORSE,
CAN and others.
Download: PROGRAM,
December 8, 2015 (1 page pdf)
Moderator: Gunnar Boye Olesen, INFORSE
Speakers:
• Usha
Nair, All India Women Conference / INFORSE-South Asia
• Isaac
Kabongo, CAN Uganda
• Gunnar
Boye Olesen, INFORSE
• Sarah
Strack, CAN-International
• Ari
Huhtala, representative of LEDS
• Anoop
Poonia, CANSA
Dialogue
This event
was open to the public.
See the
Program also at www.cop21.gouv.fr/en/les-espaces-generations-climat/
Read
more:
Pro-Poor and Low-carbon Strategies Policy Brief and Project at
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INFORSE
South Asia and
- INFORSE
Africa
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Related
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30
November - 11 December, 2015:
COP21 of
the UNFCCC, Paris, France.
Read more:
- List of UNFCCC
Side Events including INFORSE-AIWC-Folkecenter-NegaWatt side
event (December 3.)
- List of UNFCCC
Exhibitors including INFORSE-AIWC-Folkecenter exhibition stall (November
30 - December 11).
- Submissions of INDC
reports.
- UNFCCC COP21
Logistics, Reports. |
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December, 2015:
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See
INFORSE's Participation at Previous, Present, and Following UNFCCC
Conference of Parties (COP):
- INFORSE
at UNFCCC
COP24 in Katowice, Poland, 2018
- INFORSE
at UNFCCC SB48, in Bonn, Germany, April 30-May
10, 2018
- INFORSE
at UNFCCC
COP23 in Bonn/Fiji, 2017
- INFORSE
at UNFCCC
COP22 in Marrakesh, Morocco, 2016
- INFORSE at UNFCCC
SBI44 PreCOP22 in Bonn, Germany, 2016
- INFORSE
at UNFCCC COP 21 in Paris, France, 2015.
- INFORSE at UNFCCC SBI42 PreCOP21 in
Bonn, Germany, 2015
- INFORSE at UNFCCC COP 20 in Lima, Peru,
2014.
- INFORSE at UNFCCC COP 19 in Warsaw,
Poland, 2013.
- INFORSE at UNFCCC COP 18 in Doha, Qatar,
2012.
- INFORSE at UNFCCC COP 17 in Durban,
South Africa 2011.
- INFORSE at UNFCCC COP16 in 2010 in Cancun,
Mexico.
- INFORSE at UNFCCC COP15 in 2009 in Copenhagen,
Denmark.
- INFORSE's Position Paper on Climate Change (INFORSE's
Position pdf
file 99 kB) at the start of COP15, 7 December, 2009.
- INFORSE's brief analysis of the outcome of COP15 (INFORSE's
Analysis pdf
file 64 kB), 21 December, 2009.
- INFORSE at COP14 in 2008 in Poznan,
Poland.
See
other INFORSE participation at UN Conferences
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