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INFORSE at the UNFCCC COP22
Marrakech, Morocco

United Nations Climate Change Conference
November 7-18, 2016



	At COP22, INFORSE and its members were involved in many ways: We were happy to meet many of You at the 2-weeks EXIHIBITION and the SIDE EVENTS on November 8, 11 and 15, 2016. Please see details below. INFORSE network was represented at by several members including: INFORSE-Europe: SustainableEnergy, Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy, and DIB from Denmark; Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), UK, Friends of Baltic, Russia, REA Ukraine. INFORSE-South Asia: INSEDA & WAFD, India; IDEA, Sri Lanka; Grameen Shakti, Bangladesh; and CRT/N Nepal. INFORSE-Africa: ENDA, Senegal, Mali Folkecenter, Mali
		MINI SIDE EVENT - DATE: 15 NOVEMBER, 2016 Time: 10.00-11.00. Venue: Climate Change Studio (COP22 Blue Zone) Title: Starting the Transition to Zero Emission Societies Download: Program Leaflet (pdf file). Program: - Experiences and Proposals for South Australia. By Stuart Hocking, Deputy Chief Executive, Department of Treasury and Finance, Government of South Australia. (pdf file 0.7 MB) - Driving zero emissions and 100% renewables in the ACT Government in Australia. By Stephan Bygrave, Executive Director for Sustainability and Climate Change, ACT Environment and Planning Directorate. (pdf file 5 MB) - How to make zero carbon transition happen? (presentation of the new publication Zero Carbon: Making It Happen). By Paul Allen, External Relations, Director, Centre for Alternative Technology, Wales, UK. (pdf 2MB file) - 100% renewable energy and the transition to zero carbon societies, an upcoming global movement*. By Gunnar Boye Olesen, Coordinator, International Network for Sustainable Energy (INFORSE) & SustainableEnergy, Denmark. (pdf file 0. (MB) - Discussion on how to take the transition to zero carbon societies forward. This Mini Side Event was co-organised by INFORSE and Australia ACT Government. The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is a self-governing territory including the Australian Capital Canberra.
	SIDE EVENT - DATE: 11 NOVEMBER, 2016 Time: 16:45-18:15. Room: Mediterranean (COP22 Blue Zone) Title: Improving NDCs: Ecovillage Development, Energy Access, & Zero Carbon Societies in Africa, Asia & EU How can local solutions lead to ambitious NDCs, provide energy access & improve livelihoods? Many ecovillages and local communities are net zero carbon, energy self-sufficient, and offer extraordinary opportunities to scale up local renewables, climate friendly agriculture, ecosystem restoration etc. Download: Program Leaflet ( pdf file). WATCH / LISTEN: UNFCCC Climate Change Studio (the sound track is missing in the beginning, and at the end. We were informed that it will be fixed)
	Program: - Opening by Thomas H. Meister, Head of Division, Climate and Environmental Foreign Policy, Sustainable Economy, Federal Foreign Office, Federal Republic of Germany; GEN - ECOLISE Session: - Ecovillage Programmes and the Promise of SDGs and the Climate Agreement, by Kosha Joubert, Executive Director of Global Ecovillage Network; - Community-led Approaches to the Implementation of SDGs and Climate Agreements, by Tim Clarke, ECOLISE; - Bringing Ecovillage Programmes to Africa, by Linda Kabaira, Council member, GEN Africa; - Going Carbon Negative and 100% Organic, by Delegate representing the Government of Bhutan.

	INFORSE-South Asia Session: Eco-village Development in South Asia - Program (pdf file, 0.5 MB) Welcome by Gunnar Boye Olesen, INFORSE - How can local solutions support energy access & improved livelihoods? By Kavita Myles, Integrated Sustainable Energy and Ecological Development. Association - INSEDA and INFORSE - South Asia; - Experiences from Nepal. By Shovana Maharjan, Centre for Rural Technology - CRT/N, Nepal; - How to include Eco-village developments in national plans, in improved NDCs? By Dumindu Herath, Integrated Development Association - IDEA, Sri Lanka; - Eco-village developments in South Asia, mitigation effects, proposals climate finance/markets, By M. Mahmodul Hasan, Grameen Shakti, Bangladesh; - Regional cooperation for local climate action as Eco-village development, by Santosh Patnaik, CAN-South Asia. Download: Presentations in one file: (pdf file, 2 MB)

	Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy- INFORSE-Europe Session: Transition to 100% Renewable Energy and Zero Carbon Economies with Local Solutions. - Program (pdf file, 0.5 MB) - Transition to Zero Carbon - how we can make it happen in the UK, based on new report. By Paul Allen, Center for Alternative Technology, Wales, UK. Presentation (pdf file, 1,6 MB) - Transition to 100% Renewable Energy with Local Actors in the Driving Seat. How can community power & other local initiatives contribute as solutions? By Preben Maegaard and Leire Gorroño, Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy, Denmark. Presentation (pdf file, 1 MB)
	The side event was co-organised by INFORSE, Global Ecovillage Network (GEN); European Network for Community-Led Initiatives on Climate Change and Sustainability (ECOLISE), the Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy.
		MINI SIDE EVENT - DATE: 8. NOVEMBER, 2016 Time: 12.00-13.00. Venue: Climate Change Studio (COP22 Blue Zone) Title: Eco Village Development - A Low-Carbon Adaptation and Mitigation Strategy for Development in South Asia. Speakers from India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Download: Program Leaflet (pdf file, 0.1 MB). Speakers: - M. Mahmodul Hasan Grameen Shakti, Bangladesh - Zareen Myles, Womens Action For Development, India - Dumindu Herath, Integrated Development Association, Sri Lanka - Kavita Myles, Integrated Sustainable Energy and Ecological Development Association, India - Shovana Maharajan, Centre For Rural Technology/Nepal, Nepal - Santosh Patnaik, Climate Action Network South Asia, South Asia Download: Program / Contents (pdf file, 0.5 MB, 4 slides) and Program with resentations (pdf file, 2.1 MB). The Mini Side Event was organised by INSEDA and INFORSE.
	EXHIBITION: INFORSE, INSEDA, AIWC and the Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy Time: 7-11 November, 2016 The exhibition featured the activities of the INFORSE network, and we could meet personally. A new issue of Sustainable Energy News was be published for the event. Brochures, publications were available with Q-R code download, and by poken account. These including: Publication of a cooperation project "Eco-village Development as Climate Solution, Proposals from South Asia", a connected UN Policy Brief.
Contact to coordinator from INFORSE: Gunnar Boye Olesen: ove @ inforse.org, Office phone: +45 86227000.
Read more: - INFORSE-South Asia and the NGO Advocacy EVD Project behind the Side Event on November 11, 2016 at INFORSE-Asia. - INFORSE-CANSA Policy Brief, "Eco-village Development as Climate Solution, Proposals from South Asia" May 20, 2016 (6-pages, 0.5MB). - All India Women's Conference - - Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy --- Global Ecovillage Network --- European Network for Community-Led Initiatives on Climate Change and Sustainability (ECOLISE) --- INFORSE-Europe Visions 2030-50 --- Zero Carbon Britain, UK --- 100% Renewables, Denmark.

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 Marrakech, 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 COP 16 in Cancun, Mexico, 2010. - INFORSE at UNFCCC COP 15 in Copenhagen, Denmark, 2009. - 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 Read more: The UNFCCC archive site of Side Events.