Lima Paris Action Agenda - SLCP Focus Day 4 December, 2015 01:00 Paris France Share SHARE Facebook share Twitter LinkedIn Copy URL Email Breadcrumb Home Events & Meetings Lima Paris Action Agenda - SLCP Focus Day 4 December 2015, 15:00-18:15, Observer room 12, Blue Zone, COP21 Taking action to prevent dangerous climate change is urgent and requires a strong global commitment toward deep and lasting reductions of carbon dioxide (CO2). Less known is that the best opportunity to slow the immediate rate of near-term warming is to quickly cut emissions from short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPS) –hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), methane, black carbon, and tropospheric ozone. These pollutants stay in the atmosphere for a few days to a decade, but have a global warming potential many times that of carbon dioxide. The SLCP Focus aims at achieving three things: providing the rationale for fast action to reduce SLCPs, outlining the progress achieved so far and future commitments, and outlining specific announcements in various sectors: oil and gas, green freight, municipal solid waste and alternatives to HFCs. Click Here for Event Brochure and Agenda AGENDA Session I: Rationale for Fast Action 15:00-15:45 RENOWNED EXPERTS AND PRACTITIONERS DISCUSS THE COMPELLING REASONS TO TAKE FAST ACTION TO REDUCE SLCPS. Opening Keynote: Ségolène Royal, Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, France Moderator: Ibrahim Thiaw, Deputy Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Mario Molina, Nobel Laureate, Professor, Mario Molina Centre for Energy and Environment, Mexico Drew Shindell, Professor, Duke University, and Chair of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) Scientific Advisory Panel Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Professor, University of California, and Member CCAC Scientific Assessment Panel Maria Neira, Director, Public Health and Environment Department, World Health Organization  Session II: Progress and Announcements 15:45 – 16:30 NATIONAL AND LOCAL PROGRESS & ANNOUNCEMENTS National and subnational policymakers discuss the successes and challenges of trying to reduce SLCPs. Moderator: Ibrahim Thiaw, Deputy Executive Director, UNEP Andre Johnson, Minister of Environment, Togo Rodolfo Lacy, Vice Minister of Planning and Environmental Policy, SEMARNAT, Mexico Judi Wakhungu, Cabinet Secretary of Environment, Kenya Thoriq Ibrahim, Minister of Environment, Maldives Tim Groser, Minister of Trade and Minister of Climate Change Issues, New Zealand Cristian Bowen Garfias, Vice-Minister of Transport, Chile I. Valentik, Deputy Minister of Environment, Russia Cliff Rechtschaffen, Senior Advisor to the Governor, State of California  16:30 – 17:15 NON-STATE ACTOR’S PROGRESS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Building on announcements at the 2014 UN Climate Summit, companies and other non-state organisations announce new commitments and progress as part of the Lima-Paris Action Agenda Moderator: Durwood Zaelke, President, Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development (IGSD) Oil and Gas Helge Lund, CEO, BG Group Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)  Green Freight / Transport Drew Kodjak, Executive Director, International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) Roger Libby, Senior Director Corporate Public Policy, DHL Deutsche Post Shelia Watson, Director, FIA Foundation  Municipal Solid Waste Gary Crawford, Vice President, Veolia, International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) TBC, City Mayor  Phasing Down Hydrofluorocarbons Kevin Fay, Executive Director, International Climate Change Partnership (ICCP) John Mandyck, Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO), UTC/Carrier Jeff Seabright, CSO, Unilever Antoine Azar, CSO, The Coca-Cola Company  Business and SLCPs Aron Cramer, CEO, BSR Clay Nesler, Vice President, Johnson Controls  Session III: The Way Forward 17-15 – 18:00 SUPPORTING THE SCALING-UP OF INITIATIVES BEYOND COP21 Organisations will showcase options for funding and supportive actions to reduce SLCPs, such as pipeline projects and tools to finance mitigation activities. Moderator: Kate Hampton, Executive Director, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) Jonathan Taylor, Vice-President, European Investment Bank Naoko Ishii, CEO and Chairman, Global Environment Facility (GEF) Karen Florini, Deputy Special Envoy on Climate, U.S.A. (representing the Arctic Council) Christian Friis Bach, Executive Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Stephen Alan Hammer, Manager of Climate Policy, World Bank Hanne Inger Bjurstrøm, Climate Envoy, Norway, and CCAC Co-chair  18:00 – Onwards RECEPTION Reception provided for delegates to network on SLCPs Closing remarks: Ibrahim Thiaw, Deputy Executive Director, UNEP Tags Countries France Regions Europe Organizers Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) Add to Calendar Google Yahoo! Outlook.com Office.com iCal / MS Outlook