Conference
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[Conference] Global Green Growth Summit 2012 |
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Venue | Lotte hotel, Seoul | Date | 2012-05-10 ~ 2012-05-11 |
Host | The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), Government of the Republic of Korea | Organizer | |
URL | http://www.gggi.org/event/2011/00/00/global-green-growth-summit-2012 |
Day 1: 10th of May (Thursday) |
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07:30-09:00 |
Registration |
09:00-10:00 |
Opening Ceremony
- Special Address |
10:00-11:15 |
Opening Plenary
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11:15-11:30 |
Coffee Break |
11:30-13:00 |
Water and Green Growth Sustained economic development, population growth, and the changing climate are increasing the stress on freshwater resources in many regions. This session explores promising national and international models of cooperation to improve water security.
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Agriculture and Land Use Agriculture accounts for 30% of greenhouse gas emissions and about 70% of freshwater consumption. At the same time, rising incomes and populations in developing countries are presenting challenges to food security. How can the international community effectively work together to strengthen the productivity of agriculture while decreasing its environmental impact in terms of carbon, water and biodiversity?
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Financing Sustainable Energy Next month, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will launch the Sustainable Energy for All initiative during the Rio+20 Conference. His plan will include ambitious targets for increasing access by developing countries to renewable energy. What innovative cooperative approaches could help to generate the financing necessary to attain these goals?
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13:00-14:30 |
Lunch Special Speech |
14:30-16:00 |
Journalism and Green Growth Environmental issues, including water and climate change, are one of the most pressing societal concerns that pose a grave threat to global security and prosperity. Given the severity of environmental challenges, it is imperative that we raise public awareness of the importance of green growth. This is where journalists play an important role. This session considers the actions and steps to be taken by journalists to not only build future global governance but to also combat the environmental crisis. Furthermore, speakers and panelists will have an opportunity to share their thoughts and views on green growth.
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Green Growth Knowledge Platform Earlier this year, the World Bank, UNEP, OECD and GGGI formed a partnership to expand the frontiers of academic and policy research on green growth. In this session, researchers and policymakers from around the world discuss potential research agendas to narrow key knowledge gaps on green growth.
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International Architecture for Green Technology and Innovation Technological innovation is central to transforming our approach to economic development and pursuing green growth strategies. While substantial capacity, expertise and research exist on innovation for green growth, the urgency of climate change means that the speed and scope of innovation, adaption and diffusion needs to be significantly increased to meet the needs. How can we enhance international cooperation to spur this technological transformation and ensure that developing countries add momentum to their own development through technological innovation? How can we best draw together the existing bilateral and multilateral technology initiatives already underway and systemize them to meet the needs of the least developed countries?
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16:00-16:30 |
Coffee Break |
16:30-18:00 |
Plenary I A growing number of countries are seeking to integrate resource efficiency and environmental protection with their core economic development strategies. How should international economic and environmental cooperation and governance be improved to support the design and implementation of these efforts? What does this imply for the future agendas of multilateral and plurilateral institutions and processes such as the UNFCCC and G20?
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18:30-21:00 |
Dinner
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Day 2: 11th of May (Friday) |
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07:30-08:30 |
Registration |
08:30-09:30 |
Plenary II National leadership lies at the core of strong international cooperation for green growth. Several governments have already taken initial steps to work together in this regard. In this session, senior officials from various countries explore their plans in 2012 as well as their longer term vision for green growth cooperation.
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09:35-09:50 |
Special Speech
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09:50-10:00 |
Coffee Break |
10:00-11:15 |
Policy and Capacity Building Support for Developing Countries History teaches that economic development is largely determined by sound policy instruments and institutions. However, many developing countries do not have ready access to adequate analytical expertise and institutional capacity to effectively plan and implement green growth strategies. This session examines how the international community could provide its policy guidance and capacity building support to the developing counties that aspire to initiate a rigorous green economic development strategy.
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Ocean and Fisheries Cooperation An estimated two-thirds of marine fish stocks are fully exploited, overexploited or depleted even as one fourth of the world’s rapidly growing population relies on seafood as a primary source of protein. Moreover, roughly 40% of coral reefs are lost or degraded, and ocean acidification related to climate change threatens to worsen this and other important facets of marine ecosystems. What specific steps can be taken to strengthen international management of deep water and coastal ocean resources, and how should global and regional economic and environmental institutions support this agenda?
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Sustainable Energy Trade G20 countries have pledged to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies, and negotiations are ongoing in the WTO, APEC and elsewhere to reduce barriers to trade in environmentally friendly goods and services. However, progress on each of these efforts is halting due to many challenges and obstacles. Could a like-minded group of countries breathe life into green growth cooperation by agreeing on the Sustainable Energy Trade Agreement? What is such an agreement most likely to include?
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11:15-11:30 |
Coffee Break |
11:30-12:30 |
Closing Plenary
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