EU's side events during COP 15

During the 15th session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen (COP 15) 7–18 December 2009 the European Union, through the Swedish Presidency and the European Commission, arranges for side events parallel to the negotiations. Close to 100 side events will take place in the EU Pavilion at the meeting in Copenhagen.

Important: Everyone who attends the side events, be it as guest speakers or audience, must be registered properly as part of Party delegations or of admitted observer organizations and carry the conference badge.

Programme

7 December

  • A role to play for the land transport sector in the post 2012 World
  • Biochar application to soils - carbon sequestration and soil improvement potential
  • CDM in China - Chinese and European perspectives
  • Towards a thriving low-carbon Finland
  • The benefits of new carbon market mechanisms
  • REDD issues in the Congo Basin - towards an operational Observatory
  • Financing of mitigation in local communities 

8 December

  • Policy options and mitigation potential of REDD
  • The Maritime dimension of Climate Change
  • Multidisciplinary assessment of climate change in the Mediterranean area
  • European Cities and the Global Climate Challenge
  • Mainstreaming Adaptation: Experiences in national policy and development cooperation
  • European Cities and the Global Climate Challenge, continued (Webcast)
  • Ice sheet melting and sea level rise: Past, Present and Future
  • International Feed-In Cooperation – Mitigation through deploying renewables (Webcast)
  • Inclusion of aviation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme

9 December

  • International Shipping and Climate Change (Webcast)
  • The challenges for one of worlds fastest growing economies in handling growth and climate change
  • Selecting Mitigation Targets and Financing the Efforts in 2020
  • Challenges and solutions in reporting of LULUCF
  • Innovative transport solutions – essential for mitigation and technology cooperation
  • Mitigation efforts of developed countries - will it be enough?
  • Beyond patents: Innovation and international technology flows in the solar industry (Webcast)
  • The AVOID programme: Avoiding dangerous climate change
  • International aviation and maritime emissions post 2012

10 December

  • Sectoral Programs in the Copenhagen Architecture
  • Education for Sustainable Development (Webcast)
  • Children in a changing climate (Webcast)
  • Status of Renewable Energy as a Mitigation Strategy
  • Deforestation, forest conservation and the climate change challenge
  • Grassland soil carbon management: Portugal's Domestic Emission Reductions Programme
  • The territorial approach of climate change
  • Gender, Cities and Climate Change
  • Dealing with Carbon Leakage

11 December

  • UK’s low carbon ‘know how’
  • Adapt to climate change – Denmark developing nations (Webcast)
  • EU moving ahead on Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Policies for a low-carbon built environment - Construction Counts for Climate! (Webcast)
  • Pathway to a low carbon society - exchange of experiences
  • Good practise in Europe on Education, Training and Public Awareness
  • Fuel management in the Romanian Aviation sector - A case study
  • Climate change impacts: Adaptation and costs
  • Workshop on mainstreaming climate change in aid cooperation programmes

12 December

  • The Digital Soil Map of the World: Its relevance to UNFCCC
  • Earth observation in support of climate change monitoring
  • Climate Change, Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity (Webcast)
  • Overall greenhouse gas impact of biofuels and bioenergy
  • Private sector engagement in the international climate change policy process (Webcast)
  • Getting Serious about 2030 Targets
  • Quantifying the contribution of LULUCF after 2012
  • Bringing Forest Carbon Projects to the Market: A guidebook for developers and investors
  • Sectoral Programs in the Copenhagen Architecture

14 December

  • The EU Global Climate Change Alliance: Adaption
  • Public engagement in climate change governance
  • Climate policy and land scarcity – finding effective responses
  • The Adaptation White Paper – A Framework for action
  • European research - contributing to the global knowledge on climate change
  • Using the carbon market Post 2012 to incentivise ambitious NAMAs
  • ICAP: Towards a Global Carbon Market
  • Environmental security in Sahel
  • Spill over effects of climate change mitigation policies

15 December

  • Renewable Energies and Climate Change Abatement
  • Are we prepared for a worst case? - News in climate science since IPCC’s last report.
  • Mentoring to empower African CDM project developers (Webcast)
  • CDM access for households and community projects
  • Embedding climate change into rural policy
  • EU combats climate change with research on low carbon technologies
  • Institutional set-up of REDD and the involvement of the private sector (Webcast)
  • Sustainable Business Concepts for Tomorrow
  • EU study on capacity building on MRV

16 December

  • Green growth and green jobs
  • Mobilising citizens: regions and cities working together for climate protection
  • Research community shows pathway towards Low Carbon Society
  • Role of Water in Climate Change (Webcast)
  • Key issues for Copenhagen and companies for a powerful climate agreement
  • Financing Adaptation: the role of the European Funding Institutions (Webcast)
  • The economics of climate change - research from different evidence lines from Global to European analysis
  • Results from CCAP’s “Developing Country” project
  • Economic impacts of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean

17 December

  • Economic Aspects of Climate Change and Corrective Policies
  • DemoEnvironment - Support for technology in developing countries
  • Barriers to technology transfer in India - CANCELLED
  • Emissions on Google Earth, Emissions, Scenarios and Energy
  • GEEREF - a Public Private Partnership to transfer energy technologies to developing countries
  • A Global Carbon Market: Linking 'cap and trade' systems? The German International Climate Initiative - Financing
  • Joint Implementation in a post-2012 context
  • Call for action: "The Big Ask Again"
  • Ecosystem Conservation: a multiple win

18 December

  • The EU ETS in action: lessons learned from the first years of operation - CANCELLED
  • Climate Change, GDP and measurements of prosperity
  • Agriculture and Climate Change - Towards a global research alliance?
  • Joining forces – involving the civil society to combat climate change - CANCELLED
  • Adaption strategies and environmental technologies for the water sector - CANCELLED
  • Citizen Participation in Monitoring Deforestation of the Amazon
  • Impacts of Climate Change in Europe -  A New Economic Assessment

More information

Swedish Presidency: Petter Lydén
E-mail: petter.lyden(a)naturvardsverket.se
Phone: +46 8 698 14 69

European Commission: Antongiulio Marin
E-mail: env-cop15-sideevents(a)ec.europa.eu