Agenda

China Pavilion

COP22/CMP12

November 2016

Ecological Management Promote the Welfare of Human Being

9:00-11:00, Tuesday, 9th November

Combining with domestic and international partners, China Green Carbon Foundation tells

China’s forestry story, which shows the successful experience of China’s forestry reform and

innovation as well as foreign positive cases to benefit more developing countries on forestry

development. It is also to provide a great platform for the world forestry workers to exchange

good experiences and ideas. Furthermore, it is to contribute to address global climate change and

improve human being welfare. The side event is to be c-organized China National Development

and Reform Commission(NDRC), China Green Carbon Foundation, and Qiaonv Foundation, and

supported by the Center for International Forestry Research(CIFOR), the International Network

for Bamboo and Rattan(INBAR), and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

9:00-9:10 Opening Remark

Representative from NDRC

9:10-10:40

The Target and Action of China’s Forestry to Address Climate Change

LI Nuyun, Vice President and Secretary-General of CGCF

Challenges and Opportunities of Forests and Climate Change in Asia

with Special Reference to Chinese Carbon Forestry

Louis Putzed, Chinese Officer of CIFOR

Eco-governance and Enterprise’s Action: Pledge the Earth to Have a

Bright Future

HE Qiaonv, Chairperson of Orient Landscape Co. Ltd., President of Qiaonv

Foundation

Forest Resource Sustainable Application to Raise Ability of Addressing

Climate Change

Louis Neves Silva, Officer of WWF Sweden

China’s Bamboo Forest Carbon Sequestration Practices Promote

South-South cooperation

Hans Friederich, Director General of INBAR

Low-carbon Education for the Teenager in China

JI Jinghang, Hangzhou Low-carbon Science Technology Museum, China.

10:40-11:00 Discussion

Climate Change and Rural Development

14:00-16:00, Thursday, 10th November

The impact of climate change on rural communities has become a common development issue of

Southern countries. Due to the impact of climate change, the vulnerability of Southern countries is

considerably high while the adaptive capability is weak, which calls for great attention from he

international society. Representatives from Southern countries will be invited to join this side

event and share experiences and discuss about further cooperation opportunities. The side event

will be cost-hosted by National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation

(NCSC) as well as Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science.

Moderator: ZHANG Zhiqiang, Deputy Director, Information and Training Department,

National Center for Climate Change Research and International Cooperation (NCSC), China

14:00-16:00

Persevere in Low-carbon Development and Construct the Beautiful Henan City

WANG Yanzhang, Deputy Director General of Henan Province Development and

Reform Commission, China

Experience Sharing of Climate Resilience Partnership Project in Nam Dinh

Province of Vietnam

Vu Minh Hai, Manager of Building Resilience of Oxfam in Vietnam

How to Integrate Climate Change into Rural Planning and Designing

Howard LIU, Director of China Programme Unit of Oxfam Hong Kong. China

Experience Sharing of Rural Communities in Myanmar Participating in

South-South Climate Cooperation

U Kyaw Kyaw Linn, Deputy Director-General of Forest Department, Ministry of

Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation of the Republic of the Union of

Myanmar (MONREC)

U Win Aung, CEO of Myanmar Environment Innovation Foundation (MEIF) and

Honorary Fellow of the Blue Moon Fund (BMF)

Experience Sharing of Climate Change and Poverty Alleviation Practices in China

Mr. Li Yingchun, Associate Researcher of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science

16:00-16.10

Conclusion

Representative from Department of Climate Change, National Development and Reform

Commission (NDRC)

China Carbon Emission Trading Market

9:00-12:40, Friday, 11th November

The side event will introduce the latest progress of China carbon emission trading market

construction and its positive impact on China’s green development strategy. Meanwhile the

participants will have the panel discussion on the international ETS operation experience and

typical business experiences and practices.This event is hosted by the Climate Change Department

of NDRC, National Center for Climate Change Strategies and International Cooperation (NCSC),

World Bank, Tsinghua University, Australia National University, IETA, Beijing Environment

Exchange, Beijing Green Finance Association, National ETS Capacity Building Center (Beijing)

and China Low Carbon Alliance, supported and organized by Sino Carbon.

Moderator: JIANG Zhaoli, Deputy Director General, Department of Climate Change,

National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)

9:00-9:20

Opening remarks

Representative from Department of Climate Change, National Development and

Reform Commission (NDRC)

Laura Tuck, Vice President, the World Bank Group

Dirk Forester, Chairman of IETA

9:20-10:20

Construction Progress and Future Prospect of China Carbon Emission

Trading Market

JIANG Zhaoli, Deputy Director General, Department of Climate Change,

National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)

State and Trend of Carbon Pricing and Its Global Impacts

John Roome, Senior Director, Climate Change, the World Bank Group

Key issues of National Carbon Market Construction and the Study of

Enterprise CO2 Emissions Reporting System

XU Huaqing, Deputy Director General of NCSC

Development of China ETS: Experience of Pilot ETS and National ETS

Construction Progress

DUAN Maosheng, Professor of Tsinghua University

10:20-10:30 Tea Break

10:30-11:30

Panel Discussion 1: International Experience and Policy Research

Chair: ZHANG Xin, Director of Carbon Market Management Department,

NCSC

Latest Progress of International ETS

Dirk Forrister, President of IETA

The Reform of EU ETS for Phase 4 and its lessons for China

JohannesEnzman, EU Comission

Knowledge and Experience of ETS from Industries

David Hone, Shell Group

Carbon Pricing Mechanism and Opportunity of China-Australia Bilateral

Cooperation

Howard Bamsey, Professor of ANU, Former Australia Climate Envoy, Executive

Director of Green Climate Fund

Updates on Supporting the Design of China National ETS

HUANG Dafei, the World Bank Group

Research of MRV System in China Carbon Market

YU Jie, CQC China

11:30-12:40

Panel Discussion 2: Establish National Carbon Market with joint efforts

Chair: Tang Renhu, General Manager of Sino-Carbon Innovation & Investment

Co., Ltd.

Experience Sharing of Beijing Pilot ETS

ZHU Ge, President of China Beijing Environment Exchange

Experiences of Supporting ETS at Local Level

ZHANG Yunfeng, President of Qingdao Engineering Consulting Institute

Speed up Carbon Finance Innovation and Promote Low Carbon

Development

CHEN Zhixiang, President of China HuBei Emission Exchange

Strategy and Actions of CLP under the National Carbon Market

Gloria Kwan, Senior vice president, CLP Group

Experience Sharing for State Power Grid Companies participating in China

Carbon Market

QIAN Feng, President of Zhixin Carbon Asset, State Grid Corporation

of China

Carbon Asset Management Experience Sharing of Elion Resources Group

WANG Weikang, General Manager of China Elion Resources Group

China City Emission Peaking Actions

13:30-17:00, Friday, 11th November

The side event will invite international organizations and research institutions to introduce the

opportunities and challenges Chinese cities face in emission peaking, demonstrate the efforts in

promoting cities’ low-carbon development, share the experience of cities’ emission peaking, and

holds an in-depth discussion on the pathway of cities’ emission peaking and innovation. The event

is held by the Climate Department of China’s National Development and Reform Commission

(NDRC), co-sponsored by Tsinghua University, the State government of California, World Bank,

Asian Development Bank, Energy Foundation China and the International Council for Local

Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI), and co-organized by the Energy Research Institute of NDRC

and the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI).

13:30-13:40

Brief Introduction

Moderator: JIANG Zhaoli, Deputy Director General, Department of Climate

Change,National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)

13:40-14:00

Opening Remarks

Representative of National Development and Reform Commission

Laura Tuck , Vice President of World Bank

Ken Alex, Director and Senior Advisor, CaliforniaGovernor’s Office

Debra Kertzman, European Representative, Office of Asian Development

Bank

14:00-16:00

Keynote Speech

Make Joint Efforts to Support Low Carbon Cities’ Emission Peaking in

China

Laura Tuck , Vice President of World Bank

Ken Alex, Director and Senior Advisor, California Governor’s Office

Reshape China’s Energy and Promote Low-carbon Eevelopment

DAI Yande, Director-General of Energy Research Institute of NDRC

Opportunities and Challenges for Chinese Cities’ Emission Peaking

CHEN Wenying, Deputy Director of Institute of Energy, Environment and

Economy, Tsinghua University

Experience Introduction of Organization on Promoting Low Carbon

Cities’ Emission Peaking in China

GAO Xiang, Deputy director of Energy, Environment and Cliamte Change

of Energy Research Institute of NDRC

Plans and Pathways for Cities’ Emission Peaking

REN Zhengang, Qingdao Municipal Development and Reform Commission

International Experience Sharing of Low-carbon Cities

Ken Alex, Director of California Governor’s Office of Planning and

Research & Governor’s Senior Advisor

Representatives of the EU cities

16:00-16:40

Panel Discussion: Pathway, innovation and challenges of cities’ emission

peaking

WANG Xueman, Director of Low-carbon City Program of the World Bank

GAO Xiang, Deputy director of Energy, Environment and Cliamte Change

of Energy Research Institute of NDRC

HU Min, Program Director, Energy Foundation China

Libby Ferguson, States & Regions Director of the Climate Group

Maryke van Staden, Director of Low-carbon Program, ICLEI

16:40-17:00 Questions and Discussions

Green Technology Bank (GTB) Promoting Green Technology

Transfer in China

9:00-11:20, Saturday,12th November

The side event will introduce China’s ideas and practices of setting up the Green Technology Bank

on implementation of the 2030 Agenda. This event is to be organized and hosted by Ministry of

Science and Technology of China, Shanghai Municipal People's Government, United Nations

Environment Programme, the Asian Development Bank.

9:00-9:20

Opening Remarks

LIU Yanhua, Counselor, Counsellors’ Office of the State Council of the

People’s Republic of China

Representative of Chinese Government Delegation

9:20-9:40

Green Technology Bank(GTB) Promoting Green Technology Transfer in

China

WU Yuanbin, Department of Social Development, Ministry of Science and

Technology of China, Director General

9:40-10:00

Progress of Shanghai to Carry Out the Work of Green Technology

Bank(GTB)

YIN Bangqi, Shanghai Science & Technology Development and Exchange

Center, Director

10:00-10:20

Building Innovative Practice Region of Green Technology Transfer Based

on the Green Technology Bank (GTB)

YUAN Quan, Shanghai Hongkou District People's Government, Vice Mayor

10:20-10:40

The Practice of Technical Transformation in Experimentation Area of

Sustainable Development Chongming, Shanghai

ZHAO Jianfu, Tongji University, Former vice president of Tongji University /

Professor

10:40-11:00

South South Cooperation and Technology Transfer---The Practice of the

Asian Development Bank

LV Xuedu，the Asian Development Bank，general counsel

11:00-11:20

Green Technology Innovation Practice of UNEP

JIANG NANQING，Country Officer, United Nations Environment Programme

Climate Communication and Public Participation

14:00-16:30, Saturday, 12th November

The event will invite media, universities, research institutions and representatives of the

government to discuss how to take advantage of media, improve the effect of climate

communication and promote domestic work for responding to climate change. This event is to be

sponsored by the China News Agency, National Center for Climate Change Strategy and

International Cooperation and Renmin University of China.

Opening Remarks and Keynote Speeches

Moderator：YU Lan, Director, Department of Economics, China News Service

14:00-14:10

Opening Remarks

Director General, Climate Change Department, NDRC, China

Keynote Speech

14:10-15:30

Green Development and Climate Change Communication

ZHENG Baowei, professor, Renmin University of China

Beyond Paris: Raise Climate Leaders' Voices and Make Climate Solutions a

Reality

Kenneth Berlin，President & CEO of the Climate Reality Project

Climate Change Education Focuses on Basic Education for our Future

Fu Xiaojie, Principal of the High School Affiliated to Beijing International Studies

University

China Policy and Action in Tackling Climate Change

LIU Qiang, Director of Strategy and Planning Department, NCSC, China

The Exploration of Green Film and Television Communication

CHEN Suping, President, Shenzhen Handle Cultural Industry Investment

Corporation

The Climate Change Report after Paris Agreement

Ms. WANG Yanfei China daily reporter

Movie for Climate communication

Lucia Grenna, Head Manager of Connect4Climate Programme, World Bank

Social Media and Youth Network for Climate Campaigns

WANG Zekai, Secretary-General of Youthink Center

Panel Discussion

Moderator: ZHANG Zhiqiang, Deputy Director, Information and Training Department, NCSC

15:30-16:30

FU Jing, Deputy Head, the Reporter Station of China Daily in Europe

Sarrah Bel, Communication Head, UNDP

Ms. WANG Binbin, Senior Researcher of Research Center of International

Organization of Peking University

Mrs. LIU Xiaoting, CEO, Shenzhen Handle Cultural Industry

WANG Zekai, Youthink Center

High Level Forum of South-South Cooperation on

Climate Change

9:00 -17:40, Monday, 14th November

Co-hosted by China, the United Nations and Government of Morocco, the forum will be attended

by ministerial representatives from countries, senior representatives of international organizations,

and relevant senior experts. Participants will discuss enhancing South-South Cooperation on

climate change.

09:00-09:05 Brief Introduction

09:05-09:40

Opening Remarks and Keynote Speech

Moderator:

XIE Ji, Department of Climate Change, National Development and Reform Commission, China

Speakers:

XIE Zhenhua, Special Representative on Climate Change Affairs, China

Salaheddine Mezouar, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Morocco

David Nabarro, Special Advisor of the Secretary-General on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable

Development and Climate Change, UN

WU Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, UN

Erik Solheim, Executive Director, UNEP

Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC

Naoko Ishii, CEO and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility

Magdy Martinez Soliman, Assistant Administrator, UNDP (representing Ms. Helen Clark,

Administrator, UNDP)

09:40-11:10

Distinguished Dialogue1: Addressing Climate Change and Achieving Sustainable Development in

Developing Countries: The Role of South-South Cooperation

Moderator:

Jorge Chediek, Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General on South-South Cooperation, and

Director, United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation

Speakers:

1 Speaker list and speech order will be adjusted according to confirmation of participation

Shiferaw Teklemariam, Minister, Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Climate Change, Ethiopia

Amedi Camara, Minister, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Mauritania

Keita Aida Mbow, Minister, Ministry of the Environment, Mali

Ohn Win, Minister, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, Myanmar (tbc)

Edna Molewa, Minister, Ministry of Environmental Affairs, South Africa (tbc)

January Yusuf Makamba, Minister of State – Environment and Union Matters, Tanzania (tbc)

Khaled Mohamed Fahmy Abdel Aal, Minister, Ministry of the Environment, Egypt (tbc)

Oyunkhorol Dulamsuren, Minister, Ministry of the Environment and Tourism, Mongolia (tbc)

Rosalie Matondo, Minister, Ministry of Forestry Economy, Sustainable Development and Environment,

D.R. Congo (tbc)

Walter Francisco García Cedeño, Minister, Ministry of Environment, Ecuador (tbc)

Osea Naiqamu, Minister, Ministry of Fisheries and Forest, Fiji (tbc)

Jean Kapata, Minister, Ministry of Lands, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, Zambia

(tbc)

Bishwa Nath Oli, Secretary of Minister of Population and Environment, Nepal

Wills Agricole, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change, Seychelles

Majid Shafiepour Motlagh, Special Assistant to the Head of Department and Chief of Center for

International Affairs and Conventions, Department of Environment, Iran

11:10-11:30 Tea Break

11:30-13:00

Keynote Session: Pragmatic South-South Cooperation to Build the Capacity of Developing

Countries

Moderator:

Donald Cooper, Mitigation, Data and Analysis (MDA) Program Coordinator, UNFCCC Secretariat

Special Presentation:

Claudio Forner, UNFCCC Secretariat, and

ZHANG Xiaohua, Senior Policy Advisor, UNEOSG

Panelists:

LIU Yong, Chief Economist, National Development Bank, China

Hussein Alfa Nafo, Special Adviser and Ambassador for Climate Change. Environment and Sustainable

Development Agency, Mali

Senior representatives from developing countries (tbc, pending on confirmation of Distinguished

Dialogue)

Vicente Yu, Deputy Executive Director, South Center

Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, Leader of Global Climate and Energy Practice, WWF

(former Environmental Minister of Peru, COP20 President)

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:00

Panel Discussion: South-South Cooperation and Financing for Climate and Sustainable

Development

Moderator:

Meena Raman, Legal Advisor, Third World Network

Panelists:

Nizar Baraka, President of the Moroccan Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE), and

President of the Scientific Committee of COP 22

ZHANG Yucheng, Department of Climate Change, National Development and Reform Commission,

China

Tosi Mpanu Mpanu, Deputy Coordinator of the National Designated Authority for the Green Climate

Fund, D. R. Congo

Preety Bhandari, Director, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management Division, ADB

Dechen Tsering, Finance, Technology & Capacity-building (FTC) Program Coordinator, UNFCCC

Amal-Lee Amin, Chief, Climate Change and Sustainability Division, Inter-American Development

Bank

Sze Ping Lo, CEO, WWF China

15:00-15:10 Short Break

15:10-16:10

Panel Discussion: South-South Cooperation on Technology and Capacity Building

Moderator:

Pradeep Kurukulasuriya, Head of Climate Change Adaptation Programming, UNDP

Panelists:

Youba Sokona, Honorary Professor, Head of AREI Delivery Unit

Jukka Uosukainen, Director, Climate Technology Center & Network

Agi Veres, China Country Director, UNDP

SHI Dinghuan, director-general, Chinese Renewable Energy Society, China

LIU Jian, Director, UNEP International Ecosystem Management Partnership (tbc)

XV Meng, Director, Department of International Business, China Academy of Space Technology

Ambuj Sagar, Vipula and Mahesh Chaturvedi Professor of Policy Studies, Indian Institute of

Technology

16:10-16:20 Short Break

16:20-17:20

Panel Discussion: Multi-stakeholder Participation and Partnerships for global South

Moderator:

Sipho Mthathi, Executive Director, Oxfam South Africa

Panelists:

HE Qiaonv, Chairman of Beijing Qiaonv Foundation (tbc)

Andrew Steer, President and CEO, World Resource Institute (tbc)

QIAN Xiaohua, Chairman of Board of Management, SEE Conservation

JIN Jiaman, Global Environment Institute (GEI), China

Anand Patwardhan, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland (tbc)

Ladislau Martin Neto, Director of Research and Development, EMBRAPA (Brazilian Agriculture

Research Corporation), Brazil

Arunabha Ghosh, CEO of the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), India

17:20-17:30

Concluding remarks

Speakers:

Jorge Chediek, Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General on South-South Cooperation, and

Director, United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation

Halldor Thorgeirsson, Head of Climate Change Support Team, Executive Office of the

Secretary-General, the United Nations

XIE Ji, Department of Climate Change, National Development and Reform Commission, China

Situation and Countermeasures to Address Climate Change &

Green Low-carbon Economic Transition in the New Normal

18:00-20:00, Monday, 14th November

The event will invite the representatives from Counsellors' Office of the State Council, Tsinghua

University, Energy research institute, University of California, Berkeley, the World Resource

Institute along with relevant domestic & overseas universities and scientific research institutions

to discuss situation and countermeasures to address climate change and green low-carbon

economic transition in the New Normal. This event is organized and hosted by the Counsellors'

Office of the State Council and Tsinghua University.

18:00-18:10

Opening remarks

Moderator: SUN Weijia, Director-General of the Department of International

Exchanges and Cooperation of the Counsellors' Office of the State Council

WANG Hong, Vice Chairperson of the Counsellors' Office of the State Council

Representative from Department of Climate Change, the National Development

and Reform Commission (TBC)

18:10-18:55

Keynote Speech

Moderator: SUN Weijia, Director-General of the Department of International

Exchanges and Cooperation of the Counsellors' Office of the State Council

Chinese Green Development and Scientific & Technological Innovation

LIU Yanhua, Counsellor of the State Council

China’s Low-carbon Transition Situation and Policy in the New Normal

ZHOU Dadi, Counsellor of the State Council, Vice president of China Energy

Research Society

China’s Energy Situation in the New Normal

ZHANG Hongtao, Counsellor of the State Council

18:55-19:10 Q&A

19:10-19:40

Discussion

Moderator: LI Junfeng, Director of National Center of Climate Change Strategy

and international Cooperation (NCSC)

Lynn Price, Director of the Energy and Climate Institute, University of

California, Berkeley

Andrew Steer, President of the World Resource Institute (WRI)

CHEN Wenying, Deputy Director of the Institute of Energy, Environment and

Economy, Tsinghua University

CHAO Qingchen, Deputy Director of National Climate Center (NCC)

ZHU Liyang, Director of the Resource and Environment Business Department,

China International Engineering Consulting Corporation (CIECC)

DONG Wenjie, Dean of School of Atmospheric Aciences of Sun Yat-Sen

University

19:40-19:55 Q&A

19:55-20:00

Concluding Remarks

SUN Weijia, Director-General of the Department of International Exchanges

and Cooperation of the Counsellors' Office of the State Council

The NDC Implementation and Experience Sharing

9:00-10:30, Tuesday, 15th November

This event will invite government officials and experts to elaborate the implementation plan of

China’s National Determined Contributions (NDC) and to discuss the implementation of East Asia

countries’ NDCs in post Paris Agreement era. Topics include but not limited to outlook of East

Asia low carbon development collaboration, low carbon infrastructure investment in Asia, best

practices in low carbon pilot programs in East Asia, and market and non-market mechanisms in

East Asia to foster climate change mitigation. This event is hosted by the Climate Change

Department of National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and National Center for

Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation (NCSC), and co-organized by Global

Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).

09:00-09:05

Welcome and Brief Introduction

XIE Ji, Department of Climate Change, National Development and Reform

Commission (NDRC), PRC

09:05-09:20

Opening Remarks

XIE Zhenhua, China Special Representative on Climate Change

Cho KyeungKyu, Minister, Ministry of Environment, Korea

Koichi Yamamoto, Minister, Ministry of the Environment, Japan

Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and the 10th

Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Keynote Speeches

Moderator：Frank Rijsberman, Director-General, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)

09:20--10:20

China’s NDC Implementation and the 13th Five-Year Plan

Department of Climate Change, National Development and Reform Commission

(NDRC), PRC

The NDC Implementation and Regional Climate Change Cooperation in East

Asia

LI Junfeng, Director-General, National Center for Climate Change Strategy and

International Cooperation

The NDC Implementation, Knowledge Sharing and Research Collaboration

Sang-Hyup Kim, Former Senior Secretary to President on Green Growth, Office of the

President, Korea

The NDC Implementation and Low Carbon Infrastructure Investment

Scott Vaughan, President and Chief Executive Officer, International Institute for

Sustainable Development (IISD)

The NDC Implementation and the Best Practices in Low Carbon Pilot Projects

Hironori Hamanaka, Chair of the Board of the Directors, Institute for Global

Environmental Strategies (IGES)

City of Qingdao: Outlook of Low Carbon Development

REN Zhengang, Director of the Blue-Economy Office, Qingdao NDRC

10:20-10:30

Wrap-up and Closing

Chanho Park, Director of GGGI Abu Dhabi Office

TIAN Chengchuan, Director, Division of Strategic Research and Planning, Department

of Climate Change, NDRC, PRC

China’s Low-carbon Development Strategy

10:30-12:30, Tuesday, 15th November

This event will invite leading energy and climate experts from China and international institutes to

attend this side event. They will present key researches under the National Key Program of

Low-carbon Development Strategy of China led by NDRC and have an in-depth discuss on China

and international experiences and lessons in the low-carbon development, with a purpose to

provide suggestions on how to promote the low-carbon transition of China’s economy and society

in the long run. The Climate Change Department at the National Development and Reform

Commission (NDRC) jointly organizes this side event with the National Center for Climate

Change Strategy and International Cooperation (NCSC), with the support of the Chinese Academy

of Science’s Institutes of Science and Development.

Keynote Speeche

Moderator: LI Junfeng, Director General of NCSC

10:30-12:05

Introduction of China’s Low-carbon Development Strategy Program

Climate Change Department, NDRC, China

China’s Green Transition and Development: Theory and Practice

Wang Yi, Member of the Standing Committee of the National People’s

Congress of China, Vice President and Professor of the Chinese Academy of

Science’s Institutes of Science and Development

China Energy Low-carbon Development Strategy

Liu Qiang, Director of Strategy and Planning Department, NCSC

Toward Low-carbon Development in China: Finding from TIMES Model

Chen Wenying, Professor, Tsinghua University

Low-carbon Development Strategy of Forestry Eco-city: Yichun Case

Wei Yiming, Professor, Beijing Institute of Technology

Panel Discussion

Moderator: LI Junfeng, Director General of NCSC

12:05-12:30

Zhou Dadi, Former DG of Energy Research Institute, Deputy Chairman of

China Energy Research Society

Tian Chengchuan, Director, Climate Change Department, NDRC, China

Shamshad Akhtar, UN Under-Secretary General and UNESCAP Executive

Secretary

Rick Duke, Special Assistant to the President for Energy & Climate, US

Thomas Spencer, Energy and Climate Program Director, IDDRI, France

China Climate Finance Forum-Promoting Climate Financing

for Low Carbon Development and Climate Resilient Society

13:00-15:30,Tuesday, 15th November

The event will invite government officers, financial representatives and relative experts to discuss

about policies, practice and the future of China climate change finance.The event is co-organized

by Climate Change Department of NDRC, WWF and UNEP.

Facilitator: LI Junfeng, Director General, National Centre for Climate Change Strategy and

International Cooperation (NCSC)

13:00–13:10

Opening Speech

XIE Zhenhua, Special Representative for Climate Change of China

Erik Solheim, Under Secretary General of the United Nations, Executive Director of the

United Nations Environment Programme

Keynote Speech

13:10–14:30

Climate Financing for China’s Low Carbon Development Targets

LI Gao , Deputy Director General, Climate Change Department (NDRC)

Recommendation to Chinese Climate Finance Strategy through ADB’s Perspective

Ayumi Konishi , Director General, East Asia Regional Department, Asian Development

Bank

China’s Green Finance System and Climate Financing Innovation

MA Jun (Chief Economist, Research Department, the People’s Bank of China

The Role of Development Banks in Global Climate Financing – from World

Bank’s experience

John Roome, Senior Director of Climate Change, World Bank

Development Finance Facilitating Sustainable Growth

LIU Yong, Chief Economist and Director General of Research Department, China

Development Bank

IFC Climate Finance Initiative and CHUEE Programme in China

Peer Stein, Adviser and Global Head of Climate Finance, International Finance

Corporation)

Climate Financing and Global Climate Change 2 Degree Goal

Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, WWF Global Climate and Energy Practice Leader, former

Minister of State for Environment of Peru

Green Credit Policy and Climate Financing Practice in China

LI Xiaowen (Director of Industrial Financial Policy, Policy Research Department,

China Banking Regulatory Commission)

Panel Discussion

14:30–15:30

Topic:How to initiate and innovate a green finance system and mechanism in

China in alignment with global effort to address climate change.

Facilitator:SUN Yiting, Director of Sustainable Finance Programme, WWF China

Panelist:

LI Junfeng, Director General, National Centre for Climate Change Strategy and

International Cooperation

SONG Yang, Deputy General Manager Level Senior Advisor, Risk Management

Department, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

Fiona Reynolds, Executive Director, United Nations Principles on Responsible

Investment

YANG Jing, Deputy General Manager of Investment and Corporate Banking

Department, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank

ZHANG Xiaohua, Senior Policy Advisor, Climate Change Support Group, Office of the

UN Secretary General

WANG Yao, Professor and Dean of International Institute of Green Finance, Central

University of Finance and Economics

AN Guojun, Deputy Secretary General, Green Finance Committee, China Society for

Finance and Banking

Chinese Energy Sector’s Role in Low Carbon Transition

15:30-17:30, Tuesday, 15th November

Leading energy and climate experts from China and international organizations such as the

International Energy Agency (IEA) are invited to speak at the side event. They will give

comprehensive review of Chinese and international actions on climate change and energy

transition, followed with an in-depth discussion on how to better promote the low carbon

transition and international energy cooperation, aiming to deliver plausible policy

recommendations for China’s low carbon energy transition. The Climate Change Department at

the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) jointly organizes this high level side

event with the International Energy Agency (IEA), and National Center for Climate Change

Strategy and International Cooperation (NCSC).

Opening Remark and Keynote Speech

Moderator: LIU Qiang, Director of Strategy and Planning Department, NCSC

15:30-15:50

Opening Remarks

LI Gao, Deputy Director General of Climate Change Department, NDRC

Paul Simons, Deputy Executive Director, IEA

15:50-16:50

Outlook of Energy Low-carbon Transition in China

LI Junfeng, Director General of NCSC

Importance of Energy Efficiency and its Implications for China’s Climate

Policy

Melanie Slade, Senior Program Manager, Energy Efficiency Division, IEA

Renewable Energy Development and Outlook in China

SHI Dinghuan, Counselor, Counsellor’s office of the State Council

Global Renewable Market Outlook and its Implications for China’s

Climate Policy

Cedric Philibert, Senior Analyst, Renewable Energy Division, IEA

Panel Discussion

Moderator: Kevin TU, China Programme Manager, IEA

16:50-17:30

GAO Jifan, Board Chairman of China Photovoltaic Industry Association and

President of Trina Solar Company

KANG Yanbing, Director of Sustainable Development Center, ERI

TANG Wenqian, General Manager of GCL North Investment Co., Ltd

David Turk, head of Energy and Environment Division, IEA (TBC)

Timur Gül, Senior Energy Analyst, Energy Demand Outlook Division, IEA

Richard Bridle, Project Researcher, IISD

Path to New-type Urbanization and New-type Industrialization-Progress

of China’s Low Carbon New District (Town) Pilot, Low Carbon Industrial

Park Pilot and Low Carbon Community Pilot

9:00-13:00, Wednesday,16th November

The event will introduce the background, progress and achievements of China’s Low Carbon New

District (Town) Pilot, Low Carbon Industrial Park Pilot, and Low Carbon Community Pilot, and

carry out in-depth discussion around next-stage ambitious working plan. This event is hosted by

Climate Change Department of NDRC and Energy Research Institute of NDRC, and co-organized

by Energy Foundation and China Low Carbon Alliance.

09:00-09:05

Brief Introduction

TIAN Chengchuan, Division Chief, Department of Climate Change,

National Development and Reform Commission, PRC

09:05-09:10

Opening Remark

XIE Zhenhua, China Special Envoy on Climate Change

09:10-09:20

Remarks by Honored Gusets

Matt Rodriquez, Secretary, California Environmental Protection Agency

Paul Simons, Deputy Executive Director, International Energy Agency

Part One - Keynote Speech: China’s Actions

Host：KANG Yanbing

09:20-10:15

Background and progress introduction of China’s three kinds of low

carbon pilot

TIAN Chengchuan, Division Chief, Department of Climate Change,

National Development and Reform Commission, PRC

The construction progress of Qingdao Sino-German Ecopark

REN Zhengang, Vice Chairman, Qingdao Development and Reform

Commission

The construction progress of Shenzhen International Low Carbon

City

WANG Dong, President, Shenzhen International Academy of Low

Carbon Development

Promote industrial park low carbon transition from selected key

points in China

HE Ping, Industry Program Director, Energy Foundation

Practice and exploration of low carbon community pilot in China

LI Wei, General Manager, Wisdom Consult

10:15-10:30 Tea Break

Part Two - Keynote Speech: International Experience

Host：KANG Yanbing

10:30-11:00

People Oriented: to create low-carbon life and production space

Ola Gustafsson, Associate, Gehl Architects

Low carbon town construction experiences: Case Study（15mins）

Mitali Ganguly, Associate, Calthrope Associates

Part Three - Panel Discussion

Host：DAI Yande

11:00-11:50

Topics: Meanings to explore pattern innovation of new urbanization

and new industrialization by carrying out low carbon pilots! How to

build international “Benchmarks” based on China’s low carbon

pilots?

DAI Fan, Climate Change Adviser, California Environmental Protection

Agency

WEI Yiming, Dean, School of Management and Economics, Beijing

Institute of Technology

LIU Wen, Deputy Inspector, Qingdao Sino-German Ecopark

Administrative Committee

ZHU Liyang, Department Head, China International Engineering

Consulting Corporation

Mohamed Aadi, Development Manager Africa, JinkoSolar Co., Ltd

ZHANG Lingge, Project Manager, Environmental Defense Fund

11:50-12:00

Concluding Remarks

DAI Yande, Director-General, Energy Research Institute, National

Development and Reform Commission, PRC

Department of Climate Change, National Development and Reform

Commission, PRC

12:00-13:00 Lunch Break

NCSC THINK TANK SIDE EVENT

Implementing the Paris Agreement: Challenges and Opportunities

13:00-15:00, Wednesday, 16th November

This event will invite world leaders and leading experts on climate change to

exchange views on the implementation of the Paris Agreement. Topics include but not

limited to challenges and opportunities in implementing the Paris Agreement, outlook

on global climate change governance, and the implication of the Paris Agreement on

low carbon development in key sectors. This event is hosted by the National Center

for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation (NCSC).

13:00-13:05

Welcome

LI Junfeng, Director-General, National Center for Climate Change

Strategy and International Cooperation (NCSC), China

13:05-13:15 Opening Remark

XIE Zhenhua, China Special Representative on Climate Change

Keynote Speeches

Moderator: CHAI Qimin, Director, International Cooperation Department, NCSC

13:15-14:35

Implementing the Paris Agreement: Challenges and Opportunities

LIU Yanhua, Director, China National Expert Committee on Climate

Change

Outlook on Global Climate Governance

Nicholas Stern, Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate

Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political

Science

Implementing the NDC: Challenges and Opportunities

LI Junfeng, Director-General, National Center for Climate Change

Strategy and International Cooperation (NCSC), China

The Paris Agreement and Beyond: International Climate Change

Policy post-2020

Robert N. Stavins, Professor, Director of the Harvard Project on Climate

Agreements, Harvard University

Implementing Paris Agreement: Low Carbon Energy Transition

ZHOU Dadi, Vice President, China Energy Research Society

Implementing the Paris Agreement: Sustainable Low-Carbon Cities

Andrew Steer, President and CEO, World Resources Institute (WRI)

Implementing the Paris Agreement: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable

Development

YU Hongyuan, Director, Institute of Comparative Politics and Public

Policy, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS)

Implementing the Paris Agreement:Pathways to Deep

Decarbonization

Teresa Ribera, Director, the Institute for Sustainable Development and

International Relations (IDDRI)

14:35-14:55 Q&A

14:55-15:00 Wrap-up and Closing

LI Junfeng, Director-General, NCSC

Bamboo for Climate Change Action

16:00-18:30, Wednesday, 16th November

The event will invite several ministers of INBAR Member States and senior

representatives form international organizations to share and discuss the mechanism

and role of bamboo in helping developing countries achieve National Determined

Contributions (NDCs) and realize sustainable green development goals, to promote

the mechanism of South-South and Trilateral Collaboration on bamboo development

for climate change action, and to launch the ministerial statement of Bamboo as a

Unique Vehicle for South-South and Trilateral Collaboration. This event is

co-organized and hosted by the National Development and Research Commission

(NDRC), State Forestry Administration (SFA) and International Network for Bamboo

and Rattan(INBAR)

16:00-16:05 Introduction to VIP Participants

Moderator: LI Zhiyong, Deputy Director General, International

Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR)

16:05-16:35 Key Reports

China’s Forestry Strategies and Actions to Address Climate

Change

Representative of State Forestry Administration of China (SFA)

(TBC)

Bamboo and Rattan’s Contribution to the Paris Agreement on

Climate Change

Dr. Hans Friederich, Director General, INBAR

16:35-16:40 Launching Ministerial Statement of Bamboo as a Unique Vehicle

for South-South and Trilateral Collaboration

By Amina Mohammed, Minister of Environment, Nigeria;

16:40-17:05

(5 min each)

INBAR Member State Minister Remarks on Bamboos’ Role in

NDCs

Shiferaw Teklemariam, Minister of Environment, Forest, and

Climate Change, Ethiopia

Johanita Ndahimananjara, Minister of Environment, Ecology, Sea,

and Forests, Madagascar

Anil Madhav Dave, Minister of Environment, Forest, and Climate

Change, India (TBC)

Siti Nurbaya Bakar, Minister of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia

(TBC)

U Ohn Winn, Union Minister of Natural Resources and

Environmental Conservation, Myanmar (TBC)

Walter Garcia Cedeno, Minister of Environment, Ecuador (TBC)

Elsa Galarza, Minister of Environment, Peru; (TBC)

Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change,

Canada (TBC)

Sharon Dijksma, Minister for Environment, Netherlands (TBC)

(we are aiming for 4-5 ministers)

17:05-17:10 IFAD Remarks on South-South Cooperation

By Kanayo F. Nwanze, IFAD President

17:10-17:15 UNDP Remarks on South-South Cooperation and Partnership

with INBAR

Jorge Chediek, Director, UN Office for South-South Cooperation

17:15-17:20 Introduction to 2017 Global Bamboo and Rattan Congress and

South-South / Trilateral Strategy

By Dr. Hans Friederich, Director General of INBAR

17:20-17:30 Question and Answer Session and Closing

17:30-18:30 Cocktails

Enterprise Day

Top-down Approaches to Sustainable Urbanization

9:00-16:00, Thursday, 17th November

09:00-09:10 Brief introduction

Moderator: FENG Nan, Director, Office of General Affairs, China Wanke

09:10-10:00

Opening Speech

XIE Zhenhua, Special Envoy of MOF

Albert Arnold Gore, Originator of The climate reality project & Nobel Peace Prize

winner

Manuel Pulgar Vida, the former Minister of Environment for Peru and the President

of UN Climate COP 20

Andrew Steer, President and CEO of the World Resources Institute

WANG Shi, Founder and Chairman of China Vanke

10:00-12:00

Launching the Publication of the Project： Green Development of Enterprises

and Green Supply Chain of Real Estate Industry

TONG Shumeng, Vice-chairman of SEE Conservation

Keynote Speech

Lauching the report of the project on Green supply chain:

• The origin and action mechanism of green supply chain

• Emission reduction potential of green supply chain

• Case Sharing

Appeal on Supply chain reduction action

Enterprise representatives participate in the green supply chain action

Panel discussion

12:00-14:00

Break & Video Show

Climate Solver： Enterprise Innovative Climate Solutions

Publicity film：Climate change and low-carbon lifestyle

14:00-16:00 bottom-up “2 degrees” Goal and Actions：Enterprises and cities

LU Lunyan, WWF China

Opening

Keynote Speech：

Panel Discussion：Enterprises and cities promote the Emission reduction

actions from bottom to up

Publicity film: Climate Change

Conversation：Africa-China actions and practices on Climate Change

Practice sharing：Enterprise promote responsible purchasing and sustainable

supply chain Appeal on SEE enterprises join the Global Science-Based Target

Concluding remarks

China’s Youth Side Event: Gather Youth Strengths and Tell

Chinese Youth Stories

16:30-19:15, Thursday, 17th November

The event will discuss about the role of youth have been playing in the process of

addressing climate change and implementing Paris Agreement. Youth representatives

of international organizations from the continents and regions of Europe, America and

Africa will be invited to share their experiences in mobilizing young people to

participate in the action against climate change, while exploring potential cooperation

opportunity in the future. Meanwhile, Chinese youth delegate will present the climate

actions Chinese youths have taken and the results achieved accordingly. This event is

jointly organized by Center for Environmental Education and Communications of

Ministry of Environmental Protection (CEEC of MEP) and China Youth Climate

Action Network (CYCAN)

16:30-16:35 Brief Introduction

Moderator: LIU Jingyi, CYCAN-COP22 Chinese Youth Delegate

16:35-17:25

Opening Remarks

UNFCCC Seretariat （TBC）

National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International

Cooperation（NCSC）（TBC）

JIA Feng,Director, Center Environmental Education and

Communications of Ministry of Environmental Protection (CEEC)

Tim Damon, YOUNGO Global Focal Point

WANG Xiangyi Wang, China Civil Climate Action Network

17:25-19:10

Climate Action of Chinese Environmental Youth Ambassador

JIA Feng, Director of CEEC

Youth Power in Building Green Campus

LI Kongrui, CYCAN Project Officer

Chinese Youth Dealing with Climate Change via Green Films

LIU Xiaoting,Innovative Research Institute of Science

Popularization, Shenzhen

European Youth Dealing with Climate Change

Yann, Secretary General, CliMates

African Youth’s Action in Climate Change

Jean Paul Brice Affana, Founder of AVD

Australian Youth Action in Fighting against Climate Change

AYCC

American Youth Climate Action

Natalie Lucas, President, CAC

19:10-19:15 Closing Remark