Canadian Cleantech Seminar Program,

Energy Efficiency Exporters Alliance sponsored by the EDC. Jeff Culp here promotes the progress of Net Zero Energy Housing project (NZEH) in Mexico.

Nova Scotia Clean Technologies:
1)Enabling Transformation to Low Carbon Economy
2)LED Roadway Lights
3)Tidal Power

Fiesta Americana Coral Beach Hotel ,Cancun,Coral Gallery B room Dec.8th,2010
(9:30am-11:30am)

Oil Reps:Courtesy of Alberta Gov't.-Dec.8th,2010

David Hone: Senior Climate Change Adviser, Shell International
Paul Jefferiss :Head for Energy, Climate and Environment, BP
Dr. Eugenio Laris: Project Director, Federal Electricity Commission (Comisión Federal de Electricidad, CFE), Mexico
Bob Pegler: Senior Vice President Europe Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute
Rob Renner: Minister of Environment of Alberta, Canada


From left to right: BP rep;..Alberta Environment Minister-Rob Renner;...Shell Rep. at the Cora Beach Hotel meeting room. Not very well attended. Strong presence of Alberta every which way.
Edmonton... Environment Minister Rob Renner travelled to Cancun, Mexico to represent Alberta’s interests and priorities for a global greenhouse gas reduction framework at the United Nation’s 16th annual climate change conference (COP16) from December 6 to 10.

“The world must find solutions to the challenge of meeting a growing global energy demand, retaining economic growth and reducing emissions,” said Renner. “While climate change is the focus in Cancun, others will want to hear about the environmental performance of our oil sands. I will take this opportunity to talk about Alberta’s successes, challenges and the importance of our energy resource to all Canadians. We have a record to be proud of and an important story to tell.”
As a part of the Canadian delegation at COP16, Alberta will continue to put forward priorities for an international agreement that is fair, achievable and transparent. From the province’s perspective, an agreement must include all emitters and have the right focus on technology development and deployment, while creating confidence that the world can reduce emissions and have strong economies.

Renner will also meet with other jurisdictions to discuss Alberta’s:

$2-billion investment in carbon capture and storage;
experience operating North America’s only emission reduction program;
mandatory targets for all large emitters;
regulated offset market;
price on carbon; and
clean energy technology fund, which has already collected $187 million.
The estimated cost for Renner and his Executive Assistant to attend for five days is $4,500.

Room Coral Kingdom 2 of Coral Beach

Rishchynski:Ambassador to Mexico

Guillermo E. Rishchynski was appointed as Canada’s Ambassador to the United Mexican States in September 2007.
The Ambassador was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1953 and was raised in Panama and the United States before returning to Canada to complete university studies at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, where he obtained an Honours B.A. in Political Science in 1975. He has also undertaken Graduate Studies at the Norman Patterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa. He speaks English, Spanish, French and Portuguese fluently, and has participated as a speaker and panellist at numerous international conferences and fora.

Ambassador Rishchynski is married to Jeannette Portillo Tinoco, and they have two children: Giselle Marie and Anthony Joseph

4_November 2010: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has launched a new website highlighting agriculture practices that reduce farmers' vulnerability to climate impacts and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, sequester carbon, and improve farm yields and household incomes. continued... <https://lists.iisd.ca/t/1067417/260304/2192/0/>
 
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26_October 2010: The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has released a Technical Paper titled "Review of ecolabelling schemes for fish and fishery products from capture fisheries," which summarizes the standards, requirements and practices for well-managed fisheries. continued... <https://lists.iisd.ca/t/1067417/260304/2191/0/>
 

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SIANI:Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative

There is currently no provision for soil carbon sequestration within the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and overall there are very few financing mechanisms that support agricultural mitigation.

Panel:
Mr Peter Holmgren, Director Environment, Climate Change and Bioenergy at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome

Dr Ademola Braimoh, Senior Natural Resources Management Specialist, Agriculture and Rural Development Department (ARD) at the World Bank, Washington

Dr Joan Kagwanja, Policy Officer at the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Nairobi

Mr Juan Hoffmaister, Negotiator for Bolivia on Agriculture and Researcher at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Stockholm

Mr Amos Wekesa, Environment and Climate Change Advisor to the Vi-Agroforestry program of the Swedish Cooperative Centre (SCC), Kenya

Ms Shefali Sharma, Senior Program Officer of Trade and Global Governance at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), Minneapolis

This event was organised and moderated by the Swede Melinda Fones- herself a farmer-
(P.S. She did NOT look too happy- maybe due to the vast expense-maybe due to lack of interest..But I am very grateful that she allowed me to attend- Imagine Bio-char??!!)

A Hotel

An Edmonton Couple, who run the Captain Hook Tourist Business down the road, explained to me the Restoration of the beach- which had been devastated by Hurricane Juan, a few years ago; And that a Norwegian business had dug up sand and rebuilt the beach P , which is now the Jewel of the Caribbean. Ingenuity, Money and Norwegian know how! Interesting!

Biodiversity Sub-plenary Session: Forest Day

5 December 2010, Cancun Center, Conventions and Exhibitions, Boulevard Kukulcan, Cancún

The aim of this session at Forest Day 4 is to bring together a group of key experts and decision makers to identify and promote
synergies between efforts to safeguard biodiversity, tackle climate change, and implement sustainable forest management.
We will discuss achievements of the International Year of Biodiversity, and identify further opportunities for synergies in policy
and practice during the International Year of Forests in 2011 and towards Rio+20 in 2012.
Encouraging examples exist of the inclusion of biodiversity objectives in pilot and demonstration activities for Reducing
Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+), as well as in national climate change adaptation efforts.
The session will build on successful efforts at national level to conserve, restore and sustainably use forest biodiversity in
support of climate change mitigation and adaptation, and it will identify how the international policy framework could further
support such synergies.

A high level panel will address the following issues:
1. How are national governments mainstreaming biodiversity objectives into REDD+ pilot and demonstration activities?
2. How can countries harness the potential of forest biodiversity for climate change adaptation?
3. How can the international policy framework better support countries in their efforts to achieve biodiversity and climate
change synergies?
4. What opportunities for forest biodiversity lie ahead in the International Year of Forests 2011 and towards Rio +20 in 2012,
and how can we best use them?

Panelists:
• Maria Fernanda Espinosa, Minister of National Heritage, Ecuador (Very Good!!)
• Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action ( No Show)
• Jose Sarukhan, President, CONABIO, Mexico
• Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, TEBTEBBA (Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education)

Bus Hub at Cancun Messe

The transit Hub at Cancun Messe

The view outside my window

Bureaucrats Gone Wild in Cancun

by the Tea Party

Co-chair of IPCC: Climate policy distributes the world’s new wealth « Canadians for Action on Climate Change

Co-chair of IPCC: Climate policy distributes the world’s new wealth « Canadians for Action on Climate Change

Edenhofer, a German economist who is "co-chair of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Working Group III on Mitigation of Climate Change

"The climate summit in Cancun at the end of the month is not a climate conference, but one of the largest economic conferences since the Second World War."

"it’s a big mistake to discuss climate policy separately from the major themes of globalization."

"has almost nothing to do with environmental policy anymore, with problems such as deforestation or the ozone hole."

German to English translation | Original Speech Below

14 November 2010, NZZ am Sonntag
"Climate policy distributes the world’s new wealth

Climate change has to do with environmental protection, with little, says the economist Ottmar Edenhofer. The next world climate summit in Cancun is really a business summit during which concerns the distribution of resources.

Interview: Bernard Potter

COP16 | CMP6 :International Union of Architects (UIA)

COP16 CMP6 - Details - News
The leader of the International Union of Architects (UIA), Louise Cox, presented the "Notice of Cancun," after the demonstration in the town of Climate Change. Cox said it is necessary to work against climate change to keep our way of life and local heritage.

According to the document explains, the architectural design can’t be independent of its environment must be constructive and responsible to the environment.Buildings must have a strong foundation to nurture the welfare of its inhabitants, who are comfortable while sustainable and affordable for everyone.

The future vision of the architects needs to include an appreciation of the natural principles of environment, cultural heritage and use materials that are available in the region.

Through the "Notice of Cancun," the UIA want to disseminate and reinforce the strategy Architectural Design Manager launched during the COP15 in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December 2009. The members of this NGO are committed to building a sustainable world through design and ensure that architects take a responsible attitude.