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!