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16th Session of the Committee on Sustainable Energy
Geneva, 26-30 November 2007
PRESENTATIONS
28 November 29 November 30 November
29 NOVEMBER 2007
| SPECIAL SESSION: INVESTING IN AND FINANCING THE HYDROCARBON SECTOR TO ENHANCE GLOBAL ENERGY SECURITY (continued) |
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Title |
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Speaker |
Items 1 & 2 |
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Introduction, Adoption of Agenda and Election of Officers |
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George KOWALSKI, Director, Sustainable Energy Division |
Item 5 |
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Investment in Electricity in the UNECE Region and Conclusions of Forum on Fostering Investment in Cleaner Electricity Production From Fossil Fuels held on 27 November |
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Sead VILOGORAC, Former Secretary, Ad Hoc Group of Experts on Cleaner Electricity Production from Coal & Other Fossil Fuels |
Item 6 |
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Overview of the Fifteenth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-15), including UNECE input and cooperation with UNECE Committee on Environmental Policy |
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Chairman |
Item 11(a) part: Cooperation and Coordination with other Bodies: Sectoral Committees (ECE/ENERGY/2007/7) |
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Overview ofthe Sixth Ministerial Conference "Environment for Europe", Belgrade , 10-12 October 2007 , and Cooperation with UNECE Committee on Environmental Policy (ECE/ENERGY/2007/5, ECE/ENERGY/2007/6, and ECE/BELGRADE.CONF/2007/23) |
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Kaj BARLUND, Director, Environment, Housing and Land Management Division |
Item 11(b) part: Cooperation and Coordination with IGOs, NGOs and the business community |
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(i) International Atomic Energy Agency
Presentation Notes
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IAEA (Ferenc TOTH) |
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(ii) International Energy Agency |
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IEA (Ralph SIMS) |
Item 8 |
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UNECE Regional Advisory Services Programme in the Field of Energy during 2005-2007, including feedback from Committee on future activities to be undertaken by the Regional Advisory Programme in Energy (ECE/ENERGY/2007/3) |
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Evgeniy NADEZHDIN, Former Regional Adviser for Energy |
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Strengthening Cooperation for Rational and Efficient use of Water and Energy Resources in Central Asia-SPECA project realization problems |
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Georgy PETROV, National Coordinator of Tajikistan of the project "Water and Energy Resources in Central Asia" |
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Coal resources and prospects (Kyrgyzstan)
(presentations related to CAPACT Project) |
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MATEEV, Adviser to the Minister, Ministry of Energy and Industry, Kyrgyzstan |
Item 11: Cooperation and
Coordination with other Bodies
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Overview of the Global Energy Assessment (GEA) initiative of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) |
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Thomas JOHANSSON, Co-Chair, GEA Executive Committee and Professor of Energy Systems Analysis and Director, International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), University of Lund, Sweden
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Item 11(a) SPECIAL SESSION “BIOFUELS – A REALITY CHECK" |
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Session Chairman: Ron STEENBLIK, Research Director, Global Subsidies Initiative (a programme of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) |
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Panellists: |
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Lucas ASSUNCAO, Chief, Biodiversity and Climate Change Section, UNCTAD / The Biofuels Initiative of UNCTAD
The Emerging Biofuels Market: Trade and Development Implications |
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Boyan KAVALOV, Technical Project Officer, Joint Research Center (JRC) Institute for Energy, European Commission |
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Christopher PRINS, Chief, UNECE/FAO Timber Section, Trade and Timber Division, UNECE
The contribution of Wood to Biomass Energy |
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Ralph SIMS, Renewable Energy Unit, International Energy Agency
Biomass and Bioenergy Potentials |
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Item 11: Cooperation and Coordination with other Bodies continued
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Outcome of the Joint UNEP and UNECE Expert Meeting on Energy Subsidies, Geneva, 15-16 November and Cooperation with the Committee
on Environmental Policy on Reforming Energy Pricing and Subsidies |
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Fulai SHENG , Economics and Trade Branch, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, United Nations Environment Programme and Charlotte GRIFFITHS, Former Secretary,
Committee on Sustainable Energy |
Item 11: Cooperation and Coordination with other Bodies continued
(a) Sectoral Committees of
the Commission
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(i) Cooperation with the Timber Committee on Wood and Energy |
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Christopher PRINS |
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(ii) Cooperation with the Committee on Environmental Policy and the UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention) |
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Fiona MARSHALL, Aarhus Convention, UNECE Environment,
Housing and Land Management Division |
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(iii) Cooperation with the Committee on Environmental Policy on CSD-14 and CSD-15 and “Environment for Europe” Ministerial Conference, Belgrade,
10-12 October 2007 |
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Discussed under Agenda Item 6 |
(b) Other intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and the business community |
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i) World Energy Council |
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Slav SLAVOV, WEC |
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ii) Others |
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