Dialogue on Future International Actions to Address Global Climate Change (FAD)

CCAP proposes Dual Markets Approach to Reduce Carbon Emissions from Deforestation As an integral part of CCAP’s August 27-31 meeting with the UNFCCC in Vienna, Austria on Thursday, Aug. 30 CCAP President Ned Helme will unveil a new approach (read the final REDD report here) to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and degradation in developing countries (REDD) in a post-2012 international agreement. Developed through CCAP’s Future Actions Dialogue, the proposal encourages the growth of a carbon market for REDD that generates private-sector investments, while also minimizing risks to the existing carbon market. For further details on this innovative dual-markets approach, please access our press release, or view our commentary in Point Carbon's September issue of Carbon Market North America. Aug. 30, 2007 -- CCAP President Ned Helme unveils the Center’s Dual Markets Approach to reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation at a UN meeting in Vienna. Presentation At Informal Dialogue For Senior Climate Policymakers Ned Helme presented lessons from CCAP’s Future Actions Dialogue at the “Japan-Brazil Fifth Informal Meeting on Further Actions against Climate Change” in Tokyo, Japan on January 24 and 25. The President of CCAP summarized the “roadmap” and key principles for the post-2012 agreement and the CCAP Sectoral Approach. View the Presentation The Sectoral Approach A New Proposal for Stabilizing Global Emissions Post-2012 via Major Industry Sector Targets in Developed and Developing Countries The Sectoral Approach is a clearly defined, innovative and increasingly popular recommendation - among both developed and developing nations - for reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). The Approach, which emerged from Future Actions Dialogue, has already been praised and seriously considered by some of the world's largest emitters. The methodology includes: bottom-up benchmarks, key global industrial sectors, new technology financing and achieving a level playing field. View the final Working Paper View the Presentation View the Sectoral Pledge Approach (Executive Summary)

The Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP) is starting the fourth year of
a multi-year project to conduct a Dialogue on Future International Actions to Address Global Climate Change (also known as the
Future Actions Dialogue or FAD). Through a combination of analytical, policy development, and dialogue activities, the project seeks to identify, discuss, and consider options for future international actions to address climate change. The dialogue brings together senior climate negotiators from 15 developed and developing countries to informally, "off-the-record" dicuss critical elements of the "post-2012" international climate agreement.

To assist in developing the scenarios/packages for the post-2012 international agreement, the Dialogue includes six components: 

(1) a series of joint dialogue meetings among high-level negotiators from developed and developing country Parties and select company representatives (click here for results from past meetings);

(2) a series of dialogue meetings, back to back with joint dialogue meetings, for only developing country negotiators;

(3) in-depth analysis to identify, elaborate, and test options for designing climate change mitigation actions by industrialized and developing countries;

(4) working groups of interested Dialogue participants to explore issues in-depth in between meetings; and

(5) production of FAD working papers that present the comprehensive analytical findings and policy recommendations developed throughout the project (click here for final working papers).

(6) outreach to key policymakers to broaden the network of countries and individuals that understand and contribute to the design of post-2012 options.

Future Actions Dialogue Meetings:

Detailed information including discussion topics and presentations
from the past Future Actions Dialogue meetings is available in following pages.

• February 2008 FAD Meeting in Tokyo, Japan
• July 2007 FAD Meeting in London, England
• January 2007 FAD Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• April 2006 FAD Meeting in Paris, France
• October 2005 FAD Meeting in Lima, Peru
• April 2005 FAD Meeting in Oslo, Norway
• November 2004 FAD Meeting in Mexico City, Mexico
• May 2004 FAD Meeting in Sigtuna, Sweden
• October 2003 FAD Meeting in Jeju Island, Rep. of Korea
• May 2003 FAD Meeting in Scheveningen, the Netherlands
• October 2002 FAD Meeting in Brussels, Belgium
• May 2002 FAD Meeting in London, England

Project Papers:

• Dual Markets Approach to REDD This paper discusses a new market-based structure to incentivize reducing deforestation in developing countries
  
• Sector-Based Approach
  This paper discusses a proposal for establishing "no lose" targets for developing countries in the electricity and major industry sectors
• Establishing Greenhouse Gas Emission Caps for Multinational Corporations
  This paper explores a proposal to cap greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the developing country operations of MNCs headquartered in developed countries.
  
• Program of Activities as CDM Projects: Implications of the Montreal Decision This paper evaluates the issues and opportunities for the development of “Program of Activities CDM”
• Harnessing Financial Flows from Export Credit Agencies for Climate Protection
  This paper describes and develops several policy options that might be used to influence the decisions of ECAs.
  
• Alternative Tools for the Demonstration of Additionality: An Assessment of Proposals This paper discusses the new proposals for assessing additionality under the CDM

International Meetings and Workshops:

The ideas generated through the FAD process have been presented at a number of forums for high level climate negotiators (including the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties) with positive reception. More information and presentations are available on Presentations at International Meetings and Workshops.