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UNFCCC SB36 Side Event “Toward the Establishment the Bilateral Offset Credit Mechanism (BOCM) – Utilisation to Support the NAMA Implementation”(Organizer: MOEJ, GEC, IGES, and OECC)Bonn, Germany

UNFCCC SB36 Side Event "Toward the Establishment the Bilateral Offset Credit Mechanism (BOCM) – Utilisation to Support the NAMA Implementation"(Organizer: MOEJ, GEC, IGES, and OECC)Bonn, Germany

2012.05.17

UNFCCC SB36 Side Event

Toward the Establishment of the Bilateral Offset Credit Mechanism (BOCM) – Utilisation to Support the NAMA Implementation

Organisers:
The Ministry of the Environment Japan (MOEJ), the Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC), and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), and Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan (OECC)

MOEJ, GEC, IGES and OECC jointly organised a side event titled, “Toward the Establishment of the Bilateral Offset Credit Mechanism (BOCM) – Utilisation to Support the NAMA Implementation” at the 36th session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) of the UNFCCC in Bonn, Germany on 17th May 2012.

It is expected that each Party to the Convention strives to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in order to address climate change. In this respect, industrialising countries are in the process of establishing their own Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs), whereas Japan advocates for its Bilateral Offset Credit Mechanism (BOCM), which has the potential of decreasing GHG worldwide in an effective manner through Japan’s advanced green technology.

Against this background, this event featured the situation of NAMAs development in two of Japan’s partner countries: Mongolia and Laos and Japan’s efforts to support them. The latter specifically included information on Japan’s activities for the establishment of the BOCM (MOEJ), MRV verification and BOCM feasibility studies (GEC), capacity building for the development of MRV methodologies applicable to the BOCM (IGES), and the New Mechanisms Information Platform that disseminates information on these activities of Japan to push forward both NAMAs and the BOCM.

Time & Date

18:15 – 19:45, Thursday, 17th May 2012

Venue

Room METRO at Ministry of Transport (MoT), Bonn, Germany

Agenda

18:15-18:30	“Introduction of the Bilateral Offset Credit Mechanism (BOCM) and Capacity Building Activities for developing countries” Dr. Yuji Mizuno, Senior Planning Officer, Office of Market Mechanisms, Climate Change Policy Division, Global Environment Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ)
18:30-18:45	“Bilateral and International Cooperative Actions of Mongolia to Achieve its NAMAs” Dr. Dagvadorj Damdin, Special Envoy on Climate Change, and Chairman, Climate Change Coordination Office (CCCO), Ministry of Nature, Environment, and Tourism (MNET), Mongolia
18:45-19:00	“Lao Climate Change Strategy – Development of Lao NAMAs with Bilateral and International Cooperation” Mr. Imala Intaboualy, Department of Climate Change, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), Lao PDR
19:00-19:10	“New Programme to Create MRV Methodology applicable to BOCM Projects/Activities: Modelled MRV Demonstration Studies (DS) and BOCM Feasibility Studies (FS)” Mr. Tomoya Motoda, Deputy Director, Carbon Management Department, Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC)
19:10-19:20	“Capacity Building on development of MRV Methodologies for BOCM: In cases of Lao PDR and Mongolia” Dr. Yasushi Ninomiya, Director, Market Mechanism Group, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
19:20-19:30	“New Mechanism Information Platform: Dissemination of Information of NAMAs and BOCM-related Updates” Mr. Makoto Kato, Principal Researcher, Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan (OECC)
19:30-19:45	Discussion Session

MC: Mr. Kenji Shiraishi, Director, Project Division, GEC