Thursday 5 June 2008

12:00 – 13:00

Arrival – Registration & Lunch
Welcome to Hafslund Manor: Christian Berg, President & Chief Executive Officer, Hafslund ASA

13:00 – 15:45

Plenary session: Setting the scene

Ricardo Lagos, Former President of Chile, UN Special Envoy on Climate Change, President of the Club of Madrid

Erik Solheim, Minister of Environment and Development, Norway

Göran Persson, Former Prime Minister of Sweden

Gro Harlem Brundtland, Former Prime Minister of Norway, UN Special Envoy on Climate Change, member of the Club of Madrid

Nicholas Stern, I. G. Patel Chair at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Former chief economist at the World Bank

Philippe Joubert, Executive Vice President Alstom

Frederic Hauge, President, The Bellona Foundation

Romina Picolotti, Secretary of Environment and Sustainable Development, Argentina

Moderator: Frances Cairncross, Rector, Exeter College, University of Oxford 

16:00 – 18:30

Working groups: An agenda for technology and finance to mitigate and adapt to climate change 

Working group 1

An international agreement for access to and financing of technologies for developing countries

What provisions should a post-2012 climate agreement include to ensure development of climate-friendly technology as well as its deployment? What relationship should such provisions have to an overall cap and trade agreement? How can incentives for innovation be combined with credible, inclusive access to new technology for less developed countries?

Working group 2

A major effort for climate-related technological development

What is needed to promote private, long-term investment in climate-related technology research, development and innovation? What forms of government/private partnerships have been shown to work, if any? For deployment and dissemination, is a combination of market support and CDM feasible? What are the principle obstacles to technology transfer and how can they be effectively surmounted?

Working group 3

What are the key technological challenges – and what is needed to overcome them?

Using low- or zero-carbon solutions for transport and power generation as examples, what is needed to acquire and implement them? Is higher government expenditure on long-term research, development and innovation a prerequisite? What other policies can pave the way for long-term development of new solutions?

Working group 4

Effectiveness of international climate funding

What lessons can be drawn from the development aid experience? What characterises efficient funding, and what is special about funding for climate technology? Is CDM effective, and how can it be improved? What would be crucial to make a Global Climate Fund work? Are there other models?

Working group 5

How to build the domestic coalitions needed for transformational politics and technological development? 

For industrialised countries, how can a deal be struck that aligns efforts for mitigation with interests of voters, workers and business? What are the domestic alliances that can make a zero-emission economy politically feasible?

20:00

Dinner

Friday 6 June 2008

Morning

Finalization of WG recommendations by each chair

Exhibits by Companies of Promising Technologies

10:00 – 12:30

Plenary Session

Presentation of session recommendations by WG rapporteurs

Discussion on the final statement:
Ricardo Lagos, Former President of Chile, UN Special Envoy on Climate Change, President of the Club of Madrid

Moderator:
Frances Cairncross