Workshop on Financing Modalities of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)

Jakarta, Indonesia: 27-28 June 2005

Day 1 (Monday, 27 June 2005)


9:00	Registration



9:30	Opening Remarks by Organizer Mr. Sudariyono Deputy for Environmental Conservation Ministry of the Environment Indonesia Dr. Tae Yong JUNG Project Leader Climate Policy Project IGES Mr. Rae Kwon CHUNG Director Environment and Sustainable Development Division UNESCAP Dr. Myung-Kyoon LEE Climate Coordinator Senior Economist UNEP RISO Centre on Energy, Climate, and Sustainable Development (URC) Yohei OHMI Senior Representative Representative Office in Jakarta Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)



10:00 – 12:00	SESSION I : Introduction of workshop (Three 30-minute presentations and a 30-minute discussion.) Chair: Dr. Tae Yong Jung Project Leader Climate Policy Project IGES Presentations will be made by: Uni/CDM: Market Instrument-For Developing Country Participation to the Emission Reduction of GHGs Mr. Rae Kwon CHUNG Director Environment and Sustainable Development Division UNESCAP Overview and Lessons from URC CDM Capacity Building Initiatives Dr. Myung-Kyoon LEE Climate Coordinator Senior Economist UNEP-RISO Centre Financing CDM Project Activities in Asia Mr. Tomonori SUDO Senior Policy Researcher Climate Policy Project IGES and Ms. Yukimi SHIMURA Country Officer CDM Programme IGES



12:00 - 13:00	Lunch Break



13:00 – 15:00	SESSION II : Introduction of candidate/potential CDM projects (Five 15-minute presentations and a 45-minute discussion.) Chair: Dr. Myung-Kyoon LEE Climate Coordinator Senior Economist UNEP-RISØ Presentations will be made by: Introduction of Candidate/Potential CDM Projects in Indonesia Mr. Tony LIWANG Vice President SMART Research Institute and Mr. Jun ICHIHARA Country Officer CDM Programme IGES CDM Project Pipeline in Cambodia Mr. Ouk NAVANN Staff of Climate Change Office Ministry of Environment Cambodia Landfill Gas to Energy CDM Projects-Barriers & Solutions to Financing Mr. Pascual Beltran Business Manager Philippine Biosciences, Inc. Potential CDM Projects in Viet nam Mr. Hoang Manh Hoa Senior officer International Cooperation Department Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam Unilateral CDM Project-Project Developer's Perspective & Financial Structuring Mr. Chintan SHAH General Manager SenergyGlobal India



15:00 – 15:30	Break



15:30 – 17:30	Session III: Donor's perspectives on Financing CDM (Three 20-minute presentations and a 40-minute discussion.) Chair: Mr. Rae Kwon CHUNG Director Environment and Sustainable Development Division UNESCAP ADB’s Initiatives in GHG Mitigation and Carbon Financing [ PDF: 177kb \| 24 pages ] Mr. Toru KUBO CDM Specialist Asian Development Bank CDM: A Financier's Perspective and JBIC Operations Mr. Toshiro NISHIZAWA Deputy Director General International Finance Department I Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) General Outlines of Japan Carbon Finance, Ltd. Mr. Yoichiro MATSUSHITA Deal Manager Japan Carbon Finance Ltd.



17:30 – 18:00	Open Discussion for Day 1



18:30	Reception

Day 2 (Tuesday, 28 June 2005)


9:30 – 11:30	SESSION IV : Commercial Banks perspectives on Financing CDM (Four 20-minute presentations and a 40-minute discussion with a 10-minute break.) Chair: Mr. Tomonori SUDO Senior Policy Researcher Climate Policy Project IGES Mainstreaming CDM in Finance Mr. Rey Guarin Senior Assistant Vice President Climate Change Program & Special Projects The Development Bank of Philippines Challenges in Financing CDM Projects Mr. Masahiko Umezono General Manager Structured Finance Division Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Tokyo, Japan Financing Unilateral CDM Projects in India-The Next Challenge Mr. Mohanjit Singh Vice President Corporate Finance Yes Bank India CDM Financing: Explored Mr. N Yuvaraj Dinesh Babu Head Climate Change Asia Carbon International B.V.



11:30 – 13:00	Lunch Break



13:00 – 14:00	SESSION V : Host countries' policy on the CDM implementation (Five 10-minute presentations by each country representative.) Chair: Mr. Shinichi IIOKA Programme Manager CDM Programme IGES Indonesia The Philippines Cambodia Vietnam



14:00 – 16:20	Session IV: Roundtable Discussion Chair: Prof. Akio MORISHIMA President Chair of the Board of Directors IGES What are the three most important barriers for financing CDM projects in Asia? (Focus of the discussion preferably should be on CDM project financing rather than underlying finance) Project Developer's perspective Banking or financial institutions' perspective Host country financial institutions Annex I country financial institutions National Governments' perspective International development agencies' perspective What are the most effective countermeasures to overcome such barriers in current regime? International Organizations Regional bodies - ASEAN National governments - Annex I and Non-Annex I governments Local Governments Role of intermediaries, development agencies, etc. How can we restructure CDM in the Post-Kyoto regime? How can post-2012 regime be structured to reduce financial barriers for CDM? Financial structure set-up Legal framework - contractual agreements, etc. Policy options for unilateral/bilateral CDM



16:20 - 16:30	Closing Remarks by Organizer

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Workshop on Financing Modalities of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)

Day 1 (Monday, 27 June 2005)

Day 2 (Tuesday, 28 June 2005)