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Time of Event
Day 1: 09:15-13:30 Tokyo time
Day 2: 09:50-18:00 Tokyo time
Day 3: 08:50-18:25 Tokyo time
Summary
The COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow sought to rally global efforts to reduce carbon emissions and achieve a 1.5 degree Celsius temperature drop needed to fight climate change. Correspondingly, governments and international financial institutions, such as the Asian Development Bank, are stepping up their climate commitments, but significant implementation challenges remain, particularly in fast-growing, highly climate-vulnerable developing countries in Asia and the Pacific.
The 2021 ADBI Annual Conference examined developing Asia and the Pacific's next steps for meeting more ambitious climate commitments after COP26. The conference featured insights from leading policy researchers on how developing countries and institutions in the region can advance climate mitigation and finance projects vital to realizing carbon neutrality and sustainable post-COVID-19 recovery.
The conference also discussed climate imperatives across key economic sectors, as well as carbon pricing and opportunities for greater regional cooperation to facilitate more impactful, economically viable climate measures.
Objectives
- Examine onward climate change mitigation and financing priorities in Asia and the Pacific
- Spotlight evidence-based policy strategies for advancing climate targets in the region and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals
Target Participants
- Policy makers and researchers from think tanks, universities, and international organizations, as well as media and interested members of the public
Output
- Enhanced understanding of climate change mitigation and green finance needs in Asia and the Pacific moving forward
- Identification of policy recommendations for boosting the region’s climate objectives
- Research papers featured during the proceedings will be considered for publication as ADBI working papers and inclusion in an edited book
Conference Presentations*
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Keynote: Mitigation Needs in Light of the Latest Climate Science |
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Session 1. Paper 1: Financing the Energy Transition in a Low-Cost Intermittent Renewables Environment |
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Session 1. Paper 1: Financing the Energy Transition in a Low-Cost Intermittent Renewables Environment |
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Session 1. Paper 2: Secure Energy Transition in the Power Sector with High Shares of Variable Renewables |
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Session 1. Paper 2: Secure Energy Transition in the Power Sector with High Shares of Variable Renewables |
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Session 2. Paper 1: Exploiting Complementarity of Carbon Pricing Instruments for Decarbonization in the People’s Republic of China |
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Session 2. Paper 1: Session 2. Paper 1: Exploiting Complementarity of Carbon Pricing Instruments for Decarbonization in the People’s Republic of China |
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Session 2. Paper 2: What role for carbon taxes and emissions trading in a portfolio of policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? |
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Session 2. Paper 2: What role for carbon taxes and emissions trading in a portfolio of policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? |
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Session 3. Paper 1: Future-Proofing Sustainable Cooling Demand |
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Session 3. Paper 1: Future-Proofing Sustainable Cooling Demand |
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Session 3. Paper 2: Financing Green Buildings: Barriers, Solutions, Policies |
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Session 3. Paper 2: Financing Green Buildings: Barriers, Solutions, Policies |
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Session 4. Paper 1: Contribution of Agriculture to Climate Change and Low-Emission Agricultural Development in Asia and Pacific |
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Session 4. Paper 1: Contribution of Agriculture to Climate Change and Low-Emission Agricultural Development in Asia and Pacific |
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Session 4. Paper 2: Best Bets for Achieving a Carbon-Neutral Global Food System |
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Session 4. Paper 2: Best Bets for Achieving a Carbon-Neutral Global Food System
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Session 4. Paper 3: Forest Management for Better Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Goals |
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Session 4. Paper 3: Forest Management for Better Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Goals |
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Session 5. Paper 1: TUMI Transport Outlook 1.5° – A Global Scenario to Decarbonize Transport |
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Session 5. Paper 1: TUMI Transport Outlook 1.5° – A Global Scenario to Decarbonize Transport |
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Session 5. Paper 2: Transport CO2 Mitigation Pathways and Public Acceptability |
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Session 5. Paper 2: Transport CO2 Mitigation Pathways and Public Acceptability |
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Session 5. Paper 3: Decarbonizing the Transport Sector through Electrification and Biofuel Use in Emerging Economies of Asia |
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Session 5. Paper 3: Decarbonizing the Transport Sector through Electrification and Biofuel Use in Emerging Economies of Asia |
*Disclaimer: The views expressed in these presentations are the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), its Board of Directors, or the governments they represent. ADBI does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in these presentations and accepts no responsibility for any consequences of their use. Terminology used may not necessarily be consistent with ADB official terms.