Description:
The XXI Conference of the Parties (COP 21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be held in Paris from 30 November to 11 December 2015.

Aim of the conference is to deliver a new universal climate change agreement that keeps a global temperature rise under 2 degrees C.

Within this framework, FEEM will co-organize these side events:

• December  7, 2015 (13:00 – 14:15) session on “Financing Mitigation: How to Get to an Equitable Global Financing Regime?”  in collaboration with FERDI (Fondation pour les Etudes et Recherches sur le Développement International) and France Stratégie within the session “Climate Finance”
• December 8, 2015 (11:30 – 13:00) in Blu Zone – “Can National Policies and INDCs alone lead to a Workable and Effective Climate Regime?” Read more here in feem’s website

This side event examines how INDCs can be implemented after the Paris agreement.
It identifies a set of policies (with focus on carbon pricing) at the national and international level (including trade, technology, forestry and regional policies) to achieve INDCs. The event will be the occasion for the presentation of the volume “Toward a workable and Effective Climate Agreement” edited by Scott Barrett (Columbia University), Carlo Carraro (University of Venice and FEEM) and Jaime de Melo (FERDI). (Co-organized by FERDI, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and Climate Works Foundation in collaboration with FEEM)

• December 9, 2015 (10.30-12.00) in the Japanese Pavillon (Blu zone) it takes place the side-event: “Transparency, Policy Surveillance, and Levels of Effort”. This event is organized in collaboration with RFF e RITE. FEEM Speakers: Prof. Carlo Carraro and Prof. Massimo Tavoni.
• December 9, 2015 (11:30 – 13:30) –  “The IPCC at a Crossroads: Enhancing the Usefulness of IPCC to the UNFCCC Process” (Read more here)

The IPCC’s past success in synthesizing large volumes of research and communicating the results to policymakers does not guarantee future success. We discuss problems and challenges that the IPCC faces and address two questions: Is the IPCC doing the right things? Is the IPCC doing things right? (Co-organized by FEEM, PIK, Harvard University and Stanford University)

• December, 9, 2015 (15:00 – 16:30) – “Multi-Level Climate Governance: An Integrated Analysis of National, Regional and Local Policies” (Read more here)

This side event assesses the current framework of multi-level governance for climate change control, providing an integrated analysis of national, regional, and urban policies and commitments. By comparing INDCs according to different metrics, it provides an overview of their future implementation.
(Co-organised by FEEM, University Luigi Bocconi, Institute of Energy and Environment Economics and Policy (IEFE) and University of Edinburgh). FEEM Speakers: Prof. Carlo Carraro, Prof. Massimo Tavoni

Other events:

• December 10, (15.00 – 16.30) – Room 4:“Regions and Climate Change: a Major Challenge for local Communities”, organised by CMCC, BC3 and SISC.
  FEEM Speaker: Antonio Navarra, Donatella Spano, Prof. Carlo Carraro

Furthermore, FEEM will participate in some other COP21 parallel event  organized by other institutions at  COP Venue:

• December  4,  (17:00-19:00) OECD Pavillon: “Unequal Costs of Climate Change: Economics of Impacts and Adaptation at the Regional Level”, organized by OECD. FEEM speaker: Enrica De Cian

Working language: English