Rio+20 : Expert Group Meeting on ?Supporting National Governments in the Transition to a Low-Carbon Development Pathway

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Expert Group Meeting on ?Supporting National Governments in the Transition to a Low-Carbon Development Pathway

19 May 2011 - 20 May 2011
New York City (UNHQ)

The Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) convened an expert group meeting to discuss modelling approaches for low-carbon development. The outputs from the meeting, which took place from 19 to 20 May 2011, will feed into a project that is designed to strengthen countries? technical capacity to analyse and evaluate policy options available to achieve nationally-defined green growth/low-carbon objectives. A number of factors impede low-carbon development, including barriers to entry for clean energy, inadequate analysis of low-carbon development policy options and lack of communication to policymakers of policy options. The project aims to address these challenges through:(i) strengthening local modelling capabilities to address an expanded range of nationally-defined low-carbon policy options; and (ii) enhancing policymakers? access to and understanding of rigorous quantitative analysis for national policy making relating to green growth/low-carbon economy.

Presentations

Abul Quasem Al-Amin_CGE modelling experience from Malaysia (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA))

Charlie Heaps_LEAP A Tool for Energy Planning and GHG Mitigation Assessment (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA))

DESA_DSD Introductory presentation (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA))

Marco V. Sanches and Diyora Kabulova_CGE modelling used in UNDESA/DPAD work (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA))

Rob Dellink_OECDs CGE modelling experience (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA))

U-Primo E. Rodriguez_CGE modelling experience from Philippines (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA))