Air Pollution and Climate Change: Developing a Framework for Integrated Co-benefits Strategies 17-19 September 2008 Grand Hotel and Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences Stockholm, Sweden Under the Auspices of UNEP and the UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution

Conference Programme This conference brings together international policy-makers and scientists to consider ways to improve the development and implementation of programmes that simultaneously reduce air pollution and greenhouse gases. The main focus will be on co-benefits strategies and programmes in Asia and other developing regions. The conference is part of the Global Atmospheric Pollution Forum’s co-benefits programme which focuses on developing: • • •

Optimized integrated strategies for air pollution and climate change; Regional, hemispheric and global frameworks for managing air pollution and their relevance for climate change; and Co-benefits at urban, national and regional scales in developing regions.

Supplemented with input from a number of additional regional conferences in late 2008, the goal of this conference is to provide recommendations to relevant international negotiating fora, including the 14th meeting of the Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP-14) in Poznan, Poland, in December 2008. Preparatory working papers, plenary presentations and regional break-out sessions will examine four key areas: 1) Science linkages between air pollution and climate change; 2) The effectiveness of integrated assessment techniques to link air pollution and climate policy; 3) Challenges in developing and applying integrated approaches at various policy and geographic levels; and 4) developing strategies, frameworks, and processes for better integrating air pollution and climate change programmes.

WEDNESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER, 2008 – Grand Hotel, Stockholm

08:00 Coffee and Registration 08:50 Welcome • Mia Horn af Rantzien, Deputy Director at Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) • Elisabet Falemo, The State Secretary for Environment, Sweden • Ambassador of France to Sweden on behalf of EU Presidency 09:00 Setting the Scene • • •

Surendra Shrestha, Director, Special Programmes, UNEP Henning Wuester, Secretariat, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Martin Williams, Chair, Executive Body, Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution

09:45 Chairman’s Introduction: Aims of the Conference 10:00 Coffee and Registration 10:30 Science linkages between air pollution and climate change This session will review current understanding of the scientific links between air pollution and climate change and the implications of synergies and trade offs for policy making, covering, for instance, the radiative impact of conventional air pollutants; the effects of ozone, black carbon and other pollutants on greenhouse gas cycles and climate change; and climate change influences on the emissions, transport and chemical behavior of conventional air pollutants. Chair: Dr. Paulo Artaxo University of São Paulo, Brazil, and Member of the IPCC working group on climate change impacts. Contibutors include: • Dr Frank Raes Joint Research Centre, European Commission • Prof Toshihiko Takemura Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, Japan • Prof. Henning Rodhe Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Stockholm • Prof. Hans-Martin Seip Professor of Chemistry, University of Oslo and senior scientist at the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research-Oslo (CICERO).

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12:30 Lunch 14:00 Keynote Address: Dr. V. (Ram) Ramanathan Atmospheric Brown Cloud (ABC) Project; Chair, US Climate Change Science Program; Professor of Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego Atmospheric Brown Clouds: ‘Scientific and Regional Aspects of Co-benefits Policies’ 14:30 - 17:00 The effectiveness of techniques for integrated assessment and for linking climate change and air pollution strategies This session will examine the range of techniques available for conducting integrated assessments of climate change and air pollution strategies and programmes, focusing in particular on the GHG-Air Pollution Interactions and Synergies (GAINS) model and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Integrated Environmental Strategies (IES) programme. The session will feature international experts with experience of developing and of applying the models and approaches, particularly in Asia. Chair: Peringe Grennfelt Scientific Director, Swedish Environmental Research Institute Contributors include: • Dr Markus Amann International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria, co-leader of IIASA’s Greenhouse Gas Initiative • Dr Ritu Mathur Modeling and Economic Analysis, Energy Environment Policy Division, TERI • Kejun Jiang Energy Research Institute, Beijing, China • Jack Fitzgerald Office of Atmospheric Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on EPA’s Integrated Environmental Strategies 17:00 Comments from a negotiating perspective – Bo Kjellén (Senior Fellow, SEI and Former Swedish Ambassador to the UNFCCC)

19:30 Conference Dinner Buffet Reception – Operakällaren

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THURSDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2008 – Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, Stockholm

08:00 Coffee and Help Desk

08:30 Challenges in developing and applying integrated approaches at different scales This session will examine the challenges associated with applying integrated strategies at different geographic and policy scales. Contributors include policy experts with practical experience implementing air pollution control and climate programs at the local, state, national and regional scales. Chair: Dr Alan Lloyd, President, The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), Former Secretary, California Environmental Protection Agency. Contributors include: • Dr Martin Williams Head of Air and Environmental Quality Division, Defra, UK. On implementing strategies at the mega-city and national scales. • Dr Hu Tao Policy Research Center for Environment and Economics of the Ministry of Environment, China, on Challenges of and opportunities for implementing co-benefits approaches in China. • Ken Colburn Symbiotic Strategies Consulting; former Director of Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management; former Director, Air Resources Division, State of New Hampshire. On practical challenges of implementing co-benefits approaches at state and regional levels • Mr Makoto Kato Senior Researcher, Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan, Asia-Pacific Gateway to Climate and Development. On Asia-Pacific Gateway to Climate Change and Development and practical challenges of implementing co-benefits approaches at local and national levels in Japan. 10.30 Coffee Break • • •

André Zuber, European Commission perspective. Cornie Huizenga Executive Director, Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities, on scaling up urban co-benefit approaches in Asia. Armond Cohen Executive Director, Clean Air Task Force, on Reductions in CO2 and nonCO2 pollutants to help mitigate climate impacts in the Artic.

12:15 Lunch

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13:30 Introduction to Regional Break-out Sessions •

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Introductory comments by Conference Chairman on key issues identified in the conference background paper ‘Developing strategies, frameworks and processes for better integrating air pollution and climate change programmes.’ Report back by Session Chairmen summarizing emerging conclusions

14:30 Coffee break – Help Desk 15:00 Regional breakout sessions The breakout sessions will allow detailed discussion of possible conclusions from the earlier sessions and explore implications for individual regions in the context of three key questions: 1) What impediments must be overcome to help expand the implementation of co-benefits programmes on a larger scale? 2) What kinds of processes or frameworks would be helpful to better integrating air pollution and climate strategies in various regions? 3) What are the next steps needed to facilitate the development and implementation, of co-benefits programmes? •

Asian session, chaired by Prof. Changhong Chen Director of Atmospheric Environment Institute, Shanghai, China [TBC]

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African session chaired by Dr. Youba Sokona Executive Secretary, Sahara and Sahel Observatory

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Latin American session chaired by Sergio Sanchez Executive Director, Clean Air Initiative - Latin American Cities

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Europe/North America session, chaired by André Zuber European Commission

Finish 1730 Please note that delegates are free to make their own arrangements this evening

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FRIDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2008 – Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, Stockholm OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROGRESS: DEVELOPING STRATEGIES FOR BETTER INTEGRATING AIR POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAMMES 08:30 Coffee and Help Desk 09:00 Plenary Discussion Co-Chairs: Bo Kjellén (SEI and Former Swedish Ambassador to the UNFCCC) and Richard Mills (Director-General, International Union of Air Pollution Prevention Associations) Introduced by report backs from chairs of the regional break-out sessions (Chen [TBC]), Sokona, Sanchez, Zuber and response by session chairs (Artaxo, Grennfelt, Lloyd) 10.30 Coffee Break 11.00 Presentation of preliminary conclusions followed by discussion 12: 30 Lunch 13:30 Perspectives from representatives of international and regional bodies 14:30 Final discussion of conclusions 15:30 Closing Remarks • •

Surendra Shrestha, Director, Special programmes, UNEP Martin Williams, Chair, Executive Body, UN Economic Commission for Europe/Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP)

16:00 Adjourn and refreshment End of Conference

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