Low Carbon Economy - First Dialogue Forum
supported by the
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
April 26-28, 2009 in Berlin
Background
The concept of low carbon economy (LCE) seeks to reconcile economic development and ambitious climate protection. It calls for long-term conversion processes towards a low emissions global economic system. Apart from the energy sector with its essential role for both, economic development as well as greenhouse gas emissions, additional areas such as urban energy consumption and land use and forest protection has received increasing attention. Against this backdrop the development of joint strategies as a means of advancing transformation processes towards a low carbon economy (LCE) are needed.
This first forum will begin to establish in-depth dialogues based on
the participants’ ideas. The working groups and plenary sessions
should systematically discuss joint activities that address energy supply,
energy consumption in cities, land use and forest protection. As a result,
common concepts and approaches amongst the anchor countries should be
identified.
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