Welcome

Dr. Adrián Fernández Bremauntz, President, National Institute of Ecology, Mexico

Dr. Erich Mies, InWEnt - Capacity Building International, Germany

Introductions: Objectives of the Dialogue Forum

Klaus Knecht (letter read by Dr. Erich Mies), InWEnt- Capacity Building International, Germany

Dr. Andrés Flores Montalvo, National Institute of Ecology, Mexico

Helga Flores Trejo, Nonresident Fellow, Brookings, Moderator of the Cancún LCE Dialogue Forum

Introductory Keynote Speeches:
Cancún and beyond: Prospects for Low Carbon Energy Use

Dr. Adrián Fernández Bremauntz, President, National Institute of Ecology, Mexico

"Practical experience with sustainable energies in industries"

Andreas Klugescheid, Vice President Governmental Affairs,

BMW Group Representative Office

"Practical experience with the productive use of renewable energies in industries: The case of Mexico"
Ing. Juan Manuel Diosdado Delgado, Asesor de la Comisión de Energía y Cambio Climático. CONCAMIN

Followed by Q&A

Coffee break

Plenary Session: Setting the Scene: Challenges for industries to establish a Low Carbon Economy

Participants in the Delhi Dialogue Forum already singled out priorities for further work in the thematic area of sustainable energy use in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the participating countries. This session will one the one hand present key results of the Delhi Forum. On the other hand it aims to build the bridge to the use of sustainable energies in larger industries with a special focus on the productive use of renewable energies. Accordingly best practice examples are at the centre of the introductory presentations.

Introductory Statements

"The Delhi Dialogue on a LCE for Small and Medium Enterprises: Key recommendations", Prosanto Pal, TERI, India

"Progress towards a low carbon development in Mexico", Mtro. Leonardo Beltrán, Ministry of Energy, Mexico

"Low carbon energy use in industries: experience from South Africa"
Dr. Thembakazi Mali, Renewable Energy Centre of Research and Development (RECORD), SANERI, South Africa

"Renewable energy use: technical and economic perspectives"
Georg Hille, ecovision, Germany

Followed by Q&A

Parallel Working Group Sessions: Lessons to be learnt for the establishment of a low carbon energy structure in large industries

During the afternoon session, participants will discuss how sustainable energy systems can successfully be established in small and medium as well as in large industries. The aim of the session is to identify key requirements in this regard that also earn further support by international climate and energy governance. To this end breakout groups will be formed to allow for intensive and inspiring discussions.

The sessions will be introduced by brief reflections on successful examples that have been compiled on the basis of the participants input before the Dialogue Forum. Among key aspects to be addressed are appropriate policy-measures and frameworks (power purchasing agreements, taxes, subsidies, environmental standards and trading systems) to push low-carbon technologies in industries. In addition, economic and technical favourable conditions for the implementation of low carbon energy concepts will be discussed.

Breakout group facilitators:

André Otto, South Africa Wind Energy Programme (SAWEP) and

Fernando Perrone, ELETROBRAS

Dinner Reception

November 25, 2010 (Thursday)

Introductory Keynote Speech: Renewable energies in focus

"100% renewable electricity in Germany by 2050 - lessons to be learnt for industries"

Professor Olav Hohmeyer, University of Flensburg, Germany and member of the German Advisory Council on the Environment

Followed by Q&A

Parallel Working Group Sessions: Defining key priorities for industries to contribute to a low carbon performance

In this morning session, participants will continue the discussions of the afternoon before and translate it into concrete policy recommendations aimed inter alia to inform the compilation of low carbon growth plans as part of the international climate change debate. The aim is to identify priorities how the specific role of sustainable energy use in industries should be addressed by such plans or strategies. The discussions should also reflect the specific circumstances of small, medium, large industries as well as the national contexts. Each group has to prepare a set of key priorities for the following discussions in the plenary.

Coffee break

Plenary Session: Drafting the Cancún Memorandum

In this plenary session, the results of the breakout groups will be merged into a drafting process for a Cancún memorandum. This memorandum should serve as an input of the Dialogue Forum participants for the following Conference of Parties 16 (COP 16) but also other processes relevant for international energy governance such as the newly established International Agency for Renewable Energies (IRENA). Each breakout group will present results of group discussions and outline how successful and sustainable performance of industries can be supported.

Lunch buffet

Plenary Session: The Way ahead for Dialogue on LCE

Based on the results of the discussions before, participants will summarize main insights from the dialogue forum. They will jointly make recommendations on how to conceptualize capacity building approaches to support transformative processes in their countries. Finally, suggestions will be formulated on how a future Low Carbon Dialogue needs to be designed to systematically translate the knowledge about specific framework conditions into action.

Building the bridge: Regionalizing international experience

Dr. Andrés Flores Montalvo, National Institute of Ecology, Mexico

Dr. Erich Mies, InWEnt- Capacity Building International, Germany

Low Carbon Industries: The Regional Dimension

Based on the two-day discussion of the group, the third day is dedicated to the transfer of results to the context of Mexico and Latin America. The participants will discuss in which way they could use the findings for promoting the move towards low carbon development pathways, with particular emphasis on different industrial sectors in Mexico and beyond. In addition, they will explore how capacity building approaches need to be conceptualised to support transformative processes. Discussions will combine the input from the international level with presentations of the current national and regional situation.

Opening and Introduction: Pillars of a low carbon economy: Insights from the dialogue series among major economies

Introductory Presentations

Dr. Edmundo de Alba, National Institute of Ecology, Mexico

Dr. Erich Mies, InWEnt- Capacity Building International, Germany

Dennis Tänzler, adelphi, Germany

Low carbon approaches in Mexico

Introductory Presentations

Dr. Juan Mata Sandoval, SEMARNAT, Mexico
Dr. Antonio Mediavilla, National Institute of Ecology, Mexico

Low carbon approaches in Latin America

Introductory Presentations

Dr. José Miguel González Santaló, Institute for Electricity Research UNAM, Mexico
Mtro. Israel Laguna Monroy, National Institute of Ecology, Mexico

The prospects for a low carbon industry: Lessons to be learnt for Mexican decision makers and industries

Dr. Andrés Flores Montalvo, National Institute of Ecology, Mexico

Dr. Erich Mies, InWEnt- Capacity Building International, Germany

Tour to Chichen Itza. Chichen

Itza is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site built by the Maya civilization located in the northern center of the Yucatán Peninsula. The Tour will be guided by an English speaking Guide.