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Research and policy briefing with Deputy Director at Swedish Ministry for Enterprise and Innovation
A pre-COP 21 Focali network meeting on August 26.
| What | Focali seminar |
|---|---|
| When |
Aug 26, 2015 01:00 PM
to Aug 26, 2015 04:00 PM |
| Where | Analysen, Rännvägen 6, Chalmers University of Technology |
| Contact Name | Register to: Maria Ölund |
| Contact Phone | +46 31 786 9222 |
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Focali has invited Sweden's Deputy Director at Swedish Ministry for Enterprise and Innovation Mia Crawford to join us for our upcoming network meeting on August 26.
Crawford is Sweden's cheif negotiator for LULUCF and will hold a presentation about the ongoing policy process related to land issues in the climate negotiations, the SDGs and the Swedish national forest programme.
Focali members will in turn present their research through "speed talks" followed by discussion panels moderated by Martin Persson.
The purpose of the meeting is to have a mutual research and policy brief on the upcoming climate negotiations in Paris in general and Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) issues in particular.
The meeting will take place on August 26 1 pm-4 pm in room "Analysen" at Chalmers University of Technology (see road description below). If you would like to attend please contact Focali coordinator Maria Ölund at maria.olund@gu.se.
Preliminary agenda
13.00-13.15: Welcome and introduction by the Focali secretariat
13.15-14.00: Ongoing policy process concerning the Sustainable Development Goals, COP21 and the Swedish national forestry program
14.00-15.30: Focali members "speed talks" and panel discussions
- - Why the large GHG emissions from drained organic soils used for for forestry and agriculture are invisible in LULUCF / Åsa Kasimir Researcher, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg
- - Tropical rainforest productivity and carbon sink strength in a changing climate / Johan Uddling Fredin Associate Professor at Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg
- - The importance of securing community forest rights e.g for climate change mitigation and adaptation / Lasse Krantz Guest researcher at the Unit for Human Geography, Department of Economy and Society, University of Gothenburg and Project leader of LARRI
- Deforestation embodied in trade - the role of demand-side measures and zero-deforestation pledges in halting tropical forest loss / Martin Persson Researcher at Physical Resource Theory at the Department for Energy and Environment, Chalmers
- Swooping the coin! Products and services as the driver for climate and carbon smart land-use - global outlook and UNFCCC policy implications / Madelene Ostwald Associate Professor, Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research at Linköping University and Centre for Environment and Sustainability, GMV, University of Gothenburg.
- Findings from Review for the Swedish Expert Group for Aid Studies: “Impacts of Interventions to Address Global Climate Change - Evidence on forest conservation and household energy transitions” / Gunnar Köhlin Associate Professor at the Environmental Economics Unit, Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg.
15.30-16:00: Concluding discussion
To find the meeting room Analysen, start by entering the entrance to the EDIT-building at Chalmers, Rännvägen 6. Walk up the stairs to the third floor and in through the door to Avdelningen för Miljösystemanalys. In the corridor at Miljösystemanalys, take the stairs down to the right that leads to the lunchroom. Walk through the lunchroom to find the meeting room.
