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ICC activities at UNFCCC COP20

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International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

ICC activities at a glance

� Business and Industry BINGO Daily Briefings 09:00-10:00, General Army Headquarters, Room 2

� Business and Industry “BINGO Day” 11:00- 18:15, General Army Headquarters, Room 2

� Climate Action Sustainable Innovation Forum Putting a Price on Carbon 10.30 – 11.30, Westin Hotel and Convention Center

� ICC-GGGI official side event: From Green Growth Plans to Green Infrastructure Investments 15:00-16:30, General Army Headquarters, Room 1

� ICC Press Conference: The road to Paris - A perspective from business 17:00-17:30, General Army Headquarters

� CCI-ICC Breakfast: “The New Climate Agreement – A Business Perspective on COP20 and COP21” 07:45-09:15, Lima Chamber of Commerce, Av. Guiseppe Garibaldi 396

� World Climate Summit

- Panel: “Transformational Leadership for a Sustainable Future”

10:00 – 11:30, Hilton Hotel Miraflores, Lima

- Panel: “Effective Approaches to Public-Private Partnerships for Climate Change Solutions” 15:00 - 16:40, Hilton Hotel Miraflores, Lima

� � CCI-ICC-GGGI Breakfast: “Green Energy Infrastructure and Policy

De-risking – a Latin American perspective” 07:45-09:15,Lima Chamber of Commerce, Av. Giuseppe Garibaldi 396

1-12 December

5 December

9 December

11 December

10 December

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General Army Headquarters, Room 2

11:00-11.05

Welcome � ICC

11:05-11:25

Opening - What are the challenges in moving towards a comprehensive global agreement in 2015? What is the role for the private sector in tackling climate change? � Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC � H.E. Mr. Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, Minister of the Environment of Peru,

President-Designate of COP20 and CMP10

11:30-13:00 Organized by: World Bioenergy Association and World Wind Energy Association

Success in Paris: Mapping a Path Towards 100% Renewables

WBA will introduce the theme of 100% renewable energy future and show case studies on the role of bioenergy in achieving this objective. Case studies will address: replacing fossil fuels with biomass and other renewables, biomass potential and supply, bioenergy technology, policies and financing.

13:15-14:45 Organized by: Tsinghua University, Global Climate Change Institute (GCCI) & China Green Carbon Foundation (CGCF)

Policies and Actions for Addressing Climate Change in China

The policies and actions for addressing climate change will be presented. Achievements and barriers will also be covered.

15 November

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16:45-18:15 Organized by: Verified Carbon Standard Association (VCSA) & Fauna & Flora International (FFI)

Scaling up REDD+: Catalizing jurisdictional leadership with new finance sources and mechanisms This side event will showcase jurisdictional REDD+ leadership in key countries, demonstrate the urgent need to, and opportunities for, stimulating demand for REDD+ (with a focus on Indonesia and Brazil), and highlight how successful REDD+ negotiations in Lima and Paris could support such efforts.

Co-organizers:

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Official side event

From Green Growth Plans to

Green Infrastructure Investments

9 December 2014 ● 15:00 - 16:30 ● room 1 UNFCCC conference at Cuartel General del Ejército del Perú

Key players and leading experts will discuss solutions to institutional and financial barriers to attract “green” investments, with a focus on cooperation opportunities in decarbonizing the energy matrix and building sustainable infrastructure. This includes the role of public private partnerships, standardization of project design, de-risking options, mobilization of domestic/international institutional investors. The panel will also look at project pipeline generation and at ways to address non-project risks and achieving financial closure. Moderator:

� Nikolaus Schultze, Assistant Director-General, GGGI Panelists:

� James Bacchus, ICC Chair of the Trade and Investment Policy Group, member of the High Level Advisory Panel to the President of the COP to the UNFCCC

� Barbara Buchner, Senior Director, Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) � Giles Dickson, Vice President Global Public Affairs, Alstom � Maria Netto, Financial Institutions Lead Specialist, Inter-American Development

Bank (IADB) � Franco A. Piza R., Director of Sustainability, Bancolombia Group � NN, Enel � Christian Grossmann, Director, Climate Change, International Finance Cooperation

(IFC)

9 December

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2014 Sustainable Innovation Forum Now in its fifth year, the Sustainable Innovation Forum brings together world leaders, CEOs, senior executives, national, regional and city leaders, investors and industry experts to share ideas and accelerate innovative solutions to address climate change, accelerate green growth and sustainable development. The Sustainable Innovation Forum facilitates collaboration through networking, informed discussion and the creation of innovative partnerships for change. ICC participation: 10:30-12:00, Panel: Putting a Price on Carbon

9 December

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Breakfast Meeting

The New Climate Agreement - A Business Perspective on COP20 and COP21

10 December 2014 ● 7:45 - 9:15 Lima Chamber of Commerce, Av. Giuseppe Garibaldi 396, Jesús Maria

Business and government representatives will discuss policies that can create incentives for private investors to scale up and accelerate their investments in climate-resilient growth options and mitigation actions. The panel will also look at the role of the private sector in the new UNFCCC accord to be delivered in Paris in 2015. Welcome:

� Jorge von Wedemeyer Knigge, President Lima Chamber of Commerce Panelists:

� James Bacchus, ICC Chair of the Trade and Investment Policy Group, member of the High Level Advisory Panel to the President of the COP to the UNFCCC (facilitator)

� Anne Chassagnette, Vice President Environmental and Social Responsibility, GDF Suez

� Representative Peruvian Private Sector (TBD) � Representative French government (TBD)

RSVP to [email protected]; please note limited space is available.

10 December

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This one-day event on 10December 2014 in Lima, Peru, during UNFCCC COP20, will bring together 300+ high-level participants from both the public and private sector. As a stop on the ‘Road to Paris 2015’, the agenda of the World Climate Summit 2014 (WCS2014) integrates the outcomes of previous Road to Paris events, such as the World Climate Summit 2013 in Warsaw, World Green Economy Summit 2014 in Dubai, and the World Summit of Regions on Climate 2014 in Paris. The outcomes of WCS2014 will be integral to the global Road to Paris campaign. ICC participation: 10:30-12:00, Panel: Transformational Leadership for a Sustainable Future 15:00-16:15, Panel: Effective Approaches to Public-Private Partnerships for Climate Change solutions

10 December

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Breakfast meeting

De-risking Green Energy Infrastructure

11 December 2014 ● 7:45 - 9:15 Lima Chamber of Commerce, Av. Giuseppe Garibaldi 396, Jesús Maria

Investing in green energy-infrastructure projects is often challenging. At this breakfast discussion, experts from the private sector, government and think tanks will discuss how to meet infrastructure needs of Latin American countries. They will particularly look at how to mitigate non-project risks, and will present approaches to risk mitigation, such as the platform RiskEx. The morning will offer ample time for engaged discussion, networking, and Q & A. Speakers:

� Jorge Barata Odebrecht, Lima Chamber � Tom Heller, Executive Director, CPI � Yvo de Boer, Director-General, GGGI � Hans Schulz, IADB � James Bacchus, ICC Chair of the Trade and Investment Policy Group, member of

the High Level Advisory Panel to the President of the COP to the UNFCCC (facilitator)

RSVP to [email protected]; please note limited space is available.

11 December

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Practical information

VENUE AND EXHIBITION

General Army Headquarters (Cuartel General del Ejército del Perú) Av. De La Floresta Lima

GENERAL INFORMATION - WARSAW Transport from Lima Airport Prior to or upon arrival at Jorge Chávez International Airport, we encourage you to contact your hotel for airport transfer arrangements. There will be COP 20/CMP 10 signage at the airport to provide orientation. Assistance to participants will be available. Taxi Service Safe taxi services on a commercial basis will also be available at the airport. Time zone Lima lies in the Continental South American time zone (GMT-5). Currency Peru’s legal tender is the Peruvian Nuevo Sol. The currency may be converted at exchange points, in banks and hotels. UNFCCC COP20 General logistics: http://unfccc.int/meetings/lima_dec_2014/meeting/8141/php/view/logistics.php Side events: http://unfccc.int/meetings/lima_dec_2014/meeting/8141/php/view/seors.php Exhibits: http://unfccc.int/meetings/lima_dec_2014/meeting/8141/php/view/exhibits.php

ICC CONTACTS

� Policy & outreach Andrea Bacher E: [email protected] M: (+33) 6 69 13 47 10

� Media contact & outreach COP20 Grit Schmalisch E: [email protected] M: (+33) 6 80 12 74 86

� Media relations ICC HQ Dawn Chardonnal E: [email protected] T: (+33) 1 49 53 29 07 Andreia Furtado E: [email protected] T: (+33) 1 49 53 30 72

� General questions and logistics ICC HQ Thomas Kucharski E: [email protected] T: (+33) 1 49 53 28 58

� Logistics for COP20 Lucas Heinemann E: [email protected] T: (+33) 1 49 53 30 54

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World Climate Summit Hilton Lima Miraflores Av. La Paz 1099, Lima

Sustainable Innovation Forum The Westin Lima Hotel and Convention Center Calle Las Begonias 450, Lima

Official UNFCCC COP20 Venue General Army Headquarters Av. De La Floresta, Lima

Lima Chamber of Commerce / Camara de Comercio Lima Av Giuseppe Garibaldi 396, Jesus Maria

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Recent ICC publications A Business Perspective on International Climate Change

Policy See also: Business Actions – Best practice examples (2013), document which contains extracts from the following publications: ICC discussion paper on energy efficiency with case studies and ICC Green Economy Roadmap – Best practices and calls for collaboration. ICC Charter for Sustainable Development The Charter is designed to provide a practical framework including tools for businesses of all sectors and geographies to help them shape their own business sustainability strategy.

ICC Green Economy Roadmap – Executive Summary

The Green Economy Roadmap provides a comprehensive framework for policies and action for business, policy makers, and society to accelerate and scale up a transition toward a “green economy”.

ICC policy statement on enabling framework to scale up

investments in energy efficiency (2014)

With a focus on the building sector, this policy statement examines barriers to the deployment and scaling up of energy efficiency measures, as well as measures to increase demand through long-term enabling policies combined with related business models and innovative financing schemes.

ICC Energy Priorities for G20 (2014)

The ICC Energy Priorities for G20 offer recommendations to G20 government on how to ensure adequate and appropriate energy investment occurs now and over the coming decades, given the vast scale and long timeframes of energy investments required.

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About the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) ICC is the largest, most representative business organization in the world. Its global network comprises over 6 million companies, chambers of commerce and business associations in more than 130 countries, with interests spanning every sector of private enterprise. A world network of national committees keeps the ICC International Secretariat in Paris informed about national and regional business priorities. More than 2,000 experts drawn from ICC’s member companies feed their knowledge and experience into crafting the ICC stance on specific business issues. The United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the G20 and many other intergovernmental bodies, both international and regional, are kept in touch with the views of international business through ICC. For more information please visit: www.iccwbo.org Follow us online: www.iccwbo.org/sustainability | http://www.iccwbo.org/cop20

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