The Asia Pacific Carbon Forum 2016 will focus on two workstreams: emissions markets and carbon pricing, and climate finance and investment. It will address such themes as: carbon markets for climate change mitigation, particularly regarding how co-benefits from climate action can build resilience; finance and climate-friendly policies delivering on sustainable development, as part of countries' Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement; how to align existing and new carbon markets and mechanisms in the region with the Paris Agreement; NDC implementation through market and non-market based approaches; and acceleration of climate action on the ground. The Forum, which is the region's leading annual event for climate finance, carbon markets and low carbon technologies, will bring together representatives of business, finance and government and is being held as part of Global Green Growth Week 2016. It is being jointly organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), in collaboration with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI).
dates: 5-7 September 2016
location: Jeju City, Jeju (Cheju-Do), Republic of Korea
contact: Lisa Spafford, IETA
e-mail: spafford@ieta.org
www: http://www.ieta.org/asiapacificcarbonforum
http://newsroom.unfccc.int/unfccc-newsroom/asia-pacific-carbon-forum-2016/