Debate on Energy and Development 2010

Every other year, a committee of YES-DC organizes a debate on energy and development (DEO). Below, the presentations of this year’s debat can be found in the program. The theme was "How can modern energy in developing countries be financed?". The debate has been financially supported by Hivos and NCDO.

There are several downloads available of the day:

1. The summary of the complete day
2. The program of the day (including biographies)
3. The official invitation
4. Background information and the aim of the day
5. Pictures of the event on picasa

CO2-emissions of the event have been compensated by Hivos Klimaatfonds.

Program of the day (Saturday 29 May 2010)

Program DEO2010

TIME	AGENDA ITEM	SPEAKER
9.00 – 9.30	Registration with coffee / tea
9.30 – 9.35	Opening of DEO Day	YES-DC Chair
9.35 – 9.40	Moderator’s opening remarks	Paul Hassing
9.40 – 10.10	Keynote Address: Carbon Financing for Renewable Energy – Beyond the CDM	Durando Ndongsok, First Climate, Switserland/Cameroon
10.10 – 10.30	Carbon Finance: The potential development impact of Certified Emissions Reduction projects	Edwin Dalenoord, Do-Inc / Ecofys
10.30 – 10.50	Renewable Energy promotion: the role of Technology Transfer	Heleen de Coninck ECN
10.50 – 11.10	Questions / Discussion	Moderator
11.10 – 11.30	Coffee / Tea break
11.30 – 12.10	Focus Group Debates	Moderated by:
	1: The future of Certified Emission Reductions How will the CERs markets develop most likely? What are important developments driving this market?	Jan-Willem Martens
	2: Developing country perspective on the benefits of CERs Do African countries really benefit from CERs at the moment? Where are interesting niches?	Durando Ndongsok
	3: Development and Climate Change: clashing goals? How does climate change (finance) affect economic development?	Edwin Dalenoord
12.10 – 12.30	Presentation of main outcomes of debates
12.30 – 13.30	Networking Lunchbreak
13.30 – 13.50	Support to Renewable Energy through Carbon Finance – An NGO approach	Harrie Oppenoorth, HIVOS
13.50 – 14.10	Innovative way to support Renewable Energy with carbon finance: the Fair Climate Fund	Neera van der Geest ICCO / Fair & Sustainable B.V.
14.10 – 14.30	Trading Green: The current state of the CER market	Jan-Willem Martens Independent consultant on carbon finance
14.30 – 15.00	Questions / Discussion	Moderator
15.00 – 15.30	Coffee / Tea break
15.30 – 16.00	Breakaway Sessions:	Moderated by:
	1: The way forward for CERs What can we recommend toward the creation / formation of the CER market?	Jan-Willem Martens
	2: The way forward for VERs How can we improve the way VERs are created, traded, registered?	Neera van der Geest
	3: The way forward for Technology Transfer How can we utilise the technology transfer opportunities for promotion of renewable energy?	Heleen de Coninck
16.00 – 16.30	Presentation of findings / Discussion
16.30 – 17.00	Summary of the day	Moderator
17.00 – 18.00	Networking drinks

Previous themes have been:

• 2010  How can modern energy for developing countries be financed?
• 2006 Bio-energy and Sustainability. Can we have both?
• 2004 Public Private Partnerships: the best way to provide energy services to the poor?
• 2002 Liberalising the energy sector in developing countries: Solving the problems of the poor?
• 2000 Is Sustainability a Necessary Criterion for Climate Policy?