Second Green Growth Policy Dialogue:

Role of Public Policy in Providing Sustainable Consumption Choices:

Resources Saving Society and Green Growth

 

Beijing, May 23-24 2006

 

Organized by : United Nations Economic and Social 

Commission for Asia and the Pacific

National Development and Reform Commission of China

China Standard Certification Center  

 

1.  Welcome Session

A-1

Ms. Zhao JIARONG

Director-general, Department of Environment and Resource Conservation, NDRC

Welcoming address

(in Chinese and English)

 

A-2

Mr. Rae Kwon CHUNG

Director, EDD, UNESCAP

Opening Remarks:

Second Green Growth Policy Dialogue : Role of Public Policy in Providing Sustainable Consumption Choices Word  Powerpoint

A-3

Mr. Zheng WEIHUA

President, China National Institute of Standardization

Welcoming note to participants

(in Chinese and English)

A-4

Prof. Akio MORISHIMA

Chair of the Board of Directors, IGES

Opening Remarks

2.  Introductory Session: Eco-efficiency of the Consumption Patterns in Asia and the Pacific

1

Mr. Rae Kwon CHUNG

UNESCAP

Eco-efficiency of Consumption: Condition for Sustainable Economic Growth of Asia & Pacific

2

Mr. Arab HOBALLAH

Head SCP - UNEP DTIE

Global Processes for Sustainable Consumption and Production, The Marrakech Process.

3

Prof.  Paul EKINS

Head of Environment Group,

 Policy Studies Institute, University of Westminster, UK

ECO-EFFICIENCY AND RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY: CONCEPTS, INDICATORS AND TRENDS IN ASIA-PACIFIC  

4

Prof. Alex de SHERBININ

CIESIN, Columbia University, USA

Environmental Status and Trends in East Asia: Lessons from the  2005 ESI & 2006 EPI

 

5

Prof. Hyun-Hoon LEE

(Kangwon National University, Korea)

On the Relationship between Eco-efficiency of Consumption and Income

6

Prof. Jeong-In KIM

 (Chung-Ang University )

Green Growth and Role of Eco-Efficiency  

7

Prof./PhD. Zhou HONGCHUN

Social Development Research of DRC

REPI and Institutional Arrangement of Resource-Efficient and Environment-Friendly (REEF) Society

8

Mr. Lu WENBIN

Department of Environment & Resource Conservation, NDRC

Resource-saving Society Development in China

(in Chinese and English)

9

Mr. Feng LIANG

Department of Environment & Resources Conservation, DRC  

Legislation Status of  Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Recycling and Treatment in China

(in Chinese and English)

Session 3:

Role of Public Policy for Sustainable Consumption

10

Professor Paul EKINS

Head of Environment Group, Policy Studies Institute

Professor of Sustainable Development

University of Westminster

STIMULATING ECO-EFFICIENCY IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC:

THE ROLE OF PUBLIC POLICY

11

Ms. Wei ZHAO

Environmental Affairs Officer

United Nations Environment Programme

Tools and instruments for policy intervention to change consumption patterns- Learning from some of UNEP regional projects

12

Ms. Jiang FENG

China Household Electrical Appliances Association (CHEAA)

China Refrigerator Market Transformation Project

(in Chinese and English)

13

Mr. Hideyuki MORI

Vice President

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

Japan’s Policy Practices for 3R

14

Mr. Li TIENAN

Director of China Standard Certification Center (China Certification Center for Energy Conservation Products)

Chair of APEC Expert Group of Energy Efficiency & Conservation

Role of Labeling Programme in Resource Saving Society Building: Chinese Experience

15

Prof. Sang-Hun LEE (Ph.D.)

International Policy Research Center

Korea Environment & Resources Corporation

Environmentally Sound Management of Waste for Sustainable Consumption

in the Republic of Korea

16

Ms. Hae Kyung WOO

Consumer Korea

Chief of Global Relations Team

Trend Analysis of eco-efficiency of consumption patterns in the Republic of Korea

17

Ms. Melanie SLADE

Secretariat International Task Force for Sustainable Products

International Task Force for Sustainable Products

 

Session 4: 

Eco-efficiency of the Transport Sector

18

Prof. Kazunobu ONOGAWA Director

UNCRD

Impact of transport infrastructure in defining the eco-efficiency for sustainable society

19

Prof. Jong Ho HONG

Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

Eco Efficiency of the Transport Sector of Republic of Korea: Trends and Policy Implications

20

Prof. Chung Mo KOO

Kangwon National University

Environmentally Sustainable Transport in Korea: A Classical Example of Railroad versus Highway

21

Mr. Wu WENHUA

Institute of Comprehensive Transportation of NDRC

Development and Prospect ---  Transportation and Saving Society

 

Session 5:

Traditional Culture Values and Lifestyle for Sustainable Consumption

22

Mr. Ke CHEN, Ph.D.

China

Linking Sustainable Consumption with Distributive Dimension of Sustainable Development—Learning from Chinese Traditional Value & Lifestyles  

23

Ms. Li LY

Global Village of Beijing

China

Women and Green Life

24

Mr. Siroj ANGSUVAT

Santi Pracha Dhamma Institute

Thailand

Buddhism and Sustainable Consumption

(A Dhammic Paradigm to Solving the World’s Problems)

25

Ph. D. Yin ZHIHUA

Graduated from Renmin University of China

Deputy editor-in-chief of China Taoism

Taoism: A Cultural Resource for Constructing Conservation-Minded Society  

 

26

Ms. Kunzang C. KARMA

Kingdom of Bhutan

GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS

 

27

Mr. Zhang XIN

China National Institute of Standardization

Energy Efficiency Standards and Information Labels in China

28

Mr. Pongpisit VISESHAKUL

Thailand

Buddhist Ways Of EconomicThinking  

 

29

Mr. Michikazu KOJIMA

Institute of Developing Economies

JETRO

Japan

“Mottainai” concept and International Recycling and Reuse in Asia

 

6.  Country case issues and discussions

1

Mrs. Kasemsri  HOMCHEAN

Deputy Governor (Operation 1)

Industrial Estate Authority

Thailand

Promoting culture and traditional lifestyle as tools for enhancing eco-efficient Industrial Estate

2

Mr. Rangsan PINTHONG

Pollution Control Department

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand

Theme: Promoting culture and traditional lifestyle as tools for enhancing eco-efficient consumption behavior: Thai Governmental Green Purchasing and Procurement

3

Mr. Dana KARTAKUSUMA

Assistant Minister

Ministry of Environment

Republic of Indonesia

Role of Public Policy in Providing Sustainable Consumption Policies: Resources Saving Society and Green Growth

4

Ms. Sholpan Z. TONBOLATOVA

Senior Expert, Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning

Kazakhstan

Государственной политики в области устойчивого потребления: Ресурсосберегающее общество и развитие окружающей среды

 

Role of the State Policy in Sustainable Consumption:
Resource-Saving Society and Environment Development

5

Mr. Enkhmandakh BALDAN

 Vice Minister, Ministry of Nature and Environment,

Mongolia

Investing in eco-efficient public transport

6

Mr. Enkhbat ALTANGEREL

Director, Sustainable Development Strategic Planning Department, Ministry of Nature and Environment

Mongolia

Mongolia National Renewable Energy Program

7

Mr. Mohammad Abdul MALEK

Director (Admin and Development), Department of Environment

Bangladesh

 

Bangladesh Country paper  on the Role of public investment to promote eco-efficiency of infrastructure such as public transport in ppt and word)

8

Mr. Sk. A.K. Motahar HOSSAIN

Additional Secretary, Economic Relations Division, Ministry of Finance

Bangladesh

 

Bangladesh Country paper For Promoting culture and traditional lifestyle as tools for Enhancing eco-efficient consumption behavior 

in ppt and word)

9

Mr. Alexander PANKIN

Deputy Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Russian Federation

 

Energy supply for sustainable consumption  

10

Mr. Sopheap CHAN

Bureau Chief, General Policy Office, Ministry of Economy and Finance

Cambodia

PPI Initiatives in Cambodia: Ways to Promote Eco-efficient Consumption

11

Ms. Sheila Marie Medialdia ENCABO

OiC-Assist. Director, National Economic Development Authority (NEDA); Deputy Head, Philippine Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD)

Philippines

Philippine Efforts in Pursuing Sustainable Consumption

 

12

Prof. Alex de SHERBININ

Columbia University

USA

Christian Perspectives on Sustainable Consumption

13

Mr. Deepak DAS

 Controller of Accounts, Ministry of Environment and Forests

India

 

7.  Closing Remarks

C-1

Ms. Liana BRATASIDA

Assistant Minister,

Ministry of Environment

Indonesia

Overview and Suggestions to the 2nd Green Growth Policy Dialogue

C-2

Prof.  Paul EKINS

Policy Studies Institute

UK

Some Concluding Comments

C-3

Mr. Rae Kwon CHUNG

Director, edd

UNESCAP

Some Summary Points