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Scaling-up Energy Efficiency: Bridging the Action Gap

Location and date(s) of workshop:	Paris, 2-3 April 2007

Organiser(s):	International Energy Agency / United Nations Environment Programme / International Finance Corporation / Government of Finland

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Background:	Energy efficiency is recognized by energy and climate analysts as the most effective short term measure for reducing the emission of greenhouse gases. For example, the IEA projects that were low carbon policies to be strengthened global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions could peak by 2030 with no loss in energy services. Two thirds of these emissions reductions are provided by end-use energy efficiency improvements. In many economies, however, specific action is yet to take place that captures the economic potential and accelerates improvements in energy efficiency and no economies are yet on course to reach the full potential. Put simply, there exists an action gap that needs to be overcome. This workshop brings together senior energy and environment policy makers, multi-lateral development agencies and experts from across the OECD and non-OECD alike to consider what needs to happen for this action gap to be bridged. Its recommendations will inform the policy discourse of the 2007 CSD-15 and G8 summits as well as the 2007 IEA biennial Ministerial meeting.

Links to relevant documents:	Announcement Agenda Background paper

Proceedings:	Introduction: potentials and challenges Chair: Richard Bradley, International Energy Agency The G8 Gleneagles challenge and the importance of energy efficiency Mr Claude Mandil, Executive Director, International Energy Agency Mind the gap: climate change, energy efficiency and economic growth Dr Ogunlade Davidson, Co-chair of Working Group III, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change The scale of economy: global energy efficiency potentials, opportunities and conditions for success Dr Paul Waide, Senior Policy Analyst, International Energy Agency Bridging the gap: policies and programmes Chair: Mr Luc Werring, European Commission The highest need: devising and implementing the regulatory framework Mr. Gireesh Pradhan, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power, India Market transformations: approaches, tools, resources and impacts Mr John S. Hoffman, Managing Member, Enhanced Turbine Output LLC International finance for energy efficiency: what’s there and what’s missing Mr Ian Crosby, Project Officer, International Finance Corporation What works and what needs work: international experience Chair: Kateri Callahan, Alliance to Save Energy Standards and labels for energy efficiency Case study presentation Ms Kawther Lihidheb, Project Director, National Agency for Energy Conservation, Tunisia Discussant: Mr Benoît Lebot Technical Adviser, United Nations Development Programme Energy efficiency in buildings Case study presentation Mr Vic Lawrence, Power Systems and Technologies Manager, Eskom, South Africa Discussant: Professor Gilberto Jannuzzi Associate Professor, State University of Campinas, Brazil Energy efficiency in transport Case study presentation Mr. Gong Huiming, Programme Officer, Energy Foundation, China Discussant: Dr. Axel Friedrich Head of Division, Federal Environment Agency, Germany What works and what needs work: international experience (continued from previous day) Chair: Ms Michèle Pappalardo, French Environment and Energy Management Agency Using audits to improve energy efficiency Case study presentation Mr Heikki Väisänen, Senior Adviser, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Finland Discussant: Mr Phuong Hoang Kim, Expert, Ministry of Industry, Vietnam Energy efficiency in industry Case study presentation Ms Yu Cong, Director for Energy Efficiency, Energy Research Institute, National Development and Reform Commission, China Discussant: Mr Kramadhati S. Venkatagiri Senior Counsellor, Confederation of Indian Industries, India Integrating energy efficiency concerns into urban planning Case study presentation Mr Sebastian Moffatt, President, The Sheltair Group Inc. Discussant: Dr Bärbel Schwaiger Project Manager, European Institute for Energy Research, Germany Learning from experience: the way forward Chair: Ms Marianne Moscoso-Osterkorn, REEEP, International Secretariat Bringing the threads together: a summary of lessons learnt Dr Ogunlade Davidson Co-chair of Working Group III, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Mr Mark Radka, Chief, Energy branch, United Nations Environment Programme Getting there from here: a road map to bridge the action gap Mr Johan Wide, Counsellor, Ministry of the Environment, Finland Roundtable discussion Chair: Dr Klaus Töpfer, former Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme Dr Alfred O. Ahenkorah Executive Director, Energy Foundation, Ghana Dr Ajay Mathur Director General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, India Dr Griffin M. Thompson Senior Energy Advisor, Department of State, United States Mr Richard Hosier Global Environment Facility Mr Heikki Väisänen Ministry of Trade and Industry, Finland Mr Manfred Konukiewitz Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany Mr Ashino Makoto Team Director, Economic Development Department, Japan International Cooperation Agency Ms Yu Cong Director for Energy Efficiency, Energy Research Institute, National Development and Reform Commission, China Mr Paulo Cruz Ministry of Mining and Energy, Brazil