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For the 2015 Symposium, the United Nations Environment Programme Sustainable Buildings and Climate Initiative (UNEP-SBCI) welcomed its parallel programme, the Global Initiative for Resource Efficient Cities (GI-REC), for one and half day of panel discussions on the topic of “Sustainable buildings and cities: supporting climate mitigation through resource efficiency”:
- Thursday 25th June – ACROPOLIS – Palace of Congress, Nice
- Friday 26th – Hyatt Regency Nice – Palais de la Méditerranée
The 2015 UNEP-SBCI and GI-REC Joint Symposium was hosted by ENERGIES 2050.
Thursday 25th June – SBCI and GI-REC Symposium (Part 1)
ACROPOLIS – Palace of Congress, Nice
The first part of the day featured a number of engaging panel discussions and presentations highlighting recent developments in international climate mitigation in the built environment, such as the launch of the a new ISO standard inspired by UNEP-SBCI’s common carbon metric. The afternoon sessions broadened the view beyond climate mitigation to explore the role of cities and buildings in achieving greater resource efficiency.
Agenda & Presentations:
| Welcome and Introductions
Arab HOBALLAH, Chief, Sustainable Lifestyles, Cities, and Industry, UNEP Stephane POUFFARY, ENERGIES 2050 |
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| Keynote Address: “The Road to COP21 and Beyond: The role of Buildings and Cities in the Climate Change Agenda”
Yves-Laurent SAPOVAL, French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Energy |
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| Presentation: The Common Carbon Metric -from SBCI Project to ISO Standard: The New ISO 16745 “Environmental performance of buildings — Carbon metric of a building during the use stage” | |
| Jacob HALCOMB
Coordinator for 10YFP-SBC |
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| Rajat GUPTA
Oxford Brooks University |
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| Dr. Tomonari YASHIRO
University of Tokyo |
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| Panel Session 1 –“Climate and the Building Sector –International Developments”
Moderator: Stefanos FOTIOU, Head of Unit, Cities and Lifestyles UNEP |
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| New United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Methodologies for Building EE
Xing ZHANG Programme Officer, Sustainable Development Mechanisms programme, UNFCCC |
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| Priorities for action in the Building Sector
Brian DEAN Energy Efficiency, International Energy Agency |
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| Partnership approaches: an opportunity for tackling Climate Change
Martina OTTO Deputy Head of the Secretariat, UNEP Climate and Clean Air Coalition |
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| Presentation: Resource Efficiency 101 –UNEP’s work on Resource Efficiency
Arab HOBALLAH, Chief, Sustainable Lifestyles, Cities, and Industry, UNEP
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| Panel Session 2 – “Resource efficiency in the construction process: reducing the inputs, increasing the value »
Moderator: Curt Garrigan, UNEP-SBCI |
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| “Increased resource efficiency in the construction material lifecycle”
Helen GOODLAND Principal, Brantwood Consulting |
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| “Sustainable procurement policies to increase the resource efficiency of the construction process.”
Roland HUNZIKER Director, Sustainable Buildings and Cities, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) |
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| “Client-driven resource efficiency: the nearly Zero Energy Hotel Experience”
Stephane POUFFARY ENERGIES 2050 |
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| “Eco-Cement, low cost solutions for resource efficiency”
Vanderley JOHN University Sao Paulo |
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| Panel Session 3 – “Realising connections among key resource sectors at the city level: the role of policy, technology and tools”
Moderator: Sharon GIL, Focal Point for the Global Initiative for Resource Efficient Cities |
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| Yolande Sehinabou DOUKOURE
Architect, President of the National Order of Architects of Côte d’Ivoire |
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| Kaarin TAIPALE
PhD. Former Chair of the Marrakech Taskforce on SBC |
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| Francoise BONNET
Secretary General, Circular Network Europe |
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| Panel Session 4 – “Multilevel Actions for Resource Efficiency”
Moderator: Arab HOBALLAH, Chief, Sustainable Lifestyles, Cities, and Industry, UNEP |
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| Pekka HUOVILA
Lead of the 10YFP Sustainable Buildings and Construction, Ministry of the Environment, Finland |
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| Florent MORETTI
French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Energy |
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| Ibrahim AL-ZU’BI
Dubai Land Department, United Arab Emirates |
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| Gavin YE
China Merchants Property Group |
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| Closing Remarks – Partnerships for Cities and Buildings and the Habitat III Agenda
Arab HOBALLAH, Chief, Sustainable Lifestyles, Cities, and Industry, UNEP |
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Friday 26th June – SBCI and GI-REC Symposium (Part 2)
Hyatt Regency Nice – Palais de la Méditerranée
The second day’s morning events explored climate mitigation experiences of national, sub-national governments and civil society organizations to identify lessons learnt and financing opportunities for spurring broader action on resource efficient buildings and cities. Participants were also introduced to the new 10 Year Framework Programme (10YFP) on Sustainable Buildings and Construction.
Agenda & Presentations:
| Welcome and Introduction
Arab HOBALLAH, Chief, Sustainable Lifestyles, Cities, and Industry, UNEP Christian TORDO, Maire-Adjoint délégué à l’économie, à l’emploi et à l’industrie |
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| Keynote Address: “Buildings and Resource Efficiency: The 10 Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Buildings and Construction”
Pekka HUOVILA, Lead of the 10YFP Sustainable Buildings and Construction, Ministry of the Environment, Finland
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| Panel Session 1: The Role of Finance and Incentives in building Energy and Resource Efficient Cities
Moderator: Stefanos FOTIOU, Head of Unit, Cities and Lifestyles UNEP |
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| Stanislas DUPRÉ
Global Director, 2° investing initiative |
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| Cécile BORDIER
CDC Climat |
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| Guillaume DE LABOULAYE
ENERGIES 2050 |
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| Greg FOLIENTE
CSIRO Land and Water Flagship |
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| Panel Session 2: « Cities: Lessons from Climate Change Action for Resource Efficiency »
Moderator: Pekka HUOVILA, Lead of the10YFP Sustainable Buildings and Construction, Ministry of the Environment, Finland |
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| Jean-Pierre NDOUTOUM
Director, Institut de la Francophonie pour le Développement Durable (IFDD/OIF) |
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| Ibrahim AL-ZU’BI
Dubai Land Department, United Arab Emirates |
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| Sharon GIL
Focal Point for the Global Initiative for Resource Efficient Cities |
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| Christophe LALANDE
Leader, Housing Unit, UN Habitat |
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| Rajat GUPTA
Oxford Brooks University |
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| The Way Forward “The road ahead… Buildings and Cities from Paris to Marrakech and beyond”
Stephane POUFFARY, ENERGIES 2050 |
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| Closing address
Arab HOBALLAH, Chief, Sustainable Lifestyles, Cities, and Industry, UNEP |
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