Highlights
Significance of Copenhagen outcomes
Benefits of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD)
Opportunities in the Clean Sector
Programme Details
Jointly organised by Singapore Business Federation (SBF) and British High Commission, this day-long seminar aims to explore the opportunities, challenges and options surrounding forestry, REDD and the clean sector, while also highlighting potential energy alternatives like waste to energy and biomass energy.
The speakers will come with comprehensive skill sets and in-depth experience in various industries. They will also address issues like potential impact on pulp and paper sector, and businesses with significant exposure in future emissions trading scheme. New entrants will be able to benefit from the talks regarding REDD as a new source of cost-effective credits to defray some of their anticipated costs. REDD-plus can also hold much appeal for general corporate social responsibility due to strong identification retail consumers have for forestry.
This seminar is supported by National Environment Agency (NEA), Singapore Environment Institute (SEI), Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS) and Singapore Timber Association (STA).
Target Audience
It is targeted at government organizations, non-government organisations, academia, and businesses especially paper (logging), shipping, aviation, insurance, banking sectors, law firms, accounting firms and multi-national corporations.
| Time |
Programme |
| 8.30 am |
Registration
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| 9.00 am |
Welcome remarks
Mr Teng Theng Dar, CEO, Singapore Business Federation
Opening address
Ms Amanda Brooks, Deputy High Commissioner, British High Commission Singapore
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| 9.30 am |
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation and Land Use Change in Southeast Asia to Promote Sustainable Development
David McCauley, Principal Climate Change Specialist in ADB’s Climate Change Program Coordination Unit
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| 10.00 am |
Practical Corporate Engagement
Ms Katie Stafford, Head of Corporate Engagement Strategy, Heart of Borneo, World Wide Fund for Nature
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| 10.30 am |
Coffee Break
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| 11.00 am |
Managing the risks in REDD investment
Ms Suzanne Chew, Senior Emissions Broker, TFS Green
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| 11.30 pm |
Roadmap for access to forest carbon markets: strategies for successful implementation, by Mr Miguel Fredes, Legal Consultant, STERN Asia
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| 11.45 pm |
Working towards an all comprehensive framework with carbon, climate and socially equitable benefits
Mr Mathieu Van Rijn, Groupe Energies Renouvelables, Environnement et Solidarités (GERES)
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| 12.15 pm |
Responsible Wood Use
Mr Simon Oei, Managing Director, Nature Wood; Singapore Timber Association
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| 12.30 pm |
Singapore's Initiatives in Greening the Built Environment
Mr Tan Tian Chong, Director, Technology Development ; Building & Construction Authority
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| 13.00 pm |
Lunch
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| 14.00 pm |
Roundtable discussion: "How Governments And Businesses Can Work Together On Responsible Land Use and in the Clean Sector"
Chair: Mr Mark Hong, Vice Chairman, International Relations Committee, Singapore Business Federation and Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Panelists: Mr Minh Cuong le Quan, Head of GERES Climate Change Unit; Mr Edwin Khew, CEO of IUT Global, and Chairman of SEAS; Mr John Pearson, BHC's Head of Climate Change in Southeast Asia; Mr Dorjee Sun, Carbon Conservation; speakers Dr David McCauley, Ms Katie Stafford, Ms Suzanne Chew.
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| 15.00 pm |
End
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* Programme is accurate at the time of printing.
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