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European Parliament 2014-2019

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

20.12.2016

MISSION REPORT

following the European Parliament delegation to the twenty-second session of

the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP22), Marrakesh, Morocco – 14-

19 November 2016

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

Members of the mission:

Giovanni La Via (EPP) (Chair of the mission)

Jo Leinen (S&D) (Vice-Chair of the mission)

Peter Liese (EPP)

Seán Kelly (EPP)

Simona Bonafè (S&D)

Dan Nica (S&D)

Julie Girling (ECR)

Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (ALDE)

Estefanía Torres Martínez (GUE/NGL)

Claude Turmes (Greens/EFA)

Marco Affronte (EFDD)

Barbara Kappel (ENF)

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I. Composition of the delegation

On 4 May 2016, the Conference of Presidents agreed to send a 12 Member delegation from

the European Parliament to the high level segment (14-19 November 2016) of the 22nd

session of the Conference of the Parties (COP22) to the United Nations Framework

Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 12th session of the Meeting of the Parties

to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP12), as well as the 1st session of the Conference of the Parties

serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA1).

In addition to the 12 Members of the mission a number of other MEPs attended COP22 and

partly followed the EP delegation programme, among them Mr József Nagy (EPP), Mr Gilles

Pargneaux (S&D), Mr Ian Duncan (ECR), Mr José Inácio Faria (ALDE), Mr Bas Eickhout

(Greens/EFA), Mr Jannick Jadot (Greens/EFA), and Mr Florent Marcellesi (Greens/EFA).

The mission was accompanied by: Ms Sabina Magnano, Mr Georgios Amanatidis and Ms

Emma Soto Renou from the secretariat of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health

and Food Safety (ENVI), Ms Elvira Ramirez Pineda and Ms Marie-Claire Uwizera from the

secretariat of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), and Mr Janez Vouk

and Ms Amelia Neacsu from the Directorate-General for Communication.

The following group of political group agents also accompanied the delegation: Ms Gemma

Roig Linana (EPP), Mr Andy Flagg (S&D), Mr Russell Darke (ECR), Mr Wilhelm Bargum

(ALDE), Mr Roberto Lopriore (GUE/NGL), Ms Terhi Lehtonen (Greens/EFA), Mr Fabrizio

Fabbri (EFDD), and Mr Paolo Borchia (ENF).

II. Delegation activities

1. Preparation

On 6 October 2016, Parliament adopted a resolution on the implementation of the Paris

Agreement and the 2016 UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco (COP22)

(2016/2814(RSP)). This resolution served as the mandate for the European Parliament

delegation at the Conference.

At the first constituent meeting of the delegation on 7 September 2016, Mr Giovanni La Via

(EPP) was elected Chair, and Mr Jo Leinen (S&D) Vice-Chair, of the European Parliament

delegation to the COP22. At this meeting, Members discussed different options for the EP

side event.

The second delegation meeting took place on 25 October 2016, and during this meeting it was

decided that the EP side event would be entitled: “The ICAO offsetting scheme in the context

of the Paris Agreement: what next to reduce aviation emissions?”. Commissioner Miguel

Arias Cañete also attended the meeting and provided a short briefing to the delegation,

outlining the context of the negotiations and the objectives of the Marrakesh COP22

conference, which is focussed on the implementation of the Paris Agreement. The

Commissioner emphasised the importance of the side-events this year and confirmed that he

would brief the delegation on a daily basis. The Commissioner also provided an update on the

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situation as regards climate finance and the Global Climate Action Agenda. Copies of the

study, commissioned in view of COP22 by the Policy Department A of DG Internal Policies,

on "International climate negotiations - issues at stake in view of the COP22 UN Climate

Change Conference in Marrakesh and beyond", had both been circulated electronically prior

to the meeting, and printed versions were also available at the meeting itself.

2. Briefings on the negotiations in Marrakesh

In order to ensure that the European Parliament delegation was well informed, several

briefings were organised during the Conference.

Daily briefings by the European Commission and the Council of the European Union

In the continued absence of authorisation for Members to attend the daily EU coordination

meetings, the Commission and the Slovak Presidency were asked to brief the European

Parliament delegation to ensure that the delegation had access to the most up-to-date

information on progress in the negotiations.

The delegation was briefed on a daily basis by the Commissioner for Climate Action and

Energy, Mr Miguel Arias Cañete and Mr Norbert Kurilla, State Secretary, Ministry of

Environment of the Slovak Republic. They provided the delegation with their assessment of

the latest developments on the COP22 ongoing negotiations.

Briefing by the Umweltbundesamt, Environment Agency Austria

On 15 November 2016 (the second day of the delegation), the Policy Department A study

'Implementing the Paris Agreement – Issues at stake in view of the COP22 Climate Change

Conference in Marrakesh’, was presented by one of its authors, Mr Klaus Radunsky from the

Umweltbundesamt of Austria, to prepare the delegation for the week ahead, and discuss the

developments that had taken place during the first week of the negotiations in Marrakesh.

They also presented the EU position at the start of the second week of the negotiations, and

particularly for the first session of the CMA1, which would take place at ministerial level.

3. Meetings

(See full programme in Annex I)

Monday 14 November

The activities of the EP delegation started with a meeting with Japanese Parliamentarians.

Members exchanged views on possible outcome of COP22 and presented respective climate

policy objectives in EU and Japan. The implementation of the EU’s and Japan’s Nationally

Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the climate finance target of 100 billion dollars by

2020 were discussed, as well as the perspectives for an increase of the ambitions in view of

the facilitative dialogue in 2018 and the stocktaking exercise in 2023.

An information session open to Members of National Parliaments from EU Member

States was chaired by Mr La Via, Chair of the EP delegation. Mr Miguel Arias Cañete and Mr

Norbert Kurilla briefed the Parliamentarians and discussed the developments that had taken

place during the first week of the negotiations in Marrakesh.

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Tuesday 15 November

In the morning of 15 November, delegation members had the opportunity to follow the

opening of the first session of the CMA1 Conference which marked in a festive atmosphere

and in the presence of numerous Head of States, the new era following the entering into force

of the Paris Agreement.

In the afternoon, the EP delegation was welcomed to Marrakesh by EU Ambassador to

Morocco, Rupert Joy, who presented in general the EU’ work in Morocco and in relation to

sustainable development more specifically. The delegation then held its kick-off meeting

which focused on practical organisation of work in the coming week and was immediately

followed by Mr Radunsky's presentation of the COP22 study commissioned by Parliament.

Following this meeting, the delegation met with Minister Josh Frydenberg, Minister for the

Environment and Energy and Head of the Australian Delegation at COP22. The Minister

presented the actions undertaken by Australia to meet their 2030 targets, in line with their

commitments under the Paris Agreement which was ratified on 10 November 2016 by

Australia. The Minister explained that Australia was still very reliant on coal for energy, but

was trying to facilitate the transition to renewable energies and that now 10% of Australian

households had solar panels.

Wednesday 16 November

On 16 November, following the briefing by the Slovak Presidency, the EP delegation

activities started with an interesting exchange with Ms Patricia Espinosa, Executive

Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Ms

Espinosa highlighted the EU’s important role especially given the current global situation.

She also explained that the UNFCCC secretariat faced various challenges including

insufficient resources to assess the country-specific Nationally Determined Contributions

(NDCs) which amounted to 190 to date and were very difficult to compare as they were so

different. On the question of whether the COPs should be organised less frequently, due to the

resources needed and costs, Ms Espinosa explained that this might be difficult as part of the

role of the COPs was to mobilise other actors, such as non-State actors. The Executive

Secretary agreed that the coordination between different UN bodies such as the UNFCCC and

ICAO and IMO needed to be improved.

The meeting was followed by an exchange of views with representatives from several NGOs:

CAN Europe, WWF, Greenpeace, Oxfam, Carbon Market Watch, Transport & Environment,

Aprodev, E3G and Legambiente. The meeting covered the whole range of the COP22 topics,

i.e. targets and ambition, monitoring and reporting, mitigation and adaptation, market-based

mechanisms, bunker fuels, finance, and thus was instrumental to better identify the main

issues at stake in the Conference and to get a broader overview of the ongoing negotiations.

The delegation then had the opportunity to meet with Mr Adnan Amin, Director-General of

the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) who explained that business continues

to take a leadership role alongside governments on climate change. Mr Amin also stressed

IRENA’s message that private sector climate action is crucial, alongside robust government

policy, to boost confidence and enable long-term investment for a clean and fair energy

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future. Mr Amin highlighted that doubling the global share of renewables by 2030, to 36%,

would generate 24 million jobs. He stated that the deployment of renewables in the power

sector is on the right path, but worldwide more needs to be done in sectors like transport,

industry and buildings.

In the afternoon, Members had a meeting with Mr Javier Manzanares, Executive Director

(ad interim) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and Mr Howard Bamsey, incoming Executive

Director of GCF on the functioning of the Fund, which has been operational since May 2015

and now amounts to 10.3 billion USD from mainly public funds, on the type of projects it

supports, and on perspectives for the coming years.

This was followed by a meeting with a delegation from the Israeli Parliament (Knesset).

Members of the Knesset explained that, due to its geopolitical positioning, Israel cannot

connect its energy system to the grids of neighbouring countries and the country has

traditionally been dependent on fuel imports to supply its energy needs due to lack of local

natural resources. Following the Paris Agreement, the Israeli government has set a new target

of having 17% of annual electricity generation is Israel delivered from renewable sources by

the year 2030?.

Thursday 17 November

On 17 November, the delegation first had an interesting discussion with Dr Fang Liu,

Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on crucial aspects

of the recently adopted global offsetting scheme to be operational from 2021 at voluntary

basis. As the aviation emissions have not comprised in the Paris Agreement, the level of

ambition of the ICAO scheme have been debated, as well as the openness and the

transparency of the ICAO decision making.

This was followed by a meeting with Ms Rachel Kyte, CEO of the Sustainable Energy for

All (SE4ALL) and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable

Energy for All. Ms Kyte explained the measures taken by SE4ALL to achieve their aims to

close the access gap to improve access to energy, double the rate of energy efficiency, and

double the contribution of renewable energy.

The delegation had an informative meeting with Dr Petteri Taalas, Executive Director of the

World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). He presented the role of WMO on monitoring

weather and climate changes all over the world. Evidence of climate change in global mean

sea level rise, in global mean temperatures, in ocean heat content, in Arctic sea ice loss, and in

the growing number of weather related disasters have been documented.

In a subsequent meeting with Mr John Roome, Senior Director on Climate Change at the

World Bank, the delegation heard about the work of the World Bank Group in terms of

climate financing. Mr Roome explained that the World Bank had adopted a Climate Change

Action Plan in April 2016, which aims to help developing countries accelerate efforts to

tackle climate change and deliver on their national climate plans submitted for Paris, the

Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs).

The delegation then had the opportunity to meet with Mr Saber Chowdhury, President of

the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) who explained the role of the IPU, which brings together

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171 Parliaments. Mr Chowdhury explained that the IPU had published the ‘Parliamentary

action plan on climate change’ which highlights four key action areas with practical

recommendations on how to achieve delivery on reducing global greenhouse emissions and

mitigating the worst effects of climate change. The IPU President also added that the IPU

meeting organised on 13 November in Marrakesh had been very successful and attracted over

300 parliamentarians.

In the afternoon, the delegation met with members of the Business and Industry NGOs

(BINGO), led by Ms Norine Kennedy from U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Mr Nick

Cambell from Business Europe. In total, twelve members of BINGO from USA, Japan,

Australia, Canada and the EU took part in this bilateral meeting. The BINGO members

expressed their dedication to implement the Paris Agreement and offer technological and

business solutions to decarbonise the global economy in the coming decades. The prominent

example of the eradication by the chemical industry of three generations of

chlorofluorocarbons as part of the Montreal Protocol was explained taking into account the

recent Kigali Amendment.

Members also had an exchange of views with Mr Kamel Ben Naceur, Director,

Sustainability, Technology and Outlooks at the International Energy Agency (IEA), with

whom Members discussed the future of different energy sources and the past and recent

Energy Outlooks.

Members then held an interesting exchange of views with Ms Karen Florini, Deputy Special

Envoy for Climate Change of the United States, particularly after the USA elections and the

eventual change of USA position on climate change negotiations and the Paris Agreement

implementation It was noted that there was a political polarization in the USA prior to the

elections, but not in the public perception as far as concerning climate change. The

importance of Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol and the offsetting scheme decided

in the ICAO Assembly earlier this year were considered from the US side as great

achievements.

The delegation had a productive meeting with Members of the South African Parliament

on a number of crucial issues, including differentiation between developed and developing

countries and the necessary means, such as financial support, capacity building and public-

private partnerships, for achieving an ambitious long-term goal.

Friday 18 November

Members started the day by meeting with Mr Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu, LDC Group Chair and

Chair of African Group on Climate Change Negotiations. Mr Tosi explained that LDCs are

particularly vulnerable to climate change, with hazards including rising sea levels, extreme

weather events, increased drought and floods and the spread of tropical diseases threatening

health and food security. He explained that as LCDs lack the resources and capacity to

adequately protect their communities from the devastating impacts of climate change, which

is why they are seeking more support from developed countries in terms of financing and to

facilitate technology transfer and capacity building for climate change adaptation

Members then held an interesting exchange of views with Minister Xie Zhenhua, head of the

Chinese Delegation at COP22, who was very cautious when asked about the consequences of

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the results of the US elections in the fight against climate change. He stressed that time was

needed to see the actual measures announced by the new US administration, and added that

the only thing that seemed clear was that the new US administration will be different to

Obama's. He stated that the changes in the US administration may slow down the process at

global level but will not change it. The Minister made it clear that China is committed to

addressing climate change and added that China has put a cap on emissions and is eager to go

further in some regions.

The delegation then met with Mr Dirk Forrister, President and CEO of the International

Emissions Trading Association (IETA) and other members of IETA who outlined their

position on the implementation of the Paris Agreement and provided insight on the different

emissions trading systems in the world. In particular the emission trading systems operated in

five regions of China was discussed, as well as the Canada position towards a global trading

market.

The meeting with Mr Hoesung Lee, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate

Change (IPCC) was very informative about the content and timetables for the forthcoming

special reports on the 1.5°C (expected in September 2018), the oceans and the land

degradation, and finally this on the climate impacts on cities. MEPs inquired with him about

the possible emissions pathways in the years to come. According to him, it won’t be possible

to reach the peak of greenhouse emissions by 2020.

The delegation then had the opportunity to meet Minister Hakima El Haite, Minister

Delegate in Charge of Environment of the Minister of Energy, Mining, Water and

Environment of Morocco and Climate Champion. The Minister explained that in their view

COP22 had been very successful as it had attracted over 45,000 people in the blue zone and

had played a key role in ensuring worldwide mobilisation. She also presented the actions

undertaken by Morocco to address climate change for which 2% of their GDP has been set

aside. On the issue of ETS and carbon leakage, the Minister explained that an ecotax or

ecocontribution on imported products might be the solution, but only if the funds collected

were reinvested in the industry.

After this meeting, the delegation met Minister Shri Anil Madhav Dave, Minister for the

Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and head of the Indian Delegation at COP22. The

Minister explained the measures taken in India to implement the Paris Agreement and

underlined their target of obtaining 40% of energy from renewables by 2030. On the issue of

coal, the Minister explained that they had taken several measures including improved

standards, which are aligned to those in the EU. A carbon tax of 6 USD per tonne is also in

place to fund the National Clean Energy Fund which is used to finance the move towards

renewable energy. The government has also put in place a reforestation fund, which has so far

collected 6 billion USD.

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4. Side Event

On Wednesday 16 November, the European Parliament hosted its side event on ‘The ICAO

offsetting scheme in the context of the Paris Agreement: what next to reduce aviation

emissions?'. This side event provided an overview of potential CO2 mitigation targets for

international aviation emissions which are expected to grow significantly during the coming

decades, seriously impacting the global carbon footprint. The Paris Agreement urges all

sectors to act on a global scale to meet the well below 2°C objective. The recent decision of

the ICAO Assembly to develop an offsetting scheme in order to ensure a neutral carbon

growth in the aviation sector was debated in the context of the Paris Agreement objective. The

side event examined all possible emission reduction options in the aviation sector, including

international, regional and domestic aviation emissions. In particular, the environmental

integrity of the ICAO offsetting scheme and the EU’s response following the expiration of the

“stop-the-clock”, and the development of the new ETS was addressed.

The programme included two scientific and two institutional (by the ICAO Secretary General

and the DG CLIMA Director General of the European Commission) presentations. The

presentations were followed by an animated discussion with the audience (see full programme

in Annex II).

5. Communication activities

Press coverage

Delegation Members had bilateral interviews with UNFCCC accredited media. According to

EP Media Monitoring 10 MEPs, Members of the Delegation or other present at COP22, were

quoted in print and AV media from 11 EU Member States.

A press kit with background information (also distributed in the COP22 Media centre) and 2

press releases were issued, based on the EP position:

Friday 11 November

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20161111IPR50906/meps-to-participate-

in-cop22-climate-change-conference-in-marrakesh

Tuesday 15 November

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20161115BKG51204/press-kit-european-

parliament-delegation-to-unfccc-cop22-14-19-november-2016

Saturday 19 November

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20161118IPR52015/cop22-in-marrakesh-

meps-welcome-renewed-support-for-climate-action (see full text in Annex III)

A joint press conference with Mr La Via and Commissioner Arias Canete, which took place

on Thursday, 17 November, was organised with around 30 journalists present.

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Audio-visual

A dynamic page with all different sources was published in advance.

http://audiovisual.europarl.europa.eu/Page.aspx?id=3062 . Eight EbS, Europe by Satellite

items, were published, with an approximate total length of around 40 minutes.

The exchange of footage with EBU, Eurovision, included 2 Europe by Satellite items, with

the private channels in Europe, ENEX, 5 Europe by Satellite items. EuroNews broadcasted

several items, using both pictures provided by EP AV services and reports done by their own

journalist.

A selection of more than 100 photos was uploaded to the EP COP22 dynamic page. Several

photos were downloaded, and published, 4 full illustrative coverage.

Web and social media

The COP22 was covered on the website of the European Parliament and on several social

media platforms. The social media channels were in particular used to push the content of the

Web-Communication, the press and the audio-visual units.

From 11 to 18 November, 90 tweets in 23 languages were sent by the European Parliament

Twitter accounts. Three Facebook posts, including an interview with Mr La Via, as well as

videos and photos were posted. Top story on climate change was regularly updated

(http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/top-stories/20141118TST79414/climate-change).

III. COP 22 NEGOTIATIONS AND OUTCOME

After the political breakthrough of Paris last year, and the unprecedented momentum that led

to the Paris Agreement entering into force earlier this month, COP22 was dubbed from the

outset as an action and implementation COP which would see work on the Paris rulebook

advanced and little expected by way of high profile political outcomes. As the two weeks

drew to a close, this was largely borne out. Parties agreed that the Paris rulebook should be

completed by 2018 and, while the pages of that book remain mostly unwritten, Marrakech

provided clear idea of the work required, and the timeframe for completing it.

The three key deliverables from Marrakech encapsulate the spirit of COP22. The first – the

Marrakech Action Proclamation - is a statement of political determination, confirming that

Parties remain committed to climate action post-Paris. The second is the so called "twin"

Decisions of the Paris Agreement negotiating body - the Long Term Finance COP decision

and the CMA1 decision, - which set out formally the next steps for implementing Paris, and

resolves one of the main sticking points in Marrakech, namely the future of the Adaptation

Fund. Finally, the launch of the Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action which

provides a way forward for the increasingly pertinent non-State engagement as the concrete

implementation of the ambitious Paris vision moves the to center stage of the UNFCCC

process.

Less high profile but nonetheless important successes on a range of technical issues give

comfort that Parties remain willing to work together in a constructive way. Particularly worth

highlighting are the adoption of the terms of reference for the Paris Committee on Capacity

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Building, agreement on the process for the Global Stocktake, and the review of the Warsaw

International Mechanism on loss and damage. On transparency, good progress was made on

the way ahead, and the multilateral review process, which the EU and 20 Member States

participated in, was an opportunity to highlight the range of actions being taken to reduce

emissions.

Finance negotiations were particularly protracted, but the eventual compromise welcomes the

progress made by developing countries in mobilising finance towards the $100bn annual goal

by 2020. These difficult negotiations illustrate limited attempts at reinterpreting the Paris

Agreement at COP22. Despite the muted pushback there has been no backsliding from the

progress secured the last year in Paris.

The spectacular range of high-level, special, mandated and side events have taken place – the

action part of the action and implementation COP. These have allowed Parties, including the

EU, to highlight the range of special initiatives and work underway to reduce emissions,

transition to low carbon economies and support our partners in their mitigation and adaptation

efforts.

In the short-term, the way ahead is quite clear. Submissions, reflections notes and workshops

will all help pave the way for the next round of talks in Bonn next May. Looking further

ahead, finding the right balance between intergovernmental technical work and the non-State

the ‘climate expo’ activities witnessed in Marrakech will be an issue for further reflection.

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ANNEX I: Delegation programme

Monday 14 November 2016

Schedule Delegation programme

During the day Arrival of the MEPs to COP22, accreditation and familiarisation with the

venue, both the Green and the Blue zones

16:30 - 17:30

Meeting with Mr Tomokatsu Kitagawa (head of delegation) and Mr Issei

Tajima from the Japanese House of Representatives, and Mr Yasuyuki

Sakai and Mr Ryosuke Takeda from the Japanese House of Councillors

(EP room)

18:00 - 19:00 Information session on COP22 by Mr Miguel Arias Cañete,

Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, and Mr Norbert Kurilla,

State Secretary, Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic to

MEPs, Members of National Parliaments, Members of the European

Economic and Social Committee and Members of the European

Committee of the Regions

(EU coordination room)

Tuesday 15 November 2016

Schedule Delegation programme

09:30 - 10:00

Short briefing by Mr Norbert Kurilla, State Secretary, Ministry of

Environment of the Slovak Republic after EU Coordination meeting

(EP room)

10:00 - 11:30

UNFCCC - CMA1 Opening of the first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the

meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA1)

(MEPs and EP staff can follow the debate in the Plenary overflow room)

13:15 - 14:30 Lunch

14:45 - 15:00 Family photo

15:00 - 16:00

Kick-off meeting of the delegation in the presence of EU Ambassador to

Morocco, Rupert Joy

(EP room)

16:00 - 17:00

Presentation of the study “Implementing the Paris Agreement – Issues at

stake in view of the COP22 Climate Change Conference in Marrakesh”,

followed by Q&A with Mr Klaus Radunsky, Senior Expert,

Umweltbundesamt, Environment Agency Austria

(EP room)

17:00 -18:00

Meeting with Minister Josh Frydenberg, Minister for the Environment and

Energy and Head of the Australian Delegation at COP22

(EP room)

18:00 - 19:00

Briefing by Mr Miguel Arias Cañete, Commissioner for Climate Action

and Energy

(EP room)

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Wednesday 16 November 2016

Schedule Delegation programme

09:30 - 10.00

Short briefing by Mr Norbert Kurilla, State Secretary, Ministry of

Environment of the Slovak Republic after EU Coordination meeting

(EP room)

10:00 - 11:00

Meeting with Ms Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the United

Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

(Office of UNFCC Executive Secretary)

11:00 - 12:00

Meeting with NGO representatives (e.g. CAN International, WWF, World

Resources Institute, Global Forest Coalition...)

(EP room)

12:00 - 13:00

Meeting with Mr Adnan Amin, Director-General of the International

Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

(EP room)

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

14:30 - 16:00

EP Side event: “The ICAO offsetting scheme in the context of the Paris

Agreement: what next to reduce aviation emissions?”

(EU Pavilion – Brussels room)

16:15 - 17:00

Meeting with Mr Javier Manzanares, Executive Director (ad interim) of the

Green Climate Fund (GCF) and Mr Howard Bamsey, incoming Executive

Director of GCF

(EP room)

17:00 - 18:00

Meeting with a delegation from the Israeli Parliament (Knesset)

Mr. Zouheir Bahloul (Labour Party)

Mr. Akram Hasoon (Kulanu Party)

Ms. Yael Cohen Paran (Labour Party)

(EP room)

18:00 - 18:30

Briefing by Mr Miguel Arias Cañete, Commissioner for Climate Action and

Energy

(EP room)

18:30 - 20:00

Side-event organised by the European Commission: EU 2030 climate and

energy framework with Mr La Via as speaker

(UNFCCC Pacific room)

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Thursday 17 November 2016

Schedule Delegation programme

09:00 - 09.45

Meeting with Dr Fang Liu, Secretary General of the International Civil

Aviation Organization (ICAO)

(EP room)

09:45 - 10:15

Short briefing by Mr Norbert Kurilla, State Secretary, Ministry of

Environment of the Slovak Republic after EU Coordination meeting

(EP room)

10:15 - 11:00

Meeting with Ms Kyte, CEO of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL)

and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable

Energy for All

(EP room)

11.00 - 12.00

Meeting with Dr P. Taalas, Executive Director of the World Meteorological

Organisation (WMO)

(EP room)

12:30 - 13:15

Meeting with Mr John Roome, Senior Director on Climate Change, World

Bank, Washington, D.C. USA

(EP room)

13:15 - 14:00

Meeting with Mr Chowdhury, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

(IPU)

(EP room)

14:00 - 15:00 Late lunch

15:00 - 16:00

Meeting with members of Business and Industry NGOs (BINGO), led by

Ms Norine Kennedy from U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Mr Nick

Cambell from Business Europe

(EP room)

16:00 - 16:45

Meeting with Kamel Ben Naceur, Director, Sustainability, Technology and

Outlooks at the International Energy Agency

(EP room)

17:00 - 18:00

Meeting with Ms Karen Florini, Deputy Special Envoy for Climate

Change, U.S. Department of State

(EP room)

18:00 - 18:30

Meeting with Mr. Cedric Thomas Frolick (Head of Delegation), Mr.

Mohlopi Philemon Mapulane, Mr. Olifile Sefako, Ms. Machwene Rosina

Semenya, Mr. Mlungisi Johnson, Mr. Zondi Silince Makhubele, Mr.

Thomas Hadebe, Ms. Johanna Edwards and Ms. Hilda Nyambi, Members

of Parliament of South Africa

(EP room)

18:30 - 19:15

Briefing by Mr Miguel Arias Cañete, Commissioner for Climate Action

and Energy

(EP room)

19:15

onwards

Evening reserved for political group activities

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Schedule Delegation programme

09:00 - 09:45

Meeting with Mr Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu, (Democratic Republic of Congo),

Chair of the Least Developed Countries Group and Chair of the African

Group on Climate Change Negotiations

(EP room)

09:45 - 10:00

Short briefing by Mr Norbert Kurilla, State Secretary, Ministry of

Environment of the Slovak Republic after EU Coordination meeting

(EP room)

10:00 - 11:00

Meeting with Minister Xie Zhenhua, Head of the Chinese Delegation at

COP22

(EP room)

11:00 - 12:00

Meeting with members of the International Emissions Trading Association

(IETA) led by Mr Dirk Forrister, CEO and president of IETA

(EP room)

12.00 - 13.00

Meeting with Mr Hoesung Lee, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on

Climate Change (IPCC)

(EP room)

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch

14.00 - 14.30

Meeting with Minister Hakima El Haite, Minister Delegate in Charge of

Environment of the Minister of Energy, Mining, Water and Environment of

Morocco

(Pavillion 5, Moroccan delegation room)

14:30 - 15:30

Meeting with Minister Shri Anil Madhav Dave, Minister for the

Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and Head of the Indian

Delegation at COP22

(Pavilion 1, India delegation meeting room)

16:00 - 16:30

Briefing by Mr Miguel Arias Cañete, Commissioner for Climate Action

and Energy

(EP room)

17:00 - 20:00

UNFCCC - CMA1 Final Plenary session

(MEPs and EP staff can follow the debate in the Plenary overflow room)

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ANNEX II: Side Event programme

European Parliament Side Event in COP22

The ICAO offsetting scheme in the context of the Paris Agreement: what next to reduce aviation emissions?

Wednesday 16 November, 14:30-16:00

Brussels room, EU Pavilion, Marrakesh Conference

Aviation emissions are expected to grow significantly during the coming decades, seriously impacting the global carbon footprint. The Paris Agreement urges all sectors to act on a global scale to meet the well below 2°C objective. The recent decision of the ICAO Assembly to develop an offsetting scheme in order to ensure a neutral carbon growth in the aviation sector will be debated in the context of the Paris Agreement objective. The side event will examine all possible emission reduction options in the aviation sector, including international, regional and domestic aviation emissions. In particular, the environmental integrity of the ICAO offsetting scheme and the EU’s response following the expiration of the “stop-the-clock”, and the development of the new ETS will be addressed.

List of Speakers and Topics

Giovanni La Via, MEP, Chair of the Environment Committee and the European Parliament delegation to COP22 Welcome and introductory remarks

David Lee, Professor, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Environmental integrity of the ICAO offsetting scheme and the aviation part of the ETS under various scenarios

Martin Cames, Head of Energy & Climate Division, Öko - Institut

Aviation emission reduction targets consistent with the well below 2°C objective and the need of high quality credits for the ICAO offsetting scheme

Fang Liu, Secretary General, International Civil Aviation Organisation The ICAO offsetting scheme for achieving the ICAO's aspirational goal of carbon neutral goal from 2020 onwards

Jos Delbeke, Director General, DG CLIMA, European Commission A European perspective following the ICAO offsetting scheme

Questions & Answers

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ANNEX III: EP press release after the COP22