Summary
On Wednesday, 21 September, the CCAC Working Group met for its second and final day. In the morning, Kamel Ben Naceur, IEA, presented the World Energy Outlook Special Report 2016: Energy and Air Pollution. He noted that 99% of pollutant emissions are from the energy sector, and the sector accounts for 6.5 million premature deaths. The Working Group then heard briefings on two initiatives selected for possible consideration by the HLA.
Regarding the Diesel Initiative, Fanta Kamakate, ICCT, and Rob de Jong, UNEP, presented on Reducing Black Carbon Emissions from Heavy-duty Diesel Vehicles and Engines. Kamakate reported that diesel exhaust emissions can be drastically reduced with the use of low sulfur fuels, while de Jong reported on a new Global Clean Ports initiative and a proposal to obtain HLA endorsement of a new Global Strategy to Introduce Low Sulfur Fuels and Cleaner Diesel Vehicles.
Regarding the Oil and Gas Initiative, presentations were made by: Phil Swanson, Oil and Gas Initiative Coordinator, CCAC Secretariat, who discussed the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership; Drew Nelson, Environmental Defense Fund, who introduced a component on obtaining better data on methane leaks from the oil and gas sector for inclusion in the Oil and Gas Initiative; and Markus Klingbeil, IEA, who presented on an upcoming 2017 IEA special report on methane emissions. Bahijjahtu Abubakar, Nigeria, then reported on the non-methane Oil and Gas Initiative Technology Demonstration Component.
In the afternoon, CCAC participants discussed the agenda for the upcoming HLA and messages for its draft communiqué. Co-Chair Cerutti highlighted two objectives: scaling up policy work on black carbon; and securing commitments from ministers to drive reductions of SLCPs in the transportation and oil and gas sectors. The communiqué will be open for comments and redrafted in advance of the HLA.
The Working Group also discussed priorities for its meeting in Santiago, Chile, in April 2017. The meeting ended at 17:00.
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Morning Session
Kamel Ben Naceur, International Energy Agency
Helena Molin Valdés, Head of the CCAC Secretariat,
and CCAC Co-Chair Rita Cerutti
Iris Adriana Jimenez Castillo, Mexico
Esther Badiola, European Investment Bank
Rob de Jong, UN Environment Programme
Fanta Kamakate, International Council on Clean Transportation
Carmen Gloria Contreras, Chile
Patricia Tord, Peru
Emmanuel Kabenlah-Egya Appoh, Ghana
Catherine Stewart, Canada
Zargou Elijah Whapoe, Liberia
Petter Hojem, Sweden
Philip Swanson, Coordinator (Oil & Gas Initiative)
Drew Nelson, Environmental Defense Fund
Markus Klingbeil, International Energy Agency
Pamela Franklin, United States
Ger Klaassen, European Commission
Oumou Doumboya, Guinea
Jonathan Banks, Clean Air Task Force
Bahijjahtu Abubakar, Nigeria
Helena Molin Valdés, Head of the CCAC Secretariat,
and CCAC Co-Chair Rita Cerutti consulting with Bahijjahtu Abubakar, Nigeria
Afternoon Session
CCAC Co-Chair Rita Cerutti
Helena Molin Valdés, Head of the CCAC Secretariat
Richard Mills, International Union of Air Pollution, Prevention and Environmental Protection Associations
Kaarle Kupiainen, Finland
Yoshinori Suga, Japan
Karen Florini, United States
Elina Rautalahti, Finland
Christian Müller, Germany
Albena Karadjova, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Johan Kuylenstierna, Scientific Advisory Panel
Carmen Gloria Contreras, Chile
Around the Venue
(L-R) Deborah Davenport, Leila Mead and Sean Wu, IISD RS