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19th Asia-Pacific Seminar on Climate Change Toward Low Carbon and Climate Changes-resilient Asia-Pacific
-From Copenhagen to Mexico- 20-22 July, 2010 Kitakyushu, Japan

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1. Background
2. Objectives
3. Organizers
4. Date and Venue
5. Participants
6. Carbon Offset Report

1.Background

The Asia-Pacific Seminar on Climate Change has served as a regional vehicle for countries to promote confidence building by providing opportunities to exchange information, views and experiences on issues of climate change in a practical manner. As a joint initiative by the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Government of Australia and the Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan, the AP Seminar in such a unique format has been valued both by developing and developed countries inside and outside of the region.

At the COP15 in Copenhagen, decision taking note of the Copenhagen Accord was adopted. Toward the COP16 and COP/MOP6 to be held in Mexico, it is expected that Parties to the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol will negotiate and reach an agreement on matters contained in the Copenhagen Accord and others. To support countries to prepare for this, the AP Seminar is being organized that allows countries to discuss negotiation issues from a technical point of view, which complements interactions at the UNFCCC negotiation forum. In addition, this year is the UN International Year of Biodiversity and the deadline for the 2010 Biodiversity Target adopted at the COP 6 of the Convention on Biological Diversity in 2002. In this context, synergy between the two Conventions is also an important topic for this year.

Documents from past Asia-Pacific Seminars can be found at "AP Seminar Archives".

2.Objectives

The 19^th AP Seminar will be organized to convene climate change negotiators to discuss major negotiation issues from a technical point of view, in order to promote understanding standing about them regardless of country positions in the negotiations. At this time, proposed issues to be discussed includes, but not limited to, as follows;

• NAMA in a MRV manner
• GHG inventory and national communications
• Synergy between climate change and biodiversity

3.Organizers

The Department of Climate Change, Government of Australia, the Ministry of the Environment, Japan, and Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan (OECC)

4.Date and Venue

20-22 July 2010 (three days)
Rihga Royal Hotel Kokura(Link:Rihga Royal Hotels), Kitakyushu

5.Participants

Participants: Governments in the Asia Pacific Region (expert level, climate change negotiators), international organizations, selected research institutions.
List of Paticipants[PDF 95KB]

6.Carbon Offset Report

The Carbon Offset Report of the 19th Asia-Pacific Seminar on Climate Change.
English[PDF 94KB] / Japanese[PDF 137KB]