Climate Change and Energy Activities of the REC

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Climate Change and Energy Activities of the REC
Marta Szigeti Bonifert Executive Director
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Concept and purpose of this event

• An important part of the Stabilization and
  Association process to the EU covers the
  preparations for the transposition of energy and
  climate related directives of the EU
• We hope that this meeting will provide
  opportunity
• to present and discuss the EU Climate and Energy
  policy offer
• to discuss ways for regional cooperation for the
  representatives of different ministries and
  stakeholders in the candidate and potential
  candidate countries in SEE

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Climate Change in Focus

• Since 1999, the REC, in cooperation with numerous
  partners has been working on the fields of
  Climate Change to help Central and Eastern
  European countries identify policies and measures
  to comply with the commitments and respond to the
  opportunities created by the UNFCCC and the Kyoto
  Protocol
• Regional cooperation
• Cross-border solutions
• National activities
• Local/municipality support

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Partnerships Energy and Transport

• REEEP
• A global coalition to accelerate the development
  of renewable energy and energy efficiency,
  announced at the World Summit on Sustainable
  Development, initiated by the UK
• RECs role in REEEP
• Develop Information Clearing House for CEE and
  Turkey
• Organise regional workshops and training
  disseminate information
• MEDREP
• Type 2 partnership of governments, businesses and
  associations, initiated in 2002 during the
  Johannesburg Summit by the Italian Government
• RECs role in MEDREP
• Developing and operating the training and
  development centre to provide capacity building
  on both macro and micro levels
• Execution of projects leading to the development
  of an advanced renewable energy market across the
  target regions/countries (tradable renewable
  certificates, biomass and geothermal projects in
  the Balkans, etc.)
• Coordination between the MEDREP and REEEP
  initiatives
• UNFCCC FOCAL POINT
• for artricle 6 (national focal point for Turkey
  regional focal point)
• TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT
• CLEAN FUEL AND VEHICLE INITIATIVE
• UNEP/US EPA and other partners Global
  coalition
• RECs role

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Education for Sustainable Development Green Pack
developing for the forth coming COP special
edition on CC

• Example of key multi stakeholder partnership
  project
• 2001 with the support of Toyota Motor
  Corporation, the REC developed a comprehensive
  environmental education programme
• A multi-media environmental education curriculum
  kit
• Primarily intended for secondary school teachers
  and their students
• 22 environmental topics 5 areas
• Environmental Components, Threats to the
  Environment, Human Activities and Impact, Global
  Challenges, Values,
• Available in 11 countries (ongoing preparations
  in 5 countries)
• 15.000 teachers
• 1.800.000 kids

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Belgrade Initiative on Climate Change Presented
at a REC Side Event Bali, 7 December 2007

• Launched by Serbia in 2006, as a result of the
  South-East European Ministerial consultation
  process, and it is endorsed at the Ministerial
  Conference Environment for Europe, held in 2007
  at Belgrade
• Within the Initiative it is proposed to develop a
  SEE Climate Change Framework Action Plan
  (SEE/CCFAP) in accordance with the principles and
  objectives of the United Nations Framework
  Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
• This relates to Research and Systematic
  Observation, Education, Training, Public
  Awareness and Capacity Building
• It is also proposed to establish a Sub-regional
  Virtual Climate Change related Centre in Belgrade
  as a means of improving sub-regional cooperation,
  which would also facilitate and coordinate
  implementation of the SEE/CCFAP

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Kyoto in Homes

• Inform and educate teachers, students and their
  families about
• the problems
• the goals and
• the potential for energy efficiency (EE) measures
  and renewable energy sources (RES) in their homes
• Tools
• web-based methodology gtgt enable families for
  energy saving
• new resources in schools gtgt integration to
  subjects
• dissemination gtgt Sustainable Energy Europe
• Donors
• EU Intelligent Energy-Europe programme
• National agencies

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Climate Change in Center

• Since 1999 the REC implemented numerous projects
  on Climate Change
• The aim of a new project end date June, 2008
  to create a resource center for all these
  knowledge and experience within a unique
  environment in our new
• Zero Emission Conference Center

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Guide Good practices

• REC Conference Center with zero-carbon emission
• Fossil-fuel based emission is reduced to zero by
  minimizing energy demand and using local energy
  resources
• The biggest solar power plant in Hungary

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ZERO EMMISSION DETAILS

• High efficiency envelope
• minimise heat loss in winter, prevent heat gains
  in summer and maximise the exploitation of
  natural lighting
• Lighting system
• a light shelf will diffuses natural light
  throughout the interior
• Photovoltaic
• The PV system will generate close to 30 kilowatt
  hours
• Heating ventilating and air-conditioning
• A ground source heat pump will be the primary
  source of heating and cooling to take advantage
  of the area's wealth of geothermal resources.
• Architecture
• Energy systems and architecture have been
  designed in a modern and integrated approach

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Opening date 26/27 June 2008