BC3 Copenhagen

Breakdown
January 6th , 2010

Be a leader. Be informed. Be a part of BC3.

The Business Council on Climate Change.
Agenda

• Introduction
• The Local Perspective
• David Pascal, SF Carbon Collaborative
• The Copenhagen Perspective
• Rachel Barge, BC3 & Youth Delegate
• Fiona Berry, SAIC & Business Delegate
• Next Steps - Local Action & Leadership
• Calla Ostrander, SF Environment
• Panel Q&A
The Local Perspective

• The Copenhagen Café

• Why We Did It
• What It Was
• Two Week Program
• Week One – Intro to Major “Eco-Systems”
• Week Two – How We Are Responding to Climate Change
The Local Perspective

• Forests
The Local Perspective

• Forests
The Local Perspective

• Oceans
The Local Perspective

• Food
The Local Perspective

• Cities and Clean Tech

The Local Perspective

• Local Action
The Local Perspective

• Key Challenges
• Broadening Local Engagement
• Fostering Strategic Collaboration
• Sustaining Interest and Action
The Panelists

• Rachel Barge, Program Manager BC3

• Fiona Berry, SAIC
• Calla Ostrander, SFE Climate Action Coordinator
Rachel Barge, BC3
January 6th , 2010
Copenhagen!
What I’ll Cover

• What was Copenhagen like? The Bella Center, the city, my host
family
• My role: “Youth Delegate” from the Civil Society sector
• What Civil Society does: Who are we, how we interact with party
delegates, what the youth constituency does
• What I did at COP: Blogging, vlogging, activism, swine flu, etc
• What happened at COP: Civil Society kicked out, the Danish Text,
Copenhagen Accord, Obama's role
• What my take-homes are: Local action is critical, ‘energy systems’
paradigm better than ‘pollution paradigm’, UN process needs to be
updated
COP15 – Inside the Bella Center
Copenhagen – The City!
My Host Family

I almost gave the Danish Prime Minister swine flu…

My Role in Copenhagen

Track policy
Blog / Vlog
Activism
Meet Celebrities
Youth at COP15 – “YOUNGOs”

• Work furiously on laptops

• Attend briefings
• Wander around the BC
• Don’t eat / don’t sleep
Bella Center Activism
Bella Center – Inside and Outside
Outcomes and Looking Forward
Fun Stuff – Travel!
Fiona Berry, SAIC
January 6th , 2010
Delegation (http://centerforclimateaction.org/cop15/
)
Arriving
Local Atmosphere
Access = Limited
Side Events Galore
Copenhagen Outcome – Business
Perspective
• No legally binding agreement
• Copenhagen Accord (5 pages)
• Global temperatures no more than 2 degrees
• Peak emissions 2015, reduce from 2000 levels 50-85% by 2050
• Large emitters (Brazil, China, India, South Africa, U.S.) agreed to act
• Funding for developing countries to mitigate US$30 billion in 2010-2012 to US$100
billion annually by 2020, focus on REDD
• Approaches to mitigation will include markets
• “Business As Usual”
• Push forward existing agendas
• Size, sector and location dependent
• Federal policy moving along, watch for
• Federal climate bills
• EPA announced regulation of CO2 at COP, tailoring rule, MRR
• COP 16 Mexico
Calla Ostrander, SFE
January 6th , 2010
Main Agreements in Copenhagen
Accord

1. Climate Change is on of the greatest challenges of our time

2. We recognize the need for deep emissions reductions
3. Adaptation to adverse affects of climate change is a challenge faced
by all nations, especially least developed countries, island nations and
Africa
4. The role of forests is crucial and deforestation must be addressed
5. Creation of the Copenhagen Green Climate Fund and other
mechanisms to finance forest protection and reforestation REDD
6. Enhance technology transfer between countries
Strong Signals/ Failed
Framework

Where do we go from here?

Sector Based Emissions Inventory US
2006
Traditional breakdown, supply side, federal
System Based Emissions Inventory
US 2006
Economic & natural systems, demand side,
municipal