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First Day (Feb. 25; Thursday):

REGISTRATION (9:00-10:00)

Morning Session (10:00-12:30) Chair: Dr. Robert Dixon (USIJI/IGES)

Overview of Baseline Issues and General Discussion                                                  -Outline of the Workshop

Opening and Motivation of the Workshop
                                     Mr. Hiroshi Mitsukawa (NEDO)

Baseline as the Critical Issue of the CDM
                                     Dr. Naoki Matsuo (GISPRI/IGES)

Baselines for Greenhouse Gas Reductions: Problems, Precedents, Solutions     Dr. Johannes Heister (World Bank)

Discussions

Options for simplifying baseline setting for JI and CDM Projects                         Ms. Cathleen M. Kelly (CCAP; US)

Discussions

Lunch (12:30-14:00)

Afternoon Session (14:00-18:00) Chair: Dr. Robert Dixon (USIJI/IGES)

AIJ Experiences and Examples

Emission Baselines for Clean Development
   Mechanism Projects:  Lessons from the AIJ Pilot Phase

                                        
Ms. Jane Ellis (OECD)

Comments           Mr. Kai Uwe-Barani Schmidt (UNFCCC)

General Discussions for morning session and AIJ experiences

Coffee Break

Energy Projects 1 Mr. Shoji Takedahara (NEDO)

Energy Projects 2 Dr. Matthew S. Mendis (AED;Malaysia)  

Forestry Projects Dr. Mark C. Trexler (TAA; US)

Comments Mr. Xuedu Lu (Min. of Sci. &                               Tech., China)

Comments Prof. Mitsutsune Yamaguchi                               (Keio Univ.)

Comments Dr. Mark R. Stevens
                           (Dept. of Industry, Sci. &                               Resources Australia)

General Discussions for afternoon session

Second Day (Feb. 26; Friday):

REGISTRATION (9:30-10:00)

 

Morning Session (10:00-12:20) Chair: Mr. Kotaro Kimura (MITI, Japan)

AIJ Experiences and Beyond

The U.S. Initiative on Joint Implementation and the U.N.FCCC Activities Implemented Jointly Pilot:  Experiences and Lessons Learned
                                          
Dr. Robert Dixon (USIJI/IGES)

Comments  Mr. Shigemoto Kajihara (EA, Japan)

Discussions

Benchmarking: The Potential Applicability of Using Benchmarks for Crediting CDM Projects
                              
Dr. Shari Friedman (USEPA)

Comments  Mr. Kazuhito Sakurai (MITI, Japan)

Discussions

Lunch (12:20-14:00)

 

Afternoon Session (14:00-18:00) Chair: Mr. Kotaro Kimura (MITI, Japan)

Wrap-Up

Overall issues for accounting for emission reductions
                        Dr. Katherine Begg (Surrey Univ., UK)

Comments Mr. Duncan Marsh (USDOS)

Discussions

Gap between theory and practice
                             
Prof. Catrinus J. Jepma (JIQ, NL)

Comments Mr. Holger Liptow (GTZ/BMZ; Germany)

Discussions

Coffee Break

General Discussions among Participants

 

Wrap-Up as an Input to Future Development
                       Mr. Kotaro Kimura (MITI, Japan)