The conference will address themes of significant political,
economical and technological complexity. In order to prepare the
ground for fruitful and result-oriented discussions in Bonn the
convenors prepare a set of conference documents.
Conference
issue paper
This paper concentrates on the most important issues to be
addressed at the Bonn conference and will provide guidance to the
thematic and political discussion. It will not deliver normative
answers but raise relevant questions concerning the challenges of
renewables 2004. Drawing on the thematic background papers and the
results of the regional preparatory meetings as well as on the
advice of the International Steering Committee, the final version of the conference issue
paper is expected to be published by April, 2004.
Thematic background papers
Based upon the discussion within the International Steering
Committee, the convenors have selected twelve themes which will
result in thematic background papers. These papers describe the
broad range of subjects concerning the promotion of renewable
energies and lead the conference participants to recent developments
in the international political and professional debate. They will
open the readers� mind to the challenges of renewable energies. The
thematic background papers will be prepared by outstanding
international experts and will reflect the authors� views and
opinions. They will be published under the authors� names on the
conference webpage by December 15 and will form part of the
conference documentation. Currently, thematic background papers will
be prepared under the following (tentative) titles.
- Rationale for renewable
energies: Making the case for renewable energies - advantages
and benefits
Lead author: Jos� Goldemberg (SEI)
- Targets: The
rationale
for targets
Lead authors: Luc Werring / Joergen Henningsen (DG TREN)
-
National
policy instruments:
Learning from variety - time to concentrate on success
Lead author: Christopher Flavin (WWI)
- Level
playing field:
Levelling the playing field for renewable energies
Lead author: Jonathan F. Pershing (WRI)
- Financing renewable
energies:
Mobilising finance for renewable energies
Lead authors: Virginia Sonntag O�Brien (BASE), Eric Usher (UNEP)
- Clean development
mechanism
and joint implementation: New instruments for financing
renewable energy technologies
Lead author: Axel Michaelowa (HWWA, Perspectives GmbH)
- Research and development:
R&D - challenges for sustainable development
Lead author: Joachim Luther (Global Research Alliance, FHG-ISE)
- Capacity development:
Developing capacity for renewable energy
Lead author: John Christensen (Risoe), GNESD
- International
institutional arrangements: Bundling the forces - but how?
Lead author: Achim Steiner, (IUCN)
- Potentials and
demands:
Opening up the potentials and promoting new applications
Lead author: Thomas B. Johansson (IIIEE)
- Traditional use of
biomass:
Biomass - the big energy potential and the challenge of
sustainable use
Lead author: Stephen Karekezi (AFREPREN)
- Gender:
Gender equity and renewable energies
Lead author: NN
