A6IP-IETA Private Sector Working Group Meeting of the Paris Agreement Article 6 Implementation Partnership/ COP29 Outcomes and 2025 Outlook “Moving Ahead with Article 6 Implementation”

Jan. 23rd, 2025, from 20:00 to 21:30 JST
(12:00pm-1:30pm CET, 6:00am-7:30 am EDT)
Online

Recording

Speakers/Panelists

MC:Hayato Nakamura,
Program Manger, A6IP

Opening Remarks:
Andrea Bonzanni, International Policy Director,IETA

Session 1 Speaker:
Supanut Chotevitayatarakorn, Program Manager, A6IP

Session 1 Speaker:
Kentaro Takahashi,
Deputy Director, Office of Int’l Carbon Market, Global Environment Bureau, MOEJ

Closing Remarks:
Kazuhisa Koakutsu, Director, A6IP

Panel Moderator: Björn Fondén, International Policy Advisor, IETA (bottom right)
Panelists:
Karolien Casaer-Diez, Global Senior Director – Article 6, South Pole (upper center)
Ben Rattenbury, Vice-President of Policy, Sylvera (upper left)
Andrew Howard, Chief Strategy and Policy Officer,Verra (bottom left)
Peter Zaman, Partner, HfW (upper right)

Organizers

Organizer: A6IP Center (IGES)
Co-organizer: IETA

Objective

  • To share ongoing plans and actions to implement Article 6, particularly reflecting the outcomes from COP29 for the private sector
  • To highlight the potential challenges of the private sector in implementing A6 and the outlook for 2025
  • To explore collaboration and the future agenda to be discussed at the PS WG

Participants

All partners

Agenda

(MC: Hayato Nakamura, Program Manager, A6IP)

Time (JST) Agenda Speakers
Introduction
20:00–20:05 Opening Remarks Andrea Bonzanni, International Policy Director,IETA
Session 1: Sharing COP29 Outcomes, particularly in terms of the government approach for the private sector
20:05-20:15
  • Sharing the outcome of the CO29 A6 negotiation highlighting the implication for the private sector
 Supanut Chotevitayatarakorn, Program Manager, A6IPadobe PDF icon [PDF 688KB]
20:15-20:25
  • Promoting Article 6 together with stakeholders in the post COP29
 Kentaro Takahashi, Deputy Director, Office of Int’l Carbon Market, Global Environment Bureau, MOEJadobe PDF icon [PDF 2MB]
20:25-20:35 Q&A/Comments from the audience
Session 2: Moving ahead with A6 implementation – Directions and Potential Challenges [Panel]
20:35-21:10
  • Private sector representatives sharing the views on COP29 outcomes
  • Focus for A6 implementation post COP29, and outlook for 2025
  • Reflections on the IETA-A6IP Business Pulse Survey launched at COP29
  • What are key challenges that can be solved; incl. relations with the governments and capacity building?
 Panel Moderator: Björn Fondén, International Policy Advisor,IETAadobe PDF icon [PDF 957KB]
  • Karolien Casaer-Diez, Global Senior Director – Article 6,South Pole
  • Ben Rattenbury, Vice-President of Policy,Sylvera
  • Andrew Howard, Chief Strategy and Policy Officer,Verra
  • Peter Zaman, Partner,HfW
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    21:10-21:25 Q&A/Comments from the audience
    Wrap up and closing remarks
    21:25-21:30 Closing remarks
    [During the remarks, a Short Survey for the audience will pop up]    		 Kazuhisa Koakutsu, Director, A6IP