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WP_Special_33: Climate Policy 2005 and Beyond: Japanese-German Impulses |
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Written by Prof. Dr. Joachim Willms [Managing Director]
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Climate Policy 2005 and Beyond: Japanese-German Impulses
A
documentation on the climate policy dialogue and conference between
stakeholders of Japan and Germany within the "Germany year in Japan
2005-2006"
In 2005 two very important
milestones of international climate policy were reached: The entry into
force of the Kyoto Protocol and the installation of a European wide
emissions trading system. In Germany, the publication of the fifth
report of the inter-ministerial working group on climate policy was
published with an evaluation of climate protection policies. In 2004
the Japanese climate protection policy was fully revised so that Japan
will also bring forth important developments in this area. The
traditional close cooperation in this area between Japan and Germany,
must now result in more concrete projects to keep this dynamic going
well into the future. There is much potential to achieve a lot.
Within the unique framework of the Germany in Japan Year 2005-2006, the
German Ministry for the Environment, the Ministry for Innovation of
Northrhine-Westfalia, together with the Institute for Global
Environmental Strategies (Japan) and the Wuppertal Institute (Germany)
put together a two day event in Tokyo comprising an experts workshop
and a one day conference.
At the conference, experts and practitioners of the German government,
the states, the private sector and environmental organisations from
Germany and Europe presented the decisive factors for success as well
as the difficulties encountered namely in introducing an eco-tax and
the Emissions Trading Scheme. Japanese experts and practitioners
reported on Japanese approaches and reviewed the German/European
experiences in light of the Japanese situation. At the expert workshop,
researchers and decision makers discussed the experiences with policy
dialogues and stakeholder involvement. They assessed the
transferability of German/European experiences into the Japanese
context and the broader inclusion of civil society into the
governmental decision making process, that is so say, the opportunities
in co-operating with politics, private sector and environmental
organisations. This report documents the events and highlights the most
outstanding conclusions and ideas for further cooperation in the
future. It will begin with the documentation of the conference held on
1 November 2005 followed by the report on the experts workshop held on
31 October 2005. Dr. H. E. Ott will conclude with a short assessment
and outlook.
Hermann E. Ott and Karin Holl (eds.):
Climate Policy 2005 and Beyond: Japanese-German Impulses
A documentation on the climate policy dialogue and conference
between stakeholders of Japan and Germany within the
"Germany year in Japan 2005-2006".
Wuppertal 2006 (Wuppertal Spezial no. 33)
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