Upcoming Events Past Events What is next for Belarus: working together on implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement

9.30-10.00

Registration and welcome coffeee, preliminary interviews

10.00-11.00

Opening of the round table. Keynote statements

• Andrey Kovkhuto, Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection
• Igor Kachanovskiy, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of Belarus
• Mr Frederik Coene, Head of Operations, EU Delegation to Belarus – Speech: (in English)
• Mr. Zsolt Lengyel, Clima East Team Leader

Session 1: From Paris to Marrakesh and beyond

Moderator: Mr. Sergey Zavyalov, Head of the Department of Atmospheric Air and Water Resources Impact Regulation at the MNREP

11.00-11.20

What is next in the post-Paris world 

• Mr. Tomasz Chruszczow, Chair of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation under the UNFCCC

Presentation: (in English)

11.20-12.00

Coffee, interview period (selected ministerial staff and CE Team available for the press) 

12.00-12.20

Marrakesh COP: results and perspectives 

• Ms. Marzena Chodor, Clima East Key Expert

Presentation: (in English)

Questions and answers

12:20-12:40

Belarus main strategic approaches to implementation of Paris Agreement 

• Mr. Igor Kachanovskiy, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of Belarus

Presentation: (in Russian)

Questions and answers

Session 2: Turning vision into action in Belarus

Moderator: Mr. Sergey Zavyalov, Head of the Department of Atmospheric Air and Water Resources Impact Regulation at the MNREP

 12:40-13:30

Developing a Roadmap for Paris Agreement Implementation:  sequence of actions and best cases

Clima East project introduction and provision of recommendations and examples for Roadmap development in the Republic of Belarus

• Mr. Zsolt Lengyel Clima East Team Leader

Presentation: (in English)

Questions and Answers

13.30 – 14.30

Lunch

Session 3: Opportunities and Challenges for Sectoral Policies and Measures

Moderator: Mr. Sergey Zavyalov, Head of the Department of Atmospheric Air and Water Resources Impact Regulation at the MNREP

14:30 – 16:40

Presentations up to 15 minutes

• Energy sector: more renewables and improved energy efficiency

Representative of the Ministry of Energy: A. V. Minenkov

Presentation: (in Russian)

• Industry: new technologies and innovative ideas

Representative of the Ministry of Industry

• Transport

Representative of the Ministry of Transport and Communications

• Building/residential sector

Representative of the Ministry of Municipal Economy

• Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use

Representative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Presentation: (in Russian)

• Waste

Representative of the Ministry of Municipal Economy/Representative of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Questions and answers, Discussion

16:40 – 17:10  

Coffee Break

17:10 – 18:00

Climate change: education, training and public awareness. How to improve communication and outreach

Moderator and Key Speaker: Mr. Patrick Gray, Clima East Advisor on Strategic Development 

Questions and answers, Discussion

18.00-18:15

Summary and Conclusions. Closing the first day of the round table

18:15-20:00

Dinner at the venue of the roundtable

9.30-10.00

Registration of participants and welcome coffee,

10.00-10.20

Welcome speeches

• Deputy Minister of MNREP of the RB, Chair of the Inter-Ministerial Task Force on Climate Change, Mr. Igor Kachanovskiy
• Mr. Dimitrios Zevgolis, Policy Officer, Unit international and Inter-Institutional Affairs, Directorate – General for Climate Action, European Commission

Session 4:  Supporting implementation of Paris Agreement

Moderator:  Mr. Andrei Pilipchyuk, Deputy Head of the Department of Atmospheric Air and Water Resources Impact Regulation at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

10.20-11.10

Overview of the EU Neighbourhood Policy and EaP Ministerial Declaration on cooperation on environment and climate change in the light of the implementation of Paris Agreement

& Financing Green Economic Transition, 

• Mr. Dimitrios Zevgolis, Policy Officer, Unit international and Inter-Institutional Affairs, Directorate – General for Climate Action, European Commission

• Presented by Zsolt Lengyel

Presentation: (in English)

11.10-11.40

Paving the way towards carbon pricing: developing a GHG MRV system in Belarus: present status and future

First stage of Clima East MRV project on identification of major emitters

• Ivan Filiutsich, Eugenia Bertosh, Clima East Expert Facility experts

Presentation: (in Russian)

11.40-12.00

National GHG reporting in Belarus under the Convention and Paris Agreement

• Sergey Melnov. Director  BEL Research Centre “Ecology”
• Olga Vavilonskaya, BEL Research Centre :Ecology”  

Presentation: (in Russian)

Questions and answers, discussion with involvement of representatives of sectoral ministries

12:00-12:30

Coffee break/press/photo

Session 5: Nearest Perspectives for Belarus

Moderator:  Mr. Andrei Pilipchyuk, Deputy Head of the Department of Atmospheric Air and Water Resources Impact Regulation at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

12:30 – 12:45

Draft plan for implementation of the Paris Agreement in Belarus

• Irina Ryudko, Consultant in the Department of Atmospheric Air and Water Resources Impact Regulation at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

12.45-13.10

Cooperation of cities, business and other actors in PA implementation

• Natalya Andreenko, Specialist on Energy project in EcoPartnerships

Presentation: (in Russian)

• Anastasia Bekesh, Green Net

Presentation: (in Russian)

Questions and answers

13.10-13.30

Clima East pilot project experience to demonstrate innovative approaches to ecosystem based climate mitigation and adaptation in Belarus

• Vladimir Koltunov, UNDP Project Manager

Presentation: (in Russian)

13.30-14.30

Lunch

14.30-15.20

15.00- 15.20

NDC finalisation and implementations challenges (institutionalization of climate action, finance, capacity building, technology transfer)

Moderators and speakers:

• Mr Zsolt Lengyel, Clima East Team Leader
• Ms Marzena Chodor, Clima East Key Expert

Roadmap and preconditions for further specification of Belarus NDC

• Mr. Sergey Nikitin, Project Manager of the EU-UNDP Project on Developing an integrated approach to stepped – up energy saving programme.

Presentation: (in Russian)

Questions and answers

15:20-15:40

Proposals from Belarus Hydromet on implementation of Paris Agreement

• Victor Melnik, Head of the Department on meteo and radioactive monitoring, methodology and data collection at Belarus Hydromet

Presentation: (in Russian)

Questions and answers

15:40 – 16:10

Carbon financing: experience and perspectives

• Alexander Grebenkov, Project Director of the UNDP-GEF Project “Improving Energy Efficiency in Residential Buildings in the Republic of Belarus”

Presentation: (in Russian)

Questions and Answers

 16:10 – 16:40

Adaptation of agriculture to climate change in Belarus: problems and perspectives

• Elena Yakimovich, Deputy Director of the Institute of Plants Protection.

Presentation: (in Russian)

Questions and answers

16:40 – 17:00

Clima East involvement in development of adaptation policy in Belarus

• Mikhail Kozeltsev, Clima East Key expert and regional coordinator

Presentation: (in English)

Questions and answers

17:00-17:30

Summary, evaluation and Closing the Round Table