Jeeban Panthi jeeban@smallearth.org.np

An Overview

Opening Ceremony Session Chair: Prof. Suresh R. Chalise, SEN

Welcome remarks-Mr. Dhiraj Pradhananga, SEN

Key points

• expressed his sense of honor on being able to organize APGYFGE Youth forum 2012.

• emphasized that Youth are not only the future leaders but also they are the leaders of today

Context, objectives, structure and expectations from the workshop-Tek Jung Mahat, ICIMOD

Key points

• shared his insight on how an individual youth can make a huge difference in the way we act or think.

• This YF is one of the series of activities organized by ICIMOD and along with other partners

Keynote: Rio+20 deliberations, mountains and youth- David Molden, ICIMOD

Key points

• emphasized upon the fact that ICIMOD is very much committed to youth and work with youth.

• highlighted the key concerns of Rio +20

• Quoting Banki moon “Youth is the largest ever known-vast number of individual in developing country- having huge potential to change.’

Message from partners: Consortium for Capacity Building- Mr. Gregory Pierce, CCB

Key points

• expressed his happiness for the collaboration of CCB, SEN and ICIMOD in the APGYFGE.

• concluded his short message by welcoming all participants in this multi cultural, multi generation gathering.

ICIMOD’s new strategy 2013-2017: need for intergenerational partnership and mountain development- Dr. Eklabya Sharma, ICIMOD

Key points

• Stated that muountains are already green; the challenge is how to keep them green? And develop livelihoods and well being of mountain people & retain youths in the mountains.

• way must be find out to equip local youth with information, knowledge and capacity building so that they contribute for the development of mountain sustainably

Remarks from the Chair-Prof. Suresh Raj Chalise, SEN

Key points

• congratulated the youth participants of Asia Pacific Forum for being selected to the program from among 1000 applicants

• we say green economy, we are talking about socially equitable decision

Vote of Thanks-Ms. Anja Møller Rasmussen, ICIMOD Key points

suggested participants to broaden their networking by talking with someone whom one hasn’t talked so far

Day I: Green Economy: Basic Introduction

Chair: Associate Prof. Suresh Das Shrestha, Tribhuvan University

Moderator: Dr. Sangam Shrestha, Asian Institute of Technology

Green Economy: Challenges and opportunities – Mountain Perspective-Dr. Golam Rasul, ICIMOD

Key points

• Green economy can contribute in fighting poverty

• Promote green entrepreneurship- green job

REDD+ and Forest Carbon: linking Green Economy- Dr. Bhaskar Singh Karky, ICIMOD

Key points

• REDD can be important strategy and core principle to implement GE on the ground.

• Rational for REDD: unabated deforestation and degradation: deforestation rates are 1.6% per annum. Lot of emission taking place due to land use and land use changes

Application of GIS, Earth Observation in Climate Change Adaptation towards a Green Economy-Dr. MSR Murthy, ICIMOD

Key points

• Issues are spatial in nature and require spatial tools and spatial thinking with time as another dimension

• GIS on the web will provide many additional possibilities

Introductory session on UNFCCC COP 18 processes at Doha and presentation on the outcome document from the APGYF-Mr. Manjeet Dhakal and Dipesh Chapagain, CEN

Key points

• Youth should be included in decision making procedure

• Environmental right as fundamental right, environmental issue as fundamental issue in constitution

21 Emerging Environmental Issues for the 21st Century- Prof Michael H Glantz, CCB

Key points

• Policy makers are always making decision without enough knowledge

• Identify lesson_ but all of them are not lesson learnt, they are only lesson identified

Social Media for Youth Advocacy-Mr. Utsav Maden, ICIMOD

Key points

• Taught the participants the ways and means to use social media as a tool to contribute to green economy

• Believed that we can tweet, upload videos, blog- this way we can contribute and collaborate to green economy

Day II

State of Green Economy

Low Carbon Growth: State in Asia-Pacific Region-Dr. Madan L. Shrestha, APN

Key points

• a low emission development strategy is indispensible to sustainable development.

• emphasized on green growth which is a path to economic growth using natural resources in a sustainable manner.

Quantification of Water, Energy and Carbon Nexus, Dr. Sangam Shrestha, AIT

Key points

• Energy and water has symbiotic relationship; it is very important to understand nexus among water, energy and carbon

• fight for greener economy does not concentrate on individual countries alone, but must be a joint effort done by everyone, with common goal

Rural Energy Technology: A Concept of Green Economy- Prof Dr. Rhiddi B. Singh, RECAST

Key points

• highlighted the traditional and modern methods of green fuel production and consumption as well as provided suggestion on how to work towards a greener Nepal

Country report presentation on Green Economy: Session Chair- Mr. Dhiraj pradhananga, SEN, and Moderator-Michael H Glantz, CCB

Key points

14 countries

Day III

• Green Entrepreneurship and tools for planning

Green Entrepreneurship-Mr. Vivek D. Sharma, UNDP/GEF/SGP

Key points

Nature based entrepreneurship opportunities

Green Economy at the Scale of 1:1 – The Shape of Spatial Moments at a Rounded Market within a Town Square- G. Pierce, CCB

Key points

• Sustainability doesn’t exist in the world. It’s a notion.

• The world developed by science isn’t reality

Sustainability session- Michael H Glantz, CCB

Key points

• Nature is teaching us everything but we are the ones who do not understand it.

• We need nature but nature doesn’t need us.

• Technological fixes often produces unanticipated adverse impact on nature

ICT and Climate Change: Quo Vadis?-Dr. Bhanu Neupane, UNESCO

Key points

• “people are conservative and don’t want to switch to modern technology and abandon the prior ones.”

• healthy steps to be taken are increased use of renewable energy, recycling and reducing CO2 level

Green Excursion- Mr. Madan Rai

Key points

• Organic farming is a tool to green economy

• We can recycle, reuse the organic matter e.g. We can use fieces and urine as fertilizer and this fertilizer is useful for plants to have good production

Day IV

• Green Economy-Knowledge Management

ICIMOD;s Godavari Knowledge park and Its activities- Mr. Samden Sherpa, ICIMOD Key points

KP and Demonstration site for sharing information to community people

Guided tour Mr. Samden Sherpa, ICIMOD

Knowledge sharing session facilitated by ICIMOD KM team, ICIMOD

Key points

World Café

Identified key concerns like media, CCA, etc.

Day V

Green Economy-Outputs and activities

GE-Intergenerational Justice, Chair: S.R Chalise

GE and CCA-Sharing of experiences-Prof. Dr. Kedar L. Shrestha, IDI

Straw-bale Construction in Nepal: Lessons and Future Plans

Ms. Laura Seraydarian, CCB

Exercise on APGYD for COP-18- Mr. Manjeet Dhakal, CEN

GE-Take Home Key messages- Mr. Dhiraj Pradhananga, SEN and Mr. Gregory Pierce, CCB