ENERGIES 2050 PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES COP21 - PARIS

ENERGIES 2050

PROGRAMME OF

ACTIVITIES

COP21 - PARIS

ENERGIES 2050 and its partners get together for the COP21

Our societies face repeated crises, whether these are political, social, economic, ecological or climatic. Population growth, human predation on natural resources, inequality and poverty that affect a significant part of population from around the world amplify a number of negative impacts that are increasingly visible and irreversible. Many think that the world as we know it is at stake. Nevertheless, and if these challenges can be overwhelming, nothing would be worse than giving up to, as some may present them, fatalities. Issues are numerous but there is for each of them a multitude of solutions, similar to low hanging fruits ready to be picked up. Every day initiatives all around the world participate to building up development trajectories that are more respectful of human beings, solidary, less polluting and less resources consuming. New tools are emerging everywhere. Innovations are set up and spread beyond all probability. The future is on, resolutely positive and committed. This being said, real constraints still exist but asking the question and believing in a set of solutions to be mutualised, shared and spread, is already knowing that it is possible to change things, to gather and mobilize ourselves for a different future, plural and united. These dynamics multiplied by 7.3 billion individuals today and 9 billion in 2050 represent true treasures and are vehicles of innovation. They show the path to a better future provided that they promote positive values. They may change the reality each of us experiment every day, as for now, here and elsewhere. The 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21), which will take place in Paris (France) from November 30th to December 11th 2015, should allow the adoption of a new climate agreement, one that is ambitious, universal and legally binding, with the objective of limiting global warming to 2°C by 2100. Day after day, climate change is becoming a growing reality for each one of us, with consequences increasingly perceptible around the world. There is no doubt that global warming is one of the main challenges our societies will be facing in the coming years. Nothing would be worse than giving in to inaction. Changes to be implemented are numerous and call for a global transition, bringing consumption, production and organization models that respect human beings and our common natural heritage, in a spirit of fairness and solidarity. This major event in the international agenda is also the occasion for all stakeholders, at every level of influence, to reaffirm their engagement and lead the way towards concrete actions. The COP21 presents a unique opportunity to share knowledge, to demonstrate the possibilities, to build partnerships and to leverage the scope of action. The NGO ENERGIES 2050 was created with this vision and to this end we are working every day, in France and internationally, to build together a sustainable future. The time for advocacy is over, demonstrate the “possible” may be the greatest change the world needs. Understand, share, implement and testify, those are the central themes of these two weeks events at the COP21 in Paris.

Stéphane POUFFARY, Founder of ENERGIES 2050, November 2015

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OUR ACTIVITIES AND

INTERVENTIONS

AT THE 21ST CONFERENCE OF PARTIES ON CLIMATE

CHANGE

THURSDAY

26th Of NOVEMBER

9am - 5pm Parc des Expositions Villepinte (93)

11th Conference of Youth accredited by the

UN. Partner of the project Make It Real.

FRIDAY

27th Of NOVEMBER

9am - 5pm Parc des Expositions Villepinte (93)

11th Conference of Youth accredited by the

UN. Partner of the project Make It Real.

SATURDAY

28th

OF NOVEMBER

9am - 5pm Hôtel de l’Industrie, Saint Germain des Près (75)

Citizen Debate

Change the world …propose, get involved

and share – new media and new forms of

mobilisation

9am - 4.30pm Headquarter of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF), Paris

La Francophonie’s preparatory workshop

challenges and perspectives of the COP21

SUNDAY

29th OF NOVEMBER

9am - 12.30pm Hôtel de l’Industrie, Saint Germain des Près (75)

Citizen Debate

Climate change, sustainable development

and solidarity : as much challenges as

opportunities – new roles for civil society and

the necessity to re-invent leadership


WEDNESDAY

2nd OF DECEMBER

2pm - 3.30pm Coordination Sud booth, Climate Generations areas, Le Bourget

Workshop

How to enhance access to low carbon

housing in Africa? What support can be

brought to entrepreneurs, what role for

housing loans and direct subsidies?

THURSDAY

3rd OF DECEMBER

9am - 1pm OIF’s pavillon, Blue zone, Le Bourget

Conference

Cities and Regions, Operators of energy

transition and SDG implementation

11.15am - 12pm Luxembourg room, European Pavillon, Blue Zone, Le Bourget

Conference

Buildings/Human Settlements: a major asset

for climate change adaptation and mitigation

in the developing world

5pm - 6.30pm OIF’s pavillon, Blue zone, Le Bourget

Roundtable

Dialogue and Climate Change: what

challenges does research face in developing

countries

FRIDAY

4th OF DECEMBER

10.30am - 11.30am ENERGIES 2050 booth, Grand Palais, Paris

Roundtable

Bio-plastic from sugar cane

1pm - 2pm ENERGIES 2050 booth, Grand Palais, Paris

Roundtable

Construction, resources and local

knowledge, challenges for low carbon

housing in Africa

SATURDAY

5th OF DECEMBER

1pm - 2.30pm Room 9, Climate Generations areas, Le Bourget

Conference

Interstate negotiation and supranational

decisions : the European example

4pm - 4.20pm Climate Change Studio, Le Bourget, Blue zone, Exhibits area hall 4

Interview

Climate Change Studio


Roundtable

New applications for solar energy


SUNDAY

6th OF DECEMBER

11.15am - 11.45am Agora Space, Grand Palais, Paris

Press Conference

The future that we make


Roundtable

Improved woodstoves and biomass

3pm - 3.50pm Room 6, Conference space, Grand Palais, Paris

Launch of ethiCarbon Afrique®

Followed by a conference on Climate

change versus development: from the need

of changing paradigm to the challenges of

implementation

4.30pm - 5.30pm ENERGIES 2050 Booth, Grand Palais, Paris

Roundtable

INDCs (Intended Nationally Determined

Contributions) and climate.

Morning and afternoon ENERGIES 2050 booth, Grand Palais, Paris

Ludic activities

with the association Jeunes Européens (1

hour twice)


Roundtable

Challenges of sustainable and low carbon

construction in Africa

MONDAY

7th OF DECEMBER

11am - 12.30pm Room 9, Climate Generations areas, Le Bourget

Conference

CSR and COP21 in Africa – challenges and

solutions from economic stakeholders

2.45pm - 3.15pm Corner Solutions, Room 3, Grand Palais, Paris

Conference

Innovation, entrepreneurship and solidarity:

when the private sector takes hold of

opportunities for our climate. Green economy,

corporate social responsibility… many levers

of action for committed enterprises


3pm - 4pm

MEDCOP booth, Grand Palais, Paris

Conference

Citizen involvement and societal innovation

at the heart of the solutions agenda – The

challenges of citizen mobilization in the Post-

2015 climate ambition

3.30pm - 4.30pm ENERGIES 2050 booth, Grand Palais, Paris

Roundtable

Spirituality, tradition and green economy


Roundtable

Biomass in Africa, perspectives for the

future

10.30am - 12.30pm ENERGIES 2050 booth, Grand Palais, Paris

Roundtable

Tuesdays of the environment:

Territories, Agriculture, Climate

TUESDAY

8th OF DECEMBER

11.15am - 11.45am The gallery, Le Bourget

TV Studio

Towards a successful energy transition in

Africa: realities, testimonies,

innovations…What about tomorrow? 100%

renewable energies. Why not?


Roundtable

neZEH, How to enable Nearly Zero Energy

strategies in the hotels sector

2pm - 2.50pm Room 5, Conference space, Grand Palais, Paris

Conference

Sustainable buildings: a treasure of

opportunities for resilient and low-carbon

territories, in the South as in the North

3pm - 4.45pm ENERGIES 2050 booth, Grand Palais, Paris

Roundtable

Private sector’s involvement to tackle the

challenges of sustainable buildings

11am - 12pm ENERGIES 2050 booth, Grand Palais, Paris

Roundtable

Green economy in Africa


1.30pm - 2.15pm The Gallery, Le Bourget

Workshop

Innovative financing in the renewable energy

sector, experience in Africa

WEDNESDAY

9th OF DECEMBER


Roundtable

The blue economy in five fables

2.45pm - 3.15pm Solutions Corner, Room 3, Grand Palais, Paris

Conference

Energy and local development: solar

systems and basic services in rural zones


Roundtable

India One Solar project


Roundtable

Challenges and opportunities of solar energy

5pm - 6.30pm Conference room 4, Climate Generations areas, le Bourget

Conference

Adapted housing at global level, a potential

for climate change mitigation and adaptation

10.30am - 12.30pm ENERGIES 2050 booth, Grand Palais, Paris

Roundtable

Medias of the environment

THURSDAY

10th

OF DECEMBRE

11am - 12pm Medcop booth, Climate Generation areas, Le Bourget

Conference

Tourism, climate and energy: a treasure of

opportunities for the territories – Example of

the neZEH project


Roundtable

Climate change, migrations and forced labor

FRIDAY

11th OF DECEMBER

9.45am - 12.45pm Climate Generations areas, Le Bourget

Conference

Efficiency and sustainability of climate and

environmental policies in Africa:

What are the scientific, political and financial

barriers?


Saturday 28th of November, 9am to 5pm, and Sunday 29th of November, 9 to 12.30pm. Hôtel de l’Industrie, 4 Place Saint-Germain des Prés, 75006 Paris

Background and Rationale Crisis and opportunities are multiple in this early 21st century. Everywhere initiatives are set up to raise awareness, inform and share innovative solutions that are ecologic, fair and economic. Internet and social Medias are already playing a major role in this blooming of goodwill and collective intelligence… but meetings of projects holders remain essential. The purpose of this two-day event is to facilitate such meetings between stakeholders, whether they act at a national or international level, in order to mutualise and reinforce initiatives which will be, from 2016 on, implemented. Participants will present their tools and actions and will build up trust in each other… leading to common futures here and elsewhere… The exhibition “climate change and its consequences on children and forced labor”, presented by the association Human Resources without borders, will complete these events.

Objectives In partnership with the Société d’Encouragement pour l’Industrie Nationale, the aim is to debate, mutualise information, unite and scale up everyone’s means of action. Reflexion and conclusion of the debates will be largely disseminated on the Internet and on social Medias. During these two days, the app CliMade 21 will officially be launched, and the laureates of the « Shake your earth » contest will be announced.

Speakers Guillaume de Laboulaye (ENERGIES 2050), Michel Giran (Adome), Olivier Cerf (Alnetplanet), Benjamin Ball (Wesign), Taylla Yamaguchi (ENERGIES 2050 - Agite Ta Terre !), Mathias Lahiani (Onpassealacte), Vincent de Montalivet (Cobusiness), Sokha Hin (OpenTeam), Jonathan Attias (Communidée), Roxane Julien (Fullmobs), Sébastien Leroux (Voxe.org), Antoine Héron (ICDD)

Partners of this event:

Citizen debate Change the world …propose, get involved and share – new media and new forms of mobilisation


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Saturday 28th of November, 9am to 4.30pm. OIF’s headquarters, 19-21 avenue Bosquet, 75007 Paris Conference organised by the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) with the participation of ENERGIES 2050 Background and Rationale*

The 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) held in Paris from

30 November to 11 December 2015 – under the United Nations

Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – is

expected to lead to the adoption of the Paris climate agreement.

The international community must commit to ambitious but

realistic and legally-binding targets, while taking into account

the respective situations at national level and the founding

principle of shared but differentiated responsibilities. The goal

is to collectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to

keep global warming below 2°c by the end of the century. It aims

to build populations' capacities to adjust to the known

consequences of climate change as well as those yet to come.

The signatory parties of the countries and stakeholders are

coming together, yet despite strong political discourse, the

agreement is far from being reached and many issues still need

to undergo major negotiations just days before the start of the

COP.

Objectives

This preparatory workshop will enable negotiators and

stakeholders to have access to an up-to-date summary on the

main ongoing issues. The workshop will be an opportunity to

present the Guide to the Negotiations, the Summary for

Policymakers, and the Analysis, to the COP21 participants.

Partners

Institute for Sustainable Development of La Francophonie

(IFDD); Government of Senegal (Presidency of the 15th

Francophonie Summit); Government of the French Republic

(COP21 Pres.); ADEME; ENERGIES 2050; Future Facteur 4.

Speakers H.E. Michaëlle Jean, Secretary General of La Francophonie; Jean-Pierre Ndoutoum, IFDD Director; Arona Soumare, IFDD; Stéphane Pouffary, ENERGIES 2050; Pierre Radanne, Future Facteur 4; Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu, PMA Group; Seyni Nafo, Spokesperson of the Africa Group. (*Extract from the OIF’s official documents)


Preparatory workshop Challenges and opportunities of COP21


Wednesday 2nd of December, 2pm to 3.30pm. Climate Generations areas, Paris-Le Bourget, Coordination Sud booth Conference organised by the Nubian Vault Association Background and Rationale By 2030, with over 400 million new citizens, Africa’s challenges will be: build more, better, create a maximum of new jobs without polluting more. Through the examples set by the Nubian Vault, low carbon construction that have proven values to tackle this challenge, this workshop will look at potential solutions to enhance quality housing for the majority of people: - What methods to form/boost local workers? - What propositions and role for housing loans? - How to use at best subsidies to encourage/accelerate implementation? - What role for climate finance? - What role for States?


Objectives

- Link: bring together finance and housing stakeholders - Learn together: enrich each other over the challenges and opportunities of low carbon housing in Africa - Co-create: list opportunities, synergies between key stakeholders (private, public, citizens)

- Mobilise: define a working group involved in these issues…

Speakers AVN, ENERGIES 2050…

Workshop « How to enhance access to low carbon housing in Africa? What support can be brought to entrepreneurs, what role for housing

loans and direct subsidies? »

111 ENERGIES 2050 and its partners get together for the COP21

Thursday 3rd of December, 9am to 1pm. Conference centre, Paris-Le Bourget, Blue zone, OIF’s pavilion, number 6, Hall 3 Conference organised by the International Organisation of la Francophonie in partnership with ENERGIES 2050

Background and Rationale*

Cities are the arena for many issues including social,

healthcare, economic and environmental challenges. Cities are

so important that many analysts believe they hold the key to the

greatest challenges of the planet's underlying issues, they

believe that the 21st century "will either be the century of the

city or it will not be", and that their future will determine the

future of our very civilisation.

As part of the climate agenda, it is important to take into account

the opportunities provided by cities and sustainable urban

strategies to facilitate the energy transition. Currently

encompassing 50% of the world population – and probably 70%

by 2050 – cities are already responsible for 75% of the CO2

emissions and are constantly expanding, above all in the

developing countries and especially in Africa. In practice, cities

are faced with multiple challenges which are only reinforced and

exacerbated by the effects of climate change; they face

unprecedented constraints with increasing critical areas.

To guide cities towards sustainable development, the Initiative

for Sustainable Cities of La Francophonie (IFVD) – created by

the OIF-IFDD and ENERGIES 2050 and supported by UN Habitat

– has set out a systemic approach to support cities in their paths

towards resilient, low-carbon development with a limited use of

natural resources, in order to create a better life and local

solidarity in the long term. The workshop will also be an

opportunity to present the "Grand Bassam, model sustainable

city" project.

Objectives

The aim is also to engage a range of stakeholders in the project

of the city of Grand Bassam (Côte d’Ivoire), which has set out

to become a model sustainable city. These stakeholders are

currently: the OIF/IFDD, IFVD, ENERGIES 2050, Brussels

Capital Region and CNOA (Côte d’Ivoire).

Target audience are Negotiators, representatives of local

governments, actors of civil society, representatives of

international organisations, financial institutions, climate

experts, businesses

Speakers AIMF (Permanent Secretary or Chair); IFDD (Jean-Pierre

NDOUTOUM, Director); Grand Bassam (Georges Philippe

EZALEY, Mayor); Terra Technologies Senegal (El Hadji DIOP);

UN Habitat; Brussels-Capital Region (Mickaël ANGÉ, Bruxelles

Environment Adviser); ENERGIES 2050 (Stéphane POUFFARY,

Director General); SABER/ABREC; Aera Group/ ECOSUR

Africa; I4CE (Institute for Climate Economics formerly CDC

climat); Réseau Habitat et Francophonie (Gaëlle RAULIC,

Secretary General); UNEP Sustainable Lifestyles, Cities and

Industry Branch (Stephanos FOTIOU, Head of Unit, Cities and

lifestyle unit).

(*Extract from OIF’s activity programme)


Conference « Cities and Regions, Operators of energy transition and SDG implementation »


Thursday 3rd of December, 11.15am to 12pm. Conference Centre, Paris-Le Bourget, blue zone, Luxemburg room, European pavillon Conference organised by the Nubian Vault Association Background and Rationale Conference organised in the European Pavilion (blue zone) over the theme « Buildings/Human Settlements: a major asset for climate change adaptation and mitigation in the developing world» Africa is experiencing a rapid urbanisation process which should last over the next decades, nurtured by strong demographic growths: the continent’s population should reach 2.4 billion people by 2050 - including 1.34 billion of urban against 455 million at present time. The domestic sector, which already accounts for a quarter of global energy consumption at world level, will be at the heart of the issue, from a development perspective as much as for the struggle against climate change. It is essential to anticipate future needs in terms of infrastructures and resources and to limit the environmental and societal impacts associated with housing constructions. Solutions exist and the this sector certainly offers treasures of opportunities in terms of development as well as for climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Objectives

- To offer a comprehensive view of the narrow links existing

between adapted housing and climate change related issues

(adaptation as much as mitigation).

- Raise awareness over housings’ key issues and push decision

makers to get involved;

- Anticipate needs and funding opportunities to reinforce

programmes for adapted housing, accessible to all.

Speakers Thomas Granier (cofounder and General Director, AVN), Stéphane Pouffary (General Director, Founder and honorary President, ENERGIES 2050), Mohammad Riaz Ramin (Technical coordinator, GERES Afghanistan), Mahama Ayariga (Minister for Environment, Science and Technology Innovation of Ghana), Ouseynou Nakoulima (Director of Country Programming, Green Fund)


Minister for

Environment, Science and Technology

Innovation of Ghana

Conference « Buildings/Human Settlements: a major asset for climate change adaptation and mitigation in the developing world »


Thursday 3rd of December, 5pm to 6.30pm. Conference Centre, Paris-Le Bourget, blue zone, OIF Pavilion, Number 6, Hall 3 Conference organised by the Institute of Research for Development with the OIF and IDRC Background and Rationale The final declaration of "Our Common Future Under Climate Change" International scientific conference, held in Paris in July 2015, reaffirmed the key role of science in implementing the Paris agreement. Developing countries must now find the path to sustainable development while pursuing the fight against poverty, environmental protection and awareness of climate change. Nonetheless, scientific capacity-building in developing countries, particularly in Africa, remains a challenge. What can we do to help these countries in having their own capacities to devise sustainable development models and fully contribute to the international production of knowledge?

Objectives

By building on the lessons learnt from past experiences, as well

as potential areas of collaboration for research on adaptation to

climate change through regional cooperation, this round table will

address the following issues:

- Challenges for scientific research on climate change in

Africa;

- The role of scientific capacity-building in developing

countries, beyond producing knowledge;

- The role of South-South cooperation;

- The challenges involved in developing a culture of

innovation that ties in as closely as possible with the

situation at national level

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Speakers Adama Diawara, Adviser on Education and Research for the President of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire; the representative of H.E. Michaëlle Jean, Secretary-General of La Francophonie; Jean Lebel, IDRC President; Jean-Paul Moatti, IRD President and CEO; Jean-Pierre Ndoutoum, IFDD Director; Stéphane Pouffary, President of ENERGIES 2050; Laurent Sédogo, President of the West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL); Rene Orellana, Bolivian Minister of Planning and Development; Laurent Gouind Sedogo (Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources, and Fisheries for Burkina Faso and the President of the West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL)); Youba Sokona, Special Adviser on Sustainable Development at the Centre du Sud and IPCC Vice-Chair; Achin Steiner, UNEP Executive Director and Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations, Lindiwe Sibanda, CEO of the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN). The round table will be moderated by Dr Cheikh Mbow, lead researcher on climate change and development at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF).


Round table « Dialogue and Climate Change: what challenges does research face in developing countries »


Daily media briefing at ENERGIES 2050’s booth in partnership with ADOME / DDOOGLE, Grand Palais:

- Friday 4th of December, 12pm to 1pm - Saturday 5th of December, 11am to 12pm - Sunday 6th of December, 12pm to 1pm - Monday 7th of December, 1pm to 2pm - Tuesday 8th of December, 5pm to 6pm - Wednesday 9th of December, 5pm to 6pm - Thursday 10th of December, 1pm to 2pm.

Background and Rationale Our societies are confronted to repeated crisis, whether these are political, social, economic, ecologic or climatic. Demographic growth, overconsumption of natural resources as well as raising inequalities and poverty are enhancing negative consequences that are more and more visible and irreversible. Numerous are those who think that the world as we know it is at stake. Behind these challenges still exist a multiplicity of solutions, similar to low hanging fruits ready to be picked up. Every day, citizens’ initiatives contributing to a move towards societies

more respectful of humans and their environment, less resources consuming, are being implemented all over the world. New tools and innovations emerge here and elsewhere and are being shared above all odds. Medias, Internet and social networks are playing a central role in this blooming of goodwill and collective thinking… the purpose of these daily workshops will be to demonstrate concrete opportunities and Medias’ role to face climate change at all scales. Participants will have the opportunity to present their tools and to foster new connections… vectors of a common and better future.

Media briefings: new Medias and climate change


SOFRECO, ENERGIES 2050’s partner during this COP21, will co-organise a set of four roundtables at ENERGIES 2050’s booth in Le Grand Palais.

Presentation of SOFRECO*

SOFRECO is a leading company in consultancy and technical

assistance for sustainable economic and social development. Using tested and approved products, methodologies and tools, it provides quality services with tangible results. SOFRECO's priority is to ensure that the beneficiaries accept and adopt these results, through flexible, practical and adapted solutions, and to create a dynamic of participative, lasting change in a multitude of sectors and countries throughout the world. This dynamic aims to develop expertise and lead to the better allocation and management of available resources. SOFRECO practises three complementary professions: consultancy, engineering and training. Its assignments, most of which fall within the scope of programmes for sustainable development and poverty reduction, cover numerous fields:

agriculture, rural development and food aid; the environment, natural resource management and

mining;

industrial engineering, essentially in agribusiness and fertiliser chemistry;

infrastructures, transport, urban planning, energy and telecommunications;

good governance and public management, management of the economy, strengthening of the legislative framework and legal system;

education, vocational training and social development; health and social policy; the development of the private sector.

Its innovative vision of development assistance, the multisectoral and multicultural experience of its professions, its proven capacity to implement complex, technical assistance projects developed over 30 years, and its decisive participation as a vector for sustainable change in transition and developing countries, have enabled SOFRECO to become a privileged partner of the major international cooperation and development aid institutions, particularly the European Commission, the World Bank, regional development banks and bilateral donors. *Extract from SOFRECO’s website http://www.sofreco.com/FR/Accueil_S.awp

The four roundtable (Grand Palais) will reflect on SOFRECO’s various fields of expertise:

- Friday 4th of December, 10.30am to 11.30am, focusing on bio-plastic - Sunday 6th of December, 2pm to 3pm, focusing on improved woodstoves and

biomass - Sunday 6th of December, 4.30pm to 5.30pm, focusing on INDCs - Wednesday 9th of December, 4pm to 5 pm, focusing on solar energy.

Round tables SOFRECO – ENERGIES 2050

http://www.sofreco.com/FR/Accueil_S.awp


Presentation of AVN*

The Nubian Vault Association (AVN, Association la Voute Nubienne), through its 'Earth Roofs in the Sahel' Program, offers a valid, affordable, and appropriate technical solution based on three integrated concepts: a roof, a skill and a market. AVN organises the training and support of local teams to promote this solution for as many people as possible, as soon as possible, by generating a large-scale market in Nubian Vault construction. As a result, families can acquire comfortable, sustainable, and decent housing, at the same time improving their economic conditions, their quality of life, and their environment.

A Roof >> Nubian Vault (NV) construction uses local skills and labor and renewable materials (earth, rocks, water...) for sustainable low cost homes and other buildings. They are environmentally friendly and cheaper, more comfortable and longer lasting than the widespread, but expensive and sub-standard cement block, metal roofed buildings.

A Skill >> Masons trained through AVN's Program have built more than 2,000 homes and other structures for their clients. NV building creates jobs, reduces poverty and releases scarce resources to go to improved nutrition, health, education, and capital for improved economic productivity.

A Market >> AVN works to diffuse the NV technique and create a demand for NV housing, kick-starting a durable market for NV construction: local people take ownership of the concept to become clients, builders, or partners.

The aim now is to spread this successful economic development experience to new areas, from the three initial countries of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Senegal into neighboring countries, especially Ghana and Benin.

Construction, resources and local knowledge, challenges for sustainable housing in Africa Africa is confronted to an exponential growth of demand in terms of housing and constructions: in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa, the building stock may increase fivefold by 2050. Whereas this exponential growth presents multiple risks (environmental impacts, proliferation of slums, chaotic urbanisation process…), it is also source of opportunities: economic development enhancing local know-how and resources, with co-benefits in terms of climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Challenges of sustainable and low carbon construction in Africa Africa is experiencing a rapid urbanisation process which should last over the next decades, nurtured by strong demographic growths: the continent’s population should reach 2.4 billion people by 2050 - including 1.34 billion of urban against 455 million at present time. The domestic sector, which already accounts for a quarter of global energy consumption, will be at the heart of the issue, from a development perspective as much as for the struggle against climate change. In this context, it is essential to anticipate future needs in terms of infrastructures and resources and to limit the environmental and societal impacts associated with housing constructions. *Extract from AVN website: http://www.lavoutenubienne.org/fr/home

The two roundtables will be organised as follows, at ENERGIES 2050 booth in Le Grand Palais:

- Friday 4th of December, 1pm to 2pm, “Construction, resources and local knowledge, challenges for sustainable housing in Africa”

- Monday 7th of December, 10.30am to 11.30am, “Challenges of sustainable and low carbon construction in Africa».

Round tables Nubian Vault Association – ENERGIES 2050

http://www.lavoutenubienne.org/fr/home


Saturday 5th of December, 1pm to 2.30pm. Climate Generations areas, Le Bourget, Side event room number 9 Conference organised by the association Jeunes Européens France

Background and Rationale

The debate will focus on interstate negotiation between EU State members in the definition of environmental related targets. The EU use its competencies for environmental protection, that it has since the 1986 unique act, to influence member states, and then to pressure them in increasing their use of renewables, improving their energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gases emissions. Still, theoretically, the EU does not have any constraining power in these domains. For example, the competency related to energy mix is exclusively the responsibility of each State. Nevertheless, the European community adopted its first action plan for the environment in 1972 and commit to reduce its GHG emissions within the framework of the Kyoto protocol, signed in 1997. Member States are actively involved in these decisions. At the European council in October 2014, Head of States and Governments agreed on the objectives themselves, which were less ambitious than those originally planned by the European Commission. The European Parliament is not taking part in this process. Objectives are common but the efforts are shared in regards to each States’ potential. This is therefore closer to an interstate decision process than a European one, although the EU endorses it and can remind the States of their commitments. This process enables some progresses, but is not without drawbacks.

Objectives This debate will enable participants to better understand a decision process which is specific to the European Union, related to environmental targets. European countries are very different from one another but successfully agreed on specific targets. This is a positive signal for the whole planet. The endorsement of states objectives by a supranational organisation, in this case the European Union, can allow this organisation to push States in fulfilling their targets and to create a collective responsibility, overcoming the simple interstates relationships, which can fluctuate through time. The debate is opened and will highlight the positive sides of this peculiar system, but also dispute it compared to federal systems, in which objectives can be imposed more easily thanks to the juridical constraint. The underlying theme is therefore the analysis of the European soft-law system in terms of setting objectives to fight against climate change.

Speakers Gaëtane RICARD-NIHOUL (Institute jacques Delors), Stéphane POUFFARY (Founder and Honorary President ENERGIES 2050), Yannick JADOT (European Deputy), Alain LAMASSOURE (European Deputy), Gilles PARGNEAUX (European Deputy) Sylvie GOULARD (European Deputy) Jérôme QUÉRÉ (President Jeunes Européens France)


Conference « Interstate negotiation and supranational decisions: the European example»


Saturday 5th of December, 4pm to 4.20pm. Climate Change Studio, Le Bourget, Blue zone, Exhibits area hall 4

Background and Rationale

This interview will put the emphasis on ENERGIES 2050’s vision of development under climate change. The fight against climate change is one of the cornerstone of ENERGIES 2050 activities and, as it became more and more crucial to implement concrete actions, the association have progressively increased its number of projects in this field.

Objectives

The goal is to present constraints and opportunities for countries to fight climate change, based on some of ENERGIES 2050’s concrete projects/actions, especially regarding INDCs’ preparation and the way civil society can be part of the transition. ENERGIES 2050’s vision is also to avoid locking effects and to scale up innovation as well as new ways to consider trends of

development. Hereafter are some of the projects that will be emphasised in the interview:

World Contest « Shake Your Earth! » (for the 4th edition of the « Shake Your Earth! » initiative, ENERGIES 2050 launched an international citizen contest on the theme « My climate today, my climate in 20 years, and me? »).

ethiCarbon® - carbon as a tool for international

solidarity

Francophonie’s Initiative for Sustainable cities.

Speakers Stéphane Pouffary (Honorary President and founder of ENERGIES 2050)


Interview Climate Change Studio

Stéphane Pouffary, during COP16 in Cancùn


Sunday 6th of December, 10.30 am to 11.30 am, ENERGIES 2050 booth, Grand Palais, Exhibition Solutions Climat, nef north.

In partnership with l’Innovation Citoyenne et Développement Durable (ICDD) Background and Rationale Solar energy is the mother of all energy, and we aren’t done with exploring all its potential yet. Three examples of new or very recent applications will be presented in this roundtable.

1. A hard-wearing solar engine which does not require maintenance 2. Station Energy: energy autonomy in Africa 3. The large central farm India One, Radjasthan

Speakers Alain Coty, Gregory Deren, and Nadège Payet-Tisset (Saurea), Alexandre Castel (director – founder of Station Energy), Luz Angelica Castro et Joachim Pilz (India One)

Roundtable « New applications for solar energy »


Partenaire de la table-ronde

Sunday 6th of December, 11.15am to 11.45am, Agora space, TV Studio, Grand Palais Background and Rationale Mankind is confronted to political, ecological, economic, social and spiritual crises that are unprecedented by their magnitude as well as by their interdependence. These challenges are exacerbated by demographic growth, the predation of human beings on natural resources, the disparities and poverty that strike a significant part of the world’s population. This being said, our trajectories of development are not a fatality. Our consumption and production modes, our relation to one another, to nature, to this sacred imagination that each of us carries within itself, can be decidedly different, in the service of a greater number and in the respect of this little planet with which each of us has a link, intimate and emotional, even if the words to say it are as numerous as we are many. Creative geniuses, human beings of today, as those of tomorrow, can be these magicians, carrying the future, for a better living, here and elsewhere.

The initiative “The future we make” addresses the need to act that we all carry inside of our hearts, and which would only need less noise to be audible. Launched by the NGO ENERGIES 2050 and the manager of the project Sagesses de l’Humanité (Wisdoms of mankind), “The future we make” aims to be a link between past, present and future knowledge, to multiply opportunities for action here and elsewhere, towards societies in transition, equitable, solidary, respectful of the intra and intergenerational balances. Time is not anymore for advocacy but for action, to testify about possibilities. The press conference will announce the official launch of the initiative “The future we make”.

Speakers Danielle FÖLLMI, manager of the project Sagesses de l’Humanité Stéphane POUFFARY, Founder and Honorary President of ENERGIES 2050)


Press conference « The future we make »

Picture: Sagesses de l’humanité


The future that we make


Sunday 6th of December, 3pm to 3.50pm, Conference space n°6, Grand Palais. Background and Rationale The issues of sustainable development and those of climate change are closely related. The year 2015 reminds us how the international agendas on both these questions are tightly intertwined, with the adoption of the Sustainable Goals for Development (SDG) in September and the COP21 which will take place in Paris in December. Beyond the official desire of each and every one to act, beyond the engagements announced by the governments and by all players, the experience of concrete implementation remains a challenge in most countries. In the framework of the climate negotiations, one of the central question is to address the mitigation requirements, the needs for adaptation as well as the imperatives of development. This reality was at the heart of the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) that countries have elaborated as an engagement taken under the framework of the future climate agreement. Mitigation vs adaptation; economic development vs resilience; consumption and production vs low-carbon development strategies… In practice, most of the signals are red, and the challenges that were not addressed yesterday are today exacerbated by the consequences of climate change. However, some see in these challenges a great opportunity to act and to transform into success the situations that could apparently not be solved. Climate change would then be an opportunity to implement a new economic, environmental and social paradigm.

Objectives

This conference will present case studies and concrete examples in developing countries, proving that it is possible to conciliate development, adaptation, resilience with co-benefits in terms of mitigation. The official launch of the initiative ethiCarbon Afrique® will be done during this conference.

Speakers

Stéphane POUFFARY (Founder and Honorary President

ENERGIES 2050), Mister Thierno Bocar TALL, Executive

Director of SABER - ABREC, fabrice Le Saché (President

Ecosur Afrique/Are Group), SOFRECO (CPDN)


Sunday 6th of December, 3pm to 3.50pm, Conference space n°6, Grand Palais.

Launch of ethiCarbon Afrique® followed by the Conference «Climate change versus development: from the need to changing paradigm to

the challenges of implementation »


Launch of ethiCarbon Afrique®


Presentation of CCIAM* Key stakeholder for the development and support to the private sector in Congo, the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Agriculture and Professions of Pointe Noire (CCIAM) is a close partner of ENERGIES 2050 during the COP21. The CCIAM is acting in various domains: commerce, agriculture and livestock, industry, mines and energy, water, forestry, fishing, buildings and public works, services, craft and professions. Its missions are to:

Represent and defend the interest of all economic sectors;

Serve as an interface between the private and the public sector ;

Organise commercial missions for national citizens ; Set up and diffuse commercial data; Promote external and internal commerce in Congo; Promote the national economy through various

missions; Participate to all initiatives aiming to improve the

organisation of external trade, including loan services, insurance and transport;

Advice public authorities on trade, industrial, fiscal… issues;

Support professional organisations. *translated from CCIAM website

The three roundtables (ENERGIES 2050 booth, Grand Palais) will reflect on CCIAM’s various fields of expertise:

- Monday 7th of December, 3.30pm to 4.30pm, Spirituality, transition and green economy

- Monday 7th of December, 4.30pm to 5.30pm with EnR Congo focusing on biomass in Africa, perspectives for the future

- Wednesday 9th of December, 11am to 12pm

Roundtables CCIAM -ENERGIES 2050


Monday 7th of December, 11am to 12.30pm. Climate Generations Areas, Paris-Le Bourget, Side event room n°9 Conference organised by the Association RSE and PED and ENERGIES 2050 Background and Rationale Africa is only responsible for 7.8% of global emissions but is confronted to the severe impacts of climate change – droughts, erosion, lower water availability… 650 millions of Africans have no access to electricity. In this context, how can sustainability be promoted, with an economic development which preserve the climate and answer the needs of soon to be 2 billion Africans? While challenges are numerous, Africa’s development can only come from its entrepreneurs, who everyday launch innovations that do not exist anywhere else. A large scale entrepreneurial movement building on renewable energy, for which the continent dispose of large resources, is ongoing. Solar stations are installed in off-grid villages, enabling inhabitants to store food, to reload their mobile phone, to have light in their house as well as outside, to improve their access to water. Renewable energy also enable the development of economic activities: milk refrigeration, electrified activity zones working with solar systems, bioclimatic houses, etc. We all have, in the South as well as in the North, a responsibility to preserve the climate and implement the SDGs in Africa, and we

have to imagine new cross territories solidarities that can amplify the entrepreneurial movement, for Africa’s sustainable development.

Objectives This event will discuss the results, conclusions, and recommendations of a large webconference labelled COP21, organised the 20th of November for the 18th edition of the International Solidarity week, by the association RSE and PED in collaboration with several partners including ENERGIES 2050. The name of the conference was “CSR and COP21 in Africa – challenges and solutions from economic stakeholders?” This unique event connected 10 groups in 10 different locations in France and Africa, through the use of a webconference platform.

Intervenants Chantal Brohier (RSE & PED), Stéphane Quefelec (ENERGIES 2050), Ibrahima Sene (University Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense), Arnaud Chabanne (Project Lagazel), Samassekou Ousmane (Katènè Kadji).


Conference « CSR and COP21 in Africa - challenges and solutions from economic stakeholders»


Monday 7th of December, 2.45pm to 3.15pm. Solutions Corner, Grand Palais, Room 3 Background and Rationale Our word is facing the limits imposed by a development model that is based on the research of economic growth at all cost, and that relies on relatively cheap and abundant fossil fuels. The consequences are numerous: an exponential increase of greenhouse gases emissions, important and sometimes irreversible environmental damages, an accentuation of social disparities, of underemployment, of human migration, etc. Climate change is a reality for our society. The private sector is often considered as the source of the problem because of its sole economic concerns. However, companies present an incredible capacity for innovation that can transform our consumption and production models. Whether it is creating tomorrow’s new green technologies, providing more environmental and human friendly products or adopting more responsible methodologies and processes, the private sector has a crucial role to play. If the environmental and social commitment of the private sector and the green economy cannot succeed to address all the challenges that our societies are facing by themselves, these approaches still allow to rethink our production and consumption models, from a sustainable development perspective. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) addresses the notion of green growth as being “about fostering economic growth and devilment while ensuring that the natural assets continue to provide the resources and environmental services on which our well-being relies. To do this

it must catalyse investment and innovation which will underpin sustained growth and give rise to new economic opportunities”. In practice, green growth is closely linked to innovation in many fields: - Economic, for production, process and distribution activities; - Social in terms of gender and geographical equity, of participation and organizational system; - Technological in terms of efficiency and sobriety; - Environmental, taking into account the different functions of ecosystems.

In addition to what precedes, in Africa it is a matter of securing to a whole working-age population (500 millions of people in 2020), a social—inclusive growth that creates economic opportunities for all labour-intensive sectors. Knowing that African economies are highly dependent on natural capital, such a growth would stimulate more efficient investments while respecting as best as possible the preservation of natural resources.

Objectives Through a set of real examples, this conference will highlight the numerous opportunities to innovate and take action in a sustainable way, under climate change circumstances.

Speakers ENERGIES 2050, Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Pointe-Noire, RSE & Development, Green Growth in Africa Programme


Conference « Innovation, entrepreneurship and solidarity: when the private sector takes hold of opportunities for our climate. Green

economy, corporate social responsibility… many levers of action for committed enterprises »


Monday 7th of December, 3pm to 4pm, MEDCOP/PACA Region booth, Grand Palais. Background and Rationale Our societies face repeated crises, whether on the political, social, economic, ecological or climatic perspective. Population growth, human predation on natural resources, inequality and poverty that affect a significant part of population from around the world amplify consequences that are increasingly visible and irreversible. Many people think that the survival of the world as we know it is at stake. This pleads for an immediate action from all actors and more than any time before, the challenges of sustainability, equity and solidarity must be set as a priority for each of us. Nevertheless, it is easy for the citizen to feel overwhelmed, excluded, distrustful or depressed by debates of experts and by those who present the situation as a fatality.

Objectives This event aims to exchange on the new roles of civil society in a context of climate change, as a major player in the transition towards low carbon territories and greater solidarity. Civil society must assume a new participative and inclusive leadership. The examples of the project “I, citizen of the PACA region, am engaged for the climate” and the international initiative “Shake Your Earth” will be emphasised.

Speakers ENERGIES 2050, Association Voute Nubienne (AVN) ; network of Central Africa Environnemental Communicators (RECEIAC), Afrique Environnement Plus, ADOME, etc


Conference « Citizen Involvement and societal innovation at the heart of the solutions agenda – The challenges of citizen mobilization in the

Post-2015 climate ambition »


Presentation of S.E.R.E* The association S.E.R.E was created in 1992 to gather environmental documentaries makers, both in France and abroad. Since then, professionals from all branches of the audio-visual sector working in the environment joined it. Its mission is to promote activities and knowledge about the environment, including nature preservation and sustainable development. S.E.R.E has five main domains of actions:

A cycle of debates with specialists, the “Tuesdays of the environment”, focusing on hot topics;

Audio-visual events (documentaries festivals, roundtables);

Workshops for professionals;

Publications;

Outdoor meetings in the nature. The S.E.R.E is organising numerous events with public institutions, associations or companies, and participate to professions fairs and festivals focused on the audio-visual and the environment.

Tuesdays of the environment The Tuesdays of the environment and ENERGIES 2050 organise a roundtable over the theme of Territories, Agriculture and Climate. Since 1992, the Tuesdays of the environment devote the first Tuesday of each month to debate over a topic linked to the environment and biodiversity. These are organised by S.E.R.E in partnership with the oceanographic institute Paul Ricard and are held within the companies’ foundation Ricard in Paris. Are also associated the WebTV Terre-TV and the radios RFI and Ethic.

Medias of the environment Confronted to repeated crisis, our societies need the Medias to play a central role in the promotion of more sustainable models, respectful of the environment. Everywhere, initiatives appear to raise awareness, inform and share innovative solutions that are ecologically aware, socially fair and economically viable. Internet and social Medias already play a central role in this blooming of goodwill and collective thinking… which will be discussed during the roundtable.

*Translated from S.E.R.E website

The two roundtables will be held at ENERGIES 2050 booth in Le Grand Palais, as follows:

- Tuesdays 8th of December, 10.30am to 12.30pm, “Tuesdays of the environment: Territories, Climate, Agriculture” with the Oceanographic institute Paul Ricard

- Thursday 10th of December, 10.30 am to 12.30pm, « the Medias of the environment: professions of the press. Papers, radio, realisation, production. » with MédiaSvert

Roundtables S.E.R.E. (Société Européenne des Réalisateurs de l’Environnement) - ENERGIES 2050


Tuesday 8th of December, 1pm to 2pm, ENERGIES 2050 booth, Grand Palais, exhibition Solutions Climat, nef north.

Within the framework of the European project nearly Zero Energy Hotel (neZEH)

Background and Rationale In this 1 hour event, partners of the neZEH project (TUC, UNWTO, ENERGIES 2050, among others) will expose and discuss the project’s objectives, status, results and activities. Debates with experts and public will follow over some of the following topics: energy innovation and sustainability in the accommodation sector; multiple benefits from implementing neZEH strategies;

building capacity and how to unblock large-scale renovations in the Hotel Industry.

Speakers Tsoutsos Teocharis (Technology University of Crete), Zoritsa Urosevic (UNWTO), Guillaume de Laboulaye (ENERGIES 2050), Jean Pierre Martinetti (European City of Heritage and Sustainable Tourism)

Roundtable neZEH « How to enable Nearly Zero Energy strategies in the hotels sector»

http://www.nezeh.eu


Tuesday 8th of December, 3pm to 4.45pm, ENERGIES 2050 booth, Grand Palais, exhibition Solutions Climat, nef North.

In partnership with Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau (VDMA) Presentation of VDMA VDMA Forum Technical Building Equipment, efficient, safe and comfortable – for cost-optimised and climate-friendly buildings The high demands placed on buildings have changed over time. On average we spend 80% of our lifetimes in buildings! The need for security, comfort, resource- and energy-efficiency have thus increased - not only for the building owners but for building users as well. Today the building sector belongs to one of the most important sectors for energy and carbon savings. Through energy-optimised and integrated building technology, the energy demands of buildings can be reduced significantly (sometimes by as much as 50 percent), and carbon emissions can be avoided accordingly. The “Forum Technical Building Equipment” incorporates innovative solutions of modern building technology for residential and commercial buildings. Integrated solutions play a

decisive role in intelligent infrastructure and help to create the smart buildings of tomorrow. Background and Rationale At the heart of the economic and social organization of our societies, buildings are responsible for 32% of global energy demand, including 24% for the sole domestic sector. The sector as a whole (building and construction) annually consumes more than 3 billion tons of raw materials and 12% of drinking water, whereas the construction, renovation and demolition generate more than 40% of solid waste in industrialized countries. It is undeniable that the built environment has a central role to play in the new climate regime to be implemented. Besides contributing to reducing energy consumption and cities’ environmental footprint, it must reinforce the resilience of our societies to face current and future impacts of climate change. Integrating these issues as early as possible within global strategies, declined at the local level, is crucial to avoid multiple lock-in effects related to the lifetime of urban infrastructures.

Roundtable « Private sector’s involvement to tackle the challenges of sustainable buildings »


Lundi 7 décembre, de 15 h 00 à 16 h 00. Stand MEDCOP/Région PACA, site du Grand Palais.

Tuesday 8th of December, 11.15am to 11.45am. The gallery, Paris-le Bourget. Zone B, Pavilion of Comité 21, Club France and Solutions COP21 Background and Rationale Africa owns a treasure of natural resources along with an important supply of human skills and a significant domestic market. However, the continent is confronted with important needs, recurring energy poverty, an energy that is often too expensive, unevenly available, intermittent and leads to disproportionate social, environmental and economic costs. The equipment, whether it be for energy transport, for energy production or for energy use, is often outdated. Not to mention regulatory barriers for production or for energy uses in different sectors, that remain inappropriate for development strategies and / or for winning public-private partnerships. Nonetheless, if nothing is done the needs and consumption will increase along with a raise in constraints and impacts, knowing that the reality of climate change will actually worsen these difficulties by increasing countries’ vulnerability and thereby that of their citizens. Beyond this thorny reality, day after day, project leaders, local authorities, businesses, States, financial institutions or civil

society go into action and implement innovative solutions that would merely require a specific framework or additional financial resources to extend and be scaled up at global levels.

Objectives Speakers will present current initiatives as well as future ones that can turn a 100% renewable energy Africa into a reality. The Company SOFRECO will present feedbacks and lessons from their practical projects. The Nubian Vault Association will present the central role of social housing as part of the necessary changes to be implemented. The initiative ethiCarbon Africa®, co-founded by ENERGIES 2050 and the African Biofuel and Renewable Energy Company (SABER-ABREC), will offer views of an innovative financing solution for a resilient and supportive energy transition in Africa.

Speakers ENERGIES 2050, SABER-ABREC, SOFRECO, Association Voute Nubienne (AVN);


TV Studio « Towards a successful energy transition in Africa: realities, testimonies, innovation…What about tomorrow? 100% renewable

energy. Why not? »


Tuesday 8th of December, 2pm to 2.50pm, Conference space n°5, Grand Palais. Background and Rationale At the heart of the economic and social organization of our societies, buildings are responsible for 32% of global energy demand, including 24% for the sole domestic sector. The sector as a whole (building and construction) annually consumes more than 3 billion tons of raw materials and 12% of drinking water, whereas the construction, renovation and demolition generate more than 40% of solid waste in industrialized countries. It is undeniable that the built environment has a central role to play in the new climate regime to be implemented. Besides contributing to reducing energy consumption and cities’ environmental footprint, it must reinforce the resilience of our societies to face current and future impacts of climate change. Integrating these issues as early as possible within global

strategies, declined at the local level, is crucial to avoid multiple lock-in effects related to the lifetime of urban infrastructures.

Objectives Through examples of practical solutions implemented both in the South and in the North , this conference will highlight the multiple opportunities that the building and construction sector offers in order to fight and cope with climate change.

Speakers ENERGIES 2050, Solener, VDMA, SOFRECO, RESISTEX, Technical University of Crete.


Conference « Sustainable buildings: a treasure of opportunities for resilient and low- carbon territories, in the South as in the North»


Wednesday 9th of December, 2.45pm to 3.15pm. Solutions Corner, Grand Palais, room 3. Background and Rationale Rural zones in developing countries are confronted to numerous challenges for energy supply, usually being far away from the grid. Renewable energy, in particular solar-based, appear as a viable solution to supply in electricity these remote areas. Solar energy systems enables electricity supply in hospitals and schools and reinforce basic social services in rural zones. Besides, it can increase populations’ incomes through supplying a direct access to cheap electricity. Finally, the use of solar energy is an alternative to biomass at domestic level, often source of important indoor pollution. Nevertheless, if solar energy presents considerable benefits in rural areas, important questions remain to be dealt with, especially regarding some technical, social and environmental aspects. For example, the sun is an intermittent source of energy, which cannot produce electricity during the night. Besides, PV

panels lifecycle, due to the fact that they are made with heavy and polluting metals, is posing threats in terms of collecting used materials and recycling. Finally, the panels need to be maintained and the training of local population as well as the creation of local management committee are absolutely essential for the viability of the panels.

Objectives Based on experiences in Nepal, Niger and Kenya, this conference will explore these different topics, enhancing the advantages and challenges linked to the use of solar energy in rural areas. Moreover, the presentation of an innovative carbon initiative will set light on new opportunities to fund such technologies.

Speakers Jelena Colson (Director of department, SOFRECO), Cédric Dupuy (expert RES), Harsha Wickramasinghe (Deputy Director, Sustainable Energy Authority du Sri Lanka), Guillaume de Laboulaye (Project manager; ENERGIES 2050)


Conference « Energy and local development: solar systems and basic services in rural zones»


Wednesday 9th of December, 5pm to 6.30pm. Climate Generations areas, Paris-Le Bourget, Side event room n°4. Conference organised by the Nubian Vault Association Background and Rationale Organisation of a debate-conference in the Climate Generations area over accessible and adapted housing in the Sahel and the related issues of climate change adaptation and mitigation.

Objectives - Inform development stakeholders, decentralised cooperation, and the public opinion on the theme of adapted housing and its potential in terms of climate change adaptation and mitigation; - Enhance action opportunities to support housing adapted to climate change: architecture and technics, development methods, construction needs, awareness raising of local authorities; - Offer a general view on the narrow links existing between adapted housing and climate change issues, whether it is in terms of mitigation potential or for adaptation measures;

- Raise awareness on the key role of housing and push decision

makers to get involved;

- Anticipate needs and funding opportunities to reinforce

programmes for adapted housing accessible to the majority.

Speakers Thomas Granier (cofounder and General Director, AVN), Stéphane Pouffary (General Director, Founder and honorary President, ENERGIES 2050), Mohammad Riaz Ramin (Technical coordinator, GERES Afghanistan), Abdoulaye Baldé (Ministre de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable du Sénégal) , Ousmane Koné (Ministry of the environment and sanitation in Mali), Saidou Maiga (Ministry of the environment and life frame in Burkina Faso), Ouseynou Nakoulima, (Director of Country Programming, Green Fund), Yves Laurent Sapoval (Advisor, Ministry of Ecology, sustainable development and Energy, Ministry of Housing in France), Arab Hoballah (Head of service "Sustainable lifestyles, Cities and Industry of the Division Technology, Industry and Economy", United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP/DTIE)), Gérard Sénac (Executive Director, Eiffage Sénégal)


Conference « Adapted housing at global level, a potential for climate change mitigation and adaptation»


Wednesday 9th of December, 2pm to 3pm, ENERGIES 2050 booth, Grand Palais, Exhibition Solutions Climat, nef North

In partnership with the association blu Background and Rationale Facing the challenges of climate change and the need to preserve the environment, the definition of new development models and a change in our lifestyles are essential. The blue economy, a concept developed by the Belgian entrepreneur Gunter Pauli, aims to take leads from the environment and what nature does to build a new economic model. This round table will explain this

concept, with the support of the book “the blue economy in five fables”.

Speakers Camila Amaya Castro (blu)…

Partner for this event:

Wednesday 9th of December, 3pm to 4pm, ENERGIES 2050 booth, Grand Palais, Exhibition Solutions Climat, nef north.

In partnership with Brahma Kumaris Background and Rationale Renewable energy, in particular solar-based energy, appear today as a viable solution to supply developing countries in electricity. The WRST (World Renewal Spiritual Institute), a research center in solar energy, in collaboration with ENERGIES 2050, will present during the roundtable the project India One, a

1MW thermodynamic solar farm located in the Rajasthan, North of India, which received support from the Indian Government and the Deutsch Cooperation.

Speaker Joachim Pilz and Luz Angelica Castro (Brahma Kumaris)…

Partner of this event:

Roundtable « India One Solar project »

Roundtable «The blue economy in five fables »


Thurday 10th of December, 2.30pm to 3.30pm, ENERGIES 2050 booth, Grand Palais, Exhibition Solutions Climat, nef north.

In partnership with the association Human Resources without Borders (RHSF)

Background and Rationale Force labour affects over 120 million workers in the world. Most of them are migrants, and are vulnerable precisely because they were forced to leave home. Climate change is an important and a growing cause of migrations. The objective of this roundtable will be to show concrete measures that can be adopted with sub-contractors and suppliers in France and abroad, to impact the

respect of Human rights at work. It will also underline to what extent a call for proposal can lead to abusive working conditions.

Speakers Caritas Internationalis, laboratoire de l’ESS (Economie Sociale et Solidaire)

Partner of this roundtable:

Roundtable: “forced departure... ...forced labor", Climate change, migrations and forced labor

Exhibition RHSF


Thursday 10th of December, 11am to 12pm. MEDCOP/Région PACA booth, Climate Generation areas, Le Bourget. Background and Rationale The tourism industry is an important contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and is also strongly impacted by the consequences of climate change. This situation is not a fatality and there are multiple opportunities for action. neZEH is co-funded by the European Commission within the frame of the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme, aiming to accelerate the rate of large scale renovations of hotels into nearly zero energy buildings (nZEB), by providing technical advice to committed hoteliers and demonstrating flagship nZEB projects in the European hospitality sector Sixteen hotels across seven European countries (Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Spain and Sweden) have been selected to become European neZEH Pilot Hotels. These hotels are to become inspiring frontrunners to the European hotel industry as examples of good practice to achieve nearly Zero Energy Building (nZEB) performance levels. Each large scale renovation plan includes not only challenging energy efficiency measures and the integration of renewable energy solutions but also a change in behaviour of management, staff and guests as they interact with the hotel.

The neZEH project has been able to offer several benefits to the 16 selected pilot hotels: access to technical expertise; implementation and interpretation of energy audits with technical solutions and Return of Investment calculations; feasibility studies; technical advice on tendering, selection of contractors and monitoring; identification of financing opportunities; hotel staff training; access to marketing tools; increased market visibility at national and EU/International level.

Objectives Throughout examples of concrete projects from the European “nearly Zero Energy Hotels” project (among others), this conference will highlight the major role of tourism towards resilient and low-carbon territories. Speakers will include key actors from the tourism and buildings Industry, as well as several of the project’s partners.

Speakers Creara, NECSTouR, SiTI, la Cité du tourisme, ENERGIES 2050,

Travelife


Conference « Tourism, climate and energy: a treasure of opportunities for the territories – Example of the neZEH project»


Friday 11th of December, 9.45am to 12.45pm. Climate Generations, Le Bourget. Conference organised by the IRD (Institute of Research for Development) in collaboration with ENERGIES 2050 Background and Rationale Africa contributes to 2.4% of global emissions but the impact on GDP is higher than anywhere else in the world. Developed countries also committed themselves to mobilize $ 100 billion a year by 2020 to finance adaptation in developing countries through the Green Fund. Africa mobilizes less than 2% of the funding, the global emissions still continue to rise and the main polluters are still not legally bound to reduce their emissions. If the role of climate observation and information systems prove significant, many challenges still lie ahead to transform scientific discoveries into policy recommendations. Beyond the need of scientific bases, there are certainly good governance and good coordination, but also the need for adequate financial resources and expertise to implement the policy.

Objectives The objective of this side-event as three (3) multidisciplinary roundtables is to discuss the scientific, political and financial barriers for effective and sustainable climate and environmental policies in Africa. How to strengthen the interface between science and policy? How to fund research on climate change in Africa? Where are we with the commitments took under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (NAPA, NAMA, CDM, REDD +, INDC ...)? What can we learn from few past success stories? What inclusive and endogenous innovative alternative strategies should we implement despite uncertainties on climate projections in Africa?

What long-term support for adaptation and mitigation strategies at local, national and regional levels to strengthen the resilience of economies and ecosystems in Africa?

Speakers Arona DIEDHIOU (Research Director at Institute of Research for Development; University of Grenoble and University Félix Houphouët Boigny (UFHB, Côte d’Ivoire)), Jean-Marc Chataigner (General delegate IRD), Fatima DENTON (Director of African Climate Policy Center), Christopher BRIGGS (Secretary General of Ramsar Convention on wetlands), Stephane Hallegate (Senior Economist; SDN Chief Economist Office, The World Bank), Louise Helen BROWN (Senior Climate Change Office, African Development Bank), Stephane Pouffary (Director and Honorary President ENERGIES 2050), Adama Diawara (Adviser of the President of Republic of Côte d'Ivoire), AbdelKrim Ben Mohammed (Adviser of the President of Republic of Niger), Benoit Martimort-Asso (Coordinator IRD-COP21), Thierry LEBEL (IRD-LTHE, Coordinator of COP21-UGA), Wilfran MOUFOUMA-OKIA (Climate Science Expert, African Climate Policy Centre, UNECA, Ethiopia), Nicholas Abuya (Programme Officer, Christian Aid Kenya), Honoré Tabuna (CEEAC), Blaise dit Bobodo SAWADOBO (Coordinator of COGEL / CONEDD), Abdourahamane Konaré (Climate Expert UFHB and Director of Research and Innovation Dept), Benjamin Sultan (IRD-IPSL), Clodagh Byrne (Help Age International, Resilience Programme Officer), Tanya A. Warnaars (Program Manager FCFA/AMMA-2050), Paul Ouedraogo (Senior Regional Advisor for Africa, Ramsar Convention Secretariat) …


Conference « Efficiency and sustainability of climate and environmental policies in Africa:

What are the scientific, political and financial barriers? »


Our partners…for the COP21 and

beyond

The African Biofuel and Renewable Energy Company ABREC (ABREC) is an international organisation which headquarter is in Lome, Togo. Its capital is owned by 15 States stakeholders (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cap Verde, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Chad and Togo) and 6 financial institutions (EBID, WADB, ECOBANK, FAGACE, IEI and NEXIM BANK). The work of ABREC focuses on three axes of activity to promote renewable energy:

Providing expertise to conduct feasibility studies to supply essential information on technical aspects of projects in renewable energy

Providing project management services

Providing technical assistance to governments as well as facilitating entry of private investors for renewable energy projects in Africa

Established in 2009 in Mauritius, ecosur afrique started its operations as an advisory firm helping African companies to obtain carbon credits for their CO2 emissions reduction. Within a few years, the company built a unique track record and became the leading carbon reduction project developer and carbon credits trader in the region. In 2012, ecosur afrique established ecosur investment, a private equity firm targeting African start-ups from the clean energy sector, and 2 years later, ecosur trading to connect African environmental commodities with European markets.

SOFRECO is a leading company in consultancy and technical assistance for sustainable economic and social development. Its assignments, most of which fall within the scope of programmes for sustainable development and poverty reduction, cover numerous fields:

agriculture, rural development and food aid;

the environment, natural resource management and mining;

industrial engineering, essentially in agribusiness and fertiliser chemistry;

infrastructures, transport, urban planning, energy and telecommunications;

good governance and public management, management of the economy, strengthening of the legislative framework and legal system;

education, vocational training and social development;

health and social policy;

the development of the private sector.


Key stakeholder of the development and support to private sector in Congo, the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Agriculture and professions of Pointe Noire (CCIAM) is a key partner of ENERGIES 2050 during the COP21. The CCIAM is acting in various domains: commerce, agriculture and livestock, industry, mines and energy, water, forestry, fishing, Buildings and public works, services, craft and professions. Its missions are to:

Represent and defend the interest of all economic sectors; Serve as an interface between the private and the public sector ; Organise commercial missions for national citizens ; Set up and diffuse commercial data; Promote external and internal commerce in Congo; Promote the national economy through various missions; Participate to all initiatives aiming to improve the organisation of

external trade, including loan services, insurance and transport; Advice public authorities on trade, industrial, fiscal… issues;

Support professional organisations

Résistex develops customised lighting solutions optimising energy performances and the users’ visual comfort:

Help to define needs, to take into account technical and normative constraints as well as the users’ energy needs;

Résistex advice on relevant lighting solutions, efficient and which respect the environment;

Consulting company making technical lighting studies. Installations are optimised and norms are respected.

2003-2009, the story of a collection created by Danielle & Olivier Föllmi. 7 books to explore and meditate, opening out onto other worlds and other horizons. A collection where texts and images harmoniously throw light on and respond to each other. An initiatory path carefully marked out by Danielle Föllmi with the help of thoughts of all times, both expressive and evocative, with magnificent photos by Olivier Föllmi, revealing splendid landscapes and radiant portraits, one for every day of the year. The year is divided into fifty two themes, offering advice given to accompany each and everyone throughout their life, regardless of their beliefs and religious traditions.

Afrique Environnement Plus is an organism/magazine specialised in environmental communication, with various actions related to the environment and to sustainable development: information, awareness raising, analysis and capacity building. Afrique Environnement Plus’s headquarters is located in Brazzavile in the Congo and disseminate its publications in Central Africa, West Africa, East Africa and the Maghreb. During the COP17 in Durban, ENERGIES 2050 and Afrique Environnement Plus decided to unite their strength and scale up their means of actions through a partnership. ENERGIES 2050 regularly publishes papers in the magazine since then.


The International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) is an institution based on a shared language, French, and common values. It brings together 80 States and governments at present, including 57 members and 23 observers. According to the Report on French language 2014, there are 274 million French speakers around the World, including 212 million that use this language on a daily basis To help populations with limited access to drinking water or sanitation, the OIF launched its Initiative Water, supported by the Principality of Andorra. This initiative targets mainly rural and periurban populations. It is based on a multi-actors cooperation (NGOs, local authorities, private sector) and supports local policies related to water management. The Water Initiative and the non-profit organization ENERGIES 2050 are partners during the COP21, in order to propose meetings and exchanges of views on the sustainable and integrated management of water resources.

The relationships between access to drinking water and sanitation, energy, food security, environment, economy and human development have already been proved. The Declaration of Rio+20, United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, underscores « the critical importance of water and sanitation within the three dimensions of sustainable development. » Yet, for a number of member countries of La Francophonie, water stress is still part of the population’s everyday life. These countries are presently faced with growing challenges: urbanisation, industrialisation, salinization, etc., that are exacerbated by the already strong impacts of climate changes. According to the 5th report of the IPCC, the increase in greenhouse gases emissions heightens significantly the risks associated with freshwater resources, and Africa is one of the most at-risk regions. The modification of the precipitation patterns alter the hydrological systems and disrupt the water resources, with impacts on crop production and food security in particular. A number of factors may contribute to a lower availability and quality of freshwater: increase in temperatures; increase in sediment load – nutrient and polluter elements brought by heavy rains; increase in the concentration of pollutants during droughts; the temporary interruption of treatment plants during inundations, etc. More than a third of underground freshwater stocks may presently be over-exploited, which should encourage stakeholder to find new means to adapt to climate change. In developed countries, irrigated agriculture puts considerable pressure on underground water reserves that are sometimes non-renewable. Countries with coastal areas, in both the North and the South, are threatened by the rise in sea level, soil salinization, pollution, etc. For a number of countries, climate change already resulted in rainfall variability, which reduces groundwater tables refill and heighten the risk of inundations or drought. In the absence of an improved sanitisation system, these natural disasters multiply the contamination, disease, and pollution risks. Besides, the challenges of access to drinking water and to improved sanitisation infrastructures are also governance challenges. In fact, even in regions facing water stress and climate changes negative effects, relevant technical solutions do exist. However, they require the support and strengthening of governance structures. The difficulties to access energy in rural areas and the lack of financing of the water and sanitation sectors are also between the reasons why, until today, about 780 million persons still do not have access to drinking water. In the water/sanitation field, the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) implemented, from 2008 to 2015, in partnership with the Foundation Prince Albert II de Monaco and the Principality of Andorra, the Water Initiative of la Francophonie (I-Eau) that aims to support and assist its State and government members in the implementation of integrated water resources management (IWRM) and the skill building of local actors. The 2015-2018 programme of the OIF builds on the results of I-Eau with the launch of the new “Integration of sustainable development goals” programme. The latter aims to the capacity-building of target countries in the design and implementation of regional, national and local sustainable development strategies that are inclusive, participatory and result-oriented. There will be a particular focus on the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #6: “Ensure access to water and sanitation for all”. In a climate change situation, the OIF builds on the water and


sanitation sector and the strengthening of local governance as a vehicle for the sustainable development of the whole community. Over the years, the OIF has thus supported youth and women networks working for the sustainable management of water resources ; built technical and financial partnership with a range of organisations such as Eau Vive, the International Secretariat for Water, the International Office for Water, the Office Franco-Québécois pour la Jeunesse (Franco-Quebec Agency for the Youth), etc.; supported local authorities capacity-building and increased knowledge; strengthened governance; put forwards innovative solutions and processes for development; and supported advocacy actions for the adaptation of the water and sanitation sectors to climate change. As women are mainly in charge of water and sanitation, the OIF has been the first international organisation to sign a partnership with UN Women. It also created a network of Francophone women working in the field of sustainable development and climate change. The OIF supports the World Youth Parliament for Water and the drafting of national and local strategies on sustainable development, provides training on environment management tools and does the follow-up of the international negotiations on climate, biodiversity and desertification. The adoption of the SDGs in September 2015 induced a change of paradigm and is now the base of a new post-2015 programme of development. Now a new, legally-binding agreement on the climate change, which is expected in Paris in December 2015, would open new financing opportunities for local governments, including in the sectors of water and sanitation, agriculture, livestock breeding and forestry, energy, etc. These opportunities are vehicles for local development. The OIF and its partners took the opportunity of the 21st Conference of the Parties on Climate Change to support advocacy for a wider recognition of the water and sanitation challenges in the climate negotiations. The aim was also to prepare for the period following the COP21, in order to implement concrete and multipartners actions on the adaptation of the water/sanitation sector to climate change that simultaneously contribute to achieving the SDGs. To go further the respective actions of its partners in which La Francophonie already plays its part, the OIF, with the support of the Principality of Andorra, wished to have a part in a range of parallel activities specific to the water and sanitation sector, in partnership with the non-profit organisation ENERGIES 2050 in the areas that the latter made available (Blue Zone in Le Bourget, Climate Generations Areas at Le Bourget and the Grand Palais in Paris). These areas and exchange of views should allow the partners of La Francophonie to gather and share their energies around concrete projects for a better recognition of the water and sanitation challenges.

Lomé, Togo, March 2014


GETTING THERE Getting there – Le Bourget


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Getting there Grand Palais

Metro Franklin D. Roosevelt (lines 9 and 1) or Champs Elysées Clémenceau (13 and 1) RER C – Invalides Bus lines 28, 42, 52, 63, 72, 73, 80, 83, 93


ENERGIES 2050 booth – Grand Palais


Picture: Sagesses de l’humanité


ENERGIES 2050 is a well-known and recognized player in the fight against climate change. ENERGIES 2050 participates in global conferences and intercessional negotiations for several years and regularly intervenes in these fora as well as in many global or local projects on these issues. ENERGIES 2050 was leader in the production of the "Guide to the Negotiations" and the "Summary for Policymakers" for the 20th Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC (COP20) in Lima (Peru) and is also in charge of the 2015 edition for Paris Climate Conference (COP21). This valuable and renowned book is published annually by the Institut de la Francophonie pour le Développement Durable (IFDD), a subsidiary body of the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF). ENERGIES 2050 also helps Togo, Senegal and Djibouti to prepare their INDCs (Intended Nationally Determined Contributions) ahead of their national contributions at COP21 Paris agreement. ENERGIES 2050 also supports Niger in preparing its application to the Green Climate Fund. During COP21, ENERGIES 2050 will take part in the ministerial meetings organized by IFDD/OIF as well as in the preparatory workshops. It will also be involved in several satellite events organized by international networks, numerous actors of civil society as well as international institutions (UNEP, UNDP, REC IM-efficient -Resources Cities-, UNEP-SBCI – Sustainable Buildings and Climate Initiative). Among the highlights of ENERGIES 2050 and its partners’ programme of activities during the COP21, there will be:

The launch of « ethiCarbon Afrique® » initiative by ENERGIES 2050 and SABER-ABREC: rethink climate change as an opportunity to implement a renewed solidarity in order to contribute to financing Africa’s energy transition.

Launch of the initiative « the future we make » cofounded by ENERGIES 2050 and the head of project of Sagesses de l’Humanité. A link between past knowledge, present and future in order to scale up the opportunities for action, here and elsewhere ;

Launch of the app CliMade 21, initiated in partnership with ADOME association and DDoogle as well as several other partners.

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