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20 Working group session summariesSummary reportTechnology diffusionand collaborationCollaboration between the private sector, government, and multilateralinstitutions to deploy clean technologies is critical to achievingthe necessary speed and scale.Discussions in this working group focused on the barriersto deployment of clean technologies and howthey may be overcome. Increasing technology diffusionrequires an improvement in the enabling frameworks aswell as capacity building. Indeed, it is common practicefor businesses to adapt technologies to specific marketsand ensure there are capabilities in place to usethe technologies. For example, wind turbines are oftenadapted to make them simpler and easy to operate.Technologies are diverse and sectors have differentneeds. However, participants at the Summit agreed ona common challenge: diverse standards, national codes,laws and practices in different regions, create multiplestrands of compliance needs, and limit the benefits ofeconomies of scale that would foster the rapid diffusionof existing solutions.Technology collaboration is essential to producingthe transformational change required; collaborationinvolves establishing a dialogue between government,sectors and international organizations. The EU is leadingthe climate change transformation, which can helpothers learn from their experiences. Emerging econo-mies are developing low-carbon development strategies,but the diffusion of low-carbon technologies is slowand often met with multiple barriers, such as a lack ofabsorptive capacity and political and economic signalsto encourage widespread deployment.“Don’t discount the ability of developingcountries to innovate.”Steve Lennon, Managing Director,Corporate Services, EskomCollaboration can help overcome some of the barriersto technology diffusion. Opportunities for cooperationexist not only among carbon intensive sectors (e.g. CCSdemonstration) but also within the wider economy.Solution providers such as ICT and biotechnology, forexample, can contribute significantly to emission reductionsby collaborating with other industries.This working group was developed and organized by theWorld Business Council for Sustainable Development.For more information, please go to www.wbcsd.org orcontact Matthew Bateson at bateson@wbcsd.org.Recommendations to policymakersPower generation• Involve the private sector in the development oftechnological needs assessment in developingcountries.• Increase capacity building in developing countries,including education, training, and exchangeof information and best practice, with other developingcountries.• Enhance transparency and involvement of businessstakeholders, NGOs and academic institutions.Industry• Create integrated policies that facilitate collaborationbetween sectors, companies, and NGOs.• Create long-term policy frameworks and incentivesfor the development and use of new technologies.• Streamline and harmonize standards to ensurealignment of national and international best practicesand standards, and create level playing fields.• Provide incentives for early action, includingappropriate accreditation for any early action todeploy alternative technology ahead of schedules,or indeed ahead of legislation.Buildings• Provide integrated policies that will foster systemicand solution approaches, e.g. by promotinglife cycle assessments of building and buildingmaterials to understand energy usage throughoutthe asset life.• Promote use of innovative building materials orimprovements in design through market incentivesand regulations.• Improve building codes and policies directed toretrofitting building stocks.• Improve building information and managementsystems, e.g. intelligent energy metering.
Summary report Working group session summaries 21Energy efficiencyThe current economic downturn presents an opportunity to catalyzeand accelerate energy efficiency efforts, given the immediatecost savings that can be captured.Demographic change is a key factor in tackling emissionsgrowth. Although developing countries typicallyhave lower carbon emissions per capita compared todeveloped countries, their rapidly rising populationsmean that they are expected to represent 8 out of the 9billion global population by 2050. These countries arealso urbanizing quickly, so energy efficient systems(whether in relation to power generation, the built environment,public infrastructure, consumer products, ortransportation) need to be in place to ensure that theincreased population can achieve high living standardswithout compromising efforts to tackle climate change.“We need clear and ambitious targetsto put energy efficiency at the top ofthe agenda.”Markus Reckling, Executive Vice PresidentCorporate Development, Deutsche PostImproving energy efficiency can help deliver a significantproportion of the emissions reduction required – a34% reduction in global carbon emissions by some estimates.Importantly, undertaking measures to improveenergy efficiency can often deliver the most immediateand cost-effective emissions reductions, comparedwith other carbon mitigation efforts. However, they areoften neglected in global negotiations.The current economic downturn presents an opportunityto catalyze and accelerate ongoing energy efficiencyefforts, given the immediate cost savings that can becaptured. The objectives of economic growth, job creation,climate mitigation, and energy efficiency, are wellaligned. While there are technological and financingbarriers to implementing energy efficiency measures,the more difficult challenge is changing behavior at themicro-level.Participants agreed that cities present major emissionreductions opportunities. Their higher density (relativeto rural areas) means that resources and infrastructurecan be shared across a wider population base. For developingcountries, where new cities are being built andare growing apace, opportunities to ensure that energyefficiency is integrated in city planning.At the individual level, simple behavioral changes willhelp reduce energy consumption, but these requireraised awareness and commitment.This working group was developed and organized byCombat Climate Change. For more information, pleasego to www.combatclimatechange.org or contact JesseFahnestock at jesse.fahnestock@vattenfall.comRecommendations to policymakers• Focus political attention on energy efficiencyto get business engaged in reducing emissions,even in the short-term.• At an international level, clear and transparentefficiency standards, and support for thelabeling of the energy efficiency of products,will stimulate behavioral changes in consumersand companies.• At a national level, placing energy efficiency atthe core of federal or state climate change actionplans will help governments and businessapproach the problem together at scale.• Encourage change by engaging with key partners,e.g. city governments, whose policies andpartnerships with the private sector can bemajor levers for improving efficiency economywide.• Accelerate the use of transformative technologiesthat offer immediate efficiency gains (e.g.ICT and biotechnology) to harvest emissionsreductions in the short and medium term.
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Summary report Working group session summaries 21Energy efficiencyThe current economic downturn presents an opportunity to catalyzeand accelerate energy efficiency efforts, given the immediatecost savings that can be captured.Demographic change is a key factor in tackling emissionsgrowth. Although developing countries typicallyhave lower carbon emissions per capita compared todeveloped countries, their rapidly rising populationsmean that they are expected to represent 8 out of the 9billion global population by 2050. These countries arealso urbanizing quickly, so energy efficient systems(whether in relation to power generation, the built environment,public infrastructure, consumer products, ortransportation) need to be in place to ensure that theincreased population can achieve high living standardswithout compromising efforts to tackle climate change.“We need clear and ambitious targetsto put energy efficiency at the top ofthe agenda.”Markus Reckling, Executive Vice PresidentCorporate Development, Deutsche PostImproving energy efficiency can help deliver a significantproportion of the emissions reduction required – a34% reduction in global carbon emissions by some estimates.Importantly, undertaking measures to improveenergy efficiency can often deliver the most immediateand cost-effective emissions reductions, comparedwith other carbon mitigation efforts. However, they areoften neglected in global negotiations.The current economic downturn presents an opportunityto catalyze and accelerate ongoing energy efficiencyefforts, given the immediate cost savings that can becaptured. The objectives of economic growth, job creation,climate mitigation, and energy efficiency, are wellaligned. While there are technological and financingbarriers to implementing energy efficiency measures,the more difficult challenge is changing behavior at themicro-level.Participants agreed that cities present major emissionreductions opportunities. Their higher density (relativeto rural areas) means that resources and infrastructurecan be shared across a wider population base. For developingcountries, where new cities are being built andare growing apace, opportunities to ensure that energyefficiency is integrated in city planning.At the individual level, simple behavioral changes willhelp reduce energy consumption, but these requireraised awareness and commitment.This working group was developed and organized byCombat Climate Change. For more information, pleasego to www.combatclimatechange.org or contact JesseFahnestock at jesse.fahnestock@vattenfall.comRecommendations to policymakers• Focus political attention on energy efficiencyto get business engaged in reducing emissions,even in the short-term.• At an international level, clear and transparentefficiency standards, and support for thelabeling of the energy efficiency of products,will stimulate behavioral changes in consumersand companies.• At a national level, placing energy efficiency atthe core of federal or state climate change actionplans will help governments and businessapproach the problem together at scale.• Encourage change by engaging with key partners,e.g. city governments, whose policies andpartnerships with the private sector can bemajor levers for improving efficiency economywide.• Accelerate the use of transformative technologiesthat offer immediate efficiency gains (e.g.ICT and biotechnology) to harvest emissionsreductions in the short and medium term.
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