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Opening Ceremony Session Chair: Prof. Suresh R. Chalise, SEN
Welcome remarks-Mr. Dhiraj Pradhananga, SEN
Key points
• expressed his sense of honor on being able to organize APGYFGE Youth forum 2012.
• emphasized that Youth are not only the future leaders but also they are the leaders of today
Context, objectives, structure and expectations from the workshop-Tek Jung Mahat, ICIMOD
Key points
• shared his insight on how an individual youth can make a huge difference in the way we act or think.
• This YF is one of the series of activities organized by ICIMOD and along with other partners
Keynote: Rio+20 deliberations, mountains and youth- David Molden, ICIMOD
Key points
• emphasized upon the fact that ICIMOD is very much committed to youth and work with youth.
• highlighted the key concerns of Rio +20
• Quoting Banki moon “Youth is the largest ever known-vast number of individual in developing country- having huge potential to change.’
Message from partners: Consortium for Capacity Building- Mr. Gregory Pierce, CCB
Key points
• expressed his happiness for the collaboration of CCB, SEN and ICIMOD in the APGYFGE.
• concluded his short message by welcoming all participants in this multi cultural, multi generation gathering.
ICIMOD’s new strategy 2013-2017: need for intergenerational partnership and mountain development- Dr. Eklabya Sharma, ICIMOD
Key points
• Stated that muountains are already green; the challenge is how to keep them green? And develop livelihoods and well being of mountain people & retain youths in the mountains.
• way must be find out to equip local youth with information, knowledge and capacity building so that they contribute for the development of mountain sustainably
Remarks from the Chair-Prof. Suresh Raj Chalise, SEN
Key points
• congratulated the youth participants of Asia Pacific Forum for being selected to the program from among 1000 applicants
• we say green economy, we are talking about socially equitable decision
Vote of Thanks-Ms. Anja Møller Rasmussen, ICIMOD Key points
suggested participants to broaden their networking by talking with someone whom one hasn’t talked so far
Day I: Green Economy: Basic Introduction
Chair: Associate Prof. Suresh Das Shrestha, Tribhuvan University
Moderator: Dr. Sangam Shrestha, Asian Institute of Technology
Green Economy: Challenges and opportunities – Mountain Perspective-Dr. Golam Rasul, ICIMOD
Key points
• Green economy can contribute in fighting poverty
• Promote green entrepreneurship- green job
REDD+ and Forest Carbon: linking Green Economy- Dr. Bhaskar Singh Karky, ICIMOD
Key points
• REDD can be important strategy and core principle to implement GE on the ground.
• Rational for REDD: unabated deforestation and degradation: deforestation rates are 1.6% per annum. Lot of emission taking place due to land use and land use changes
Application of GIS, Earth Observation in Climate Change Adaptation towards a Green Economy-Dr. MSR Murthy, ICIMOD
Key points
• Issues are spatial in nature and require spatial tools and spatial thinking with time as another dimension
• GIS on the web will provide many additional possibilities
Introductory session on UNFCCC COP 18 processes at Doha and presentation on the outcome document from the APGYF-Mr. Manjeet Dhakal and Dipesh Chapagain, CEN
Key points
• Youth should be included in decision making procedure
• Environmental right as fundamental right, environmental issue as fundamental issue in constitution
21 Emerging Environmental Issues for the 21st Century- Prof Michael H Glantz, CCB
Key points
• Policy makers are always making decision without enough knowledge
• Identify lesson_ but all of them are not lesson learnt, they are only lesson identified
Social Media for Youth Advocacy-Mr. Utsav Maden, ICIMOD
Key points
• Taught the participants the ways and means to use social media as a tool to contribute to green economy
• Believed that we can tweet, upload videos, blog- this way we can contribute and collaborate to green economy
Day II
State of Green Economy
Low Carbon Growth: State in Asia-Pacific Region-Dr. Madan L. Shrestha, APN
Key points
• a low emission development strategy is indispensible to sustainable development.
• emphasized on green growth which is a path to economic growth using natural resources in a sustainable manner.
Quantification of Water, Energy and Carbon Nexus, Dr. Sangam Shrestha, AIT
Key points
• Energy and water has symbiotic relationship; it is very important to understand nexus among water, energy and carbon
• fight for greener economy does not concentrate on individual countries alone, but must be a joint effort done by everyone, with common goal
Rural Energy Technology: A Concept of Green Economy- Prof Dr. Rhiddi B. Singh, RECAST
Key points
• highlighted the traditional and modern methods of green fuel production and consumption as well as provided suggestion on how to work towards a greener Nepal
Country report presentation on Green Economy: Session Chair- Mr. Dhiraj pradhananga, SEN, and Moderator-Michael H Glantz, CCB
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14 countries
Day III
• Green Entrepreneurship and tools for planning
Green Entrepreneurship-Mr. Vivek D. Sharma, UNDP/GEF/SGP
Key points
Nature based entrepreneurship opportunities
Green Economy at the Scale of 1:1 – The Shape of Spatial Moments at a Rounded Market within a Town Square- G. Pierce, CCB
Key points
• Sustainability doesn’t exist in the world. It’s a notion.
• The world developed by science isn’t reality
Sustainability session- Michael H Glantz, CCB
Key points
• Nature is teaching us everything but we are the ones who do not understand it.
• We need nature but nature doesn’t need us.
• Technological fixes often produces unanticipated adverse impact on nature
ICT and Climate Change: Quo Vadis?-Dr. Bhanu Neupane, UNESCO
Key points
• “people are conservative and don’t want to switch to modern technology and abandon the prior ones.”
• healthy steps to be taken are increased use of renewable energy, recycling and reducing CO2 level
Green Excursion- Mr. Madan Rai
Key points
• Organic farming is a tool to green economy
• We can recycle, reuse the organic matter e.g. We can use fieces and urine as fertilizer and this fertilizer is useful for plants to have good production
Day IV
• Green Economy-Knowledge Management
ICIMOD;s Godavari Knowledge park and Its activities- Mr. Samden Sherpa, ICIMOD Key points
KP and Demonstration site for sharing information to community people
Guided tour Mr. Samden Sherpa, ICIMOD
Knowledge sharing session facilitated by ICIMOD KM team, ICIMOD
Key points
World Café
Identified key concerns like media, CCA, etc.
Day V
Green Economy-Outputs and activities
GE-Intergenerational Justice, Chair: S.R Chalise
GE and CCA-Sharing of experiences-Prof. Dr. Kedar L. Shrestha, IDI
Straw-bale Construction in Nepal: Lessons and Future Plans
Ms. Laura Seraydarian, CCB
Exercise on APGYD for COP-18- Mr. Manjeet Dhakal, CEN
GE-Take Home Key messages- Mr. Dhiraj Pradhananga, SEN and Mr. Gregory Pierce, CCB
