Building and carbon market experts gather in Berlin for the 14th CTI-Workshop

Buildings are the largest consumer of energy in the world. The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings is therefore of utmost importance for slowing down global climate change. Against this background, adelphi organised the Climate Technology Initiative (CTI) Workshop for the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU).

Implemented for the second time by adelphi and altogether held for the 14th time, the workshop brought together policy experts, decision makers, scholars and financing institution representatives working on building-related issues. During the two-day event with the title “Dealing with complexity - the role of carbon market instruments, financing and regulation for reducing the global building sector’s climate impact” the participants discussed latest trends and developments in the field of climate-friendly buildings.
A focus of the workshop was on the role of carbon markets for providing finance for a greener building sector. During the first day of the workshop participants presented Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs), New Market Mechanisms (NMM), and international support programmes for carbon market instruments. Country cases presented included Tunisia, Thailand and South Africa. These topics were complemented by presentations and discussion on approaches for Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) as well as regulatory approaches and direct financing instruments from banks or funds during the second day. Presentations comprised, amongst others, of cases from Indonesia, Singapore and India.
As in the previous year, participants heard exciting presentations about approaches and tools for a climate-friendly building sector, discussed these topics across sector-boundaries and engaged in networking with colleagues from around the world.

Further information:
http://www.jiko-bmu.de/b…