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front-schlossIIASA holds a workshop to compare estimates on GHG mitigation potentials and costs in Annex I countries.

The workshop will review on a sector-by-sector basis the critical issues in estimating future mitigation potentials and costs and  present existing national and international estimates of mid-term GHG mitigation potentials and associated costs in Annex I countries. It will discuss strengths and weaknesses of alternative approaches, compare estimates from different modelling teams, and identify critical assumptions that influence policy-relevant outcomes.

Background
Various recent national and international studies have estimated mid-term potentials and costs of GHG mitigation measures in Annex I countries. Potentially, such information could provide valuable input to negotiations on further mitigation commitments, in particular for the period after 2012. However, results of the available studies differ due to employed methodologies and exogenous assumptions. The workshop will synthesize findings on which all studies agree, and identify key factors that lead to differences in the estimates of future mitigation potentials and costs.

Approach
On the first day (May 28, 2009) the workshop will review on a sector-by-sector basis the critical issues in estimating future mitigation potentials and costs. This will be done taking the GAINS methodology developed by IIASA as an example, and expert modellers from other teams are invited to comment and present alternative approaches.
On the second day (May 29), the workshop will present existing national and international estimates of mid-term GHG mitigation potentials and associated costs in Annex I countries. It will discuss strengths and weaknesses of alternative approaches, compare estimates from different modelling teams, and identify critical assumptions that influence policy-relevant outcomes. A background document will compare existing estimates, based on key results that are invited from modelling teams in advance of the meeting.
Expected outcome
Policy-relevant findings of the workshop will be presented by the participants at a side event at the UNFCCC Convention subsidiary bodies, Bonn, June 2, 2009, at 19:30 in Room Solar.
Participants
The workshop aims at participation of modellers and national experts that are involved in estimating mitigation potentials and costs, and in using such estimates for decision making.
Workshop venue and time
The workshop will take place at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria (14 km from Vienna). It will start on May 28, 2009 at 9 am and close on May 29, 2009 at 5 pm. More details can be found in the attached registration form.
 
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