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Update Issue 21, December, 2015

[Regional Cooperation]

Open Forum for CCICED Annual General Meeting 2015 Themed

Greening “One Belt One Road” held in Beijing

On 11 November 2015, the Open forum for China Council for International Cooperation on Environment

and Development (CCICED) Annual General Meeting 2015 themed Greening “One Belt One Road” was

held in Beijing by CAEC in collaboration with WWF, UNDP and UNIDO. H.E. Mr. Li Ganjie, Vice

Minister of Environmental Protection of China and Secretariat General for CCICED, co-hosted the forum

with Mr. Marco Lambertini, Director General of WWF International. The forum was also attended by Mr.

Li Yong, Director General of UNIDO, as well as other CCICED representatives.

During the forum, keynote speeches and discussions were made on how to realize and construct a green

“Belt and Road” to better benefit the region with China’s economic achievements. Delegates believe that

greening the “Belt and Road” and enhance cooperation on environmental and ecological conservation will

boost regional sustainable development magnificently, and that the “Belt and Road” initiatives itself need

to be inclusive and sustainable.

Dr. Zhou Guomei, Deputy Director General of CAEC, stated that the cooperation on environmental

protection was an important element to and should be naturally embedded in the “Belt and Road”

initiative.

China-Sweden Seminar on Innovating Environmental Management Mechanism Held in Beijing

On 5 November 2015, CAEC held the China-Sweden Seminar on Innovating Environmental Management

Mechanism in Beijing in collaboration with Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). Representatives and

experts from China and Sweden at both national and local level attended the seminar.

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The seminar introduced and discussed the main

environment governance systems of the two countries,

and the challenges faced. Intensive discussions were also

made on the Pollution-Discharge Permit System and its

implementation experiences and good practices. The

seminar successfully introduced the Swedish experience

to Chinese audiences, and provided policy

recommendations for China’s environmental

management innovation in the future 13th 5-year plan. It

also enhanced mutual understanding between the two

sides and created chance for future collaboration.

Seminar on ASEAN-China Partnership for Ecologically Friendly Urban Development

Held in Beijing

The Seminar on ASEAN-China Partnership for Ecologically Friendly Urban Development was held on

17-18 November 2015 in Beijing. Government officials, experts, academicians, city and private sector

representatives from China and ASEAN Member States, as well as representatives of international

organizations such as UNEP, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, ICLEI, and Singapore

National Parks Board attend the seminar.

The delegates shared and exchanged their experiences and knowledge on topics such as: Status and

Prospect of urbanization and sustainable development; opportunities and challenges on urban biodiversity

and ecological conservation; policies, approaches, standards and experiences, as well as the role of private

sector in the ecological urban development of eco-city development, and ecologically friendly cities.






During the seminar, the Recommendations on Creating China-ASEAN Partnership for Ecologically

Friendly Cities was proposed by the delegates, initiatives were included such as to explore the

establishment of China-ASEAN Eco-cities Alliance, to enhance capacity building for city-level

environmental agencies, to share good experiences on eco-city development and management in China

and ASEAN; to encourage ecosystem-based approaches to disaster risk reduction as one of the areas for

cooperation as well as source of good practices that can be shared between the cities in China and

ASEAN, to encourage exchange and joint study on laws, regulations, standards, index systems, incentive

and financial mechanisms and good practices relating to eco-city, to strengthen the participation of

enterprises in ecologically friendly urban development, and to enhance communication, cooperation and

partnerships with relevant international partners, et al.

More information can be found here: http://eco-city.chinaaseanenv.org/en/

Launch of “Belt and Road” and Green Finance Series Report

On 26 November 2015, CAEC in collaboration with WWF held the Launch Seminar of the “Belt and

Road” and Green Finance Series Report. During the seminar, the first two reports were published, which

are “Research on International Experience of Environmental and Social Risk Management Framework of

Multilateral Development Bank”, as well as International Comparative Research on Sustainable

Regulatory System of BRICS’s Financial Market.

During the seminar, senior officials and experts from National Development and Reform Committee,

Ministry of Environmental Cooperation, Research Office of the State Council, CBRC, UNEP, Industrial

and Commercial Bank of China, et al. joined the discussion.

Workshop on Promoting ‘One Belt One Road’ Environmental Cooperation

was Held in Guangxi, China

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They exchanged information on international cooperation progress and key points of the cooperation in

2015. CAEC expressed appreciation for UNEP’s support in China-ASEAN cooperation of the past year.

They also discussed and reached consensus on the Memorandum of Understanding between UNEP and

CAEC.

The 2nd Africa-Asia Expert Meeting on Enforcement of Environmental Law

Held in Kunming, China

On 1-4 December, 2015, the 2nd Africa-Asia Expert Meeting on Enforcement of Environmental Law was

held by CAEC and UNEP in Kunming, China in collaboration with Yunnan Department of Environmental

Protection. Over 60 delegates from China, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Central Asia nations, international

organizations and partners attended the meeting.

The meeting aimed to enhance the capacity of Africa and Asia countries on environmental law

enforcement through experience and good practices sharing under south-south cooperation framework. It

reviewed the outcome from the 1st expert meeting which was held in 2014, and shared experiences on

environmental law appliance and enforcement on both national and local level, topics such as institutional

innovation, environmental damage and compensation, effective compliance and enforcement were

discussed during the meeting. Group discussions were also conducted on national experience and good

practices sharing.




[About CAEC]

UNEP Executive Director Mr. Achim Steiner visited CAEC

On 11 November 2015, UNEP Executive Director and

Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Mr. Achim

Steiner visited CAEC during his official visit to China.

Director General Mr. Guo Jing met with the guest and

introduced the work of CAEC. Mr. Steiner expressed his

interest to enhance communication and cooperation with

CAEC.


For further information, please contact:

Mr. Pang Xiao

Tel: +86-10-82268235

Fax: +86-10-82200574

Email: [email protected]

Division for China-ASEAN Cooperation


Website: www.ChinaAseanEnv.org


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