In parallel of the One Planet Summit on December 12, many side events were organized on December 10, 11 and 13 in Paris by public, private and civil society stakeholders in order to contribute to the mobilization and the implementation of concrete solutions towards greater climate action.
On 11 December 2017, IDDRI organised a high-level seminar under the auspices of the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, with the support of FERDI, CIRAD, and IRD.
Patrick Guillaumont, FERDI, attended this seminar where he spoke on how research on structural and physical factors of vulnerability can lead to a more effective and equitable allocation of development and climate resources by multilateral institutions. Context
Research, innovation and capacity building for development play an indispensable complementary role to the mobilisation of public and private investments for the necessary transition in all countries, for adaptation as much as for mitigation. They contribute both to the funding supply side and to the funding demand side. Based on the assessment of potential and necessary roles for research, innovation and capacity building to design public and private funding strategies for climate and development, the participants of the high level workshop will identify key recommendations and innovative funding instruments and processes. Programme
9h00 – 9h15 – Welcome and opening
- Frédérique Vidal, French Minister for Higher Education, Research and Innovation, France
- Teresa Ribera, Director, IDDRI
- Ramata Bakayoko-Ly, Minister for Higher Education, Research and Innovation, Côte d’Ivoire
9h15 – 9h30 – Round of introduction of participants to the workshop
Working sessions
9h30 – 10h15 - Building and sustaining innovation ecosystems in cooperation : what are innovation ecosystems, what innovations are needed (technological, in uses, in practices, in organisations and business models?), what is their role for the constitution of a pipe of low carbon and resilient projects for the transition, what examples of cooperation to sustain innovation ecosystems
Chaired by :
- Short presentation of 3 examples of experiences to foster innovation ecosystems : 3 x 5’
- Edwin Mootoosamy, Entrepreneur and researcher, on who are the actors that should be involved in innovation ecosystems, and what the role of open innovation
- Monica Araya, Costa Rica Limpia on new ways to foster innovation for climate, the example of Costa Rica (tbc),
- Nick Austin, Agricultural Development Director, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, on examples of innovation fostering development projects
- Reactions by participants
- Sarah Marniesse, Director for innovation, IRD, on responsible innovation in networks
- Thomas Brewer, ICTSD on cooperation in innovation systems
- Thomas Heller, Stanford and Climate policy initiative, on what type of innovation is needed for climate action
- Mohamed Sadiki, Secretary General, Ministry for Agriculture, Morocco, on innovation systems for adaptation and mitigation in agriculture
- BMZ, Germany, the role of the NDC Partnership to drive forward innovation, capacity building and finance in a synergetic way,
- General discussion and consolidation of a key message on cooperation for innovation
10h15 – 11h00 – National enabling environment : policies, expertise, long term pathways to low carbon and resilient development : the role of research, innovation and capacity building to ensure converging expectations and risk reduction for investors
- Short presentation of examples of innovative cooperation mechanisms : 3 x 5’
- Laurence Tubiana, European Climate Foundation, President, on long term transformation pathways at national scale
- Hernando José Gomez Restrepo, Green Growth Mission, National Planning Department, Colombia, on research cooperation, supported jointly with AFD, to feed the policy dialogue between public and private funders and national authorities
- Nick Robins, Director, UNEP Inquiry on a Sustainable Finance System, on the knowledge needs to introduce adaptation needs in public and private financial strategies
- Reactions by participants:
- Emilio La Rovere, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, on long term decarbonisation pathways to orient policies and investments
- Youba Sokona, Vice Chair of IPCC and South Centre Advisor on Sustainable development, on how national and regional scale research institutes are needed to assess long term sustainability and consistency between national and global ambition
- Vincent Caupin, Head of the Research department, AFD
- Hernan Carlino, Fundacion Torcuato di Tela on the use of national scale long term pathways to channel investments for climate adaptation and mitigation
- Patrick Guillaumont, Ferdi, on how research on structural and physical factors of vulnerability can lead to a more effective and equitable allocation of development and climate resources by multilateral institutions
- Henri Luc THibault, IRD
- General discussion and consolidation of a key message on national enabling conditions
11h15 – 12h00 – From projects to actors and territories : the role of research, innovation and capacity building to identify relevant projects, contribute to the assessment of their sustainability, and their alignment with sustainable development visions at the territorial/regional scale
- Short presentations of examples of innovative local/regional scale partnerships between research and development :
- Esther Badiola, European Investment Bank, Senior economist, Climate action specialist, on the view of a bank on what is needed at project scale
- Kwame Ababio, Programme Officer – Agriculture and Climate Change, NEPAD on the rural futures programme
- Etienne Hainzelin, Cirad – how impact for long term sustainability of rural territories is taken up in research programming
- Reactions by participants
- ZHAO Jinjun, Vice President, Chinese Center for International Economic Exchanges, on the inclusion of climate mitigation and adaptation, as well as sustainable development in projects funded within AIIB or OBOR
- Dipak Dasgupta, TERI and Founding member of the Green Climate Fund, on knowledge needs to ensure de-risking and assessment of climate compatible projects
- Valérie Verdier, Director, Department Ecology and biodiversity, IRD
- Jules Kortenhorst, Rocky Mountain Institute
- Helena Viñes Fiestas, BNP Paribas, Head of sustainability research
- Aly M’Baye, Professor and Honorary Dean, Université de Dakar, on taking into account diverse forms of vulnerability in public and private investment strategies
- General discussion and consolidation of a key message on regional scale partnerships between research and development
Conclusive session, opened to the press
12h15 – 13h00 – Synthesis of key messages and focus on innovative cooperation partnerships, funding instruments and processes to boost research and innovation systems, and upscale the impact of research, innovation and capacity building for climate and development
- Synthesis of key messages presented by Teresa Ribera, Director, IDDRI, and Johan Kuylenstierna, Director, SEI
- Reactions by Nicholas Stern, Professor and Director, Grantham Institute, London School of Economics
- Innovative instruments and cooperation processes to sustain research and innovation systems in cooperation : what are the needs ? what are the examples of cooperation mechanisms that could be fostered ?
Panel facilitated by Teresa Ribera, Director, IDDRI - Mme Ramata Bakayoko-Ly, Minister for Higher Education, Research and Innovation, Côte d’Ivoire
- Mr Yahouza Sadissou, Minister for Higher Education, Research and Innovation, Niger
- Mr Gerd Müller, German minister for Development (tbc, or his representative)
- Mr Francesco La Camera, Director general for Sustainable Development, and European and International relations, Ministry of the Environment, Italy
- Mr Roberto Ridolfi, Director, DG Development and Cooperation, European Commission, Directorate Planet and Prosperity
13h00 – 13h15 – Conclusions and closure
- Mr Gaël Giraud, Chief economist, AFD, member of the Stern Stiglitz Commission
- Mme Frédérique Vidal, Minister for Higher Education, Research and Innovation, France
