On October 31, the Roundtable entitled "Carbon Farming in Kazakhstan: Unlocking the Opportunity" was be held in Astana (Kazakhstan). The event was co-organized by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), the International BRICS Competition Law and Policy Centre, The HSE Centre for Technology Transfer and the TALAP Center for Applied Research. The roundtable was organized with the support of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC).
The event continued the discussion started at the conference last year. Key experts in the field, representatives of partner UN agencies and scientific organizations discussed the prospects of carbon farming and carbon market as the most important elements of climate and environmental policy of Kazakhstan, which can not only make a significant contribution to the implementation of the goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2060, but also act as an important incentive for socio-economic development and modernization of the country.
Live stream at YouTube TALAP.Talks:
Agenda
17:00 –17:30 (UTC +6) — Registration and welcome coffee
Presentation of the report themed "Carbon Farming in Kazakhstan: Unlocking the Opportunity"
17:30 – 19:30 (UTC +6)
Opening Speech:
- Erlan Nysanbaev, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Welcome Speech:
- Rakhim Oshakbayev, Director, TALAP Center for Applied Research
Moderator:
- Alexey Ivanov, Director of the International BRICS Competition Law and Policy Centre
Keynote speaker:
- Michael Obersteiner, Director, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford & Principal Research Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Panelists:
- Elena Rovenskaya, Program Director of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA);
- Daniyar Kelbetov, Chief Product Officer, Member of the Management Board (AIFC);
- Dr. Barron Joseph Orr, Lead Scientist for the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD);
- Nikolai Durmanov, Director of the Carbon benchmarking site Kaluga's First;
- Saule Sabieva, Acting Director of the Climate Policy Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
- Pradeep Monga, Former Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD);
- Aleksandr Martusevich, IIASA Guest Senior Research Scholar.
Participants of the discussion: employees of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan, employees of JSC "Zhasyl damu"