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11th Asia-Europe Business Forum Beijing, 22
October 2008
Marcin Korolec Deputy Minister of Economy Poland
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Introduction

• Minister of Economy of Poland is hosting on
• 27-28 November 2008 in Warsaw a high-level
  meeting
• of Ministers of industry and the representatives
• of energy intensive sectors -
• Summit on Sectoral Cooperation
• with the following motto
• Ministers and business leaders towards
• common responses to climate change

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Goals of the meeting

• To facilitate greater cooperation within energy
  intensive sectors in facing the challenge of
  reduction of their own emissions
• To identify a common ground (even if it is a very
  small surface) for developing, developed
  countries and energy intensive industry in terms
  of sectoral cooperation
• To present coherent industry ministers and
  business view on climate change policy to COP14
• To promote public-private collaboration,
  especially in terms of climate change policy
  making

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Participants

• About 23 ministers responsible for industry,
  generally from most carbon intensive economies
• About 30 energy intensive industry
  representatives (CEO level) from the biggest
  worldwide steel, cement and aluminium companies
• 4 representatives of the biggest power generation
  companies (e.g. China Huaneng Group and Tata
  Power Co. Ltd.)
• International organizations ( e.g. UNFCCC, EC,
  OECD, IEA, World Bank)
• Branch organizations ( e.g. IAI, WSA, ICC, WBCSD)

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Starting points

• Aluminium sector
• The IAI is the Global Forum of  the world's
  Aluminium Producers. The Institute has 25 Member
  companies and they are represented on the IAI
  Board of Directors by their CEO's. Together the
  IAI Member Companies are represented for more
  than 80 of world primary aluminium production.
• Steel sector
• The World Steel Association (worldsteel) is one
  of the largest and most dynamic industry
  associations in the world. Worldsteel represents
  approximately 180 steel producers (including 18
  of the world's 20 largest steel companies),
  national and regional steel industry
  associations, and steel research institutes.
  Worldsteel members produce around 85 of the
  world's steel.
• Cement sector
• In 1999, ten leading cement companies
  representing one-third of the worlds cement
  production embarked on the Cement
  Sustainability Initiative (CSI), a
  member-sponsored program of the WBCSD.

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Background facts
Source IEA, 2007
Source R. Bradley, 2007
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Why these three sectors?
Source R. Baron 2007
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Issues to be risen up...?

• Models of possible sectoral cooperation
• Competitiveness issues
• Technology transfer
• Data collection and monitoring of emissions
• Banchmarking/indicators
• RD in environmental technologies sector
• ... ?

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Thank you for your attention!