AIT, Global Carbon Project (GCP), and National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) jointly organized an International Symposium on "Urban Energy and Carbon Management: Challenges for Science and Policy" on February 4, 2008 and an International Workshop on "Urban Energy and Carbon Modeling" on February 5-6, 2008 at the AIT Conference Center.
The International Symposium was aimed at clarifying scientific and policy issues surrounding urban energy and carbon management and to create a better linkage between science and policy. The symposium was attended by more than 45 prominent researchers from 12 countries representing key institutions from USA, Europe, South America, Australia and Asia including people from policy communities such as UNEP, UNESCAP and International Council for Local Environmental Initiative (ICLEI).
The International Workshop on February 5-6 discussed methodological approaches, data availability issues, energy & carbon modeling techniques and presented the urban energy and carbon modeling of 14 key cities including 12 leading world mega-cities. The workshop was attended by 35 experts from prominent research and academic institutions from 12 countries working on urban energy and carbon. The participants in the Workshop agreed to establish Urban Energy and Climate Modeling Forum, and further discussed concrete research collaboration opportunities, ways to bridge data gaps and to bring out publications in established international journals to enhance the state of knowledge in the area of urban energy and carbon management.
The event received good coverage by the Thai English-language newspaper The Nation, which published an account of the symposium held on 5 February 2008. Professor Ram Shrestha of AIT and AIT alumnus Dr. Shobhakar Dhakal of GCP coordinated the organization of the two events.
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