11th Asia-Europe Business Forum

Beijing, 22 October 2008

Marcin Korolec

Deputy Minister of Economy

Poland

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, IISI, 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 world’s cement

production – embarked on the Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI), a member-

sponsored program of the WBCSD.

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Background facts

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Source: IEA, 2007

Source: R. Bradley, 2007

Why these three sectors?

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World GHG emission

Share of top 10 producers in the global

market

Share of production

traded

Aluminium 0,9% 54% 75%

Cement 4,6% 25% 6%

Steel 5,22% 26% 32%

Source: R. Baron 2007

Issues to be risen up...?

• Models of possible sectoral cooperation

• Competitiveness issues

• Technology transfer

• Data collection and monitoring of emissions

• Banchmarking/indicators

• R&D in environmental technologies sector

• ... ?

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Thank you for your attention!