- LCS Beyond 2050: final outcome
The predictions of the core issues based on the RT-Delphi result were used as an input for the three-day scenario workshop. Experts from nine economies took part to envision what a 2050 low carbon society might look like, and the steps necessary to attain it, through backcasting. Five groups were organized to create 2050 scenarios that concerned on Climate change & its impacts, Migration, rural life and natural resources, Society & health, Trade of goods and services and Housing and construction / urban life / transportation: Taken in combination the output from these groups yielded a rather consistent vision, and plausible pathway, to a 2050 low carbon society.
To achieve the low carbon future as scenarios foresighted effectively, we need 2 levels implementations, National level and International level. For the National level, National governments must encourage and set up permanent committee on climate impacts and environmental sustainability to develop, monitor, and implement policies that advance a low carbon trajectory that should clearly articulate the nation’s long-term, low carbon goals and the strategies to achieve them. Meanwhile, local governments should play a major role in policy formulation and planning and be afforded sufficient latitude for implementation specific to their needs and resources. Local governments too must be guided by strong public participation to better identify their needs and to advance public understanding about LCS. Investment in market and education are also essential measures that need to be undertaken simultaneously. For APEC Regional Level, APEC leaders should develop a roadmap that specifically states the region’s commitment to an LCS transition and some initial objectives the region hopes to achieve by supporting regional policy framework. Furthermore, R&D consortium should be facilitated through collaborations in order to help harness resources to advance key technologies beneficial to the LCS transition as well as regional knowledge sharing through reliable network communication among APEC economies in order to pool more accurate data/information on all aspects of climate change science, adaptation and LCS strategies.