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Ivo Besselink UNDP Asia-Pacific Resource Centre Bangkok Ivo.besselink@undp.org

ILO training 8 December Introduction to climate change mitigation

• Global emissions and emission trends
• Climate Change mitigation actions and technologies
• Barriers and interventions
• Climate change negotiations

• Global emissions and emission trends
• Climate Change mitigation actions and technologies
• Barriers and interventions
• Climate change negotiations

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Greenhouse gas emissions Climate change impacts

Global Climate Change

Mitigation: reduce emissions, reduce magnitude

• f CC

(less CO2) Adaptation reduce vulnerability to CC impacts; reduce losses

What are we talking about?

Mitigation: Carbon sinks: forests and land use changes (CO2 sequestration)

linkages

• Terminology

Greenhouse gases under Kyoto Protocol:

– Carbon dioxide (CO2) – Methane (CH4) – Nitrous oxide (N2O) – Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) – Perfluorocarbons (PFCs) – Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)

(Certified) Emission Reduction = (C)ER

– 1 CER = 1 ton of CO2-eq

• Terminology
• Some greenhouse gases are more ‘potent’. Global

warming potential = ‘GWP’ E.g. methane is 21 x stronger than CO2.

• Therefore:

1 ton of CH4 =21 tons of CO2 = 21 tons of CO2-eq

• Global GHG emissions have grown since pre-industrial times.
• Between 1970 and 2004 emissions have increased 70%
• Broken down on sectors the growth in GHG emissions was as

follows:

• Energy supply: 145%
• Transport: 120%
• Industry: 65%
• LULUCF: 40%
• Agriculture: 27%
• Buildings: 26%
• The emission of GHGs have increased at different rates:
• CO2 emissions represent about 77% of total

anthropogenic GHGs and have grown about 80% from 1970 - 2004

Global trends in GHG emissions

• Largest emitters where not included in the 1st commitment period of KP

Developed and developing country emissions currently about equal

• The mitigation challenge according to IPCC
• Without action - global CO2 emissions will

grow between 40 and 110% between 2000 and 2030

• To stay below 2 degrees global average

warming and avoid major damages:

• global CO2 emissions should start declining by

2015 and

• be reduced with 50-85% below 2000 level by

2050

• Carbon emission trends higher than predicted

Source: Synthesis Report, Climate change congress, by Richardson et. al., March 2009, Copenhagen

• World GHG emissions – three scenarios

While energy-related CO2 will continue to dominate, there is strong potential to reduce other emissions through improved efficiency, better farm management & reduced gas flaring

• Impacts of 2°C warming – worse

• Global emissions and emission trends
• Climate Change mitigation actions and technologies
• Barriers and interventions
• Climate change negotiations

• Methane capture lagoon

CH4 CH4 Slurry as fertilizer Biogas for energy

• Landfill gas extraction
• Capture of methane from a landfill

METHANE GASBad Odor &Green Housegas

CH4

• Energy Efficiency in industries
• Savings on fossil fuel spending, e.g. factories.

Biogas for heating in stead of heavy fuel oil. (e.g. brewery)

• Renewable Energy projects (hydropower)
• Hydropower projects which replace greenhouse gas

emissions (e.g. from coal fired power plants)

• RE projects (biogas for households)
• Households using biogas in stead of kerosene, anthracite

coal, firewood, etc. for cooking

Input: Animal dung (and human faeces) Output: bio- slurry (fertilizer) Output: Biogas (used for cooking and lighting)

• Reforestation and afforestation
• Reforestation of degraded areas (before 1990

deforested) or afforestation (already deforested more than 50 years)

• Global mitigation cost curves

• Examples of technologies

• Global emissions and emission trends
• Climate Change mitigation actions and technologies
• Barriers and interventions
• Climate change negotiations

• “The transfer of technologies and practices that have the potential

to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is often hampered by barriers that slow their penetration”

[IPCC, 2001 Mitigation: Working Group III to the Third Assessment Report]

• A barrier is any obstacle to reaching a potential that can be overcome by a

policy, programme, or measure.

• An opportunity is a situation or circumstance to decrease the gap between

the market potential of a technology or practice and the economic, socioeconomic, or technological potential.

• Barriers and opportunities tend to be context-specific, and can change over

time and vary across countries. Policies, programmes, and measures may be used to help overcome barriers.

The Concept of Barriers

• Source: UNFCCC (2006)

Barriers

• According to WBCST: economic and market barriers are the greatest obstacles to

climate change mitigation/technology transfer.

• Mitigation potential and barriers

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Barriers categories

• r areas…
• 1. prices
• 2. financing
• 3. trade
• 4. market structure
• 5. institutional frameworks
• 6. Information provision
• 7. social, cultural and behavioral norms and aspirations

Within each of these areas, barriers and opportunities represent:

– failures or imperfections in markets, policies, or other institutions that lie between the market potential and the possible achievement of the economic potential – Other barriers are aspects of institutions or social and cultural systems that separate the economic and socioeconomic potentials.

Sources of Barriers and Opportunities

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Opportunities for Mitigation differ by Region

• In industrialized countries, opportunities lie primarily in

removing social and behavioral barriers;

• In countries with economies in transition, opportunities

lie primarily in price rationalization;

• In developing countries, opportunities lie primarily in

price rationalization, increased access to data and information, availability of advanced technologies, financial resources, and training and capacity building.

• NB: These three categories of countries are not

homogenous

• Opportunities for any given country might be found in the

removal of any combination of barriers.

• Effectiveness of policies depends on national circumstances,

their design, interaction, stringency and implementation

• Integrating climate policies in broader development policies
• Regulations and standards
• Taxes and charges
• Tradable permits
• Financial incentives
• Voluntary agreements
• Information instruments
• Research and development

Institutional capacity to develop and implement policies needed

Policy options available

• Examples

Sector Mitigation ’tools’ Energy supply

• Reduction of fossil fuel subsidies
• Taxes or carbon charges on fossil fuels
• Feed-in-tariffs for RE technologies
• RE obligations
• Producer subsidies

Transport

• Mandatory fuel economy
• Biofuel blending
• Taxes on vehicles purchase
• Registration, use and motor fuels, road and parking pricing
• Land use regulations and infrastructure planning to influence

mobility needs

• Investment in public transport and non-motorised forms of

transport

• Sector

Mitigation ’tools’ Buildings

• Appliance standards and labelling
• Building codes and certification
• Demand-side management programmes
• Public sector leadership programmes including procurement
• Incentives for energy service companies

Industry

• Provision of benchmark information
• Performance standards
• Subsidies, tax credits
• Tradable permits
• Voluntary agreements

Examples

• Sector

Mitigation ’tools’ Agriculture

• Financial incentives and regulations for improved land

management

• Maintaining soil carbon content
• Efficient use of fertilizers and irrigation

Forestry

• Financial incentives (national and international) to increase

forest area and reduce deforestation and maintain and manage forests

• Land use regulation and enforcement

Waste management

• Financial incentives for improved waste and wastewater

management

• Renewable energy incentives or obligations
• Waste management regulations

Examples

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A Big Vision - Transforming Economies

Assessment and Policy Setting Build capacity for countries to make informed and sustainable policy and investment decisions Public and Private Investments International Financial Institutions UNDP and many others REQUIRES IMPACT ON

• Combining & Sequencing : GEF and CDM Financing

Financial Return Risk of Investment

Infeasible low-carbon project Infeasible low-carbon project

CDM revenue CDM revenue

Attractive low-carbon project Attractive low-carbon project

GEF financing GEF financing

• Technology stages (mitigation)

GEF CDM

• CDM projects in pipeline

• GOAL:

support developing countries and economies in transition toward a low- carbon development path

Promote demonstration , deployment, and transfer

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low-carbon technologies Promote market transformation for energy efficiency in industry and buildings Promote investment in renewable energy technologies Promote energy efficient, low-carbon transport and urban systems Conserve and enhance carbon stocks through sustainable management of land use, land- use change, and forestry (LULUCF)

OBJECTIVES

Enabling Activities and Capacity Building

GEF Climate Change focal Area

• GEF ‘track’ record
• Established in 1991, over the past 18 years, the GEF has

invested $8.6 billion directly and leveraged $36.1 billion in co-financing for more than 2,400 projects in more than 165 countries.

• Through its Small Grants Programme (SGP), the GEF

has also made more than 12,000 small grants directly to nongovernmental and community organizations, totalling $495 million.

• An example of carbon neutrality

• Global emissions and emission trends
• Climate Change mitigation actions and technologies
• Barriers and interventions
• Climate change negotiations

• Mitigation in Developing Countries

Main sticking point of the negotiations Agreement:

• Developing countries will develop low emission development strategies

that include NAMAs (National Appropriate Mitigation Actions)

• Developed countries will provide financing, capacity building and

technology for some NAMAs

• LDCs and SIDS will be exempt from undertaking unsupported NAMAs

Disagreement

• Supported NAMAs be internationally recorded in a registry, and their

implementation monitored, reviewed, and verified (MRV)

• Unsupported NAMAs may be subject to International Consultation and

Analysis (ICA)

• Annex I in favour of these options; G77 (mainly large developing countries)
• pposed

• Technology Development and

Transfer

Cancun decision likely to establish a Technology Mechanism

• This will handle technology finance from the mitigation and adaptation windows of

the new fund 3 key elements: 1. Technology Executive Committee (similar to Adaptation Committee)

• Replace the Expert Group on Technology Transfer and provide oversight

and monitoring 2. Climate Technology Centre with regional units

• Development of Technology Action Plans, as well as providing capacity

development (national planning, policy advice, etc) to government.

• Facilitate knowledge sharing and South-South collaboration
• Act as a matching entity between developing countries and the network

3. Climate Technology Network

• In-country network of companies, multilaterals, NGOs, academic institutions,

and R&D institutions that provide transfer, development and deployment of technology at the national level (e.g. incubation services, seed finance)