Partnership for Market Readiness (PMR)

PMR Website Enhancement: Report on Collaboration with Columbia University

Mr. Ben Rattenbury Columbia University (SIPA)

6th Partnership Assembly Meeting May 28, 2013

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Partnership with the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University

PMR Secretariat partnered with the SIPA Capstone Program, January-May 2013

For the students: work experience with client in area of study

For the PMR: access to bright graduate students for free!

Students presented final deliverables May 3, 2013

Positive experience; practical recommendations

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Current Website Use

11% 15% 16% 9% 3% 3% 3%

3%

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Project Goals

Participant Pages

Templates

Layout

Knowledge Center

Vision

Layout

Discussion Forum

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Participant Pages

Increase participant ownership of respective pages and allow them to share experiences

Tailor layout to Contributing or Implementing Participants

Balance standardized presentation with customization for each participant

Templates

Drafts

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Participant Pages – Template (Implementing Participants)

National Context

GHG Mitigation Policy Context

Regulatory Context

Proposed PMR Activities

Market Readiness Components

Market-based Mechanisms and Carbon Pricing Instruments

- Carbon Tax

- Emissions Trading

- Offset and/or Other Emission Reduction Crediting Programs

- Other Activities to Support the Development of Market-based Mechanisms

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Participant Pages – Template (Contributing Participants)

National Context

GHG Mitigation Policy Context

Regulatory Context

Market-based Approach

Market Readiness Components

Market-based Mechanisms and Carbon Pricing Instruments

- Carbon Tax

- Emissions Trading

- Offset and/or Other Emission Reduction Crediting Programs

- Other Carbon Financing Instruments

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Participant Pages - template

About

About Us

PMR Focal Point

News and Events

Other

Publications

Audio-Visual

Other Programs/Partnerships

Centers of Excellence

Other Links

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Participant Pages

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Participant Pages

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Knowledge Center

VISION

The one-stop-shop for governments and the general public to share and learn about market-based and carbon pricing-based

approaches to GHG mitigation.

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Knowledge Center

Defining the Knowledge Center’s objectives Facilitating a tailored knowledge exchange

Expanding technical discussion by policy makers beyond workshops

Informing implementing countries about market readiness components

Assisting implementing countries with fulfilling their PMR commitments

Increase public awareness of the PMR

Making use of the following tools Social Networking Sites: Enhance knowledge sharing

Rich Site Summary (RSS) feeds: Update web-community

Multimedia: Connecting web-users to in-person events and workshops

Enhanced Search Functionality

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Knowledge Center – Current Layout

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Knowledge Center – Proposed Layout

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Knowledge Center - Layout

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Discussion Forum

Three options

Participant only

Public only

Combine the two

Considerations

Moderate contributions

Email alerts

Link online activity and events

• Highlight the online discussions at PMR events

• Supplement online discussions with video, teleconferences

• Encourage participants to share their views and opinions relating to discussions at the events as a follow-up activity

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Team members

Prof. Ruben Lubowski – Faculty Advisor

Doyeon Kim – Knowledge Center

Menan Omar – Literature Review

Hyejin Lee – Country Pages

Jnanesh Shivaprakash – Editor

Hyunseung Lee – Web Management

Ben Rattenbury – Project Manager

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FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE WORLD BANK’S

CARBON FINANCE UNIT, PLEASE CONTACT:

PMR SECRETARIAT

PMRSECRETARIAT@WORLDBANK.ORG

WWW.THEPMR.ORG

Thank you

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Objective: Centralize existing information on market-based approaches to mitigation

Focus: Primarily, the 6 components of the technical work program; additional resources on 3 market mechanisms

Methodology:

Identify relevant academic and technical publications

Include a 2-3-sentence summary to provide readers with a quick overview of publications’ content

Classify literature under two main categories: Technical Papers and Case Studies

Recommendation: Mark PMR publications with the PMR logo

ANNEX I: Knowledge Center – Literature Review