MRV systems within the context of EU ETS (Directive
2003/81/EC) and Monitoring Mechanism Regulation (EU
Regulation 525/2013) and INDCs – relevant lessons for
Eastern partnership countries and Russia
Introduction to Clima East MRV support activities
Mr Zsolt Lengyel, Team Leader & Key Expert
28 July 2015, Kiev, Ukraine
Content of presentation
1. Clima East introduction
2. Context – EU climate action &
UNFCCC
3. MRV activities within Clima East
1) Clima East introduction (a)
Beneficiary countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russian Federation* and Ukraine (partner countries – PCs)
Project time frame: October 2012 – October 2016
Project budget: approx. EUR 7 million**
Funding authority: The European Commission (EC), DEVCO
** Part of a larger 'Clima East project' package, containing pilot projects on ecosystems based approaches to climate change (EUR 11 million) implemented by UNDP
1) Clima East introduction (b)
1. Practical outputs and observable benefits for the national partners and stakeholders
2. Added value from the regional scope of Clima East
3. Learning from Partner Countries and the European Union, contributing to coordinated efforts to tackle climate change challenges, where possible
1) Clima East introduction (c)
Demand driven structure – built-in flexibility
• Responsive to beneficiary countries’ requirements
• Focus on gaps and additionality of activities, synergy with other donors
• Following the emerging needs from the international negotiations on the implementation of Doha Climate Gateway and 2015 agreement
• Expert Facility
1) Clima East introduction (d) National focus – seeking regional synergies and mutual benefits
• Pooling experience and sharing ideas and approaches
• Transfer of best practice from EU but also within region
Accessibility – both to documentation and to expertise
• Brussels base as bridge to EU expertise
• High quality website, visibility and events to maintain momentum
• Help desk
1) Clima East introduction (e)
The overall objective of Clima East is to support PCs so that they are better equipped for greenhouse-gas emission reductions and better prepared to deal with climate change impacts
(1) Clima East introduction (f)
1. Increased understanding of the EU climate and energy acquis and the 20/20/20 agenda
2. Responsible public institutions will competently address the Kyoto and post-Kyoto regime under the UNFCCC, and (for Annex I) be strengthened to comply with regulations
3. State-of-the-art national climate change mitigation and adaptation policies developed, fine-tuned and implemented
4. Increased capacity for climate change vulnerability and impact assessments and increased capacity for adaptation planning
5. National and/or regional Emissions Trading Schemes prepared and started
6. Progress made in elaboration of low carbon development strategies (expected primarily in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Moldova)
Clima East Activity Matrix – 2015 Regional
Mitigation
Adaptation
Workplan Expert Facility
RA 1,2,3,6 C1- INDC & C2-COP
Negotiator support & C3 Climate Action Mainstreaming
AM, AZ, BY, GE, MD, UA
RA 1,3,5
EU ETS MRV & Fuel Quality Directive (18-
MD)
MD
RA 1,3,4 Vulnerability Modelling
and Software (010-AZ-GE; 011-MD; 025-AM;
AZ, AM,, GE, MD
AM – Armenia MD – Moldova AZ – Azerbaijan UA – Ukraine BY – Belarus RUS – Russia GE – Georgia
RA 4 NAP Roadmap (24-AM);
Accreditation of PMU for Adaptation Fund (009-
AM) AM
RA 1,3,4 Adaptation Strategy for
Agriculture (005-BL) BY
X11-Donor Co-ordination & signposting
X4-Expert Facility
Management
X5-Partner Country
Beneficiary & Stakeholder Engagement
X2-3 Website
& Helpdesk
X6-Lessons learned &
Results Dissemination
X7-Monitoring &
Evaluation
X8-Reporting to EC & Steering
Committee
X9-Clima East Review Conferences
(2015 Adaptation C. )
X1-Programme Development & Planning
Shared interest core (C) Cross-cutting (X)
Expert Facility activity (EF) – illustrative sample
RA = Result Area number
New Expert Facility Applications
AM, AZ, BY, GE, MD, UA, multi-country
RA 2,3,6 INDC – key sector
mitigation measures (28-AM)
AM
RA 2,3,4 C5 – Vulnerability and impact assessment for adaptation planning
AM, AZ, BY, GE, MD, UA
RA 1,2,3,5
C4-MRV for Large Industrial
Emitters, economy wide GHG
inventory systems & NAMA MRV
AM, AZ, BY, GE, MD, UA , RUS
(2) The mitigation context – Limiting global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius
(2) EU climate and energy policy up to 2020: Greenhouse gas emissions since 1990
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EU-28 +IS historic emissions EU-28 projections With Existing Measures
estimated overachievement compared to target 2013-20 Target for the 1st commitment period (2008–2012)
Target for the 2nd commitment period (2013–2020)
CP1 Kyoto Mechanisms
CP1 C.sinks
4.3 GtCO2 eq
1.5 GtCO2 eq
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Overachievement CP1:
Potential Overachievement CP2:
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(2) 2030 Framework: Agreed headline targets 2030 Framework for Climate and Energy
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New governance system + indicators
-20 % Greenhouse
Gas Emissions
20% Renewable
Energy
20 % Energy
Efficiency
- 40 % Greenhouse Gas
Emissions
27 % Renewable
Energy
27%* Energy Efficiency
10 % Interconnection
15 % Interconnection
* To be reviewed by 2020, having in mind an EU level of 30%
(2) Emission reductions in ETS and non-ETS
(3) MRV activities, C4 (a)
The programme will consist of a series of workshops at national level, in order to enable participation of the largest possible group of beneficiaries, including government officials, representatives of local environmental agencies, local government officials, technical experts and, for MRV of industrial installations, representatives of industry associations as well as environmental managers from industrial sectors potentially included in the MRV system for ETS/INDC(NAMAs).
The first workshop addresses three thematic areas: • institutional and regulatory framework, responsibilities of the
competent authority, permitting, compliance check, database management
• monitoring emissions on the level of installations (covering specificities of monitoring emissions for energy and key industrial sectors)
• verification and accreditation of verifiers
(3) MRV activities, C4 (b) The programme will enable the participants:
• to understand the concept of MRV system as a bottom up comprehensive summary of
the total (industrial) emissions of the country. • understand IPCC guidelines and other reporting standards – such as the EU ETS MRV
and ISO. • become familiar with the methodologies for calculating/estimating GHG emissions from
industrial installations, • become familiar with accreditation process for the verifiers approving the data reported
by installation, • institutional framework, permitting, data collection • a full compliance cycle under emission trading vs MRV obligations, • the concept of registry necessary to manage the allowance accounts in case of an
emission trading scheme; understanding how the EU registry works for the EU ETS and possible options for a registry of industrial emissions in their country.
• recommendations of the CEEF2014-018-MD project for implementing elements of ETS in Moldova
• follow, understand and apply the emerging INDC/NAMA MRV system elements
(4) Association Agreement – Climate implications, if applicable (a)
“The Parties shall develop and strengthen their cooperation to combat climate change. Cooperation shall be conducted considering the interests of the Parties on the basis of equality and mutual benefit and taking into account the interdependence existing between bilateral and multilateral commitments in this field.”
... “Cooperation shall promote measures at domestic, regional and
international level, including in the areas of: (a) mitigation of climate change; (b) adaptation to climate change; (c) carbon trading; (d) research, development, demonstration, deployment and diffusion of safe
and sustainable low-carbon and adaptation technologies; (e) mainstreaming of climate considerations into sector policies; and (f) awareness raising, education and training”
(4) Association Agreement – Climate implications, if applicable (b)
...” shall carry out approximation of its legislation to the EU
acts and international instruments referred to in Annex ... to this Agreement according to the provisions of that Annex. – Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13
October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community
– Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on certain fluorinated greenhouse
– Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on substances that deplete the ozone layer
– Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and”
How to contact us
The project team can be contacted at personal e-mail addresses (zsolt.lengyel [ at ] climaeast.eu) and :
[email protected] Clima East Office
c/o Milieu Ltd Chaussée de Charleroi No. 112, First Floor
1060 Brussels (Belgium) Tel: +32 2506 1000
Website:
English: www.climaeast.eu Russian: http://russian.climaeast.eu/