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UNFCCC CGE Global Training Workshop on Mitigation

Assessment

Seoul

Republic of Korea

26-30 September 2005

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Hosts

Dr. Daniel BouilleVice President, Fundación Bariloche, Argentina

Dr. Charles Heaps & Dr. Chella Rajan Stockholm Environment Institute-Boston Center, USA

Dr. Willy MakundiLawrence Berkeley Laboratory, USA

• The Government of the Republic of Korea.• The Consultative Group of Experts (CGE) of the United Nations

Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Presenters

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Workshop Modules

1. Introduction to Mitigation under the UNFCCC.2. Mitigation Assessment: Concepts, Structure

and Steps.3. Mitigation Options: A Sectoral Review.4. Barriers to Mitigation.5. Mitigation Methods and Tools.6. Reporting of Mitigation Assessments in

National Communications.

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Module 1Introduction to Mitigation Under

the UNFCCCa. The science of climate change.b. Definition and scope of mitigationc. Contributions of IPCC Working Group 3 (WG3) on

mitigation in the Third Assessment Report (TAR).d. The UNFCCC Guidelines on mitigation assessment.e. The potential benefits of mitigation f. Interactions between mitigation and developmentg. Integrating mitigation and adaptation

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Module 2Mitigation Assessment:

Concepts, Structure and Steps

a. Introduction• Why do a mitigation assessment?• Preparation, structure and steps• Data collection• Key participants

b. Baseline scenariosc. Screeningd. Mitigation scenarios

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Module 3Mitigation Options: A Sectoral

Reviewa. General considerationsb. Industryc. Buildings d. Transporte. Energy supplyf. Solid wasteg. Land-use, land-use change and forestry

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Module 4Barriers to Mitigation

a. Concepts

b. Sectoral Barriers

c. Overcoming Barriers

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Module 5Mitigation Methods and Tools

5.1. The Energy Sector– Approaches for energy sector mitigation modeling– Review of modeling tools– MARKAL– ENPEP-BALANCE– LEAP– RETScreen

5.2. Agriculture, land-use, land-use change & forestry

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Module 6Reporting of Mitigation Assessments in

National Communications

• Reporting commitments

• Overall goals

• Suggestions for reporting

• Suggested results to include

• Other aspects of reporting

• Preparation of Project Proposals

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Hands-On Exercises

1. Mitigation Screening• Part 1: Using a Spreadsheet to Prepare a

Cost Curve• Part 2: Qualitative Ranking of Options

2. Preparing a Mitigation Scenario Using LEAP