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African Regional Workshop on NAMAs Domestic Measuring Reporting and Verification Allison Towle & Alexandra Soezer 18 August 2015 Kigali, Rwanda

African Regional Workshop on NAMAs Domestic Measuring Reporting and Verification Allison Towle & Alexandra Soezer 18 August 2015 Kigali, Rwanda

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Page 1: African Regional Workshop on NAMAs Domestic Measuring Reporting and Verification Allison Towle & Alexandra Soezer 18 August 2015  Kigali, Rwanda

African Regional Workshop on NAMAs

Domestic Measuring Reporting and Verification

Allison Towle & Alexandra Soezer

18 August 2015 Kigali, Rwanda

Page 2: African Regional Workshop on NAMAs Domestic Measuring Reporting and Verification Allison Towle & Alexandra Soezer 18 August 2015  Kigali, Rwanda

Presentation Outline

Why us? Why are we in a position to speak about domestic MRV?

What does the data say?

What are countries doing and how can we learn from them?

Lessons learned

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Low Emission Capacity Building (LECB) Programme (2011-16)

Objective: Build capacities to design and implement low emission development through national mitigation actions in the public and/or private sectors in 25 countries

Five main work areas: GHG inventory management systems Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) Low-Emission Development Strategies (LEDS) Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) Participation of selected industries in mitigation actions

Donors: European Commission, Germany & Australia

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In 2014 a study was commissioned

This paper is a result from: a questionnaire sent to all LECB countries, follow-up discussions, and in-person country visits

17 of 25 countries responded, covering all geographic regions

Based on the results of these processes, four countries were selected for detailed case studies

Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) -Technical paper

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OVERALL SYSTEMS DESIGN

Domestic Measuring Reporting and Verification

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Countries are often developing more than one level of MRV

Project / Firm Level

Sectoral

National

10

12

11

59%

71%

65%

Of the countries who responded almost all were using at least one level of MRV

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A large proportion of MRV systems will not just be measuring GHG emissions

59%

41%

GHG emissions Other

Other factors being mea-sured:General co-benefitsEnergy consumptionEconomic indicatorsSocio-economic indica-torsFinance/Support

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MRV systems are often being designed to inform multiple international mechanisms

NAMAs

National Communication

National GHG Inventory

Biennial Update Report

Low Emission Development Strategy

Mitigation Action Plan

Nationally Determined Contributions

Other

16

12

10

10

9

7

5

5

94%

71%

59%

59%

53%

41%

29%

29%

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GOVERNANCE

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Most systems require input from multiple sources –inter-agency coordination is vital

18%

82%

Managed internallyOther

Capacity building and gaining buy-in from external agencies is critical.

External agency offer impor-tant technical expertise

Formalizing terms of relation-ship is important

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Very few systems are supported by national legislation/regulation

24%

76%

External legislation/regula-tionNo external framework

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DATA COLLECTION &

FUNDAMENTAL DESIGN ELEMENTS

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Most countries are using new and existing data

6%

12%

82%

NewExistingNew and existing

GHG inventory – think laterally about what data you can use

NAMAs - existing data is an ex-cellent resource for QA/QC & ver-ification

New data – leverage off existing data collection processes

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A range of existing data sources are being deployed – but there are more opportunities

Other agencies

Sectoral experts

National statistics bureau

Industry groups

Other

Direct measurement

12

11

10

7

5

1

71%

65%

59%

41%

29%

6%

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Few countries have included QA/QC processes in their systems design

76%

6%

6%

12% Not yet determined

IPCC

ISO

Basic checks

IPCC 2006 Guidelines pro-vide great resource for QA/QC techniques!

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A concrete example: Ghana’s Integrated Climate Data

Management System

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Ghana’s Integrated Climate Data Management System

Objectives: • Provide reliable basis for climate change planning• Serve as a framework for M&E and MRV• Integrate with the national statistics platform

Key elements:

Climate data managemen

t

Continuous data

generation

Network for sharing & clearing house

Documentation & archiving

IT infrastructur

e and applications

They keep it simple but aim at consistent improvement towards “dynamic climate data management system” in the future.

Before they start they clearly define:(a) why we need documentation, (b) what to document,(c) how to document, (d) who documents,(e) where/how to store and retrieve

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On-line Climate Date – Three Interfaces

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Lessons Learned Challenges

• Executive level governance frameworks are a valuable alternative to legislation/regulation

• No need to reinvent the wheel.:

• Existing data sources are a valuable resource for both national and NAMA level MRV systems

• Augmenting existing data collection process can provide a valuable means to collect new activity data

• Find a way to engage others

• Adopting a systems-based approach is important for effective MRV

• Slow pace in establishing “data sharing network”. Difficulty in data sharing

• Data generation can be expensive. Funding is a problem.

• Involvement from the private sector. Data confidentiality can be an issue for Industry and private held companies

• Setting up stand-alone IT infrastructure and maintenance can be expensive.

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Thank you

Form more information visit:

www.lowemissiondevelopment.org

Or write to: [email protected]