An initiative of the ACP Group of States funded by the European Union

GCCA Intra-ACP Programme

ACP Consultative meeting in preparation

of the UNFCCC COP20

28th October, 2014

ACP House, Brussels

Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre

Carlos Fuller

International and Regional Liaison Officer

CARICOM COORDINATION

• CCCCC convened a meeting of CARICOM climate change negotiators on May 19 to 21, 2014 in Port of Spain, Trinidad to develop a regional position for the 2014 negotiations

• CARICOM Ministers joined the meeting on the 22nd and endorsed the recommendations

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STRATEGIC OUTCOMES UNDER THE ADP

• Recognition of the special circumstances of SIDS• Strong mitigation action to ensure the survival of SIDS• Robust environmental integrity• Urgent adaptation action on the ground• Addressing Loss & Damage beyond adaptation• Preferential access to finance, technology and capacity-

building• Avoiding onerous burdens and conditionalities for SIDS• Fairness and equity to all parties• A legally binding agreement based on accepted

principles and international law

ADP: MITIGATION

• Aggregate level of mitigation ambition should be sufficient to ensure the livelihood of SIDS and restrict temperature increase to below 1.5 degrees C from pre-industrial levels

• Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) should focus on mitigation

• Inscription of commitments– flexibility on the form that could be used (refer to the WTO re a

schedules approach)

• Length of commitment: – 5-year time frame could be useful but a longer time frame would

send a positive signal to the market and the private sector

ADAPTATION

• Existing arrangements for adaptation under the Convention mainly focus on studies, reports, pilot projects with limited resources for on-the-ground implementation

• Adaptation needs to be strengthened in the context of the 2015 agreement

• Guidelines for National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) should be strengthened to include greater focus on Adaptation action

• The Adaptation Committee should be anchored in the new agreement as the main body responsible for adaptation

ADAPTATION

• Nairobi Work Programme should be brought under the Adaptation Committee

• Explore possible role for the Adaptation Committee in assisting parties in understanding GCF application process

• Special attention required regarding issue of conditionalities for accessing adaptation funding under GCF

• Adaptation action and support to be included in reporting requirements but with no onerous burden on SIDS

LOSS & DAMAGE

• Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM) on Loss & Damage should be anchored in the new agreement

• Linkage (inverse) between Mitigation and Loss & Damage should be emphasized

• Composition of Executive Committee of WIM finalized at COP20

• Work Programme of Executive Committee finalized at COP20

REDD+

• The Warsaw REDD+ Framework should be anchored in the 2015 agreement

• REDD+, energy efficiency and carbon capture and storage should be included in a suite of tools for enhancing mitigation

• REDD+ mechanism should be operationalised in Lima

• Recommended that consideration be given to application of the REDD+ institutional structure for the WIM on L&D

Means of Implementation

• New agreement should define climate finance and establish responsibility for finance under the Convention

• Adaptation Fund– Explore possibility of moving from KP to the

Convention

• Technology Mechanism should be anchored in the new agreement

• Existing arrangements on capacity building including the Durban Forum be enhanced to foster implementation

MEASUREMENT REPORTING AND VERIFICATION

• The Kyoto MRV provisions provide additional value such as those relating to compliance and common accounting framework.

• Participation in new market mechanisms should be conditional on more stringent reporting requirements

LEGAL ISSUES

• Applicability to all: structure, scope and design to allow all to participate, with flexibility for different national circumstances

• Recording differential responsibilities among parties-models (WTO, MP)

• Form of the new legal agreement: protocol to the Convention; Structure-Explore options e. g. both mandatory and voluntary provisions.

• Compliance- should focus on incentivizing participation and should include a strong facilitative component. Probably link compliance to participation in market mechanisms

2013-15 REVIEW (LONG-TERM GLOBAL GOAL)

• Every effort to be made to ensure that ADP process be informed by outcomes of the review

• Processes for inclusion of information other than IPCC

Thank YouContact details: cfuller@caribbeanclimate.bz