Canada’s CDM & JI Office First UNFCCC Workshop on the Implementation of Article 6 Projects Under the Kyoto Protocol May 26 - 27, 2004 Moscow, Russia Jane

Canada’s CDM & JI Office

First UNFCCC Workshop on the Implementationof Article 6 Projects Under the Kyoto Protocol

May 26 - 27, 2004 Moscow, Russia

Jane Desbarats, Program Officer,

Canada’s CDM and JI Office

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Presentation Overview

• Role of the Office and JI activities• Project Facilitation in EITs• Canada-Russia Joint Working Group• Other Canadian Climate Change Initiatives• Canadian JI Opportunities• Specific Projects in EITs

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Role of Canada’s CDM/JI Office

• Act as national focal point for CDM and JI

• Conduct domestic & international outreach• Facilitate Canadian participation

– Provide technical guidance to companies– Conclude bilateral agreements with key countries

• Offset Project Transaction Costs (Feasibility studies, Baseline/Monitoring Plans, PDDs, Registration, Verification)

• Approve Canadian participation• Analytical studies and input into negotiations

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Project Facilitation in EITs

• Market studies for: Russia, the Czech Republic, Kazakhstan and Bulgaria

• Market study for Poland underway

• Feasibility/baseline studies for projects in Poland, Romania and Russia

• CDM/JI capacity-building in Kazakhstan

• Outreach in Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Russia, Hungary and the Czech Republic

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Canada-Russia Joint Working Group• Created 2002• Committed to making ratification of the Kyoto Protocol mutually

beneficial for both countries• Dedicated to overcoming barriers to the implementation of the

Kyoto Protocol in Russia• Composed of officials from both governments

– Canada: Foreign Affairs Canada, Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada

– Russia: MEDT, RosHydromet, MFA• IET and JI subgroups created

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Planned Activities of JI Subgroup

• JI approval procedures (Canadian and Russian) • Identification of key regions, sectors and projects• Monitor links with IET/Greening Investment • Development of multi-project baseline for natural

gas sector• Analytical work related to investment barriers:

credit ownership, taxation, etc…

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Other Canadian Climate Change Initiatives in EITs

• Industry Canada: Sustainable Cities Initiative• NRCAN:

-Technology Promotion Officers

-Canadian International Initiative for Technology

Transfer

-Technology Early Action Measures (TEAM)• High efficiency boilers in two pilot regions for Russia

(Komi and Tyumen)• Upgrade of gas distribution networks for Romania

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Canadian JI Capacity Building Activities

• Caspian Basin GHG Emissions Reduction Training Program: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan

• Capacity-building in Ukraine: concluded April 2003:– Development of Ukrainian JI approval procedures– Technical assistance on Ukrainian GHG inventory– JI projects database (available online)

• Sponsored workshops in Poland, Hungary and Russia

• Contributed to Russian climate change publication

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Canadian Private Sector and JI Opportunities in Russia

Opportunities:• Rehabilitation of natural gas infrastructure• Engineering services related to oil refinery sector, oil

and gas exploration, aluminium smelters, and mining industry

• Potential markets for: energy efficient buildings, small hydro, fugitive methane emissions

Commercial presence: • Russian crude oil significant Canadian import• Recent resurgence of Canadian investment in

Russian LNG sources

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Specific JI Projects for EITs

• Small hydro project in Poland• 2 projects in Russia

Projects at feasibility stage:• Projects under consideration for Ukraine, Poland

Romania and Russia

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For more information ...

Canada’s CDM & JI OfficeClimate Change and Energy Division (ESC)Foreign Affairs Canada111 Sussex DriveCity Hall, 2nd FloorOttawa, ON K1N 1J1

Tel: (613) 944-3039Fax: (613) 944-0064E-mail: [email protected]: www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/cdm-ji/

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Canada’s CDM & JI Office First UNFCCC Workshop on the Implementation of Article 6 Projects Under the Kyoto Protocol May 26 - 27, 2004 Moscow, Russia Jane