Focal Area and Cross Cutting Strategies – Climate Change

Expanded Constituency Workshop27-29 September 2011

Honiara, Solomon Islands

Guiding Principles for GEF-5 Strategy • Responsiveness to Convention guidance• Consideration of national circumstances of recipient countries• Cost-effectiveness in achieving global environmental benefits• 6 Strategic Objectives for Climate Change Mitigation

SO1: Demonstration, deployment, and transfer of innovative low-carbon technologies

• Innovative technologies are targeted, but also priority technologies that are commercially available but have not been adopted in their markets.

• Technical assistance for:– creating enabling policy environment

for tech transfer – capacity building– establishment of tech transfer

mechanisms– N-S and S-S cooperation– purchase of licenses– pilot investments– development of local capacity to adapt

exogenous technologies to local conditions and technology integration

SO2: Market transformation for energy efficiency in industry and the building sector

• Industrial sector: energy efficient technologies and practices

• Buildings: residential, commercial, and public buildings, both new and retrofitting; building envelope and energy-using systems are covered

• Solar energy and shallow ground thermal capacity for heating and cooling

• May support phase-out of HCFCs used in industry and buildings

• Combination of TA on policy, regulation, and capacity building; financing mechanisms; and pilots

SO3: Investment in renewable energy technologies

• On-grid renewable energy programs• Decentralized production of electric

power and the use of indigenous renewable sources

• Enhancement of technical capacities of SMEs to provide installation, operation, and maintenance services for RETs.

• Methane recovery from biomass wastes for power generation or heat production.

• Sustainable production of biomass for biofuels

• Combination of TA for policy and regulatory support, capacity building, and establishing financing mechanisms for investments.

SO4: Energy efficient, low-carbon transport and urban systems

• Integration of transport, energy, water, and housing sector activities

• Address local air pollution and traffic congestion

• TA in transport and urban planning, development of innovative financing mechanisms, awareness campaigns, and investments in high-performance technologies

• Greater attention to measuring and quantifying GEB (GEF-STAP manual for calculating GHG benefits)

SO5: Conservation and enhancement of carbon stocks through sustainable

management of land use and forestry• Enhance, restore and manage carbon

stocks and storage on forest and non-forest land (including peatland)

• Reduce emissions of carbon stocks• Activities include: good practice

demonstrations, establishment of national C monitoring systems, strengthen policies and institutions, etc.

• Linked to Sustainable Forest Management/ REDD+ incentive mechanism

SO6: Enabling activities and capacity building

• Preparation of National Communications by non-Annex I Parties• Preparation and updating of TNAs especially for countries that did

not receive support for TNAs during GEF-4• Subject to future COP guidance, the GEF may finance activities to

support capacity development and implementation of Article 6 of the Convention on education, training, and public awareness

• The GEF can play a role in the emerging carbon markets– Carbon finance set-aside is available

COP Mandate to GEF on Technology Transfer

• Poznan Strategic Program on Technology Transfer (COP decision 2/CP.14)

– Support for Technology Needs Assessments

– Support for Technology Transfer Pilot Projects

– Dissemination of successfully demonstrated technologies and know-how

• GEF-5 replenishment

– $4.3 billion total (six focal areas)

– $1.4 billion for climate change mitigation

GEF-5 Support for NAMAs1. Identify long-range emission scenarios

BAU, sectoral crediting baseline, ambitious targets

2. Identify mitigation opportunities and costs 1. Low hanging fruits achieved by unilateral efforts, plus

opportunities which may need additional international financing and support

• Develop MRV methodologies to be applied to one/several sectors and pilot MRV activities

• Optional component: pilot testing of sectoral approach

Basic steps towards NAMAs

Basic steps towards NAMAs

NAMA development could focus on specific sector/sectors, facilitating the development of sectoral goals and funding proposals

Pilot testing could also serve as an entry point to potential future carbon finance, i.e., sectoral crediting

NAMA development could focus on specific sector/sectors, facilitating the development of sectoral goals and funding proposals

Pilot testing could also serve as an entry point to potential future carbon finance, i.e., sectoral crediting

Thank you for your attention