UKRAINE: JI PROJECTS IMPLEMENTATION

Svitlana NigorodovaMinistry of Environment of Ukraine

Ukraine welcomes the initiative of further international negotiations on Climate Change to halt the increase in global emissions within the next 10 - 15 years

The presentation reviews:

• Ukrainian legal basis aiming at UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol implementation

• Recent actions to effective and sustained implementation of the Convention in Ukraine

• Ukrainian JI Projects

JI PROJECTS analyzing the following elements:

• General information on JI Projects in Ukraine

• Main types of JI Projects in Ukraine

• Regions and Sectors of JI Projects in Ukraine

CLIMATE CHANGE & JI PROJECTS: legal basis in Ukraine

1. Law of Ukraine on ratification of the UNFCCC 2. Law of Ukraine on Kyoto protocol ratification 3. Presidential Decree on UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol

implementation 4. Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministries of Ukraine on

National Action Plan to implement the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol

5. Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministries of Ukraine on inter -Ministerial commission to implement the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol

6. Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministries of Ukraine regulating the procedures for the projects implementation

7. Order of the Ministry of Environment of Ukraine on approval of the Methodological guidelines for the JI projects preparation and implementation by the legal entities

8. Order of the Ministry of Environment of Ukraine on approving the requirements to the documents submitted to obtain support-letters for the owners of the source of anthropogenic emissions, where the JI Project to be implemented

9. Order of the Ministry of Environment of Ukraine on approving the requirements to JI Projects development

Recent developments (legislation):

• Draft Law of Ukraine «Regulating anthropogenic emissions and absorption of GHGs»

• Draft resolution of the Cabinet of Minister’s of Ukraine on coordinated actions aiming at UNFCCC and Kyoto protocol implementation

• Draft resolution of the Cabinet of Minister’s of Ukraine regulating the minimal value definition

• Draft resolution of the Cabinet of Minister’s of Ukraine on inventory system of anthropogenic emissions and absorption of GHGs

Public Hearings Process

Ukraine enjoys a significant potential for essential GHG emissions reduction through Joint Implementation Mechanisms

JI Projects Quantity

General number of the registered JI Projects 81

JI transmitted to the Supervisory Committee 16

Letters of Approval issued 11

Letters of Support issued 65

Total investments, billion, € 3,6

Estimated emissions reduction , mln. t CO2 equivalent (for the period 2008-2012)

90,8

Main types of JI Projects in Ukraine

№ Type of ProjectValue, mln. €

Estimated emissions

reduction , mln. t CO2 equivalent (for the period 2008-2012)

1 Industrial Processes 1 626,5 15 647 7282 Renewable sources of energy 609,7 6 260 992

3Reconstruction of central heating systems 459,4 4 652 799

4 Co-generation 382,3 10 270 4405 Reconstruction of thermo power-generating units 167, 4 1 146 9706 Methane utilization on the coal mines 116,6 22 904 3767 Methane gathering and utilization 96,7 6 334 9928 Co-generation on the gas transport systems 43,8 1 930 7339 Utilization of the oven gas 40,7 1 375 100

10Methane utilization on the gas transport systems 31.9 12 678 945

11 Catalytic removal of azotes 18,1 7 302 92512 Methane utilization from the manufacturing waters 5,2 292 950

Regions and Sectors of JI Projects in Ukraine

• Sectors: energy, industry, forestry. Potential resource for government and private enterprises in solving of interrelated financial, economic, environmental & social problems.

• Geography of JI Projects in Ukraine: industrially developed Eastern regions, central and southern regions.

UKRAINE:

• Is intended to use its reserve of national quota of GHG emissions to attract foreign investments

• Supports the idea of prolonging use of the Kyoto protocol mechanisms

• Supports the idea of longer commitment period (up to 10 years) as some projects’ cycles are longer then 5 years

• Considers the technology transfer mechanism to be a very effective tool and is ready to support development of the free technology transfer mechanism

• Is interested in implementing projects in the forestry sector