Impact of non-state and sub-national action 07 December 2015 Niklas Höhne, [email protected]The project underlying this presentation is supported with funding from the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety of Germany under project number 3715 41 109 0.
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Impact of non-state and sub-national action07 December 2015Niklas Höhne, [email protected]
The project underlying this presentation is supported with funding from the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety of Germany under project number 3715 41 109 0.
Non-state and sub-national action is increasingImpact of the action is probably significant, but effect and overlap with national actions needs attention
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Non-state and subnational action is increasing
Source: http://climateaction.unfccc.int
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Initiatives are numerous
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Multilateral organisations
Fluorinated gases
Methane emissions from oil and gas…
Renewable electricity
Funding/ fiscal reform
Energy efficiency in buildings
Industry
Cities
Transport
Other
Agriculture/Forestry
174 initiatives reviewed, in cooperation with climateinitiativesplatform.org
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Initiatives have various primary functions
174 initiatives reviewed, in cooperation with climateinitiativesplatform.org
Increasing non-state actor participationTechnology transfer
Technical operational implementationLobbying
Measurement Reporting and Verification (MRV)Policy planning / Institutional policy and economic framework
Training and educationInstitutional capacity building
Norm and standard settingCampaigning and awareness raising
Fundraising / FinancingKnowledge production and innovation including research and development
Knowledge dissemination and exchange / Information and NetworkingPartnership and voluntary agreements
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
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Good practice for initiatives
Set clear goals: Targets, whether for emissions reduction, policy impact, technology innovation or other co-benefits, should be upfront and include indicators for success. Monitor action: Maintain and publically report, where appropriate, good quality data to monitor and support action. Increase ambition: Establish a process which fosters dynamic and continuous ambition raising and improvement. Increase membership: A focus on increasing membership requires an explicit strategy to manage the tension between raised ambition and larger membership. Collaborate across sectors: Collaboration with other initiatives, sharing best practice and achieving shared aims provides mutual bene ts. Communicate: Good communications to support the adoption of best practice.
Source: Better partnerships, Ecofys and CISL
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Targets/commitments25%, have a clear commitment (also includes qualitative or for parts of the initiative)Agriculture and forestry: 19%Energy efficiency in buildings: 38%Renewable electricity 44%
Monitoring and reporting 31%: framework for regular reporting16%: could but do not have a system54%: no information was found
Responsibilities22% established a permanent secretariatOften driven from developed countries
Project: Analysis of impact of initiatives
Characteristics of initiatives
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Content
Non-state and sub-national action is increasingImpact of the action is probably significant, but effect and overlap with national actions needs attention
INDCs move emissions and temperature but not enough
9Source: Climate Action Tracker, 1 October 2015, http://climateactiontracker.org/assets/publications/CAT_global_temperature_update_October_2015.pdf
Hsu, Angel, Andrew S. Moffat, Amy J. Weinfurter, and Jason D. Schwartz. 2015. “Towards a New Climate Diplomacy.” Nature Climate Change 5(6): 501–3. http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/nclimate2594.
Roelfsema, Mark, Mathijs Harmsen, Jos Olivier, and Andries Hof. 2015. Climate Action Outside the UNFCCC - Assessment of the Impact of International Cooperative Initiatives on Greenhouse Gas Emissions. The Hague. http://www.pbl.nl/sites/default/files/cms/pbl-2015-climate-action-outside-the-unfccc_01188.pdf.
UNEP. 2014. The Emissions Gap Report 2014: A UNEP Synthesis Report. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Nairobi. http://www.unep.org/publications/ebooks/emissionsgapreport2014/portals/50268/pdf/EGR2014_LOWRES.pdf.
See also Yale analysis of NAZCA http://campuspress.yale.edu/datadriven/2015/11/26/analyzing-non-state-and-sub-national-climate-pledges-in-nazca-and-the-lpaa/
Non-state action is additional to Germany’s 40% target
13 to 31 MtCO2e/year
8 to 18 MtCO2e/year
Source: How much more could Germany achieve through non-state action? http://newclimate.org/2015/11/25/how-much-more-could-germany-achieve-through-non-state-action/
Source: How much more could Germany achieve through non-state action? http://newclimate.org/2015/11/25/how-much-more-could-germany-achieve-through-non-state-action/
Quantitative impact of initiatives – plans for early 2016
Identify good practice criteria for initiativeQualitative analysis of the initiativesQuantify the impact on emissions of China, USA, EU, India, Brazil, Russia, Japan, Canada
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Conclusions
Non-state and sub-national action is increasingGood practice for initiatives is emerging Impact of the action is probably significant, but effect and overlap with national actions needs attention