PoA Standards

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PoA Standards

Courtney Blodgett

Joint Coordination Workshop, Bonn

24 March 2012

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New PoA Standards

Standard for demonstration of additionality, development of eligibility criteria and application of multiple methodologies for Programme of Activities- Approved EB 65

Also relevant: Standard for sampling and surveys for CDM project activities and programmes of activities- Approved EB 65

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Key challenges of PoA standards - timing

Deadline of 25 July for uploading for registration- 226 PoAs in validation* - 15 PoAs submitted in February- Average time for start of comment period to requesting

registration: 255 days, approximately 8.5 months- Average time from requesting registration until registration: 100

days (approximately 3.3 months)- = Already a tight schedule for being registered by 2012

- High number of PoAs in non- LDCs: 32 PoAs in China, 27 in South Africa, 22 in India, 12 in Indonesia, 10 in Kenya

Compliance with the standards adds further complications/ possible delays to validation

* March 2012 CDM Pipeline, UNEP Risoe

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Key challenges of PoA standards - Implementation

Co-ordinating & Managing Entity (CME) Manual- Useful document for thinking long term- But adds significant complications during validation

- 20 – 40 page document- Adds a substantial amount of extra work (and therefore

adds to the cost) during validation which adds to the 2012 time pressure

- Currently no precedence for a CME manual- A standardized optional template would be useful for facilitating

writing and validation

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Sampling and survey standards

Single sampling plan covering a group of Component Project Activities (CPAs) now allowed - For micro or small scale PoAs applying a 95/10

confidence/precision- When there is either homogeneity of included CPAs or the

differences among the included CPAs is taken into account in the sample size calculation

- Highly relevant for i.e. energy efficient lighting and cookstove PoAs

Reduces transaction costs by not needing to sample each and every CPA

Very positive step: remains to be seen how DOEs apply the standards during validation

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Thank you!Courtney Blodgett

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