Short overview of the climate change and energy status, regional/cross-border projects, reporting

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Short overview of the climate change and energy status, Short overview of the climate change and energy status, regional/cross-border projects, reportingregional/cross-border projects, reporting

Prepared by: Prepared by: Ermira FIDAErmira FIDA, MBA, MBA

Manager, Manager,

Climate Change Program/UnitClimate Change Program/Unit

ALBANIA

REReP regional meeting on “Energy and climate” in South Eastern Europe

May 22-23rd, 2008

Brussels, Belgium

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General country background

• Joined the UNFCCC in 1995• Status under the UNFCCC

– Non-Annex 1 Party to the UNFCCC

• No emission reduction targets

• Joined the Kyoto Protocol – 16 December, 2004

Status of the National Communication

• First National Communication: completed in July 2002– Launched at COP8, India;

• Followed up by a Technology Needs Assessment: completed in November 2004;

• Second National Communication: in-process – Stocktaking exercise completed in October 2004 – SNC project started in March 2005– Planned to be finalized by March 2009

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Institutional framework for Climate Change in Albania

• Climate Change issues rely upon the the Climate Change Unit/Program (CCU/P):– Hosted by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and

Water Administration of Albania;– Funded jointly from UNDP and GoA and some other

donors– Responsible for:

• Implementation of the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol– UNFCCC Focal Point– Focal point for DNA for CDM

• Design nation policy for climate change; • Management and implementation of climate change projects portfolio;

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Structure of the Climate Change Program and main activities/projects

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Climate Change Projects under implementation

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• UNDP/GEF: Enabling Albania to prepare its Second National Communication;

• UNDP/GEF: Identification of Adaptation Response measures in Drini-Mati River Deltas;

• UNDP/UNEP/GEF: Market transformation for Solar Water Heating in Albania

• UNDP/ADA: Building Capacities to access Carbon Finance in Albania

Current Legal Framework for KP/CDM in Albania

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• Law No. 9334 dated 16.12.2004 on: “Ratification of Kyoto Protocol from the Republic of Albania”

• Amendment to the Law No. 9385, dated 4.5.2005 on “Forests and Forest service”

– The MoEFWA is responsible for implementation of the KP in the Republic of Albania

– Forest definition for the purposes of the KP/CDM projects• Amendment to the Law No. 9890 dated 20.03.2008 on the “Environmental

Protection” – Gives the responsibility to the Minister of Environment of Albania to issue rules

and procedures for hosting the CDM projects in Albania• Memoranda of Understanding / Agreements:

• Gov’t of Italy; Gov’t of Denmark;• Other CDM related agreements:

– WB Bio-carbon fund; Austrian Technical Cooperation.

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Regional and cross-border projects in climate change/energy

• Albania is part of the following climate change related regional /sub-regional initiatives/projects:– UNDP regional project on: “Building Capacities to access

Carbon Financing in Eastern Europe and CIS” – UNDP regional project: “Capacity Development for Climate

Risk Management in Eastern Europe and CIS”– REC sub-regional project “Enhance regional South East

European (SEE) cooperation in the field of climate policy”

• covering SEE countries: Albania, Bosnia & H, Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey

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Climate Change reporting

• Albania (a Non Annex 1 Party ) reports to the CoP through National Communications as per the guidance provided through 17/CP8:

• GHG inventory• GHG emission scenarios• Climate Change scenarios, impacts and adaptation

measures • Other information relevant to Climate Change• Public awareness, training and education

Status of reporting in Albania

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• Albania has completed FNC (2002) and has reported on:• GHG inventory for 1994• GHG emission scenarios by 2020 for all sectors• Climate Change scenarios, impacts and adaptation measures (all Albania)• Other information relevant to Climate Change• Public awareness, training and education

• Albania has completed the TNA in 2004 • Technology needs for GHG mitigation• Technology Needs for Adaptation (Coastal zone)

• Albania is preparing the SNC which will contains (due in 2009):• GHG inventory for 2000 and time series 1990-2005• GHG emission scenarios until 2030 (all sectors)• Vulnerability and adaptation for Drini River cascade• Other information relevant to Climate Change• Public awareness, training and education

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For more info on Albania’s climate

change activities please visit the national web site:

www.ccalb.org

THANK YOU!

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