Stimulating Ambitious Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions

Stimulating Ambitious Nationally Appropriate

Mitigation Actions A Project to Catalyze High-Impact

NAMAs and Create a Vibrant Practitioner Network

June 2011

The Project

CCAP forms networks of mitigation action practitioners in Latin America and Asia,

concentrating on mid-income developing countries

Mitigation Action Implementation Network (MAIN)

One of the Goals: Support for the International Partnership on Mitigation and MRV

with insights from the ground

The Participants

• Latin America: started in March 2011

Argentina, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica ,

Panama, Peru

• Asia: Likely participants include China, India, Indonesia,

Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore,

Thailand, and Vietnam, as well as Pacific Island nations

such as Maldives, Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and

Micronesia.

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LCDS are umbrella strategies/plans for mitigation actions

*Key Design Features of NAMAs

- More specific than overall reduction target or pledge

for an entire country (some confusion on this point)

- More than project-by-project approach of CDM- More than project-by-project approach of CDM

- No final definition yet

- Selected and designed by the respective host

government

- Goal: Put climate on the national policy agenda

The Private Sector and the Implementation of NAMAs

• Involve it from the very beginning of design of NAMAs

• Developing countries can clearly learn from mitigation actions

implemented already elsewhere that were successful in

mobilising the private sector (for example, renewables)

• Outside finance (NAMA support) can help to get green • Outside finance (NAMA support) can help to get green

business models running and showcase their advantages (loan

programs for efficiency - started with money from Annex-1 -

become attractive for local banks in short-time)

• International support can lower risk for investors and attract

attention of local players

*What are Good Practices to Develop and Implement NAMAs?

- The abbreviation NAMAs is confusing to of those not

involved in UNFCCC negotiations on a daily basis

- We should demistify this term and make clear that it is

simply about implementing good nationally simply about implementing good nationally

appropriate mitigation actions

- As in developed countries, it seems best if LCDS and

NAMA development is coordinated in an inter-

ministerial committee which has the backing of the

president or the head of government.

*What are Good Practices to Develop and Implement NAMAs?

Copy and paste the best ideas from

your succesful neighbours and peersyour succesful neighbours and peers

Potential NAMAs being Developed

• Mexico cement “NAMA” (potential)

– Increase use of blended cement to reduce need for energy-intensive clinker (creating

demand for blended cement through regulations, etc.)

– Increase use of alternative fuels (MSW, tires, etc.)

– Targets in these areas � reduce sector emissions by 9% (2020) and 15% (2030) below –BAU

• Argentina freight rail “NAMA” (potential)

– Large-scale, $1.5 bn railway renovation project (GHG, co-benefits)

– Modal switch for freight transport (2% � 20% of agriculture by rail)

– Although already largely funded, incremental components could be funded through

NAMA framework and result in further GHG reductions

– Working on MRV methodology and how to make attractive to donors

Potential NAMAs

Being Developed (cont’d)• Other Potential “NAMAs”

– In Peru: Promoting energy-efficient lighting in the residential and commercial sectors by

removing barriers to the use of efficient lighting technologies (NAMA financing could go

toward public education or EE pilot project)

– In Chile: Renewable energy; energy efficiency in transportation, buildings/housing,

mining operations

– In Colombia: Smart growth, transport-oriented development opportunities; energy – In Colombia: Smart growth, transport-oriented development opportunities; energy

efficiency in housing; renewable energy

WANTED

For another project we are looking for sucess stories

• mitigation projects in developing countries

• Supported with finance from Europe

• already visibles results• already visibles results

- Low carbon technologies applied

- Programs or laws already adopted

- Ambitious national strategies

WANTED

Timm Kraegenow

Center for Clean Air PolicyCenter for Clean Air Policy

[email protected]

+32 474 494 581