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China’s View on NAMAs

Presentation at TERI NAMAs Workshop

11th Aug, New Delhi, India

Fei TENG, Institute of Energy, Environment and Economy, Tsinghua University, China

Climate change needs international cooperation guided by the Convention, BAP and in accordance with CBDR;

Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) by NA1 countries are coordinated with goals of sustainable development and poverty eradication;

NAMAs by NA1 countries are distinct from mitigation commitments from A1 countries, in magnitude and legal nature as defined by BAP;

Enhanced support from developed countries in new and additional financing, technology transfer and capacity building to enable enhanced actions by developing countries;

NAMAs by developing countries are on voluntary basis, distinct from legally-binding obligation by developed countries;

NAMAs are based on national circumstances, national strategies of SD and priorities of developing countries;

NAMAs are contingent on effective provisions of technology, finance and capacity building support provided by developed countries;

China will endeavor to lower its carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP by 40-45% by 2020 compared to the 2005 level;

China will Increase the share of non-fossil fuels in primary energy consumption to around 15% by 2020;

China will increase forest coverage by 40 million hectares and forest stock volume by 1.3 billion cubic meters by 2020 from the 2005 levels;

These autonomous domestic mitigation actions are voluntary in nature and will be implemented in accordance with the principles and provisions of the UNFCCC, in particular Article 4, paragraph 7;

Policy Instruments Brief Description

Standards and regulation: Phase out of small plants; energy standard, labeling and benchmarking; Energy conservation dispatch; etc

Pricing Policies Differential electricity pricing for emission and energy intensive industries; Reform of pricing mechanism of oil, natural gas and electricity; etc

Subsides and Incentives Subsides for energy saving air conditioners, energy saving lamps, clean energy vehicles;

Low carbon provinces and cities

Pilot programme in five provinces and eight cities;

Achievements Energy intensity improved by 19.1%, energy saving by 630 Mtce, reduce emission by 1.4 billion CO2e

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Scenario for Durban and Future

KP LCA

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1, No agreement on 2nd commitment period2, Continuation of KP rules and mechanisms?3, Gap between 1st CP and 2nd CP

1, COP decision in Durban but without substantial movement;2, Without clear direction to future legally binding agreement;

S21, Agree on 2nd CP but without numbers;2, Agree on numbers and rules after Durban;

1, Reflect NAMAs in COP decisions;2, Elaborate MRV in future decisions;

S31, Amendment for KP 2nd CP agreed;2, Amendment for accounting rules, procedures and mechanisms;

1, Reflect NAMAs in COP decisions;2. MRV decisions;2, Mandate towards a legally binding agreement;

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Next StepNA means procedurally country driven,

consistent with national strategies of SD and priorities

NAMAs and transparency is only part of the solution, we need comparable progress in KP and 1bi in LCA to be a package;

Provide positive incentive for developing countries to participate;

Registry should be the priority for NAMAs negotiation;

tengfei@tsinghua.edu.cn