Manager: Mitigation, Data and Analysis Programme UNFCCC secretariat

William Kojo Agyemang-Bonsu

Current status of NAMA Development

Regional workshop on NAMAs in Asia and Pacific: Scaling up climate change mitigation efforts and prospects for NAMAs in waste sector Bangkok, 18 – 19 March 2014

Outline

Overview and evolution of NAMA concept

Progress from COP19

Current status of NAMA Registry

Challenges and opportunities in NAMA development

Overview and evolution of NAMA concept

Nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs)

Sub-paragraph 1 (b) (ii) of the Bali Action Plan

Developing country Parties will undertake nationally appropriate mitigation actions in the context of “sustainable development” enabled by

technology, finance and capacity building support, in a measurable, reportable and verifiable manner

Overview and evolution of NAMA concept

COP 15 requested developing country Parties to submit to the secretariat information on their NAMAs;

55 Parties have submitted their NAMAs. In addition a joint submission

from African Group on NAMA in agriculture sector; They have been compiled in document FCCC/SBI/2013/INF.12/Rev.2

All the submissions on NAMAs from Parties can be found at:

http://unfccc.int/focus/mitigation/items/7172.php

Asia-Pacific and Eastern European countries with NAMAs

# Country # Country 1 Afghanistan 13 Maldives 2 Armenia 14 Marshall Islands 3 Bhutan 15 Mongolia 4 Cambodia 16 Papua New Guinea 5 China 17 Republic of Korea 6 Cook Islands 18 Republic of Moldova 7 Georgia 19 Singapore

8 India 20 Tajikistan 9 Indonesia 21 Former Yugoslavian

Republic of Macedonia 10 Israel 11 Jordan 12 Kyrgyzstan

Overview and evolution of NAMA concept

1. SBI Work Programme

The COP at its eighteenth session in Doha established a work programme

to further the understanding of the diversity of NAMAs submitted to UNFCCC.

An in-session workshop and technical briefings were organized in Warsaw.

This in-session workshop which is the continuation of the process of

clarification of pledges that the COP established in Cancun will continue in June 2014.

Under this process five in-session workshops have been organized to

facilitate clarification of pledges. All information related to the workshops can be found at: http://unfccc.int/focus/mitigation/items/7172.php

Overview and evolution of NAMA concept

2. Registry Develop a registry as a web-based platform to record mitigation actions and information on support; Facilitate matching of finance, technology and capacity building support to mitigation actions and provide recognition to domestically supported actions;

Overview and evolution of NAMA concept 3. Biennial update reports Developing country Parties to prepare biennial update reports containing:

o Update of national GHG inventory o Information on mitigation actions o Support needs and received

Guidelines for preparation of BUR were adopted in Durban (Annex III to decision 2/CP.17) (http://unfccc.int/documentation/deisions/items/3597.php#beg) The Global Environmental Facility has put in place support for preparation of BURs

Overview and evolution of NAMA concept

4.International consultation and analysis Conduct international consultations and analysis of BURs under the SBI: Technical analysis of the BURs by a team of technical experts: Facilitative sharing of views under the SBI.

Modalities and guidelines for conducting ICA were adopted in Durban (Annex IV to decision 2/CP.17).

Progress from COP19

• COP 19 saw the completion of the Parties negotiations on NAMA and MRV related issues.

5. Decision 20/CP.19 - TTE CO19 adopted the composition, modalities and procedures of technical team

of experts under ICA.

6. Guidelines of Domestic MRV – Decision 21/CP.19 COP 19 adopted the general guidelines for domestic measurement reporting

and verification for domestically supported NAMAs by developing countries.

7. Nationally determined contribution – Decision 1/CP.19 To further advance the Durban Platform (Decision 1/CP.17) the COP adopted

decision 1/CP.19 which invited all Parties to initiate or intensify domestic preparation for their nationally determined contributions

The COP also resolved to accelerate the full implementation of the decisions constituting the agreed outcome pursuant to decision 1/CP.13 (Bali Action Plan)

NAMA Registry

The Conference of the Parties (COP), at its sixteenth session, decided to establish a registry to record nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) seeking international support, and to facilitate the matching of finance, technology and capacity-building support with these actions.

The COP invited developing country Parties to submit to the secretariat information on NAMAs for which they are seeking support, along with estimated costs and emission reductions, and the anticipated time frame for implementation (Decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 53);

It also invited developed country Parties to submit to the secretariat information on support available and provided for NAMAs (Decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 54).

NAMA Registry

COP 17 decided that:

a) The registry should be developed as a dynamic, web-based platform managed by a dedicated team in the secretariat;

b) Participation in the registry should be voluntary, and only information submitted expressly for inclusion in the registry should be recorded;

c) The registry should be structured in a flexible manner that clearly reflects the full range of the diversity of NAMAs and a range of types of support.

NAMA Registry

• At COP17, the COP also invited developed country Parties, entities entrusted with the operation of the financial mechanism, including the Global Environment Facility and the Green Climate Fund, multilateral, bilateral and other public donors, and private and non-governmental organizations in a position to do so, to submit to the secretariat, as appropriate, information on financial, technology and capacity-building support available and/or provided for the preparation and/or implementation of NAMAs.

• Also at this session, the COP requested the secretariat to provide information to it on the operation of the registry annually, in order to inform the discussions on the financial mechanism.

Stages of Registry development To facilitate early submission of information to the registry the

secretariat created a platform in July 2012.

The Registry prototype a web-based platform was developed and released by the secretariat in April 2013.

The fully functional registry was released on 14 October 2013, and

is open to general public and is accessible at (http://www4.unfccc.int/sites/nama/) to be able to upload and edit national NAMA information developing countries will need to obtain access rights.

This is free of charge and requests should be sent to NAMA-registry@unfccc.int

Landing page

Elements of the registry

Interface

• Submit NAMAs (support)

• Submit NAMAs (recognition)

• Submit info on support

• Browse information

• Perform queries Support

Database

Support

NAMAs for support

NAMAs for recognition

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Roles of the registry users Three types of registry user:

a) NAMA approver: • Full control over NAMA entries for that Party • Can record, edit and delete NAMAs • Can record support received by a NAMA

b) NAMA developer (actions subject to approval)

• Can record edit and delete NAMAs that they create (actions subject to approval)

• Can record support received by a NAMA

c) Support editor • Can record information on support available and record when

support is provided to a NAMA

d) The public has access to the registry but only to search and browse the content of registry.

Access rights for the NAMA registry

Access rights: a) NAMA approver:

• One set of access rights per non-Annex I party • Access has been granted to non-Annex I national focal points by the secretariat as

requested • Can still be requested from NAMA-registry@unfccc.int

b) NAMA developer:

• As few or as many will exist as each non-Annex I party wish to create • Allocated by non-Annex I parties at their discretion • Can be requested from national focal points

c) Support editor: • Available to any entity with a programme of support relevant to NAMAs • Allocated on application to the secretariat by contacting NAMA-registry@unfccc.int

Creating a NAMA entry

Creating a NAMA entry

Approving a NAMA as a NAMA approver

Searching and browsing NAMAS

• Entries in the registry can be browsed by : - NAMA sub-types - All NAMAs for a country - Support entries

• Entries in the registry can be searched based on content entered

• Entries in the registry can be filtered based on key attributes

Registry participation (registry entries)

Distribution of NAMA categories by UNFCCC regional groupings

Characterization of NAMAs by sector

Type of financial support sought by NAMAs

Support entries

Eight entries on support have been recorded in the registry: seven of them by developed country Parties and one by the Global Environment Facility. These entries are characterized by the following:

• They provide support for preparation and/or implementation; • None of the entries discriminate among regions, sectors or

technologies; • All entries provide grants, two of them also provide

concessional loans, and one, in addition, provides private loans;

Support sought for NAMAs by type and grouping

UNFCCC regional groupings by NAMA category

Total financial support (thousands of USD)

Total technology support

(thousands of USD)

Total capacity-building

support (thousands of USD)

NAMAs seeking support for preparation

5,555 1,472 1,450

African States 480 260 800

Asia-Pacific States 3,400 1,212 600

Eastern European States No entries for this region

Latin America and Caribbean States 1,675 No entries for this region 50

NAMAs seeking support for implementation

4,168,000 20,000a 11,500

African States No entries for this region

Asia-Pacific States 380,700 20,000 10,000

Eastern European States 3,227,000 No entries for this region No entries for this region

Latin America and Caribbean States 560,600 No entries for this region 1,500

Total (all NAMAs) 4,173,000 21,470 12,950

The Role of the NAMA Approver

The success of the NAMA registry relies

heavily on NAMA approvers Without NAMA approvers, Parties cannot enter

NAMAs into the registry NAMA approvers are a key gateway for

ensuring the quality of registry content

The NAMA registry does not stand alone. It sits in the context of a wider set of institutions that govern each country’s approach to climate change mitigation

The secretariat anticipates the role of NAMA approvers will depend on the country level approach to mitigation: In countries pursuing a more centralized approach to development of

NAMA development NAMAs will likely have been well scrutinized by the time that a NAMA approver receives them for recording in the registry.

For countries that devolve creation of NAMA entries in the registry, the role of NAMA approver may be more challenging as there will be more variance in the nature of NAMAs received.

The Role of the NAMA Approver

• Some generic issues to be resolved :

• Institutional • National implementation and support • Procedural/administrative

• Approaches to these issues will depend on the overall

country level approach to mitigation.

Challenges with the NAMA Registry

A decision is required on who should undertake the role of NAMA approver

• Person, committee, organization? • What tools and skills will they require? • What decision making process to use?

A key choice is whether to grant access rights

to NAMA developers or keep NAMA creation centralized with approvers

Challenges with NAMA Registry

Challenges and opportunities in NAMA development

Challenges: a) Limited capacity – systemic, institutional and human

b) Weak coordination mechanisms at the national level

c) Obtaining effective stakeholder engagement and buy-in

d) Gaps in greenhouse gas inventory data to better assess sectors and/or

plants with highest mitigation potential

e) Limited financial and technological support

f) Putting in place robust domestic MRV frameworks that provides the needed basis for international MRV of actions, e.g. the International Consultation and Analysis (ICA) process

g) Fast pace/evolution of international negotiations

Opportunities:

• Ability build and link climate change mitigation

actions with national sustainable development imperatives to address current and emerging development imperatives;

• Development and implementation of NAMAs are not completely new activities and a lot of lessons can be learnt from existing projects such as CDM;

• NAMA has high potential to lead to transformation of national economies at an unprecedented scale if actions are very ambitious, which will contribute to achieving the global mitigation goal;

Challenges and opportunities in NAMA development

Opportunities:

• Effective implementation of pilot NAMAs can lead to multiplicity of implementation of action – providing avenues for learning-by-doing;

• Robust and effective national systems for NAMA preparation and implementation could facilitate preparation and submission of nationally determined contributions. Developing countries that have experience in NAMA implementation could increase their mitigation ambition and would be better able to comply with ant future “common” accounting frameworks under the Convention;

• Opportunity to tap into new financing schemes such the GCF.

Challenges and opportunities in NAMA development

Thank you

wagyemang-bonsu@unfccc.int