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RBEC UNDP-GEF Climate Change Mitigation Portfolio:
Lessons Learnt John O’Brien
Regional Technical Advisor, Climate Change Mitigation
UNDP – Bratislava Regional Centre
Sub-Regional Workshop for GEF Focal Points & Constituency Meeting
14-15 April 2010
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Presentation Overview
Overview of UNDP GEF CC Portfolio
Lessons Learned during GEF - 4
Looking towards GEF - 5
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UNDP GEF Climate Change Activities Globally
Renewable Energy
Portfolio: US$ 865 m
Energy Efficiency
Portfolio: US$ 1 billion
Transport
Portfolio: US$ 890 m
Objective:Assist developing countries to develop and adopt low carbon and climate resilient strategies/development through promotion of market transformation for EE, RE and Sustainable Transport technologies
UNDP has 132 Country Offices in 6 Regions We are Country Driven
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UNDP GEF Portfolio Overview - Energy-Efficiency is Number One Priority
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UNDP interventions in Europe and CIS region are focused on Removing Barriers to EE
Low energy efficiency (even new EU members), little use of renewable energy (except hydro) → most energy- and carbon-intensive economies globally
Source: World Resources Institute 2008
World average
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UNDP key priority: Energy efficiency in Buildings
Source: UNDP/GEF Project Document, Kyrgyzstan
• 40% of energy used in buildings
• Building stock 2-3 times less efficient than in EU
• Utilities account for 20% in poor households income
• 30% reduction in costs can make a substantial difference
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Barriers to remove:
UNDP key priority: Energy Efficiency in buildings
How do you think about work the heating supply system in your apartment?
Bad30, 1%
Don’t work at all
20,5%No answer
1,8%
Good47, 7%
Turkmenistan: 50% of customers are not satisfied with heat systems
Source: UNDP/GEF Project Report
- Poorly designed and insufficiently enforced legal and regulatory framework
- Weak capacities to identify and implement energy efficiency measures among municipalities, tenants and district heating companies
- Financing Barrier – access to credit is very difficult – Scaling Up
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Lessons Learned: Municipal EE in Croatia
Source: UNDP-GEF Project in Croatia
- Policy-level support: National EE
Master-plan with the Programme of
Implementation 2008-2016
- Energy Charter: signed by ALL
towns and counties in the Republic of
Croatia
- Over 40 million USD
investments leveraged in energy EE
across Croatia
- 91,5% of households are aware of
availability and the
benefits of EE products
related to home appliances
- Project budget: 13 M US$ (on-going)
with UNDP/GEF contribution 3.5 M$
BEFORE
Advocacy kit under UNDP “House in Order” project
Energy Charter
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Lessons Learned: EE Renovation in Bulgaria
Source: UNDP/GEF Project Booklet, Bulagria
- 28 voluntary associations of
condominium owners for the
purposes of renovation and future
maintenance created;
- 7 multifamily buildings fully
renovated and 21 buildings
undergoing renovation
- Annual energy saving: 50-75% due
to EE renovation
BEFORE
AFTER
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Upscaling EE Activities : Options for Consideration
OPTIONS TO CONSIDER OPTION EXPLAINED and WHAT IS NEEDED
Loan Guarantees for Banks Banks are reluctant to provide loans to home owners, due to inability to provide security;If banks provide loans, the interest rates are too highGuarantee by a “third party” could helpMore analysis needed on how this might work and collaboration with the various IFIs.
Free energy audits and/or interest free loans (provided by Government)
Average size of a loan for household EE is low:less than US$ 10,000. A government programme for interest free loans for this purpose and free energy audits could work (Action Energy Programme in UK)Analysis of lessons learnt from similar programs
Carbon finance No impact to date on the EE field – transaction costs are high; number of emission reductions small/project basis.New Programme of Activities (PoA) under CDM – will combine activities at national/sub-national/regional level in one project Analysis needed on the use of the PoA approach in EE in buildings
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UNDP key priorities: Renewable energy
Wind power: Kazakhstan
Biomass: Slovakia, Belarus, Poland, BiH, Slovenia, Latvia
Solar Water Heating: Albania
Small hydro power: Georgia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
Security of Supply is critical (for biomass projects) Long-term PPA is critical for electricity generation projects Demonstration projects can play a ‘catalytic effect’
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Lessons learnt: Working Well and Areas for Improvement
Coordination with other Agencies Finding Investors/Engaging Private Sector Upscaling Activities & Replication
We are working well when it comes to working at a local level (municipalities, local governments) changes in policies, legislation, regulation awareness raising activities guidebooks, training materials demonstration activities
Where we can and need to improve
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Lessons Learned: Engaging the Private Sector
How do we engage the private sector more effectively
staff/consultants with experience working in the private sector at a senior level – managing risk understand concepts of risks and returns and how wecan assist with reducing risks/enhancing returns choose ‘world class companies’ to work with specific role within our projects of leveragingprivate sector investment
In our projects : reward results, reward sucess
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Primary Focus Energy-Efficiency in Buildings- In particular EE in residential buildings & public buildings Removing Barriers to Renewable Energy- esp. biomass
Secondary Focus Sustainable Transport Carbon Forestry (incl. cross cutting projects)
Integrate focus on linkages with carbon markets (CDM, JI) into our projects under GEF – 5 (Carbon Finance is the future)
Looking to GEF 5 – Areas for Focus for UNDP
Thank you!