Technical Examination Process (TEP) Policy Options:

Implications for the TEC

Paul KomorUniversity of Colorado, USA

September 2016komor@colorado.edu

8 Sept. 2016

Three valuable databases

411 TEP policies

146 Technology Action Plans (TAPs)

50 mitigation-related CTCN requests

-These 3 databases reveal what countries are doing (“activity”), and would like to do (“intention”), to mitigate climate change

-Analyses of these databases reveal overlaps, gaps, and needs

-These in turn can point to potential TEC activities

Research focus

Research methodology

• Analyze the 3 databases for overlaps, gaps, and needs

• Use keywords as proxies for content

• Supplement keyword analysis with case studies

Finding: Energy Efficiency shows the highest activity and intention

However: Industrial energy Efficiency shows high interest and low activity

->Example: Sudan’s plan for improving the efficiency of industrial boilers in small- and medium-sized food, beverage, and textile industries

Finding: Finance is the greatest need

Additional findings

• ‘Urban environment’: High activity, low interest ->Example: Mexico’s sustainable cities program, which includes building large numbers of new, environmentally sustainable housing

• Greatest need as expressed in CTCN requests: ‘technology applicability’->Example: Indonesia’s interest in using anaerobic digesters to manage waste from palm oil

• Training the single most frequent need in TAPs->Example: Rwanda’s geothermal TAP, which includes the need for training and seminars for technicians and policy makers on geothermal energy

Case Studies - Selected Findings

• Private sector investment is critical, and can be encouraged by appropriate risk reduction and the lure of profit.

• Both renewable energy and energy efficiency can be profitable; they do not necessarily require continuing subsidy.

• Immediate, visible, and highly-valued benefits will change individual behavior.

Implications for the TEC

• Industrial energy efficiency of great interest and potential. Possible activities:➡ Establish alliances with industry trade groups (e.g,

Cement Manuf. Assoc. of India)➡ Assemble industry-specific efficiency experts and offer

seminars, perhaps in conjunction with CTCN forums

• Various aspects of finance a common and pressing need. Possible activities:➡ Establish alliances with finance industry groups or

institutions➡ Support/prepare web-based tutorials and decision trees

• Case studies show how non-climate benefits motivate change

➡ Possible activity: reframe mitigation efforts as economic development/air quality/etc. efforts; develop these efforts with stakeholders that value those benefits.

Implications for the TEC

• Training a very common need. Possible activities:➡ Leverage web-based training platforms/technologies➡ Document specific training needs, support efforts to produce

web-based training that meets those needs

‣ Urban environment an unrecognized opportunity. ➡ Possible activity: Extend reach to city and regional decision-

makers

Implications for the TEC

Criteria for evaluating proposed TEC activities

• What related activities are already underway?

• Does the proposed activity fit within the TEC mandate and functions?

• What is the TEC’s comparative advantage?

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