International Partnership on Mitigation and MRV

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1 International Partnership on Mitigation and MRV October 20, 2014 Berlin, Germany Sven Egbers, International Partnership on Mitigation and MRV Jongikhaya Witi, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa

2 About the Partnership Launched by South Africa, South Korea and Germany at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in 2010, the Partnership encourages countries to step up mitigation ambition and carry out the transformation to a sustainable low-carbon society. To this end, the Partnership supports the design, set-up and effective implementation of Low-Emission Development Strategies (LEDS); Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs); Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs); Measuring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) systems

3 Regional Groups African Regional Group Asian Regional Group Cluster Francophone Latin American Regional Group

4 African Regional Group 1 st African Regional Group Workshop Tracking Mitigation Actions in Africa, May 2013, South Africa Webinar on institutional arrangements for MRV followed by an e-discussion Webinar on legal frameworks for MRV followed by an e-discussion

5 Capacity Building Offers through the Partnership (1) Web-based formats (1a) Webinars (1b) E-learning (1c) E-discussion (1d) Mailing List (2) Peer-to-peer exchange Country X visiting country Y to share experiences and learn From each other

6 Thank you for your attention.

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8 About the Partnership The Partnership facilitates the exchange of good practice on mitigation-related experiences and MRV between climate negotiators, policymakers and practitioners from more than 50 developing and developed countries in order to share learning, build trust and inform the United Nations Climate negotiations

9 Activities PARTNERSHIP MEETINGS AND NETWORKING INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS OF MITIGATION ACTIONS KNOWLEDGE MANAGE- MENT CAPACITY BUILDING

10 Examples of Capacity Building Activities: International Summer School Autumn School 2012, Berlin, Germany "MRV - Today, Tomorrow and the Future" Summer School 2013, Hanoi, Vietnam Tracking Progress and MRV for GHG Emission Reductions

11 Examples of Capacity Building Activities: Technical Workshops and Peer-Exchange African Regional Workshop Tracking Mitigation Actions in Africa, May 2013, South Africa Francophone Regional Workshop `MRV of NAMAs` December 2013, Tunisia Latin American Regional Workshop MRV of NAMAs as a Key Element of National MRV Systems March 2014, Mexico

12 Examples of Capacity Building Activities: Upcoming Activities Asia Regional Workshop: Tracking Mitigation Actions in Asia, Seoul, July 2014 Summer School 2014: Introduction and Background on recent debates on ADP, Dominican Republic, Sept 2014 NAMA E-learning Course Online available late summer

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14 Regional workshop and peer-exchange: Tracking mitigation actions in Africa 7 to 9 May Magaliesberg, South Africa Host: South African Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) 25 participants from 8 African countries: Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Tunisia, South Africa and Zambia Photos, presentations and conclusions summary:

15 Summer School: Tracking Progress and MRV for GHG emission reductions 20 to 28 August Hanoi, Viet Nam Host: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) Viet Nam Participants: policy makers, practitioners and negotiators representing 19 developing and developed countries from all world regions Experts from WRI, Ricardo-AEA, Ecofys, Perspectives, South Pole, CAOS, GTripleC, The Energy and Resources Institute India (TERI) Objective: Getting to know methods for defining a domestic mitigation pledge and tracking progress towards this target Photos, presentations and conclusions summary: Full documentation report will be published by 12/

16 Regional workshop and peer-exchange: Francophone Regional Workshop on MRV of NAMAs December 2013, Tunisia Host: Tunisian National Energy Agency (ANME) Participants: 63 policy makers from 17 mostly French speaking African countries (Tunisia, Cote d Ivoire, Togo, Cameroon, Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Gabon, Benin, Burkina Faso, Congo, Ghana, Egypt and Morocco) Objective: options and elements of MRV of NAMAs, including their advantages and disadvantages; exchange of experiences between experts and decision makers from different countries on MRV of NAMAs in different sectors; first step in the establishment of a French speaking group of experts which will continue to exchange on their areas of interest. Photos, presentations and conclusions summary: 16

17 Regional workshop and peer-exchange: Latin American Regional Workshop: MRV of NAMAs as a Key Element of National MRV Systems 6 8 March 2014, Mexico City, Mexico Host: Peruvian Ministry of Environment (MINAM) Participants: more than 100 policymakers and technical experts from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay. Objective: Exchange good practices and build capacities for the development of systems for the MRV of NAMAs in Latin America and the Caribbean; explore potential similarities and key differences between MRV processes applicable to facility-level greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting and NAMAs; discuss issues related to capturing the impacts of the NAMAs on national GHG inventories and reflect this in national GHG reporting. Photos, presentations and conclusions summary: 17