11/12/2012 Issues and agendas COP18/CMP8 Doha, Qatar Nepal's Preparation for COP 18: A consultation workshop 12 November, 2012, Hotel Himalaya, Lalitpur Manjeet Dhakal , Clean Energy Nepal Ugan Manandhar, WWF Nepal Outline • UNFCCC process • Background of the issues • Major current issues – ADP: Ad-hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Actions – Ad-hoc Working Group on Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) – Ad-hoc Working Group on long term cooperative action (AWG-LCA) • COP18/CMP8 Doha, Qater 1
11/12/2012 UNFCCC Bodies Conference of Secretariat the Parties (COP) Subsidiary Body Permanent Subsidiary Body for for Scientific and Implementation bodies of Technological (SBI) the Convention Advice (SBSTA) Ad Hoc Working Group Ad Hoc Working Ad hoc Working Group on Further Group on the Ad Hoc on Long-term Commitments for Durban Platform Cooperative Action Annex I Parties under Working Groups under the Convention for Enhanced the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-LCA) (AWG-KP) Action (ADP) Global Operating Entities Green Climate Environment Fund (GCF) of the Financial Mechanism Facility (GEF) Negotiation process Friends of Working Chair Groups COP Contact Informal plenary group group SBs Informal informal .. Submissions Technical workshops IPCC reports COP decisions 2
11/12/2012 Negotiation groups Regional groups • African States, • Asian States, • Eastern European States, • Latin American and the Caribbean States, and • the Western European and Other States Negotiating groups • G77 & China • EU • AOSIS • LDC • Umbrella group • EIG Historical decisions • COP1 Berlin 1995 • COP 2 Geneva 1996 • COP 3 Japan 1997 – Kyoto Protocol • COP 4 Buenos Aires 1998 • COP 5 Bonn 1999 • COP 6 The Hague 2000 – Negotiations broke down/COP 6 bis Bonn • COP 7 Marrakesh 2001- Marrakesh Accords • COP 8 Delhi 2002 • COP 9 Milan 2003 • COP 10 Buenos Aires 2004 • COP 11/CMP 1 Montreal 2005 • COP 12/CMP 2 Nairobi 2006 • COP 13/CMP 3 Bali 2007- negotiation process with two track approach • COP 14/CMP 4 Poznan 2008 • COP 15/CMP 5 Copenhagen 2009- Copenhagen Accord • COP 16/CMP 6 Cancun 2010- Cancun Agreements • COP 17/CMP 7 Durban 2011- Durban Platform • COP 18/CMP 8 Doha 2012 (Upcoming) 3
11/12/2012 Key issues: Kyoto Protocol IET JI CDM Flexible mechanism Annex I countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 5.2% on average for the period 2008- 2012 compared to base year 1990. Key issue: Bali Road Map/LCA Bali Road Map as a two-year process to finalizing a binding agreement COP 13, Shared vision Mitigation Adaptation Finance Technology Bali (2007) Established ad-hoc working groups with 2 year mandate 'Take note' of the Copenhagen Accord COP 15, Copenhagen (2009) No legally binding agreement, extended of Ad-hoc working group new life and trust to multilateral process COP 16, Continued Bali discussion & established institutions Cancun (2010) Established 'Durban Platform for enhanced action' COP 17, Durban (2011) future treaty to be defined by 2015 and become effective in 2020. 4
11/12/2012 Key issue: ADP Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action Also decides to launch a process to develop a protocol, another legal instrument or an agreed outcome with legal force under the Convention applicable to all Parties, through a subsidiary body under the Convention hereby established and to be known as the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action; (para 2, 1/CP.17) Decides that the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action shall complete its work as early as possible but no later than 2015 in order to adopt this protocol, another legal instrument or an agreed outcome with legal force at the twenty first session of the Conference of the Parties and for it to come into effect and be implemented from 2020 (para 4, 1/CP.17) Major current issues for COP18/CMP8 5
11/12/2012 Equity: Current pledge with needed path way Emission Gap Source: Ian Fry Analysing the emission gap Source: Netherland Environmental Assessment Agency 6
11/12/2012 Green house emissions 1990-2005 Source: Ian Fry Per-capita emissions http://pdf.wri.org/navigating_numbers_chapter6.pdf 7
11/12/2012 ADP work streams ADP is currently working on two work streams: • Work stream1 : addresses para 2 to 6 of decision 1/CP.17 that is about the form and function of the ADP - Pre 2020 work stream • Work stream 2 : addresses para 7-8 that is mainly about raising the level of mitigation ambition- Post 2020 work stream. AWG-KP The KP deals on the following major issues: • Numbers (Emission Reduction post 2012) • Potential Consequences (Socio-eco-environment consequences, tools, policy, rules) • Markets (Emission trading- ETS, JI, CDM) • LULUCF- Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry • Basket of Issues (GHGs (hot-air), sectors & sources, metrics- CO2eq, Methodological issues) • Adaptation Fund/LDC Fund • Matter related to LDCs • Legal form 8
11/12/2012 Key issues: AWG-KP • Time frame (8 years or 5 years) for CP2 • Ratification process • Countries affiliation for second commitment • Future of Carbon market AWG-LCA Issue Bali mandate Outstanding issue • Objective of the convention • Global goal by 2050 Shared vision • Principle of CBDRRC • Timeframe for global peaking for GHGs • Follow-up from EASD workshop • Organize issue between AWGs Mitigation MRV of ambitions of developed • ICA to be adopted by Doha NAMA by developing countries • Forest reference level, market etc REDD: Policy approached and incentive • NAPs, AC, Loss and Damage Adaptation Urgent and immediate impl action • Source of funding Finance Financial entity within the • Level of funding Convection • Host of GCF • Section of host and advisory board Tech Enhanced axn on tech dev and transfer of CTC 9
11/12/2012 Welcome to COP18/CMP8 Doha, Qatar ADP Co-Chair Incoming COP President Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah UNFCCC Executive Secretary Director, Qatar Administrative Christiana Figueres Control and Transparency Authority. Jayant Moreshwar Mauskar , Harald Dovland India Norway AW-KP Chair AWG-LCA Cair Madeleine Diouf , Senegal , Aysar Tayeb , Saudi Arabia SBI Chair SBSTA Chair Thomasz Chruszczow Richard Muyungi Poland Tanzania 10
11/12/2012 COP18/CMP8 at Doha 26 November – 7 December, 2012, Qatar National Convention Centre • 18 th Conference of the Parties (COP), • 8 th Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the KP(CMP), • 37 th session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), • 37 th session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), • Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP 17-2) • Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Conv (AWG-LCA 15-2) • Ad-hoc working Group on Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP 1-2) Participants Other badges • Secretariat (Blue) • Intergovernmental (Green) • Technicians (brown) 11
11/12/2012 Key issues at Doha • Ending of AWGs (KP and LCA) • Operationalization of GCF (Korea) with adequate and easy access funding • Timeframe of second commitment period • Enhanced the discussion of the work streams of ADP for legally binding outcome by 2015 Thank you Picture: CEN photo library 12
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