EUChina Climate Change Partnership: Rolling Work Plan progress so far

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EU-China Climate Change PartnershipRolling Work
Plan progress so far
Artur Runge-Metzger Head of Unit ENV.C.1
Climate Strategy, International Negotiations and
Monitoring of EU Action
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EU-China Rolling Work Plan

• Agreed at 2nd Bilateral Consultation Mechanism
  Meeting, October 2006, Beijing
• Actions for period 2006-8
• 7 substantive actions
• 3 areas to explore further possibilities
• 3 areas to improve understanding of practical
  implementation measures
• Discuss progress and possible future projects
  today update RWP at 4th BCM

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Contacts since the last BCM of October 2006

• China, Italy and the European Commission
  supported the 1st Asian Carbon Expo, held in
  Beijing on 26-27 October 2006. In addition, nine
  other EU Member States also presented and
  exhibited at the Expo.
• China, Sweden, UK and the European Commission
  organised (together with Norway) the first
  Low-Carbon Economy Seminar under the auspices of
  the China Council for International Cooperation
  on Environment and Development in Beijing on
  23-24 April 2007.
• The UK and China launched a project examining the
  interdependence between the EU and China in the
  fields of energy, economy and climate change at a
  seminar in Beijing on 17 May 2007.
• Bilateral consultations took place during the
  COP/MOP 2 climate change meeting in Nairobi in
  November 2007 and during the UNFCCC Subsidiary
  Bodies meeting in Bonn, May 2007.
• Plus various bilateral visits and multilateral
  activities (eg ASEM Env Mins) supporting the
  Partnership aims

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Priority areas two success stories

• CDM capacity building and project development at
  provincial levels in China
• 2.8m CDM Facilitation Project launched in April
  2007, (2.4m of funding from EC)
• Largest European-funded project addressing
  CDM-related activities.
• Partners are the Swedish Environmental Research
  Institute, SEPA's Policy Research Centre, TÜV
  Rheinland (Germany) and Development Solutions
  (China).
• Project objectives
• to strengthen the capacity of Chinas Designated
  National Authority (DNA), the National CDM
  Service Centre, and Chinese Designated
  Operational Entities (DOEs)
• to introduce European and international standards
  in Quality Management of the CDM development
  process, and
• to increase awareness of CDM opportunities in
  China.
• Also Danish CDM Facility in China, launched in
  July 2005. The Facility will offer a combination
  of financial support for the writing of the PDD
  and technical support.
• NZEC to be presented separately

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Areas where work is ongoing that we can intensify

• Research
• Chinese researchers already active in previous
  Framework Programmes
• New FP7 offers more opportunities for
  international collaboration
• Plans for expert seminar on climate change and
  energy research and research needs in November
  (as part of China-Europe Science and Technology
  Year - CESTY)
• Assessment of sectoral impacts
• Ongoing work by various MS (UK, A, F, DE, RO, ES)
  new activities should not duplicate this.
  DE-China scientists event today in Beijing on
  floods droughts.
• Plans for studies in biodiversity and water
  sectors (latter tbc with Ministry of Water
  Resources)
• What other sectors? Health? Tourism? Insurance?

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Areas for further action

• Development of one or more climate change
  programmes at the provincial level in China
• NOR/UNDP already active how EU we add value?
• Development of a national adaptation strategy in
  China
• Build on Chinese National Climate Change
  Programme, Chinas First National Assessment
  Report, EU Adaptation Green Paper and IPCC WGIII
  Report
• Public awareness raising, including through
  media programmes in China
• Examine transferability of EUs CHANGEcampaign?

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Three areas to explore further possibilities

• Key energy programmes/projects in Chinas 11th
  Five Year Development Programme
• We should discuss where we can cooperate in the
  context of the new CNCCP
• Exchange of information and experiences on
  developing effective energy efficiency and energy
  savings policies and measures
• Opportunities following Commissioner Verheugens
  visit, eg cooperation on EE in built sector
• Technology cooperation in 3 priority areas
• Much cooperation on-going, November seminar could
  identify other opportunities

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Existing RWP Areas for discussion today

• An EU-China expert seminar on climate change
  related research and technological development
  cooperation, strategy visions and dissemination,
  as well as valorisation of the first results from
  the EU-funded projects including Chinese partners
  in the 1st half of 2007
• The assessment of climate change impacts on key
  sectors in China
• Development of one or more climate change
  programmes at the provincial level in China
• Development of a national adaptation strategy in
  China
• Public awareness raising, including through media
  programmes in China
• Are there areas under the further possibilities
  and improving understanding sections of the RWP
  do we want to promote to the priorities
  section?

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EU-China Climate Change Partnership Rolling Work
Plan new project ideas
Artur Runge-Metzger Head of Unit ENV.C.1
Climate Strategy, International Negotiations and
Monitoring of EU Action
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New project ideas for discussion

• Mitigation options and energy modelling seminar,
  Nov 2007
• Internships in DG ENV, eg monitoring and
  reporting, CCS
• Joint meeting of CC advisors (President Barrosos
  group with the Chinese expert panel)
• Outreach to business, eg EU-China Business Summit
  focus on EE
• Energy efficiency in buildings event (discussions
  ongoing)
• German proposal for workshop on renewable
  energies and CDM, including energy efficiency in
  China
• European Clean Energy Centre - EC²

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European Clean Energy Centre
EC²

• Justification
• Proposed by the Commission in its energy package
  of 10 January
• Assisting China in tackling concerns about
  climate change and energy is a priority of the EC
  China Country Strategy Paper 2007-2013.

• Objective Increase the EU-China cooperation in
  the field of energy and climate change policies
  and technologies in order to
• help China access clean energy policies and
  technologies (in line with the objectives of the
  11th Five Year Plan and the CNCCP)
• help China develop strategies for the development
  of a low-carbon economy in the context of the
  future UN climate change regime and sustainable
  development goals
• help China build an appropriate policy framework,
  incentives and training so that the technology
  shift is sustainable.

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Potential EC² Activities

• Exchange of know-how and information on the state
  of the art and emerging clean technologies
• Capacity building
• Dialogue with provincial levels
• Project facilitation
• Analytical activities, scenario building and
  master planning
• Advisory activities

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Potential fields of action

• Sustainable coal
• Sustainable biofuels
• Renewables
• Energy efficient products and processes
• Sustainable and efficient distribution systems
• Energy savings in buildings

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How could it work?

• Launch of a call for proposals
• A Sino-European consortium will lead the Centre
  and will implement the successful proposal
• It will be awarded a grant of 2M/Year for 5
  years from the EU budget
• Chinese authorities and Member States will be
  invited to contribute (funding, venue, experts)
• After 5 years, funding essentially autonomous
• European Commission and Chinese officials will be
  part of the steering committee.