Country experience in reporting on cross-cutting issues and application of the template under the SNC

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• Country experience in reporting on cross-cutting
  issues and application of the template under the
  SNC
• Albania case
• Ermira Fida, MBA
• Manager
• Climate Change Program
• Cairo, 20-22, September, 2007

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Outline of presentation

• Background on Albania, Climate Change and NCs
• Institutional framework for NCs
• Organizational structure of the CCU
• SNC project implementation strategy
• Planning of the SNC process
• Cross-cutting issues under the INC
• Addressing cross-cutting issues under the SNC
• Applying the template
• Case Integrating climate change issues
• Constraints
• Recommendations.

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Albania and UNFCCC Kyoto Protocol

• Joined the UNFCCC in 1995
• Status under the UNFCCC
• Non-Annex 1 Party to the UNFCCC
• No emission reduction targets
• Joined the Kyoto Protocol
• 16 December, 2004

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Status of the NC process in Albania

• INC completed on July 2002
• Launched at COP8, India
• Followed up by a Technology Needs Assessment.
  Completed on November 2004
• SNC In process
• Stocktaking exercise completed in October 2004
• SNC project started on March 2005

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Institutional framework for NCs

• Relies upon the responsibility of the Climate
  Change Unit/Program (CCU/P)
• Based under the Ministry of Environment, Forests
  and Water Administration of Albania
• Funded jointly from UNDP and GoA
• Responsibilities
• Support the implementation of the UNFCCC and
  Kyoto Protocol
• UNFCCC Focal Point
• DNA for CDM
• Draft/design nation policy actions for climate
  change and mainstreaming
• Management and implementation of climate change
  projects portfolio

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Organizational structure of CCP/U
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SNC Project Implementation Strategy

• Build upon the previous work and expertise gained
  under the INC and TNA in order to ensure the
  sustainability of the process
• Start up with GHG inventory and VA in parallel
  and follow up with GHG abatement once the first
  draft of GHG inventory is available
• GHG inventory work with key sources and data gap
  filling
• VA focus in a priority system (Drini River
  Cascade)
• Update the GHG mitigation analysis and TNA.
• Elaborate other/cross-cutting issues in an
  integrated manner with other thematic components
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• Apply the strategy of improvement of the quality
  of studies (GHG inventory, mitigation) and
  replicate it at the VA studies, at the extend
  possible
• Archive/document the data and the studies.
• Mobilize additional resources for additional
  studies to be attached to the SNC study and
  process, such as
• UNEP Dutch Public awareness, training and
  education activities.
• GoA GHG inventory, Abatement, VA
• REC VA (expanding the project site area from
  Drini to Mati River Deltas)
• Work in parallel to designing project proposals
  that address findings from NCs, subject of
  funding from GEF and/or other donors.
• Develop partnership with relevant institutions
  and involve stakeholders from the beginning to
  ensure among others integration of climate change
  into national planning
• Conduct public awareness activities and
  communications continuously.

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Planning the SNC
Activities 2005 2006 2007 2008
GHG inv X X X
GHG mitigation X X
VA X X
Cross-cutting X X
Other info X X
SNC report X X
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Cross-cutting/other issues under the INC

• Delivered under a separate chapter under INC of
  Albania
• The chapter addressed only such issues as
• Public awareness
• Training
• Education
• Capacity building
• Potential follow-up activities
• No information on steps to integrate climate
  change into policy formulation under this
  chapter
• This information has been provided in an
  integrated manner under the section of the
  National Climate Change Action Plan as part of
  the baseline situation at policy level.
• No information on technology transfer under this
  chapter
• Some elements of the situation regarding
  technology transfer has been implicitly provided
  under the GHG mitigation chapter.
• Lots of information on the level of climate
  change integration and technology transfer has
  been provided under the TNA report

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Addressing cross-cutting issues under the SNC

• Status of the work on cross-cutting issues
• Majority of the information has been collected
• An approach to collect information on
  cross-cutting issues in the most effective and
  accurate way has been followed
• Refer to 17/CP8, UNFCCC user manual for
  guidelines on NC from NA1 and to NCSP resource
  kit for NCs as guiding materials.
• Integration of the information on the
  cross-cutting issues under key thematic areas
  GHG mitigation and Vulnerability and Adaptation
• Majority of of the information obtained through
  GHG mitigation and VA studies performed.
• ToRs for Mitigation and VA contained tasks that
  required collection and elaboration of
  information on cross-cutting issues
• Cross-cutting issues will be provided as a
  separate chapter under the SNC of Albania,
  containing the following subsections
• Steps taken to integrate climate change
• Activities relating to technology transfer
• Climate Change RSO and research programs
• Public awareness, communications, training,
  education and capacity building
• A synthesis of the collected information on
  cross-cutting issues is needed aiming at the
  provision of the information in a comprehensive
  without repetitions in other sections.

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Application of the UNFCCC template

• The template has reached us before the
  synthesizing of the information in the form of
  the draft-chapter on cross-cutting issues
• Once delivered by the UNFCCC has been shared
  with Team Leaders of three thematic areas, and
  relevant experts involved in the SNC preparation
• Consultations with Team Leaders and experts have
  been held to discuss and agree on the degree/rate
  of its application
• The template has been found helpful in terms of
  the provision of the list of the key issues for
  reporting and applicable for us
• The template complements the current guidance on
  cross-cutting issues
• Bringing additional key issues for consideration
• The national team recommended to revise the
  already collected information on cross-cutting
  issues in the light of the key considerations
  provided by the template
• The team recommended a provision of the
  synthesized information on cross-cutting issues
  in a narrative way rather than in tabular form as
  per the template.

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Example 1 Steps to integrate CC
This has been addressed as an issue for
consideration under both thematic areas GHG
mitigation and VA Ex GHG Mitigation has been
addressed under Energy Strategy
This has been addressed as an issue for
consideration under both thematic areas GHG
mitigation and VA. Ex Hydropower sector
(mitigation and VA) Coastal zone (VA). The
description of the level of stakeholder
involvement has not been addressed explicitly. It
will be elaborated in a comprehensive way.
This has been addressed as an issue for
consideration under both thematic areas GHG
mitigation and VA . Ex Energy sector
This has not been addressed in such an explicit
way . It will be elaborated in an explicate way
and in such a chronology.
This has been addressed as an issue for
consideration under national circumstances .
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Constraints

• Not easy to synthesize information on issues
  related to
• Technology transfer and specifically with TNA
• In Albanias case the team has planed the update
  the TNA study carried out in 2004
• GHG mitigation technologies
• Adaptation technologies in a priority system
• Solution
• The results of the updated TNA are going to be
  elaborated under the respective chapters (GHG
  mitigation and VA)
• Under the cross cutting part we are planning to
  describe the TNA as a process, rather than its
  findings.
• Institutional framework on
• National Communications (recommended under
  national circumstances)
• Implementation of climate change policy
  (recommended under cross-cutting)
• Technology Transfer (recommended under
  cross-cutting)
• Public awareness, communications, (recommended
  under cross-cutting)
• Solution
• Adding a new sub-section namely Institutional
  framework to deal with climate change in Albania.
  
• Measurable impact indicators of the NC.
• Solution
• Add a matrix to summarize the indicators (most
  quantitative)

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Example Activities related to TT
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Recommendations

• Collect cross-cutting issues in an integrated
  approach - an effective way
• Consider the template as a complementary and
  flexible guide and
• Adapt the template according to national
  circumstances
• Integrate some issues in one, if necessary
• Add new issues as needed.
• More focus on processes rather than results
• Conduct consultations with the technical teams on
  the approach to be used
• Consider the section of Cross-cutting issues as
  the most proper site to provide information on
  the impacts of NC.
• Draw on good practices identified from other
  countries, if available.
• Document the information collected

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