High Level Sub-regional Consultation on Advancing Action on Short Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCP) in Southeast and Northeast Asia

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High Level Sub-regional Consultation on
Advancing Action on Short Lived Climate
Pollutants (SLCP) in Southeast and Northeast
Asia 19 August 2014, Bangkok, Thailand Dr.
Mushtaq Ahmed MEMON Facilitatormushtaq.memon_at_unep
.org
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SLCPs from the solid waste management sector

• Methane (gas)
• Landfill gas comprises 50 methane and 50 CO2
• Global warming potential of 25 (100-year time
  horizon), relative to CO2
• Anthropogenic formed as a result of management
  of waste from humans

• Black Carbon (fine particles in aerosol form)
• Most strongly light-absorbing component of
  particulate matter
• Formed by the incomplete combustion of fossil
  fuels, biofuels, and biomass
• Emissions patterns and trends vary significantly
  across regions, countries and sources
• An aerosol (not a greenhouse gas)
• Remains in the atmosphere for as little as a few
  days to a week before falling to the surface

• Black carbon and methane are the second and third
  largest contributors to global warming after
  carbon dioxide
• Because of their short lifetimes (e.g. days to
  weeks for black carbon), reducing emissions now
  can result in near-term climate benefits

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How do we reduce SLCPs in the solid waste
management sector?

1. Reduce waste generation
2. Address open burning
3. Promote organic diversion programs composting
   and anaerobic digestion
4. Use landfills as final disposal options and
   enhance landfill operations - promote methane
   recovery
5. Institute recycling programs
6. Improve waste collection
7. Implement sustainable financing systems

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Municipal Solid Waste Initiative
Long-term goalReduce emissions in participating
cities and replicate and scale up through
national policies
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Joining the Initiative
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The CCAC MSW Initiative

• Aim bolster cities capacities to reduce SLCPs
  across the municipal solid waste sector - three
  main activities
• Assessing Implementing
• Capacity Building
• Convening

Identify and quantify SLCP emissions
reduction opportunities
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First Successes

• Around 25 cities are implementing actions and
  more are joining
• Mentoring partnerships established
• Knowledge platform launched
• Emissions quantification tool under development
• Financing models under development

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The Road Ahead

• City Assessments Develop Work Plans Implement
  Work Plans
• Regional Training Knowledge Platform
• Emissions Quantification Tool
• Pilot RB/OB Financing
• Increase city-to-city collaboration and
  networking / City Exchanges
• Increase national links and replication of best
  practices to scale up impact

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Knowledge Platform
http//waste.ccac-knowledge.net/
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Assessment of the Potential to Reduce SLCPs
Waste Quantity, Composition Gaps
Population Data source / year Population Data source / year Waste Quantity Tons/year Data source / year Waste Quantity Tons/year Data source / year Waste Quantity Kg/day/capita Data source / year Waste Quantity Kg/day/capita Data source / year Composition organic paper metals others Composition organic paper metals others Gaps Collection Dumping Open burning Recycling Recovery Landfill gas
Current 2030 Current 2030 Current 203 Current 2030
National level Name of Country
City Level City A (Name of City)
City Level City A (Name of City)
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Potential areas for intervention
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Key areas for discussions!

1. Challenges
2. Lessons learned
3. Best practices

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Ideas from the Group!

1. Suggestions on co-benefits of waste management
   for reducing SLPCs, health, environment and
   resources for growth and jobs
2. Suggestions on political profile raising at
   national and city level
3. Suggestions on stakeholder engagement from
   inception to implementation
4. Suggestions on cross-linkages with other CCAC
   initiatives such as diesel engines (waste
   collection and landfill operations), household
   cooking and domestic heating (waste to energy),
   national planning for actions (national waste
   management strategies), financing mitigation of
   SLCPs (financing for waste management),
   agriculture (waste agricultural biomass), and
   regional assessments

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Suggestions from the Group!

1. National governments (name of the countries) sees
   as waste management as a high priority agenda
   thus requesting CCAC for support
2. National and local governments recommend the
   following cities to develop waste management
   plans assisted by CCAC-MSWIName of the cities
3. National and local governments recommend the
   following cities as collaborative citiesName of
   the cities
4. All the stakeholders recommend interactive
   multi-stakeholder mechanism to develop and
   implement the work plans aiming to reduce SLCPs

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Partnerships, Partnerships and Partnerships!
Thank You