Negotiation Indices

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ecbi
ECBI Regional Capacity Building Workshop for LDC
negotiators South Africa, East Africa and
Asia October 31 November 1, Kunduchi Beach
Hotel Resort, Dar Es Salem
european capacity building initiative initiative
européenne de renforcement des capacités
Current negotiations on mitigation commitments by
developed countries and mitigation actions by
developing countries Sandra Freitas
for sustained capacity building in support of
international climate change negotiations pour un
renforcement durable des capacités en appui aux
négociations internationales sur les changements
climatiques
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OUTLINE

• Overall context of the mitigation discussion
  under the LCA
• Mitigation commitments or actions by developed
  countries
• Mitigation actions by developing countries
• Way forward Durban on mitigation discussion under
  the LCA

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Context of discussion of the mitigation under the
LCA

• UNFCCC Adoption (1992) Entry into force (1994)
• The Kyoto Protocol Adoption (1997) Entry into
  force (2005) ? Negotiation on second and
  potentially subsequent commitment periods
• AWG KP established in 2005 (COP 11)
• Dialogue for cooperative action ? 2007 BAP and
  AWG LCA (COP 13)
• 1b (i vi ) mitigation issues
• 1bi mitigation by developed countries,
• 1bii mitigation developing countries

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Cancun first outstanding outcome

• Invite both developed and developing countries to
  submitted either their commitments or their
  actions to the UNFCCC
• Set up a registry to match support and actions
• Reinforce reporting issues for both developed and
  developing countries
• BRs and IAR for developed countries
• NATCOM every 4 years, BURs and ICA for developing
  countries
• Decide on a WP to further develop guidelines and
  modalities for enhanced reporting actions under
  the Convention

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Mitigation by developed countries
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Progress toward implementation of the Cancun
decision on 1bi

• Developed countries submitted information on
  their economy-wide emission reduction targets..
• Workshops were organized in Bonn and Bangkok to
  clarify assumptions and conditions related to the
  attainment of those quantified economy-wide
  emission reduction targets.
• In Bonn, Parties engaged in discussions,
  exchange views and submit written inputs on these
  issues.
• Between Bonn and Panama, Parties made submissions
  setting the foundation for substantive works in
  Panama

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Progress in Panama

• First draft still to be agreed on have been
  issued on three key issues
• (i) the biennial reports objectives and
  elements, format
• (ii) the process of international assessment and
  review (IAR) objective, process, scope and
  frequency, input, output, forum to conduct the
  IAR ( common accounting rules and compliance)
• (iii) issues related to economy-wide emission
  reduction, the level of ambition and the emission
  gap ? QELROs,, Conditionality, subsidies to fuel
  etc.

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Mitigation by developing countries
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Progress toward implementation of the Cancun
decision on 1bii

• Developing countries submit their nationally
  appropriate mitigation actions (NAMA) ,
• Workshops have also been organized in Bangkok and
  Bonn in order to clarify the underlying
  assumptions, and any support needed for
  implementation of these actions.
• Discussions took place and written inputs
  submitted in Bonn. Furthermore,
• Views were submitted by Parties to lay the
  foundation of the work in Panama

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Progress in Panama

• Four different draft to be refined and agreed
  upon in Durban
• the biennial update reports (BURs) for developing
  countries,
• the International Consultation and Analysis
  (ICA),
• the registry ( record, and matching available
  support from developed countries and actions
  seeking support)
• Issues related to NAMAs

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Issues for LDCs

• Voluntary nature of the mitigation actions
• Avoid the regional unbalance that have
  characterized the CDM a process to enable LDCs
  that wish to, to engage in a NAMA that support
  growth and sustainable development
• Streamlining rules and procedures for LDCs
• Support technical, CB and financial (full cost of
  enabling activities and for the formulation of
  NAMAs)

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Way forward Durban

• Closing Panama Uneven progress
• In the two tracks LCA gt KP
• In the LCA Mitigation gt Adaptation and
  discussion around the means of implementation
• Need to ensure balance

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