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Title: First UNFCCC Workshop on the Implementation of Article 6 Projects Under the Kyoto Protocol May 26 - 27, 2004 Moscow, Russia Jane Desbarats, Program Officer, Canada


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First UNFCCC Workshop on the Implementationof
Article 6 Projects Under the Kyoto ProtocolMay
26 - 27, 2004 Moscow, RussiaJane Desbarats,
Program Officer,Canadas CDM and JI Office
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Presentation Overview
  • Role of the Office and JI activities
  • Project Facilitation in EITs
  • Canada-Russia Joint Working Group
  • Other Canadian Climate Change Initiatives
  • Canadian JI Opportunities
  • Specific Projects in EITs

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Role of Canadas CDM/JI Office
  • Act as national focal point for CDM and JI
  • Conduct domestic international outreach
  • Facilitate Canadian participation
  • Provide technical guidance to companies
  • Conclude bilateral agreements with key countries
  • Offset Project Transaction Costs (Feasibility
    studies, Baseline/Monitoring Plans, PDDs,
    Registration, Verification)
  • Approve Canadian participation
  • Analytical studies and input into negotiations

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Project Facilitation in EITs
  • Market studies for Russia, the Czech Republic,
    Kazakhstan and Bulgaria
  • Market study for Poland underway
  • Feasibility/baseline studies for projects in
    Poland, Romania and Russia
  • CDM/JI capacity-building in Kazakhstan
  • Outreach in Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria,
    Russia, Hungary and the Czech Republic

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Canada-Russia Joint Working Group
  • Created 2002
  • Committed to making ratification of the Kyoto
    Protocol mutually beneficial for both countries
  • Dedicated to overcoming barriers to the
    implementation of the Kyoto Protocol in Russia
  • Composed of officials from both governments
  • Canada Foreign Affairs Canada, Environment
    Canada, Natural Resources Canada
  • Russia MEDT, RosHydromet, MFA
  • IET and JI subgroups created

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Planned Activities of JI Subgroup
  • JI approval procedures (Canadian and Russian)
  • Identification of key regions, sectors and
    projects
  • Monitor links with IET/Greening Investment
  • Development of multi-project baseline for natural
    gas sector
  • Analytical work related to investment barriers
    credit ownership, taxation, etc

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Other Canadian Climate Change Initiatives in EITs
  • Industry Canada Sustainable Cities Initiative
  • NRCAN
  • -Technology Promotion Officers
  • -Canadian International Initiative for Technology
  • Transfer
  • -Technology Early Action Measures (TEAM)
  • High efficiency boilers in two pilot regions for
    Russia (Komi and Tyumen)
  • Upgrade of gas distribution networks for Romania

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Canadian JI Capacity Building Activities
  • Caspian Basin GHG Emissions Reduction Training
    Program Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan
  • Capacity-building in Ukraine concluded April
    2003
  • Development of Ukrainian JI approval procedures
  • Technical assistance on Ukrainian GHG inventory
  • JI projects database (available online)
  • Sponsored workshops in Poland, Hungary and Russia
  • Contributed to Russian climate change publication

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Canadian Private Sector and JI Opportunities in
Russia
  • Opportunities
  • Rehabilitation of natural gas infrastructure
  • Engineering services related to oil refinery
    sector, oil and gas exploration, aluminium
    smelters, and mining industry
  • Potential markets for energy efficient
    buildings, small hydro, fugitive methane
    emissions
  • Commercial presence
  • Russian crude oil significant Canadian import
  • Recent resurgence of Canadian investment in
    Russian LNG sources

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Specific JI Projects for EITs
  • Small hydro project in Poland
  • 2 projects in Russia
  • Projects at feasibility stage
  • Projects under consideration for Ukraine, Poland
    Romania and Russia

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For more information ...
  • Canadas CDM JI Office
  • Climate Change and Energy Division (ESC)
  • Foreign Affairs Canada
  • 111 Sussex Drive
  • City Hall, 2nd Floor
  • Ottawa, ON K1N 1J1
  • Tel (613) 944-3039
  • Fax (613) 944-0064
  • E-mail cdm.ji_at_dfait-maeci.gc.ca
  • Web www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/cdm-ji/
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