MRV-ing GHG Emissions Under Existing and Developing Pricing Mechanisms (June 2014)
The PMR and the Climate-KIC Research Programme on MRV jointly organized a one-day conference dedicated to MRV procedures and practices in carbon pricing mechanisms. This event took place on June 3, 2014 in Bonn, immediately following the Carbon Expo and before the 40th session of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies.
Date:
Jun 03, 2014
Venue:
Bonn, Germany
| June 3, 2014 | ||
| 8:30 | Registration | |
| 1. Opening and Introduction | ||
| 9:00 | ||
| Chair Luis Muñozcano, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico | ||
| Benoit Leguet, CDC Climat Research | ||
| Article: MRVing Carbon in Practice | ||
| 2. MRV in Established Carbon Pricing Initiatives | ||
| This session had three parts. The first part was an overview of the MRV research program: MRV implementation and innovation across scales. | ||
| 9:15 | ||
| Nicolas Stephan, CDC Climat Research | ||
| Goals and Structure of the Project | ||
| MRV Requirements, Costs, and Barriers at the National, Facility, and Project Levels What are the MRV requirements and associated costs? Are requirements adapted to the amount of emissions at stake (i.e., materiality)? Are there incentives to reduce uncertainty? What tradeoff for reporting entities between uncertainty and costs? These questions will be addressed in light of an in-depth analysis of the existing and established carbon pricing initiatives and GHG accounting frameworks around the world. These include GHG inventories at the national (UNFCCC) and sub-national levels (Covenant of Mayors), Emissions Trading Schemes (EU, California, and Australia), sector-based (REDD+) and project-based (CDM/JI, VCS etc.) pay-for-performance mechanisms, and voluntary corporate reporting frameworks (Carbon Disclosure Project). |
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| 9:30 | ||
| Igor Shishlov, CDC Climat Research | ||
| MRV Incentives: Theory and Practice - the CDM experience | ||
| Valentin Bellassen, CDC Climat Research | ||
| Accounting for Carbon: MRV emissions in Practice | ||
| Guillaume Jacquier, CITEPA | ||
| MRV Requirements in ETS Worldwide | ||
| Marco Loprieno, European Commission | ||
| 11:00 | Break | |
| Case Studies and Possible Improvements through Innovative Technologies - Cost / precision analysis for several densities of sensors at city, regional or national level - Realizing the value of mitigation actions in new of under-represented sectors - Realizing the value of innovative monitoring technologies - Business case new MRV solutions |
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| 11:30 | ||
| Ally Barker, UK National Physical Laboratory | ||
| Accuracy and Uncertainty of Monitoring in Carbon Offsetting Projects | ||
| Patrick Bürgi, South Pole Group | ||
| Innovative MRV Approaches in Transport Sector | ||
| Lin Wu, Climate and Environment Sciences Laboratory (LSCE) | ||
| Atmospheric Monitoring of CO2 Emissions: an Innovative Solution for Cities | ||
| Massamba Thioye, UNFCCC | ||
| 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 3. MRV in Emerging Carbon Pricing Initiatives: Developments and Challenges | ||
| The first part in this session presented PMR supporting MRV in emerging domestic carbon pricing policies. The second part focused on examples of country MRV practices and actions. Country representatives presented MRV procedures and infrastructures in some new and emerging carbon pricing initiatives supported by the PMR, with a specific focus on their similarities and differences with established mechanisms. The challenges encountered when setting up these new MRV procedures were presented in the format of case studies. | ||
| 14:15 | ||
| Pierre Guigon, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Building Readiness for Carbon Pricing | ||
| 14:30 | ||
| Duan Maosheng, Tsinghua University | ||
| MRV in China’s ETS Pilots | ||
| Brian Mantlana, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa | ||
| South Africa’s Capacity to Monitor and Report on GHG Emissions | ||
| Luis Muñozcano, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico | ||
| MRV in Mexico | ||
| Hui-Chen Chien, Environmental Protection Administration, Taiwan | ||
| MRV in Taiwan’s Voluntary Reduction Target and Measures | ||
| 16:30 | Break | |
| 4. Building Credible, Consistent, and Compatible MRV Infrastructure to Support Global Mitigation Action | ||
| Participants discussed opportunities and challenges for building credible, consistent, and compatible MRV infrastructure across the world to support global mitigation action. | ||
| 16:45 | ||
| Emelia Holdaway, Ricardo-AEA | ||
| Overview | ||
| Valentin Bellassen, CDC Climat Research | ||
| Pierre Guigon, World Bank | ||
| Duan Maosheng, Tsinghua University | ||
| Brian Mantlana, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa | ||
| Luis Muñozcano, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico | ||
| Hui-Chen Chien, Environmental Protection Administration, Taiwan | ||
| 18:00 | Wrap up | |
| End of event | ||
