Partnership Assembly Meeting (PA11): London
The 11th PA meeting featured the presentation of South Africa's final MRP and country updates from China, India, Jordan, the European Commission, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom.
Date:
Mar 10 - 11, 2015
Venue:
London, UK
| Day 1: March 10, 2015 | ||
| 8:30 | Registration | |
| 1. Opening and Introduction | ||
| 9:00 | ||
| Co-chair: Claudia Diaz, Low Carbon Resilient Development Program, Colombia | ||
| Co-chair: Ian Trim, Department of Energy and Climate Change, UK | ||
| Baroness Verma, Department of Energy and Climate Change, UK | ||
| Ben Lyon, Department of Energy and Climate Change, UK | ||
| Christian Grossmann, World Bank | ||
| Xueman Wang, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Update Since PA10 | ||
| 2. Information Sharing | ||
| Participants and Observers shared relevant policy developments through PowerPoint presentation or oral briefings. | ||
| 9:45 | ||
| Wang Shu, NDRC, China | ||
| China: Update on National ETS Developments | ||
| Martin Hession, DG for Climate Action, European Commission | ||
| EU: INDC | ||
| Brijesh Pandey, Ministry of Finance, India | ||
| Debasish Prusty, Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change, India | ||
| Tsuyoshi Kawakami, Ministry of Environment, Japan | ||
| Japan: Update on the Recent Development of Joint Crediting Mechanism | ||
| Abdelkarim Shalabi, Ministry of Environment, Jordan | ||
| Jordan: Update on Policy Developments and Third National Communication | ||
| Paul van Heyningen, Department of Energy and Climate Change, United Kingdom | ||
| United Kingdom: Overview of Domestic Carbon Pricing Policies | ||
| Lawrence Avery, Department of Energy and Climate Change, UK | ||
| United Kingdom and Germany: Overview of the NAMA Facility | ||
| John Kilani, Sustainable Development Mechanisms Programme, UNFCCC | ||
| UNFCCC: Outcomes from Lima | ||
| Thomas Kerr, World Bank | ||
| Update on Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition | ||
| 11:30 | Break | |
| 3. Presentation of Final MRP for Decision on MRP Implementation Funding | ||
| South Africa presented a draft MRP at PA10 in Santiago. In this session, South Africa present the core elements of its final MRP, highlighting any significant changes from the draft version. This version of the MRP is consiered for a funding allocation decision under agenda item 11. | ||
| 12:00 | ||
| Cecil Morden and Peter Janoska, Economic Tax Analysis, South Africa | ||
| South Africa: Final MRP Presentation | ||
| South Africa: Final MRP | ||
| 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 4. Operations Monitoring System, Due Diligence Proces,s and Update on Countries’ PMR Project Implementation | ||
| The Results Framework—endorsed at PA7 in Marrakesh—proposes to establish a system to monitor the status and progress of PMR operations at the country level (the PMR Operations Monitoring System). At PA10, the Secretariat presented the Operations Monitoring System (Note PA10-2014-1). In this session, the Secretariat presented a revised version of the Operations Monitoring System (Note PA11-2015-1). In addition, the World Bank provided information on the due diligence process it conducts to assess technical, economic, and fiduciary aspects of the Implementing Countries’ PMR Projects, and on the negotiation of implementation and project management arrangements. Third, Implementing Country Participants that have started the implementation of their PMR project activities provided a brief update on the progress made to date. |
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| 14:00 | ||
| Adrien de Bassompierre and Taisei Matsuki, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Update on the Operations Monitoring System | ||
| Note PA11-2015-1 | ||
| Chandra Shekhar Sinha, World Bank | ||
| Overview of the World Bank Due Diligence Process | ||
| 15:30 | Break | |
| 5. Crediting-related Activities under the PMR: Current Status and Possible Ways Forward | ||
| Participants provided feedback on the study Crediting-related Activities under the PMR: Status and Support for Implementation. Participants discusessd the ways forward for the PMR support to the crediting-related activities and the current status and potential future role of crediting-related readiness activities in the Implementing Countries. | ||
| 16:00 | ||
| Alexandrina Platonova-Oquab, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Crediting-Related Activities under the PMR | ||
| Draft Study: Crediting-related Activities under the PMR | ||
| Alyssa Gilbert, Ecofys | ||
| Main Findings from the Study Crediting-related Activities under the PMR | ||
| Brice Quesnel, World Bank | ||
| 18:30 | Wrap up | |
| End of Day 1 | ||
| Day 2: March 11, 2015 | ||
| 6. Update on Upstream Policy AnalyticalWork | ||
| The PA endorsed and allocated a budget at PA9 in Cologne to support countries’ efforts to establish post-2020 mitigation scenarios and identify a package of effective and cost-efficient policies—including carbon pricing instruments—to achieve mitigation ambition. The Secretariat reported on overall progress made under this work stream since PA10, including the development of common methodological framework and an update on country-level activities. | ||
| 9:00 | ||
| Xueman Wang, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Upstream Analytical Support Update and Progress Report | ||
| Xueman Wang, PMR Secretariat and John Ward, Vivid Economics | ||
| Common Methodological Framework | ||
| Nathaly Torregroza, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Colombia | ||
| Colombia: Assessment of Post-2020 Mitigation Scenarios | ||
| 10:30 | Break | |
| 7. Update on Technical Work Program and Knowledge Sharing | ||
| The Technical Work Program supports countries by helping them develop carbon market infrastructure and promoting sharing of experience with others. The Secretariat presented an update of this work stream and provided an opportunity for knowledge sharing with other organizations. | ||
| 11:00 | ||
| Pauline Kennedy and Pierre Guigon, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Update on Technical Work Program | ||
| Emilie Alberola, CDC Climat and Sylvain Cail, Enerdata | ||
| Research on Program on Coordination of EU Policies on Energy and CO2 by 2030 | ||
| 12:30 | Lunch | |
| 8. First Independent Evaluation Report | ||
| DPMG/USC presented the final draft versions of (a) the First Independent Evaluation Report and (b) the Evaluation Framework. In addition, the Evaluation Working Group and the Secretariat shared views and reflections on the evaluation process and on the report's conclusions and recommendations. The endorsement of the Evaluation Framework will be postponed to a later PA meeting. | ||
| 13:30 | ||
| John Redwood, DPMG/USC | ||
| First Independent Evaluation Report | ||
| Document: First Independent Evaluation Report | ||
| Ben Rattenbury, Evaluation Working Group | ||
| Views from the Evaluation Working Group | ||
| Adrien de Bassompierre, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Reflections from the Secretariat | ||
| 15:00 | Break | |
| 9. Strategic Orientation for the Future of the PMR | ||
| In an effort to further facilitate discussions on strategic orientation for the future of the PMR, the Secretariat provided background information and an update. | ||
| 15:30 | ||
| Xueman Wang, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Update on Strategic Orientation for the Future of the PMR | ||
| 10. Scope and Process for Funding Additional Activities | ||
| As agreed at PA10, the Secretariat prepared a Note on Scope and Process for Funding Additional Activities (Note PA11-2015-2) in order to outline modality for future support under the Upstream Policy Analytical work stream. The Secretariat presented this Note, Deepening Readiness Support: Options for Funding Additional Activities under the PMR (Note PA11-2015-2) that outlines initial thinking and a proposal on procedures and criteria for Implementing Countries to apply for additional support under the PMR. | ||
| 16:30 | ||
| Maja Murisic, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Proposal on Scope and Process for Funding Additional Activities under the PMR | ||
| Note PA11-2015-2 | ||
| 11. Next Steps and Adoption of Decisions | ||
| 17:30 | ||
| Meredith McGreavy, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Next Steps and Calendar of Events | ||
| Adoption of Decisions by Participants | ||
| o Allocation of Implementation Phase Funding to South Africa | ||
| Resolution No. PA11/2015-1 | ||
| 17:45 | Wrap up | |
| End of PA11 | ||