Partnership Assembly Meeting (PA13): Sweimeh, Dead Sea
The 13th meeting of the Partnership Assembly was held in Sweimeh,
Dead Sea, Jordan.
Date:
Oct 28 - 29, 2015
Venue:
Sweimeh, Dead Sea, Jordan
| Day 1: October 28, 2015 | ||
| 8:30 | Registration | |
| 1. Opening and Introduction | ||
| 9:00 | ||
| Co-chair: Malin Ahlberg, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building, and Nuclear Safety, Germany | ||
| Co-chair: Pongvipa Lohsomboon, Greenhouse Gas Management Organization, Thailand | ||
| H.E. Ahmad Al-Qatarneh, Ministry of Environment, Jordan | ||
| Venkata Putti, World Bank Group | ||
| Adrien de Bassompierre, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Update and Progress Report | ||
| 2. Information Sharing | ||
| Participants and Observers shared relevant policy developments through PowerPoint presentations or oral briefings. | ||
| 9:45 | ||
| Juan Pedro Searle, Ministry of Energy, Chile | ||
| Chile: (Climate Change Related) Policy Developments in the Energy Sector | ||
| Zongjie Yang, National Development and Reform Commission, China | ||
| China: Update on China’s Carbon Market Developments | ||
| Sigurd Klakeg, Ministry of Climate and Environment, Norway | ||
| Norway: The Norwegian Carbon Credit Procurement Program | ||
| Perumal Arumugam, UNFCCC | ||
| Buddika Hemashantha, Climate Fund, Sri Lanka | ||
| Sri Lanka: Role of Market Instruments to Mitigate Climate Change | ||
| Venkata Putti, World Bank Group | ||
| World Bank Group Carbon Pricing Initiatives: Overview and Update | ||
| 3. Technical Partners: Update on Alberta | ||
| As defined in the Governance Framework and Rules of Procedure, the PA may, on the basis of the recommendation of the Secretariat, accept a country or a sub-national jurisdiction as a Technical Partner. Alberta expressed interest to join the PMR as a Technical Partner. In this session, Alberta provided an update on recent developments of their market-based instruments, as well as presented their proposal for engaging with the PMR for approval by the PA. | ||
| 10:45 | ||
| John Storey-Bishoff, Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta | ||
| Alberta: New Action Plan on Climate Change and Request to Become Technical Partner | ||
| 11:15 | Break | |
| 4. Operations Monitoring System and Countries’ Project Implementation Status Reports | ||
| As part of the recently established Operations Monitoring System, Brazil and Kazakhstan presented their annual Project Implementation Status Report. During this session, other Implementing Country Participants that have started the implementation of their PMR project activities provided brief updates to the PA on the progress made to date. Kazakhstan requested additional funding. | ||
| 11:45 | ||
| Ana Luiza Oliveira Champloni and Marco Aurélio dos Santos Araújo, Ministry of Finance, Brazil | ||
| Brazil: Project Implementation Status Report Presentation | ||
| Brazil: Project Implementation Status Report | ||
| Gulmira Sergazina, Ministry of Energy, Kazakhstan | ||
| Kazakhstan: Project Implementation Status Report Presentation | ||
| Kazakhstan: Project Implementation Status Report | ||
| Kazakhstan: Second Proposal for Targeted Technical Support | ||
| Alyssa Gilbert, the Grantham Institute | ||
| Kazakhstan: Expert Feedback on Proposed New Activities | ||
| Taisei Matsuki, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Implications of the Revised Number of PA Meetings on the PMR Project ISR Reporting Cycle | ||
| 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 5. Presentation of Draft MRPs | ||
| Jordan and Peru presented their draft MRPs. Representatives from the PMR Expert Groups also presented observations and suggestions. Funding consideration at PA14. | ||
| 14:15 | ||
| Ahmad Al Qatarneh, Abdelkarim Shalabi, and Wafaa Dabis, Ministry of Environment, Jordan | ||
| Jordan: Draft MRP Presentation | ||
| Jordan: Draft MRP | ||
| Alyssa Gilbert, the Grantham Institute | ||
| Jordan: Expert MRP Presentation | ||
| 15:45 | Break | |
| 16:00 | ||
| Jose Alfredo La Rosa, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Peru | ||
| Peru: Draft MRP Presentation | ||
| Peru: Draft MRP | ||
| Noémie Klein, Ecofys | ||
| Peru: Expert MRP Presentation | ||
| 17:30 | Wrap up | |
| End of Day 1 | ||
| Day 2: October 29, 2015 | ||
| 6. Technical Work Program and Knowledge Sharing | ||
| The Technical Work Program supports countries on issues that are common across many of them and where they can benefit from technical assistance provided in a comprehensive and programmatic manner. The Secretariat presented a status update for financial year 2016 (Note PA13-2015-1), including an overview of the latest technical notes. | ||
| 9:00 | ||
| Pauline Kennedy, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Status Update on Activities of the Technical Work Program | ||
| Note PA13-2015-1 | ||
| Pierre Guigon, PMR Secretariat | ||
| PMR Activities on GHG Data Management Systems and Registries: Update and Next Steps | ||
| Alexandrina Platonova-Oquab, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Crediting-related Activities under the PMR: Suggested Next Steps | ||
| Carsten Warnecke, New Climate Institute and Noémie Klein, Ecofys | ||
| Analysing the Status-Quo of CDM Projects | ||
| Suphachol Suphachalasai, World Bank Group | ||
| Devloping Policy-Level MRV for Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform and Carbon Pricing Policies | ||
| 11:00 | Break | |
| 7. Update on Policy Analysis Work Program | ||
| The PA endorsed and allocated a budget at PA12 in Barcelona for continuation of support to countries’ efforts to establish post-2020 mitigation scenarios and to identify a package of effective and cost-efficient policies—including carbon pricing instruments—to achieve mitigation ambition. Since PA12, several Implementing Country Participants have submitted their Expressions of Interest for receiving technical assistance under this work stream. The Secretariat presented the overall progress made including summarizing new requests for support from the Implementing Country Participants (Note PA13-2015-2). | ||
| 11:30 | ||
| Maja Murisic, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Status Update on the Policy Analysis Work Program | ||
| Note PA13-2015-2 | ||
| 12:30 | Lunch | |
| 8. Follow up on the Recommendations from the Evaluation Report | ||
| Following up on the recommendations from the First Independent Evaluation, the Secretariat presented a draft “Action Plan to Follow up on the Recommendations from the PMR First Independent Evaluation,” which was presented at PA12 (Note PA12-2015-3). Based on the PA’s feedback, the Secretariat revised the Action Plan (Note PA13-2015-3) and presented it for the PA’s endorsement. | ||
| 13:45 | ||
| Adrien de Bassompierre, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Action Plan to Follow up on Recommendations from the First Independent Evaluation | ||
| Note PA13-2015-3 | ||
| Dashboard | ||
| 14:45 | Lunch | |
| 9. Strategic Orientation for the Future of the PMR | ||
| As part of the ongoing discussions on strategic orientation, the Secretariat presented the Note on Options for Funding Additional Activities under the PMR: Update and Proposed Way Forward at PA12. The Note provided a summary and an update on the overall strategic direction discussions to date, as well as suggested timeline and key milestones as a way forward to frame discussions on the matter. Based on the PA’s feedback, the Secretariat revised and presented a proposal that outlines the modality for funding additional activities under the PMR (Note PA13-2015-4). | ||
| 15:15 | ||
| Adrien de Bassompierre, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Proposal on Modality for Funding Additional Activities under the PMR | ||
| Note PA13-2015-4 | ||
| 10. Next Steps and Adoption of Decisions | ||
| 16:45 | ||
| Rhiana Fitts, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Next Steps and Calendar of Events | ||
| Adoption of Decisions by Participants | ||
| o Second allocation of funding for Targeted Technical Support to Kazakhstan | ||
| Resolution No. PA13/2015-1 | ||
| o Approval of Alberta as a Technical Partner of the PMR | ||
| Resolution No. PA13/2015-2 | ||
| 17:00 | Wrap up | |
| End of PA13 | ||