Partnership Assembly Meeting (PA4): Sydney
Finland and Sweden joined as Contributing Participants, while the Netherlands and Australia increased their financial support of the PMR. Peru expressed interest in joining as an Implementing Country Participant. Chile, China Costa Rica and Mexico became the first countries to present draft Market Readiness Proposals.
Date:
Oct 22 - 24, 2012
Venue:
Sydney, Australia
| Day 1: October 24, 2012 | ||
| 8:30 | Registration | |
| 1. Opening and Introduction | ||
| 9:00 | ||
| Co-Chair: Juan Pedro Searle, Ministry of Energy, Chile | ||
| Co-Chair: Robert Owen-Jones, Department of Climate Change & Energy Efficiency, Australia | ||
| Joëlle Chassard, World Bank | ||
| Ingram | ||
| Xueman Wang, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Update Since PA3 | ||
| 2. Information Sharing and Update | ||
| Implementing Country Participants updated the PA on their PMR activities, in particular on the status of their MRP, through PowerPoint presentations or oral briefings. | ||
| 9:30 | ||
| Marco Loprieno, DG Climate Action, European Commission | ||
| James White, Department of Climate Change & Energy Efficiency, Australia | ||
| Australia: EU-ETS and Australian CPM Linking | ||
| Briony Daw, Department of Energy and Climate Change, United Kingdom | ||
| Alexia Kelly, State Department, United States | ||
| United States: Government Engagement on Low Emission Development Strategies | ||
| Lex de Jonge, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, the Netherlands | ||
| Netherlands: Lessons Learned from NOx Emission Trading | ||
| Andrew Prag, OECD | ||
| OECD: Recent Work of Climate Change Expert Group (CCXG) on Market Mechanisms | ||
| 10:30 | Break | |
| 3. Expression of Interest | ||
| Peru presented its EoI to participate in the PMR, with the understanding that its participation will be fully financed through funding from Switzerland. The PA considered Peru’s EoI and the modality of Peru’s participation outlined in PMR Note-PA4-1. | ||
| 10:45 | ||
| David Dall'Orto Cacho, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Peru | ||
| Peru: Expression of Interest | ||
| Peru: Expression of Interest Presentation | ||
| Note PA4-2012-1 | ||
| 4. Informal Presentation of MRP | ||
| Implementing Country Participants presented draft MRPs and a representative of each Expert Group followed with feedback. No decision on allocation of implementation funding at this meeting. | ||
| 11:30 | ||
| Sarah Underwood, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Overview of Expert Feedback Process and Steps to Finalization | ||
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 | ||
| Alvaro Umana, Ministry of Environment, Costa Rica | ||
| Costa Rica: Draft MRP Presentation | ||
| Costa Rica: Draft MRP | ||
| Michael Lazarus, Stockholm Environment Institute | ||
| Costa Rica: MRP Expert Feedback Presentation | ||
| Costa Rica: Participant Feedback on draft MRP | ||
| 15:30 | Break | |
| 16:00 | ||
| Jaime Bravo, Ministry of Energy, Chile | ||
| Chile: Draft MRP Presentation | ||
| Chile: Draft MRP | ||
| Felix Matthes, Öko-Institut | ||
| Chile: MRP Expert Feedback Presentation | ||
| Chile: Participant Feedback on draft MRP | ||
| 18:00 | Wrap up | |
| End of Day 1 | ||
| Day 2: October 23, 2012 | ||
| 4. Informal Presentation of MRPs (cont) | ||
| 9:00 | ||
| Wang Shu, National Development Reform Commission, China | ||
| China: Draft MRP Presentation | ||
| China: Draft MRP | ||
| Felix Matthes, Öko-Institut | ||
| China: MRP Expert Feedback Presentation | ||
| China: Participant Feedback on draft MRP | ||
| 11:00 | Break | |
| 11:15 | ||
| Felix Matthes, Öko-Institut | ||
| General Observations on Domestic ETS | ||
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 | ||
| Luis Muñozcano, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico | ||
| Mexico: Draft MRP Presentation | ||
| Mexico: Draft MRP | ||
| Mexico: Draft MRP - Appendix I | ||
| Mexico: Draft MRP - Appendix II | ||
| Mexico: Draft MRP - Appendix III | ||
| Michael Lazarus, Stockholm Environment Institute | ||
| Mexico: MRP Expert Feedback Presentation | ||
| Mexico: Participant Feedback on draft MRP | ||
| 15:30 | Break | |
| 15:45 | ||
| Michael Lazarus, Stockholm Environment Institute | ||
| General Observations on Crediting Mechanisms | ||
| 5. Updates on Countries’ MRPs | ||
| Implementing Country Participants updated the PA on their PMR activities, in particular on the status of their MRPs. Participants did verbal or PowerPoint presentations. | ||
| 16:45 | ||
| Chaiwat Munchareon, Greenhouse Gas Organization, Thailand | ||
| Thailand: Update on PMR Activities | ||
| National Council on Climate Change, Indonesia | ||
| Indonesia: Progress on MRP Development | ||
| State Environmental Investment Agency, Ukraine | ||
| Ukraine: Update on MRP Progress | ||
| 18:30 | Wrap up | |
| End of Day 2 | ||
| Day 3: October 24, 2012 | ||
| 6. Review of the PMR Feedback Process and Next Steps | ||
| Participants reviewed the process for providing feedback on MRP at PA4 to further elaborate and/or modify it if necessary. | ||
| 9:00 | ||
| Martina Bosi, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Insights from Road-testing the MRP Tool and PMR Feedback Process | ||
| Sarah Underwood, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Overview of the MRP Expert Feedback Process and Next Steps for Finalization | ||
| Next Steps | ||
| 7. Election of Co-chairs for PA5 | ||
| In accordance with the Governance Framework, the World Bank will chair the first two meetings of the PA. Subsequent meetings will be co-chaired by a representative elected, respectively, from the Contributing Participants and from the Implementing Country Participants. Co-chairs serve for one PA meeting. Contributing and Implementing Country Participants meet separately to elect their respective co-chair. Each group announced the results of their decision to the PA. | ||
| 10:30 | ||
| Election of Co-Chairs | ||
| 8. Other Matters | ||
| 10:45 | ||
| Sarah Underwood, PMR Secretariat | ||
| 9. Decisions | ||
| 11:30 | ||
| Adoption of Decisions by Participants | ||
| o Confirmation of Peru’s Participation as an Implementing Country Participant in the PMR | ||
| Resolution No. PA4/2012-1 | ||
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| End of PA4 | ||