Partnership Assembly Meeting (PA9): Cologne
Colombia and Morocco received funding for their MRPs, while Brazil, Ukraine and Vietnam shared first drafts of theirs. Countries opened up on some of their carbon pricing work, including a carbon tax in Chile, emissions trading in the power sector in Mexico, and the latest on a national carbon market in China.
Date:
May 25 - 27, 2014
Venue:
Cologne, Germany
| Day 1: May 25, 2014 | ||
| 8:30 | Registration | |
| 1. Opening and Introduction | ||
| 9:00 | ||
| Co-Chair: Luis Muñozcano, Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico | ||
| Co-Chair: Sveinung Kvalø, Ministry of Climate and Environment, Norway | ||
| Jochen Flasbarth, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building, and Nuclear Safety, Germany | ||
| Neeraj Prasad, World Bank | ||
| Xueman Wang, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Update since PA8 | ||
| 2. Information Sharing | ||
| Implementing Country Participants and Observers updated the PA on their PMR activities, in particular on the status of their MRP. The updates were made through PowerPoint presentations or oral briefings. | ||
| 9:30 | ||
| Silke Karcher, BMUB, Germany | ||
| Germany: Update on German Activities to Support Carbon Markets | ||
| Feng Liu, National Development and Reform Commission, China | ||
| China: Update on ETS pilots | ||
| Luis Muñozcano, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico | ||
| Mexico: Development on Emissions Trading for Power Sector | ||
| Juan Pedro Searle, Ministry of Energy, Chile | ||
| Chile: Update on Proposed Carbon Tax | ||
| Bradford Griffin, Enerdata | ||
| Denmark: Experience on Modeling Work | ||
| 10:45 | Break | |
| 3. Presentation of Final MRP for Decision on MRP Implementation Funding | ||
| Colombia and Morocco presented draft MRPs at PA8 in Mexico. In this session, Colombia and Morocco presented the core elements of their final MRPs, highlighting any significant changes from the draft version. The PA considered these versions of the MRPs for funding allocation decision. Adoption of a resolution on funding allocation is made under agenda item 10. | ||
| 11:00 | ||
| Claudia Díaz, Ministry of Transport and Nathaly Torregroza, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Colombia | ||
| Colombia: Final MRP Presentation |
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| Colombia: Final MRP | ||
| 12:15 | Lunch | |
| 13:45 | ||
| Delegated Ministry in charge of the Environment, Morocco | ||
| Morocco: Final MRP Presentation |
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| Morocco: Final MRP | ||
| 15:00 | Break | |
| 4. Updates on Countries’ MRPs | ||
| This session included two sessions: - Update on MRP preparation: Implementing Country Participants that are in the process of preparing the MRP updated the PA on the status of their work, focusing on developments since their last update to the PA; and - Update on MRP implementation: Implementing Country Participants that have been allocated implementation funding updated the PA on the status of the MRP implementation. |
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| 15:30 | ||
| Ahmad Al-Qatarneh, Ministry of Environment, Jordan | ||
| Jordan: New Updates on PMR | ||
| Peter Janoska, Economic Tax Analysis, South Africa | ||
| South Africa: Update on the MRP Preparation | ||
| Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, Turkey | ||
| Turkey: Update on PMR Project | ||
| 17:00 | Wrap up | |
| End of Day 1 | ||
| Day 2: May 26, 2014 | ||
| 5. Presentation of Draft MRPs | ||
| Brazil, Ukraine, and Vietnam have submitted draft(MRPs. They presented these drafts, and representatives from the Expert Groups also presented observations and suggestions. Funding consideration at PA10. | ||
| 9:00 | ||
| Aloisio de Melo, Ministry of Finance, Brazil | ||
| Brazil: Draft MRP Presentation | ||
| Brazil: Draft MRP | ||
| Roberton Williams, University of Maryland | ||
| Brazil: Expert MRP Presentation | ||
| 10:30 | Break | |
| 11:00 | ||
| Nataliya Parakyuk, State Environmental Investment Agency, Ukraine | ||
| Ukraine: Draft MRP Presentation | ||
| Ukraine: Draft MRP | ||
| Olga Gassan-zade, Carbon Limits | ||
| Ukraine: Expert MRP Presentation | ||
| 12:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 | ||
| Luong Quang Huy, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), Vietnam | ||
| Vietnam: Draft MRP Presentation | ||
| Vietnam: Draft MRP | ||
| Dian Phylipsen, SQ Consult | ||
| Vietnam: Expert MRP Presentation | ||
| 15:00 | Break | |
| 6. Strategic Direction of the PMR | ||
| The Secretariat presented a draft note on Upstream Analytical Policy Support (Note PA8-2014-2) at PA8 in Mexico City. An updated version, Update Note on Identifying Policy Options for Achieving Mid- and Long-Term Mitigation Objectives (Note PA9-2014-1), which includes a revised scope of work and proposed budget allocation for the policy work was presented. | ||
| 15:30 | ||
| Xueman Wang, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Upstream Policy Support Presentation | ||
| Note PA9-2014-1 | ||
| 17:00 | Wrap up | |
| End of Day 2 | ||
| Overview of the World Bank Carbon Finance Unit’s Initiatives | ||
| A World Bank team gave Participants an overview of the Carbon Finance Unit’s initiatives, including a brief update on the process and the work related to the creation of a fund to purchase emissions reductions generated from scaled-up programs. The session gave Participants a better understanding of synergies and transferable lessons between World Bank Funds and Facilities. | ||
| 17:15 | ||
| Brice Quesnel and Scott Cantor, World Bank Group | ||
| Supporting the Next Generation of Carbon Markets: Overview of the World Bank Group's Carbon Funds and Facilities | ||
| Day 3: May 27, 2014 | ||
| 7. Technical Work Program | ||
| The Secretariat updated Participants on recent development of the Technical Work Program and presented a plan for the activities for FY15, PMR Technical Work Program: Report on FY14 Activities and Proposal for FY15 (Note PA9-2014-2). | ||
| 9:00 | ||
| Felicity Spors, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Pierre Guigon, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Updates on the Technical Work Streams (MRV, Registry, Offsets) | ||
| Note PA9-2014-2 | ||
| 8. Monitoring and Evaluation | ||
| The first part of the Results Framework—endorsed at PA7 in Marrakesh—proposes a system to evaluate the performance of the PMR. The Secretariat presented an update on the process to launch the First Independent Evaluation of the PMR, including the development of a detailed Evaluation Framework for periodic evaluations. | ||
| 9:30 | ||
| Adrien de Bassompierre, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Update on the Progress to Launch the First Independent Evaluation of the PMR | ||
| Jouni Eerikainen, Development Portfolio Management Group (DPMG), University of Southern California | ||
| Approach, Methodology, and Work Plan for the First Independent Evaluation of the PMR | ||
| 10:15 | Break | |
| 9. Fiscal Year 2015 Budget | ||
| The Secretariat presented a review of expenditures during FY2014 and proposed a budget for FY2015 for approval by the PA, Presentation of the PMR FY14 Expenses and Proposal of the PMR FY15 Budget for Approval (Note PA9-2014-3). | ||
| 10:45 | ||
| Maja Murisic, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Annual Budget Reviw and Proposal - FY14 and FY15 | ||
| Note PA9-2014-3 | ||
| 10. Election of Co-chairs, Decisions, and Next Steps | ||
| 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. | ||
| 11:45 | ||
| Adoption of Decisions by Participants | ||
| o Allocation of the Implementation Phase Funding to Colombia | ||
| Resolution No. PA9/2014-1 | ||
| o Allocation of the Implementation Phase Funding to Morocco | ||
| Resolution No. PA9/2014-2 | ||
| o Authorizing Budget for Fiscal Year 2015 | ||
| Resolution No. PA9/2014-3 | ||
| Meredith McGreavy, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Next Steps | ||
| 12:30 | Wrap up | |
| End of PA9 | ||