Technical Workshop 4: Modeling Tools & Data Reporting (Sydney)
This workshop focused on two topics as they relate to policy formation: 1) modeling and analysis tools and 2) data management and reporting tools. Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, the European Commission, Turkey, and the United States shared experience.
Date:
Oct 21, 2012
Venue:
Sydney, Australia
| October 21, 2012 | ||
| 8:30 | Registration | |
| 1. Opening and Introduction | ||
| 9:00 | ||
| Joëlle Chassard, World Bank | ||
| Xueman Wang, PMR Secretariat | ||
| 2. Modeling Tools: Choice of Policy Instruments and Mitigation Options | ||
| Modeling tools are essential to inform decision makers on policy instruments and their implicatons. The session began with an overview and was followed by presentations from Brazil, South Africa, Australia, and European Union in which they experiences and insights from various modeling tools. | ||
| 9:15 | ||
| Chair: Robert Owen-Jones, Australia | ||
| Pedzi Makumbe, World Bank | ||
| Using Modeling Tools to Inform Decisions on Policy Instruments and to Understand Implications | ||
| Beatriz Soares da Silva, Ministry of Finance, Brazil | ||
| Brazil: Using Modeling Tools for Cost-Benefit Analysis of Carbon Pricing Instruments | ||
| Mpho Legote, National Treasury, South Africa | ||
| South Africa: Carbon Price Modeling and Challenges | ||
| 11:00 | Break | |
| 11:15 | ||
| Trevor Power, Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Australia | ||
| Australia: Modeling Australia’s Carbon Pricing Scheme | ||
| Marco Loprieno, European Commission | ||
| EU: Modeling for Emissions Trading Scheme | ||
| Felix Matthes, Öko-Institut | ||
| EU: (Additional) Experience and Insights from Modeling for the EU ETS | ||
| 12:30 | Lunch | |
| 3. Data Management and Reporting | ||
| This session started with an overview of installation-level reporting and data management. It continued with case studies to showcase key challenges in data collection and management from China, Turkey, European Commission, Germany, Australia, and the United States. | ||
| 14:00 | ||
| Chair: Juan Pedro Searle, Chile | ||
| Neelam Singh, World Resources Institute | ||
| Designing Installation-Level Emissions Data Monitoring and Reporting Programs | ||
| Duang Maosheng, Tsinghua University | ||
| China: Installation Level Emissions Data Collection | ||
| Tugba Icmeli, Ministry of Environment & Urbanization, Turkey | ||
| Turkey: Key Challenges in MRV Legislation | ||
| 15:30 | Break | |
| 15:45 | ||
| Marco Loprieno, European Commission | ||
| Angelika Smuda, Ministry of Environment, Germany | ||
| EU: ETS Reporting | ||
| Rob Sturgiss, Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Australia | ||
| Australia: National GHG and Energy Reporting Measurement Determination | ||
| Kong Chiu, Environmental Protection Agency, United States | ||
| United States: GHG Reporting Program - Collecting, Verifying and Publishing Enterprise-Level GHG Data | ||
| 4. Knowledge Sharing Update and Next Steps | ||
| The Secretariat presented updates on the Baselines Working Group and the Technical Work Program. | ||
| 17:30 | ||
| Martina Bosi, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Guidance and Tool for Baselines Development: Draft Outline | ||
| Xueman Wang, PMR Secretariat | ||
| 18:30 | Wrap up | |
| End of workshop | ||