Transcript MRV of Co-benefits

Low-Emission Capacity Building (LECB) Programme, 4th Annual Global Meeting &
Measuring Reporting and Verification (MRV) Training
14 - 16 October 2014, Brussels, Belgium
MRV of co-benefits
Karen Holm Olsen & Frédéric Gagnon-Lebrun
UNEP DTU Partnership &
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Clinic Outline:
• Overview of approaches to measure SD impacts (20
min)
Q & A for clarification (5 min)
o Identify needs for SD assessment – Sheet 1 (20 min)
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• Exercise (30 min):
Split into groups & present NAMA cases (5 min)
o Apply an expanded CDM SD tool to NAMA cases – Sheet 2 (25 min)
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• Discussion/feedback in plenum (15 min)
Overview of approaches
Outline:
• Overview of approaches to measure SD impacts:
• CDM SD tool
• Ex-ante: Multicriteria Assesssment Approaches (MCA)
• Ex-post: Methods to quantify/monetize the SD co-benefits
• Examples:
1) An expanded CDM SD tool analysis applied to NAMAs
2) NAMA SD evaluation tool by MDG Carbon/South Pole
Overview of approaches to measure
SD co-benefits – CDM and NAMAs
CDM SD Tool
Source: Approved at CDM EB70: https://www.research.net/s/SD_tool_vers7
Example of SDC report: - air quality
Improved cook stoves programme in India
A co-benefits approach
Source: Dubash et. al. (2013): “Indian Climate Change Policy. Exploring a Co-benefits Based Approach”, Economic & Political Weekly,
June 1, 2013
Example of co-benefit assessment
DIA Visual
Source: Cameron et al. (2014): “Visualising Development Impacts: Experiences from country case studies.” Conference Paper, MAPS,
January 2014, Cape Town
Gold Standard –valuation of co-benefits
Source: The Gold Standard, (2014): “The real value of robust climate action”. A Net Balance Report for the Gold Standard Foundation
Method of valuation – benefit transfer
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Valuation and monetization are assumed to bring interesting
perspectives and new angles to assess the merits of mitigation
actions and how to manage them
Non-market valuation techniques remain the only currently widely
accepted way to put a value on intangible benefits
‘Benefit transfer’ requires a strict control of the similarity between
the two environments, where the value is transferred and is based
on case by case studies
South Pole – monetizing approach to waste
sector NAMAs
Mitigation actions are driven by sustainable development
benefits that need to be monetized:
• Identify who is willing to pay for the SD co-benefits
• Determine the willingness to pay per unit of created cobenefit
• Facilitate a transaction of this willingness to pay to the
producer of the co-benefits
“Willingness to pay” for co-benefits is determined as the
existing spending within the current public budget or if
privately generated through private spending.
Source: Draft discussion paper presented at side event in Bonn, 7 June 2014 titled: ‘Quantifying and monetizing NAMA co-benefits’
Example 1: CDM SD Tool applied to NAMAs
Example 2: NAMA SD evaluation tool
The Tool is an Excel work book with eight sheets:
Sheet
Description
SDGs & target
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets are future global
priorities for sustainable development. The tool makes a link between the
NAMA indicators and global targets.
Instructions
The first sheet describes the eight components of the tool
SD evaluation
The SD co-benefits are quantified based on a baseline value, an intervention
value and a target value for each indicator. The score is expressed as
Nationally Appropriate Improvements (NAIs) that can be positive or
negative.
Selection of
indicators
SD indicators are selected specific to each NAMA intervention. A NAMA may
consist of several interventions.
MRV
MRV is based on interventions for NAMA implementation. Three sheets
provide formats for: 1) Parameter selection for indicators, 2) MRV of the
intervention and 3) Monitoring format for each intervention, indicators and
parameters
Source: The tool is available online here www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/environment-energy/mdgcarbon/NAMA-sustainable-development-evaluation-tool. By MDG Carbon and South Pole
Questions & Discussion
Needs for assessment of SD in NAMAs
1. What is your understanding of the notions: ‘sustainable development’, ‘co-benefits’ and
‘sustainability’? - what is the difference between the notions, and how do they relate to each
other?
2. Which concept is the most appropriate to measure SD in NAMAs and how should it be
defined: 1) At national level reflecting political priorities for development and sustainability?
2) At sector or sub-sector levels reflecting local or sector specific goals for SD? 3) At
international level reflecting common standards across countries?
3. At what stage of NAMA development is assessment of SD impacts most important? – exante (design stage) or ex-post (implementation stage)? Perhaps both? – to who is this
information important, at what levels and why?
4. Would a quantification/monetization of the potential SD co-benefits of NAMAs enable that
additional finance and/or public funding was raised for mitigation activities?
5. In conclusion, what do you see are the key needs for measuring SD in NAMAs from your
perspective?
Exercise
Group work
• Split into groups – identify a reporter
• Presentation of NAMA case in each group
• Discuss the following questions:
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Identify SD co-benefit criteria and indicators for the case NAMA
using the expanded CDM SD Tool with two more dimensions:
1) Institutional and 2) Transformational – use Sheet 2
Brainstorm if the CDM SD Tool captures all NAMA SD impacts
Select just one SD criteria to fill out the sheet
Apply the CDM SD Tool to NAMAs
Source: Approved at CDM EB70: https://www.research.net/s/SD_tool_vers7
Examples:
An revised CDM SD Tool applied to NAMAs
Sheet 2:
- elements of SD impact assessment of NAMAs
Ex-ante assessment
Ex-post assessment
SD
Expected Signficance of Contribution Type of
Unit of
Baseline Intervention Target Monitoring - Quality
indicators - impacts impacts to SD goals - measurement measure value
value
value how,
assurance
number
positive or national,
ment
frequency & and control
chosen per
negative
sectoral,
qualitative/qu
by whom
procedures
criteria
sub-sector antitative/mo
netization
Discussion
Feedback from the groups
1. How relevant is the expanded CDM SD Tool for
application to NAMAs? – is anything missing?
2. What are the challenges for MRV of co-benefits
regarding methods for quantification of NAMA SD
impacts?
Thanks!