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Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions by
Developing Country Parties
Overview of the Agreed Outcome Pursuant to Bali Action Plan and status of
participation by developing countries
William Kojo Agyemang-Bonsu, Manager, Non-Annex I Support sub-programme,
Mitigation, Data and Analysis Programme
UNFCCC secretariat
Outline
Background
Overview of the agreed outcome
Issues
relating to reporting
Issues relating to NAMAs
Overview of submitted NAMAs
(FCCC/SBI/2013/INF.1/Rev.2)
Bali Action Plan:
A comprehensive process
to enable the full, effective
and sustained
implementation of the
Convention through longterm cooperative action
Enhanced Action on
Mitigation:
NAMAs in the context of
sustainable development,
supported and enabled by
technology, financing and
capacity-building, in a
measurable, reportable
and verifiable manner
Overview of the agreed outcome
Negotiations under the AWGLCA concluded in Doha
Main components • Reporting
for mitigation
• NAMAs
actions by
developing
countries are:
Agreed Outcome • 1/CP.16,
consists of the • 2/CP.17,
following MRV framework
• 1/CP.18, and
decisions
• 24/CP.18
Overview of the agreed outcome: Reporting (I)
• National communications every four years
• Biennial update reports (BUR)
 Guidelines adopted by the COP at its 17th session – Annex III to
decision 2/CP.17
 First round of BUR to be submitted developing countries by
December 2014, with flexibility for SIDS and LDCs
• International Consultations and Analysis
 Non-intrusive, non-punitive and respectful of national sovereignty
 Aim to increase the transparency of mitigation actions and
their effects
 To be conducted as workshops for facilitative exchange of views
under the SBI, open to all Parties
 First rounds of ICA will be conducted commencing within 6
months of the submission of first round of BURs – June 2015
 Modalities and guidelines adopted by the COP at 17th session –
Annex IV to decision 2/CP.17
Overview of the agreed outcome: Reporting (II)
Follow up work under the Subsidiary bodies
• Guidelines for domestic MRV is being developed by
the SBSTA
• Composition, modalities and procedures of the team
of technical experts (to undertake the analysis of the
BURs from developing countries) is being developed
by the SBI
Overview of the agreed outcome: NAMAs
Developing country Parties will take
NAMAs in the context of sustainable
development, supported and enabled
by technology, financing and capacitybuilding, aimed at achieving a
deviation in emissions relative to
‘business as usual’ emissions in 2020
Overview of the agreed outcome: NAMAs
• Two avenues for work on NAMAs by developing
countries:
a) Decision 1/CP.16, para. 50 (open invitation):
 Compilation of NAMAs (FCCC/SBI/2013/INF.12/Rev.2)
 SBI work programme on NAMAs for 2013-2014
b) Registry (individual NAMAs)
 Recording of NAMAs seeking international support
 Recording of individual NAMAs for recognition
 Recording support available/provided
 Facilitate matching of the actions with support
 Prototype of the registry was deployed in April 2013
 Functional registry (dynamic web-based) version which open
to the public was also deployed 16 October 2013.
Overview of FCCC/SBI/2013/INF.12/Rev.2
• Contains the following NAMAs:
 From FCCC/AWGLCA/2011/INF.1
 From FCCC/AWGLCA/2012/MISC.2 and Add.1
 NAMAs communicated by Burkina Faso,
Dominican Republic, Gambia, Guinea,
Kyrgyzstan and Cook Islands.
Overview of FCCC/SBI/2013/INF.12/Rev.2
• 57 Parties and the African Group have submitted
NAMAs, corresponding to approximately 37.5% of
all developing countries. The global break down in
absolute numbers and in percent by region is:
Africa
2, 4%
3, 5%
7, 12%
Asia (excluding SIDS)
25, 44%
Latin America
(excluding SIDS)
Eastern Europe
7, 12%
13, 23%
SIDS
Others
Overview of FCCC/SBI/2013/INF.12/Rev.2
• Participation at regional level (approximately)
50%
49%
41.20%
40%
42.90%
32.50%
30%
20%
20.60%
10%
0%
Africa
Asia
Latin
Eastern
America
Europe
SIDS
Overview of FCCC/SBI/2013/INF.12/Rev.2
• Characteristics of NAMAs:
 National goals and strategies: 35.1 %
 Sectoral policies and/or programmes: 17.5%
 Lists of projects: 38.6%
 Other: 8.7:
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