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SUMMARY:Aligning Nationally Determined Contributions with Long Term Low-Emission Development Strategies on Climate. Opportunities and Challenges in Africa.
DESCRIPTION:Workshop for Climate Innovation Series\nhttps://www.innovate4climate.com/\nRecording of the session: https://events.innovate4climate.com/meetings/virtual/BjZja82ch3bHmJseQ\n25 May 2021\, 9.30AM EDT / 1.30PM GMT / 3.30PM CET / 4.30PM EAT\n\nThe goal of the Paris Agreement is to keep the global temperature increase to well below 2°C and pursue efforts to limit the increase to 1.5°C. Parties to the Agreement have been invited to communicate their long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies considering the common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities\, in the light of different national circumstances. Similarly\, Parties are invited to update and revise their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) reflecting their ambition.\nIn order to demonstrate the practicability and benefits of aligning the two processes of long-term planning and setting NDCs\, the GIZ Global Carbon Markets (GCM) Programme in Uganda in collaboration with the Climate Change Department of the Ministry of Water and Environment with support from the Germany Federal Ministry of Environment\, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety conducted a workshop. The workshop discussed the two policy processes important for understanding which short- and medium-term investments and measures can contribute to a country’s climate goals while enabling countries to reach their long-term goals. LTSs introduce a long-term perspective to policy planning that allows to consider whether certain activities may create long term lock-in effects into fossil fuel infrastructure even if they promise short term emission reductions compared to the status quo. This has implications on how to allocate resources\, including international climate finance\, capacity building and technology transfer. \nKey takeaways:\n• Long-term strategies can provide a clear signal that countries are committed to the ‘well below 2C’ goal. Showcase how countries are planning to achieve the required transformation while at the same time achieving their short to medium term climate goals.\n• Provide a platform for countries to show progress and demonstrate how aligning the two processes helps them to advance the goals of the Paris Agreement by merging the development\, mitigation and adaptation agendas.\n• When embarking on these processes it is important to consider the role of national stakeholders from across society. \n\n\n\n	Moderator\n\nSTEPHAN HOCH\nPerspectives Climate Group
URL:https://climatefinanceinnovators.com/event/aligning-nationally-determined-contributions-with-long-term-low-emission-development-strategies-on-climate-opportunities-and-challenges-in-africa/
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SUMMARY:Conditionality and Article 6: An Analysis of updated NDCs of African countries
DESCRIPTION:Workshop for Climate Innovation Series\nRecording of the session\nCFI Policy Brief on this subject\n25 May 2021\, 11.30AM EDT / 3.30 PM GMT/ 5.30PM CET / 6.30PM CET\n\nIn 2021\, countries are expected to increase ambition by updating their NDC targets\, as they enter their first year of NDC implementation. Looking at this experience\, it becomes clear that the conditionality of NDC targets is a crucial feature\, in particular for international support through Article 6 carbon markets. However\, how to apply conditionality is not clearly defined in the UNFCCC rulebook and a lack of conceptual clarity opens space for different applications in NDCs\, with potential consequences for access to Article 6 cooperative approaches.\nThe workshop launched the study “Conditionality and Article 6: An analysis of updated NDCs of African countries” that analyses the evolution of conditionality and its implementation with a focus on Africa. Practitioners and experts discussed how conditional/unconditional elements may impact Article 6 eligibility. The workshop concluded with whether a more broadly shared understanding of conditionality in NDCs is important for advancing Article 6 implementation. \nKey takeaways: \n\nInterpretations of how to apply conditionality to NDC targets differs greatly among countries\nThese differences may impact access to Article 6\, including through ITMO buyer preferences\nEmpirical analysis of conditional and unconditional elements of updated African NDCs illustrates the different applications\nFurther work may be needed to define common approaches to conditionality in NDCs to ensure Art 6 eligibility\nReporting of conditional targets is not yet defined\n\n\n\n\n	CFI Speakers\n\nStephan Hoch\nPerspectives Climate Group\nModerator \n\n\nSandra Greiner\nClimate Focus \n\n\nEl Hadji Mbaye Diagne\nAfrique-Energie-Environnement \n\n\n\n\n\nDownload PPT
URL:https://climatefinanceinnovators.com/event/conditionality-and-article-6-an-analysis-of-updated-ndcs-of-african-countries/
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SUMMARY:Analysing the Eastern Africa Carbon Market Portfolio
DESCRIPTION:Workshop for Climate Innovation Series\n27 May 2021\, 9.30AM EDT / 1.30PM GMT / 3.30PM CET / 4.30PM EAT\nRecording of the session\n\nSummary\nThe webinar presented the recently released carbon market profiles of the Eastern Africa Alliance on Carbon Markets and Climate Finance. The Alliance member countries (Burundi\, Ethiopia\, Kenya\, Rwanda\, Sudan\, Tanzania\, and Uganda) have successfully registered a total of 465 Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) activities\, being over 50 Project Activities (PAs) and 50 plus Programmes of Activtities (PoAs) containing over 400 individual Component Project Activities (CPAs). Activtities that have issued over 13 million CERs as of December 2020.\nIn addition\, the vast majority of the counties in the region have registered Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) activities that contribute significantly to Emission Reductions (ER). There are over 200 registered activities\, under the Gold Standard\, VERRA and Plan Vivo\, that have issued over 37 million credits (as of December 2020).\nAll registered CDM and VCM activities in the Eastern African region have been summarized in the reports published on the Alliance’ website https://easternafricaalliance.org/. These publications further highlight that the region is experiencing important recent interest in innovative mitigation actions (e.g. off-grid electricity\, electric mobility\, energy access and solar water pumping) engagement under the various carbon standards.\nIn light of the ongoing CDM transition and uncertainty around the future of carbon markets\, the webinar discussed: What will happen with these CDM activities and what lies ahead for Eastern Africa carbon assets? The discussants suggest that it is important to a) promote a dynamic tracking environment to keep record of CDM activities in the region\, b) establish data sharing practices between the host governments and standards\, and c) build further on the experiences with the CDM and VCM. The webinar further suggests how to address the uncertainty around Article 6 of the Paris Agreement in the region: 1) Protect the vulnerable CDM projects that are at risk of discontinuation\, with carbon finance considered as an important element to ensure their continuation\, 2) Build global literacy and capacity in the use of VCM 3) Be more intentional about the channelling of carbon finance (i.e. identify the sectors and activity types to be driven by this funding course)and 4) It is important to have institutional frameworks in place. \n\n\n\n	Speakers\n\nTim Cowman\nCarbon Africa
URL:https://climatefinanceinnovators.com/event/analysing-the-eastern-africa-carbon-market-portfolio/
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