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Monitoring Sustainable Development Impacts for Climate Mitigation

Learn about assessing sustainable development impacts for climate mitigation, key elements, approaches, and indicators. Understand the importance of monitoring methods and how to optimize specific impacts. Contact Adriaan Korthuis for more information.

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Monitoring Sustainable Development Impacts for Climate Mitigation

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  1. Assessing sustainable development impacts Adriaan Korthuis African Regional Workshop on Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions Kigali, 18 August 2015

  2. SD Monitoring

  3. 1. WHY?

  4. Different purposes • Internal evaluation • Enabling improvement of the NAMA. Sustainable development is a primary driver behind climate mitigation and adaptation policies and projects. • 2. UNFCCC periodic reporting • Compliance with reporting on progress • 3. Donor progress reporting • Coordinate sustainable development impacts with donor country/institution

  5. 2 WHAT?

  6. Elements Approaches Objectives What do we monitor? Tracking project implementation and progress, e.g., for results-based payments Progress monitoring GHG emission reductions Quantifying the climate impact in tCO2e NAMA Monitoring Safeguards Avoiding negative impact, e.g. do-no-harm assessments Social, economic and environmental evaluation Stakeholder consultation Ensuring public consent and receiving feedback SD impact monitoring Evaluating the contribution to sustainable development

  7. What is important when choosing monitoring methods and indicators? (I)

  8. What is important when choosing monitoring methods and indicators?

  9. Policy NAMAs SD indicator monitoring SDIs monitor progress on the EU Sustainable Development Strategy (EU SDS). Target progress towards meeting MDGs and support data gathering 60 indicators with a shortlist of 24 25-30 indicators

  10. Example 1: OECD Green Growth

  11. Example 2: UN SD Solutions Network

  12. Example 3: Eurostat

  13. Project NAMA SD indicator monitoring • Clear MRV cycle • Uses “do-no-harm” criteria and SD matrix • Often survey based or derivedfrom GHG data • Clear MRV cycle • Voluntary CDM SD Tool (2012) provides indicators

  14. Example 4: CDM SD taxonomy

  15. Example 5: Gold Standard co-benefits

  16. Melbourne Circle of sustainability Design the NAMA to optimise specific impacts: trade-offs.

  17. 3. HOW?

  18. Steps

  19. Example of a causal chain Source: The PMR, Ricardo AEA

  20. Indicator baselines • Types of baselines: • Extrapolation of the historic trend • Using a reference group • Absolute or relative (account for changes in activity levels)

  21. Operationalising indicators • What will we actually measure? • Use proxies • Use data that is already gathered (national statistics?) • Translate carbon data into co-benefits

  22. Signal vs Noise: attributing impact Source: the Economist.

  23. Time • Some impacts take more time to develop. Impact When operationalising: define the frequency of monitoring. Time Impact Time

  24. Scale • At which scale to monitor. Institution Community Ecosystem Country World

  25. Examples of monitoring approaches • Surveys • Manual or MRV+ (smartphone-based) • E.g. Time saved on wood gathering • E.g. Impact on perceived well-being • Metering • If possible and cost-effective • E.g. Samples of institutions weight their wood consumption before and after • E.g. kWh renewable electricity produced • National statistics • If available and specific enough. • E.g. Hospital cases of respiratory diseases per 100,000 capita. • E.g. Children under XXX diagnosed with asthma per 100,000 capita.

  26. Summary

  27. Contact • Adriaan Korthuis • a.korthuis@climatefocus.com • Phone +31 20 262 10 31 • www.climatefocus.com

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