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Carbon market and MDG Carbon Facility recent developments. Matt Spannagle Carbon Technical Adviser Millennium Development Goals Carbon Facility Bureau for Development Policy United Nations Development Programme. Recall:. 15 million credits 28 to 44 projects (mid-point 36)
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Carbon market andMDG Carbon Facility recent developments Matt Spannagle Carbon Technical AdviserMillennium Development Goals Carbon Facility Bureau for Development Policy United Nations Development Programme
Recall: • 15 million credits • 28 to 44 projects (mid-point 36) • To be sourced and reach ERPA in 07-08 • Projects vary by: • Size • Technology • Geography • MDG attributes • Pipeline on-going development (not stop at end of 2009)
Recall: High Objective for UNDP’s Carbon Strategy MDG Impact CurrentCDM Market* Low Low Number of Countries High
What is in global pipeline? Region 2012 kt CO2 Number of projects Asia-Pacific 2,017,422 (78%) 2,419 (73%) LAC 400,939 (16%) 738 (22%) Africa 88,467 (3%) 47 (1%) Arab States 51,827 (2%) 56 (2%) Europe/CIS 18,027 (1%) 36 (1%) TOTAL 2,576,682 (100%) 3,296 (100%)
What is in MDGCF ‘hard’ pipeline? Macedonia – animal & agricultural waste management and energy generation Yemen – landfill gas capture and destruction/use Rwanda – renewable energy Uzbekistan - reduction of natural gas leakage from compressor stations Ukraine – landfill gas Lugansk Albania – small hydro
What is in the ‘soft’ pipeline? • dynamic, based on ideas coming up • Driven by CO/RTA updates • - See Q3 report • Many in soft pipeline will be discontinued/rejected (16:1) • good regional spread – but getting to hard pipeline is the challenge!
Pipeline development issues • Areas of development • Leads from capacity development projects in Africa, LAC & central asia • partnerships/collaboration with other organisations • Where UNDP looks good • in more difficult countries (LDCs) • in conjunction with national strategic policy priorities • leveraging other UNDP work
Pipeline development issues • Opportunities coming up • programmatic approach to reach community-level, smaller sites • suppressed demand • What are opportunities in YOUR country?
Broader developments UN engagement & global politics UNDP Carbon market post-2012 CDM market post-2012 CDM EB tightening on additionality, new methodologies Sectoral approaches ‘positive lists’ Deemed approach REDD Voluntary market