NAMAs and international support for their development & implementation

1. NAMAs and international support for their development & implementation Japan-Caribbean Climate change Partnership Inception Workshop 26 – 27 January, 2016 Tshering Dolma Sherpa

2. Overview • Background • Submission of NAMAs • NAMA Registry • INDCs • Renewable Energy Landscape • Regional Efforts • Pre-2020 actions • International Support

3. Background • Nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) • Sub-paragraph 1 (b) (ii) of the Bali Action Plan • Developing country Parties will undertake nationally appropriate mitigation actions in the context of “sustainable development” enabled by finance, technology and capacity building support, in a measurable, reportable and verifiable manner

4. Background • COP 15 requested developing country Parties to submit to the secretariat information on their NAMAs; • All the NAMAs submitted to the date have been compiled in document FCCC/SBI/2013/INF.12/Rev.2 • Dominica submitted its Low Carbon Climate Resilient Development Strategy submitted. Renewable energy – geothermal (120MW), solar, wind, hydro etc. • All the individual submissions can be found at: http://unfccc.int/focus/mitigation/items/7172.php

5. NAMA Registry • The UNFCCC NAMA Registry, an online public platform, http://www4.unfccc.int/sites/nama/SitePages/Home.aspxset up to: • Facilitate matching of finance, technology and capacity building support to mitigation actions and • provide recognition to domestically supported actions; • Participation is voluntary and the registry contains only the information submitted specifically for recording. • No NAMAs from J-CCCP countries in the registry

6. Closed web page of the registry accessible through log in credentials. For this please contact the secretariat. • Interface • Submit NAMAs seeking support • Submit NAMAs for recognition • Browse information • Perform query • Database • NAMAs for support • NAMAs for recognition • Support • Support provided/received

7. NAMAs in the Registry

8. Latin American countries leading

9. Benefits of participating in the registry

10. J-CCCP countries with INDCs

11. J-CCCP participating countries with INDCs

12. Renewable energy landscape • All J-CCCP countries have submitted INDCs • One common thread – renewable energy measures. Most of them are based on existing policies and strategies. • No surprise – Caribbean countries face several critical challenges associated with their dependence on fossil fuels • The challenges are far outweighed by the region’s tremendous potential for sustainable energy solutions • By capitalizing on this potential Caribbean countries can take a leading role in the global efforts to combat climate change while promoting sustainable regional economic and social development • Regional transition to sustainable energy has been initiated

13. Regional effort • CARICOM regional energy policy 2013: charts a climate-compatible development path that harnesses renewable energy resources, among others; • CARICOM Sustainable Energy Roadmap and Strategy (C-SERMS) - designed to provide CARICOM member states with a coherent strategy for transitioning to sustainable energy; • An ambitious regional target of 48% renewable energy generation by 2027; • NAMAs can be scaled up regionally in the Caribbean to: • Achieve economies of scale • Crowd-source financial, technological, institutional and legislative support from development partners • Exchange experiences • Lower transaction cost

14. Regional effort – potential RAMA • World Bank Group has conducted a study and developed an approach: • Opt-in framework for solar PV • Financial and technical support • Identified key actors • Developed a potential business model • Identified incentive for participation • Required institutional arrangement • MRV Framework

15. Pre-2020 actions – technical expert meetings • Organizetechnical expert meetings to share policies, practices and technologies and address finance, technology and capacity-building needs of developing countries • Enhance the visibility of actions with high mitigation potential • UNFCCC has been organizing technical expert meetings on a number of themes, including on renewable energy • http://unfccc.int/focus/mitigation/technical_expert_meetings/items/8179.php • http://unfccc.int/bodies/awg/items/8112.php

16. Main findings related to renewable energy Policy menu

17. Support to mobilize means for implementation Support efforts that are scalable, replicable, innovative and leverage complementary funding sources lead to the most effective and successful outcomes. Access to and delivery of finance, technology and capacity building are critical to catalyse scaled-up national action by developing countries.

18. Role of a broad group of stakeholders in provision of support Private sector UNFCCC support institutions Non-State actors United Nations and other international organizations Parties Cooperative initiatives Civil society

19. Enhancing collaboration, synergies and international cooperation

20. Specific renewable energy related trainings • Frankfurt School of Finance and Management – UNEP Collaborating Centre online training - Certified Expert in Climate and Renewable Energy Finance • CIFAL Scotland, Strathclyde Uni and UNITAR online training on Renewable Energies for Developing Countries

21. Thank you tsherpa@unfccc.int