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1. Platforms to encourage energy related technology transfer UNEP GEF en.lighten Initiative : supporting the transition to energy efficient lighting REN21 : providing a basis for renewables work Garrette Clark Business and Industry Outreach Business and Industry Unit UNEP.
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1 • Platforms to encourage energy related technology transfer • UNEP GEF en.lighten Initiative: supporting the transition to energy efficient lighting • REN21: providing a basis for renewables work • Garrette Clark • Business and Industry Outreach • Business and Industry Unit • UNEP
En.lighten: The Numbers Speak • Lighting accounts ~15% of global electricity consumption and 6% of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) emissions • Over $US 112 billion in annual savings • 490 million tonnes of CO2 savings per year • Including off-grid = 580 million tonnes • Closing over 250 large coal-fired power plants • US $64 billion in avoided investment • Total switch to light emitting diode (LED) lamps (hypothetical) • Over 50% decrease in electricity consumption • 735 million tonnes of avoided CO2 emissions
UNEP/GEF en.lighten Initiative • Established to accelerate a global market transformation to environmentally sustainable lighting • Phase-out of inefficient incandescent lamps by end of 2016 • Provides expert guidance, technical support and tools to assist countries • Global Efficient Lighting Partnership Programme • Voluntary initiative open to all developing countries worldwide • Public-private partnership in cooperation with the Global Environment Facility (GEF), Philips, Osram and National Lighting Test Centre (China)
The Methodology: Integrated Policy Approach To encourage the sound disposal and/or recycling of spent lamps, and to reduce mercury content of products
Tools to Address the Issues • Country Lighting Assessments • Global Efficient Lighting Policy Map • Efficient Lighting Toolkit • Global Efficient Lighting Center • Training on environmentally sound practices • Webinars and online Q&A
Energy Efficient Lighting Toolkit • Best practice guidance providing policy and technical tools to promote a national/regional transition to efficient lighting • Integrated policy approach • Details benefits and barriers to transition and provides guidance for: • Policies and standards • Financing • Product availability and conformance • Environmental and health issues • Communications and public engagement • Webinar series featuring industry experts
Global Efficient Lighting Partnership Programme • Voluntary initiative open to all developing countries worldwide • Encourages information exchange between countries • Provision of technical advice and targeted research • Support for coordination of regional activities • UNEP has identified environmental concerns about mercury as a barrier to the adoption of energy efficient lighting • Monitoring, Verification and Enforcement (MVE) and Environmentally Sound Management (ESM) activities to ensure a sustainable transition • 50 Country Partners to date • National/Regional Efficient Lighting Strategies being developed in pilot countries
An example: El Salvador, NCPC • Selected by ProyectoMesoamérica, en.lighten regional partner and activity coordinator • Developed Regional Status Report for Mesoamerican region, (Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama). • Network was helpful for National Inception Workshops for en.lighten. Centres co-organized national events and prepared workshop reports) • Also won call for developing Regional Efficient Lighting Strategy • Why is it interesting? New thematic using energy efficiency experience, focusing on supply chains and households. The mercury management component is interesting as well. Makes them a “regional player.”
REN21: providing a basis for renewables work AMulti-stakeholder Policy Network grouping • Science & Academia: • IIASA, ISES, SANEDI, TERI • NGOs: • CURES, GFSE, Greenpeace, ICLEI, ISEP, JREF, WCRE, WRI, WWF • International Organisations: • ADB, EC, GEF, IEA, IRENA, UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO, World Bank • National Governments: Brazil, Denmark • Germany, India, Norway, • Spain, Uganda, UAE, UK Industry Associations: ACORE, ARE, CEC, CREIA, EREC, GWEC, IGA, IHA, WBA, WWEA
In short…. • Recently the world has passed 400 ppm of atmospheric CO2 - potentially enough to trigger a warming of 2oC compared with pre-industrial levels. • UN Sustainable Energy4All: doubling the share of renewables by 2030 will need to result in at least a tripling of the share of modern renewables incl. sustainable hydropower • Big and small, we need them all! • Renewable energy needs a level playing field • Integration of renewable energy will be key in the future.
REN21 offers: -Data on status of renewable energy:-Technologies-Policies-Market industry and trends-Investment flows-Information can be used to inform decision and investment processes-Through: -Renewables Global Status report -Renewables Global Futures report -REN21+: Global Web platform -Renewables interactive map
REN21 Renewables Global Status Report • Launched along with UNEP’s Global trends in RE investment • Team of over 500 contributors, researchers & reviewers worldwide • The report features: • Global Market Overview • Industry Trends • Policy Landscape • Rural Renewable Energy • All renewable energy technologies • Sectors: power, heating/cooling, transport • New elements in 2013: • Feature on system transformation www.ren21.net/gsr
Industry Trends • RE industry saw continued growth in manufacturing, sales and installation. • Uncertain policy environments and declining policy support affected investment climates in a number of established markets, slowing momentum in Europe, China, and India. • Solar PV and onshore wind power experienced continued price reductions due to economies of scale and technology advances, and a production surplus of modules and turbines. • Trends: • Industry consolidation. • Renewable energy is now more affordable in both developed and developing countries. • Markets, manufacturing, and investment shifted increasingly towards developing countries.
Policy Landscape • At least 138 countries had renewable energy targets by the end of 2012. • Most policies to support renewable energy target the power sector, with feed-in tariffs (FITs) and renewable portfolio standards (RPS) used most frequently. • Policymakers are increasingly aware of the potential national development impacts of renewable energy. • GSR provides a comprehensive policy table giving an overview of applied instruments worldwide on a country-by-country basis.
Policy Map Source: REN21 Renewables 2013 Global Status Report
NCPCs can contribute by: · Providing in-country data on renewableso Technology uptakeo Policy formation · Case studies: what has worked / what has not · In-country / regional business and investment trends
Benefit to NCPCs: Part of an international network on renewable energy Support to own research or business needs Part of a “coalition of the willing”
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