STATUS AND WAY FORWARD ON STANDARDIZED BASELINES

1. STATUS AND WAY FORWARD ON STANDARDIZED BASELINES UNFCCC Joint coordination Workshop 24-25 March 2012, Bonn Kishor Rajhansa, Programme Officer

2. Background • Why Standardised baselines ? • Reduce transaction costs; • Enhance transparency, objectivity and predictability; • Facilitate access to the CDM; and • Scale up, while ensuring Environmental Integrity. • What is standardized baseline ? • Baseline established for a Party or a group of Parties to facilitate the calculation of emission reductions and removals; and/or • Used for determination of additionality for CDM project activities, while providing assurance for environmental integrity. • CMP6 decision • Parties, PPs, and other admitted entities, through the host country’s DNAs, may submit proposals for SBs, for consideration by the Board; • Requests the Board to develop SBs, as appropriate, in consultation with relevant DNAs, taking into account the outcome of the workshop on SBs.

3. Background • Work done by the Board so far • EB62 adopted the “Guidelines for the establishment of sector specific standardized baselines” (SB guidelines) • EB63 adopted the “Procedure for submission and consideration of standardized baselines” (SB procedures) • EB65 adopted the work programme containing following main areas. • The implementation of SB guidelines. • The improvement and the expansion of the scope of the SB guidelines, • The implementation of the SB procedure, • The development of procedures for the submission and consideration of CDM projects using standardized baselines. • Last meeting (EB66) adopted the “guidelines for data quality in the establishment of standardized baselines” (QA/QC guidelines)

4. “Measures” under SB Guidelines “Measures” as per SB guideline • Broad class of GHG emission reduction activities • Possessing common features • Four types of “measures” covered: • Fuel and feedstock switch • Switch of technology with or without change of energy sources (incl. RE and EE) • Methane destruction • Methane formation avoidance

5. Applicability of SB guidelines Applicability • For Sectors • For Stationary sources, but not A/R • Cover most types of project activities • Standardized baselines • For a country or a group of countries • Demonstrate additionality: positive lists • Identify baseline technology/fuel • Determination of baseline emissions

6. Country Total output of Sector Fuels/ technologies Coal Heavy Fuel Fuel Oil NG RB Diesel 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Addl. Threshold Baseline threshold General approach of SB guidelines

7. Positive List- Additional measures • Baselines for measures First level of standardization Emission factor of the sector, if relevant Second level of standardization Levels of standardization under SB implementation programme Guidelines for the development and assessment of SBs

8. Ongoing Work on implementation of SB guidelines and SB procedure

9. Ongoing Work on implementation of SB guidelines and SB procedure

10. Ongoing Work on implementation of SB guidelines and SB procedure

11. Ongoing Work on implementation of SB guidelines and SB procedure

12. Ongoing Work on implementation of SB guidelines and SB procedure

13. THANK YOU! krajhansa@unfccc.int Kishor Rajhansa, Programme Officer