European Capacity Building Initiative for Climate Change Mitigation
This initiative focuses on building capacity in support of international climate change negotiations, addressing emissions reduction, enhancing sinks, and fulfilling mitigation commitments under international agreements like the Paris Agreement. It also highlights the roles of developed and developing countries in achieving global peaking of greenhouse gases and implementing low-GHG development strategies.
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initiative european capacity building ecbi ecbi european capacity building initiative Mitigation Subhi Barakat Legal Response Initiative (LRI) for sustained capacity building in support of international climate change negotiations pour un renforcement durable des capacit s en appui aux n gociations internationales sur les changements climatiques
Mitigation overview ecbi european capacity building initiative Addressing climate change by reducing emissions and removing GHGs from the atmosphere
Mitigation actions Reducing emissions by improving efficiency, using alternative technologies, or making social change ecbi european capacity building initiative Removing GHGs by enhancing sinks and reservoirs
Mitigation commitments Convention All Parties to implement programmes with mitigation measures (Art.4.1.b) Developed countries to adopt national policies to limit emissions and enhance sinks (Art.4.2.a) ecbi european capacity building initiative Kyoto Protocol Developed countries to achieve quantitative emission reduction targets (Art.2) and collectively an overall reduction to 5% below 1990 levels (Art.3.1) Market-based mechanisms (Arts.6, 12 and 17) Paris Agreement All Parties to have mitigation obligations determined at the national level (Art.4.2)
Under the Paris Agreement ecbi european capacity building initiative Collectively global peaking of GHGs as soon as possible and balancing anthropogenic emissions and removals in 2nd half of century (Art.4.1) NDCs every 5 years (Art.4.2), progressively more ambitious (Art.4.3), informed by global stocktake (Art.4.9), include measures pursued and info for transparency and clarity (Art.4.8)
Developing countries Encouraged to work towards economy- wide targets (Art.4.4), can use mitigation co-benefits from adaptation or economic diversification actions to meet mitigation targets (Art.4.7) and get support for mitigation actions (Art.4.5) ecbi european capacity building initiative LDCs and SIDS can prepare low-GHG emission development strategies (Art.4.6) All Parties should formulate long-term low- GHG development strategies (Art.4.19)
Other relevant provisions Enhancing sinks and reservoirs conserve and manage GHG sinks and reservoirs (Art.5.1) and implement and support REDD+ activities (Art.5.2) ecbi european capacity building initiative Voluntary cooperative approaches in general (Art.6.2), mitigation and sustainable development mechanism (Art.6.4) and framework for non-market approaches to sustainable development (Art.6.9)
Mitigation reporting All Parties to provide GHG inventories and info to track progress in implementing contributions (Art.13.7) ecbi european capacity building initiative At least biennially (but LDCs/SIDS can submit at their discretion) Info on action and support will be subject to expert review (Art.13.11)
Response measures Disproportionately affect developing countries and development priorities ecbi european capacity building initiative Green protectionism (?) border tax adjustments, environmental/efficiency standards and subsidies Concerns of Parties most affected have to be taken into account (Art.4.15) Forum on impact of response measures will serve the Agreement
Emissions from intl transport Reported separately and excluded from national emission totals ecbi european capacity building initiative No reference in the Paris Agreement - will continue to be addressed by ICAO/IMO Increasing proportion of these emissions are attributable to developing countries
Next steps and engagement ecbi european capacity building initiative Further develop features of NDCs and clarifying info and elaborate accounting guidance for NDCs (APA) Cooperative approaches (SBSTA) Develop guidance to avoid double counting Develop rules for the mitigation and sustainable development mechanism under the CMA Undertake a work programme under the framework for non-market approaches to sustainable development Develop modalities and functions of the forum on impacts of response measures (SBI and SBSTA)
Further reading and useful links Focus on mitigation https://www.unfccc.int/focus/mitigation/items/ 7169.php ecbi european capacity building initiative Tasks arising from the Paris Agreement http://legalresponseinitiative.org/legaladvice/n ext-steps-in-the-climate-negotiations- concerning-the-paris-agreement/ http://unfccc.int/files/bodies/cop/application/p df/overview_1cp21_tasks_.pdf Road map from Paris http://www.wri.org/sites/default/files/uploads/ 16_roadmap.png
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initiative european capacity building ecbi ecbi european capacity building initiative Mitigation Subhi Barakat Legal Response Initiative (LRI) for sustained capacity building in support of international climate change negotiations pour un renforcement durable des capacit s en appui aux n gociations internationales sur les changements climatiques
