WRI’s Measurement and Performance TrackingA new initiative, supported by:

Jennifer MorganWorld Resources InstituteJune 11, 2011

Opportunity• Major emerging economies

are undertaking mitigation actions

• International rules for MRV are being negotiated

Measurement and performance tracking is essential both internationally & domestically.

But policy, technical and political hurdles must be addressed.

The Measurement & Performance Tracking (MAPT) Initiative Objectives

National : Target countries design and implement in-country measurement and performance tracking systems and standards across different levels to meet domestic goals and are “ready” to implementinternational rules when finalized.international rules when finalized.

International : The lessons learned, strengths and weaknesses of domestic measurement and performance tracking systems are taken stock of by other developing countries and the international climate process to design a robust and effective MRV system.

Guiding Principles• Work in partnership with national actors• Draw from GHG Protocol and other international

measurement standards and practices• Build on existing in-country methodologies and

systemssystems• Ensure metrics/guidelines are policy-neutral• Engage a broad range of relevant stakeholders

including government agencies, business, and civil society organizations

� Convened in 1998 by

� A multi-stakeholder partnership of businesses,

Greenhouse Gas Protocol

NGOs, governments and others

� Mission: Develop internationally accepted GHG accounting and reporting standards and to promote their use worldwide

Key Programs Based on or Informed by GHG Protocol

• Brazil GHG Protocol Program• China Cement & Power Sectors Programs• India GHG Inventorization Program • Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) • The Climate Registry• California Climate Action Registry• Chicago Climate Exchange• Dow Jones Sustainability Index• EU Emissions Trading Scheme• French REGES Protocol

6

• French REGES Protocol• Global Reporting Initiative• METI, Japan• Mexico GHG Program• Respect Europe Business Leaders Initiative for

Climate Change (BLICC)• International Trade Associations (Aluminum,

IPIECA, ICFPA, Cement, Iron and Steel)• UK DEFRA Corporate Reporting Program • U.S. EPA Climate Leaders Initiative• World Wildlife Fund Climate Savers• ISO 14064 Part 1• U.S. Department of Energy (1605b)• US Federal Executive Order

Focus Countries

Colombia

Brazil India

South Africa

Thailand

Ethiopia

Project Components

Guidelines, Methods &Tools

Development

Scoping/Capacity Mapping and Partner IdentificationScoping/Capacity Mapping and Partner Identification

National Inventories

Institutions

Policy Accounting&

Translating Results

Internationally

Awareness & Capacity Building

Policy Accounting& Performance Tracking

Business engagement

CSO engagement

• New guidance on accounting for GHG impact of policies/mitigation actions

• Voluntary, policy-neutral, internationally applicable

• For government and civil society

Policy Accounting Guidance

• For government and civil society

• Methods for monitoring GHG policy impacts, projecting future policy impacts

• First step: Scoping to establish need and content of new guidance

Performance tracking and accounting guidance benefits

• Can allow governments (across national, state, city levels) and other users (e.g., development banks, industry, NGOs) to quantify GHG reductions and assess the potential of policies, based on an ex-ante potential of policies, based on an ex-ante estimation of GHG impact

• Can support domestic decision making (to evaluate and compare actions/policies)

• Can promote more consistency and transparency in reported results

Brazil

� Scoping with FundaçãoGetúlio Vargas (FGV)

� MoU with Rio de Janeiro’s Secretariat for Janeiro’s Secretariat for the Environment on policy accounting and performance tracking

� Build on GHG Protocol’s Brazil Program with FGV

� Target 36-39% by 2020

� 12 sectoral plans will be

implemented by the end of 2011 that

India

� Scoping with ABPS Inc.

� MoU with the Ministry of Environment and Forestsimplemented by the end of 2011 that

include specific targets for emissions

reductions

� Subnational and city plans

Forests

� GHG Protocol working with TERI on industry component

South Africa

� Scoping with University of Cape Town’s Energy Research Centre

� MoU with the � MoU with the Department of Environmental Affairs

� GHG Protocol working with the National Business Initiative on business component

Colombia

� MoU with Vice-ministry of Environment

� GHG Protocol Workshops with Workshops with CECODES and utility networks

� Policy Systems mapping

Global standards to account for policies

and track performance

…

And national support and systems in place to

implement