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Seeking synergies between ClimaEast and FLEG IIMr Zsolt Lengyel, Team Leader & Key Expert 1.
1 October 2013, Minsk
Content of presentation
1. Context for mitigation & adaptation
2. Project background
3. Implementing consortium
4. Key Experts and Offices
5. Approach
6. Objectives
7. Result areas
8. Proposed activities related to the forestry sector & synergies
9. Timeline
10.Contacts
1) The context – mitigation & adaptation (1)• A highly dynamic context • A strategic vision and capacity is essential, to
maximise the benefits and to minimise the costs• Planning and sequencing of strategic actions is
essential • Global warming is accelerating, CO2 concentration in
the atmosphere reached 400 ppm in May 2013• Strong bilateral, regional and international co-
operation needed
1) The context – mitigation & adaptation (2)
To adapt or to mitigate: is that really a valid question?
Mitigation and adaptation are both necessary and complementary.
We need to increase mitigation efforts. If the 2°C target is missed, adaptation increasingly costly.
We need to adapt.
1) The context – mitigation & adaptation (3)
Adaptation is inevitable (delayed impact of emissions). Adaptation is cheaper
1€ invested in flood protection saves 6€ damage costs.
Postponed adaptation and maladaptation will lead to higher damage costs.
≥ 100 bn/year by 2020; 250 bn/year by 2050 for the EU
2) BACKGROUND INFORMATIONBeneficiary countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Georgia, Moldova, Russian Federation and Ukraine (partner countries – PCs)
Project time frame: October 2012 – October 2016Project budget: EUR 7 million*Funding authority: The European Commission (EC),
DEVCO * Part of a larger 'Clima East project' package, containing pilot projects on
ecosystems based approaches to climate change (EUR 11 million) implemented by UNDP
Component 1: Conservation & SM of peatlands in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus to minimize carbon emissions and help
ecosystems to adapt to CC, while
contributing to the overall mitigation and
adaptation effort
Component 2: Protection & restoration of
forest and peatland
permafrost carbon pools in Komi Republic and Nenetsky Autonomous
Okrug
Global coordination , management and knowledge sharing component
Component 4: SM of pastures &
community forests in Moldova’s first
National Park Orhei to demonstrate climate
change mitigation and adaptation benefits
and dividends for local communities
Component 3: SM of pastures in the
Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia) to demonstrate CC
mitigation and adaptation benefits and dividends for local communities
Pilot projects on ecosystems based approaches to climate change implemented by UNDP (11 million EUR) - The aim:
To show through pilot projects the feasibility of ecosystem-based approaches to climate change, meaning that intact ecosystems such as peatlands,
permafrost landscapes, boreal forests and pasture land can have a strong and cost-efficient positive effect both on climate change mitigation and
adaptation
3) THE CONSORTIUMHTSPE• Project management & technical assistance• Sectors include Natural Resources, Governance and Environment• Strong regional experienceEcorys• Energy, Climate Change, Low CarbonIIASA• Land Use, Applied ResearchMilieu• Policy and LegalRicardo-AEA• Climate Change, Energy, Government
4) EXPERTS AND OFFICES• 4 Key Experts - Team Leader, Expert on Emissions Trading and 2
Regional Coordinators
• Non-key experts (500 mandays)
• Expert Facility (EF) (1 million EUR)
• Project Office in Brussels
• Two satellite offices:
– Moscow (for Belarus, Russian Federation and Ukraine)
– Tbilisi (for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova)
4) Key Experts•Team Leader and Key Expert 1: Zsolt Lengyel Based in Brussels
([email protected])•Key Expert 2: Marzena Chodor ([email protected]) Based in Brussels
• Key Expert 3: Mikhail Kozeltsev ([email protected]) Based in Moscow
•Key Expert 4: Nina Shatberashvili ([email protected]) Based in Tbilisi
•Help desk and general inquiries: Marina Zolotcov ([email protected] ) Based in Brussels
5) APPROACH (1)
1. Practical outputs and observable benefits for the national partners and stakeholders
2. Added value from the regional scope of Clima East
3. Learning from Partner Countries and the European Union, contributing to coordinated efforts to tackle climate change challenges, where possible
5) APPROACH (2)Demand driven structure – built-in flexibility• Responsive to beneficiary countries’ requirements• Focus on gaps and additionality of activities,
synergy with other donors• Following the emerging needs from the
international negotiations on the implementation of Doha Climate Gateway and 2015 agreement
• Expert Facility
5) APPROACH (3)National focus – seeking regional synergies and mutual benefits• Pooling experience and sharing ideas and approaches• Transfer of best practice from EU but also within region
Accessibility – both to documentation and to expertise• Brussels base as bridge to EU expertise• High quality website, visibility and events to maintain
momentum• Help desk
6) OVERALL OBJECTIVE
The overall objective of Clima East is to support PCs so that they are better equipped for greenhouse-gas emission reductions and better prepared to deal with climate change impacts
7) ACTIVITY STRUCTURING – RESULT AREAS 1. Increased understanding of the EU climate and energy acquis and the
20/20/20 agenda2. Responsible public institutions will competently address the Kyoto and
post-Kyoto regime under the UNFCCC, and (for Annex I) be strengthened to comply with regulations
3. State-of-the-art national climate change mitigation and adaptation policies developed, fine-tuned and implemented
4. Increased capacity for climate change vulnerability and impact assessments and increased capacity for adaptation planning
5. National and/or regional Emissions Trading Schemes prepared and started
6. Progress made in elaboration of low carbon development strategies (expected primarily in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Moldova)
8) Proposed Forestry Related Activities
• Address LULUCF data and reporting issues with a view of supporting both mitigation and adaptation activities
• Support the development of sectoral NAMAs in the forestry sector (Armenia, Georgia)
• Expert support for improvement and application of methodologies and models of vulnerability assessment (all countries)
• A Geo-Wiki, crowd-sourcing based approach to improve land cover information (IIASA; www.geo-wiki.org) (Azerbaijan)
8) Potential synergies identified in FLEG II
Azerbaijan - Development of local and regional plans of adaptation of forest sector to the climate change at local and national level (County priority No 9.)
Azerbaijan - FLEG will provide the technical support for the evaluation the costs of services from ecosystems and through the implementation of inventory processes. (County priority No 10.)
Armenia - Independent public (third party) monitoring of the forestry sector. (Area 3 - Public awareness and public monitoring of the forests )
8) Potential synergies identified in FLEG II
Georgia- Activity 2.9. Assess the role of forests in Climate Change mitigation and adaptation (in the CC vulnerable areas)- implemented by IUCN (Priority area 2 Improving sustainable forest management)
Moldova, Ukraine, Russia – no explicit mentioning of climate change ( adaptation, mitigation) yet in the country workplans
• Mobilisation of key experts
• Consultations with stakeholders
• Seven draft national work programmes
• Mobilisation plan for non-key experts
• Setting up Expert Facility
• Visibility plan
• Clima East Launch Event & Steering Committe meeting
9) Timeline: Where are we now?
9) Timeline: Where are we going?
• Implementation phase- until October 2016• We will continue to listen• Annual workplans to be completed and
approved
10) How to contact usThe project team can be contacted at personal e-mail
addresses and :
[email protected] Clima East Office
c/o Milieu LtdRue Blanche n 15
1050 Brussels, Belgium
The full project website will be launched soon:www.climaeast.eu
