Mitigation and Transparency of Action Session I Mitigation

Mitigation and Transparency of Action Session I (Mitigation) Andrés Pirazzoli Team Leader, AILAC Support Unit for sustained capacity building in support of international climate change negotiations pour un renforcement durable des capacités en appui aux négociations internationales sur les changements climatiques european capacity building initiative ecbi european capacity building initiative européenne de renforcement des ecbi

Mitigation and Transparency of Action At the core if its design, is a five-year cycle of three phases: a) Ex-Post Reviews (confusing yes! Will explain!), b) National Analyses, and c) Ex-Ante Assessments, leading to periodic communications of intended contributions and inscriptions of contributions. This would iterate as explain in figure One below european capacity building initiative ecbi A year ago, this Fellowship presented the UNFCCC Parties with the idea of a Dynamic Contribution Cycle (DCC);

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Is the idea of a DCC currently agreeable? 1. Communicate 2. Consider 3. Inscribe european capacity building initiative ecbi Are parties comfortable with a 3 phase approach to Mitigation? To climate action?

- operationalization of the long-term goal, progression, accounting rules, quantification; , market mechanisms, international transport, joint implementation, a registry or annex, joint mitigation and adaptation actions, differentiation, sector-specific actions, non-market-based mechanisms, and response measures. european capacity building initiative ecbi ADP 2 -10 General Discussions on elements for the mitigation section of the agreement covered:

Progress? ? 1. Lack of consensus 2. Differentiation is at core of the agreement and will only be solved by a political decision in further negotiations; 3. Brazil presented two draft paras on the preparation, communication and implementation of INDCs by parties, and on arrangements for INDCs. european capacity building initiative ecbi ADP 2 -10: did we make progress? Initial three spin-off groups 1) clarifying provisions on non-market-based mechanisms, led by Bolivia; 2) addressing how differentiation could be formulated under individual efforts, led by South Africa; and 3) narrowing the joint implementation concept, led by Brazil.

Progress? 1) On response measures, a series of options ranging from no text to items for the agreement and/or decisions; 2) On markets, a diversity of terms, including economic mechanisms, market mechanisms, flexible mechanisms and cooperative mechanisms; 3) On land use and REDD+, some concerns with singling out specific sectors in the agreement and a call by some to balance REDD+ with other approaches. european capacity building initiative ecbi Addtional 3 Spin Off Groups 1) response measures, led by the United Arab Emirates; 2) market mechanisms, led by Colombia; and 3) land use and REDD+, led by the United Kingdom.

Version of 7 September 2015@01: 00 reflects: 1. elements with broad support; 2. elements whose inclusion requires further consideration; 3. issues benefiting from further discussion to deepen understanding; and 4. an overview of discussions. european capacity building initiative ecbi Working document [Section D - Mitigation] http: //unfccc. int/files/bodies/awg/application/pdf/ad p 2 -10_d_07 sep 2015 t 1400_wds. pdf

european capacity building initiative ecbi An effective Mitigation system should at least establish: 1. Long term goal – trajectory (signal); 2. legally binding mitigation comitments – whatever the verb is, with key features or characteristics that provide clarity and understanding; 3. cycles that enable progressively enhanced action 4. Transparency rules/principles; 5. Incentive based implememtation (looking at compliance preventively);