PaMs Report: Energy Sector Policies and measures of Annex I Parties presented in their third national communications Special Event during COP8 25 October, 2002, New Delhi, India Harald Diaz-Bone Programme Officer UNFCCC Secretariat
Overview GHG Profile of the Energy Sector Key Energy Policy Objectives Key Policy and Measures Trends in the Energy Sector Conclusions
GHG Profile of the Energy Sector Two sub-sectors: Fuel combustion and fugitive fuel Reference for this presentation: Fuel combustion, excluding transport Share of total GHG emissions in 2000: 56% Share of total CO2 emissions in 2000: 71% CO2 emission rose by 8% between 1990 and 2000 CO2 from energy supply industries rose by 14%
GHG Profile of the Energy Sector
Key Energy Policy Objectives Safeguarding the environment Promoting economically efficient energy supply and energy use Energy security Climate change (mostly targeting CO2) Competitiveness of the economy had a strong influence on the choice of energy PaMs
Overview of Key PaMs
Trends in the Energy Sector In the early 1990s, the mix of policies was somewhat fragmented, emission were rising Now, more rigorous approaches are taken which are designed to reduce the emissions substantially below the base-line level At the end of 1990s, only a few Parties were on a clear rising emission trend Stabilization or reduction trend is visible in most Parties’ projections with existing, adopted and planned measures
Energy Sector: Latest Trends Almost all Parties reported new mandatory policies, e.g. taxes on energy and CO2 negotiated agreements emissions trading schemes energy efficiency standards generation quotas for RES or CHP
Conclusions Most Parties are now, after a long period of “wait and see”, putting in place PaMs that should reduce emissions substantially from baseline levels For the most part, these new PaMs have not begun to have their full impact on reducing emissions Even so, many Parties acknowledged that these PaMs will not be sufficient in themselves to guarantee stable or falling emissions