TÜV SÜD South Asia Programme of activities (PoA) - Requirements & Challenges in CPA inclusion By Vijayanand TÜV SÜD South Asia

TÜV SÜD South Asia TÜV SÜD: Corporate Overview Overview Requirements Challenges

TÜV SÜD South Asia 3 May 2015 Corporate Overview Leading one-stop global solution provider for product quality and safety testing & inspections, engineering support, management system certification and training solutions Sales revenue of € 1.60 billion in FY 2010 Founded over 140 years ago in Mannheim, Germany Today about 13,000 employees located in over 600 locations worldwide Global headquarters in Munich, Germany Regional Headquarters: Asia Pacific - Singapore; America - Danvers (Massachusetts)

TÜV SÜD South Asia 3 May 2015 TÜV SÜD: Corporate Overview Overview Requirements Challenges

TÜV SÜD South Asia Overview – Acronyms PoA = Programme of Activities CPA = CDM Program Activity CDM PoA DD = CDM Programme of Activities Design Document CDM CPA DD = CDM Program Activity Design Document CME = Coordinating Managing Entity 3 May 2015

TÜV SÜD South Asia 3 May 2015 Overview Unlimited number of CPAs – As a single CDM project More than one country Inclusion of CPAs at any point of time Can be implemented by many entities/owners

TÜV SÜD South Asia 3 May 2015 Overview One approved baseline and monitoring methodology for all CPAs Demonstration of additionality Unambiguous identification All CPAs end when PoA ends All CPAs are monitored as per monitoring plan

TÜV SÜD South Asia 3 May 2015 TÜV SÜD: Corporate Overview Overview Requirements Challenges

TÜV SÜD South Asia 3 May 2015 Requirements – registration Program life for 28 years (60 years for AR programmes) Each CPA crediting period either 10 or 21 years but limited to remaining life of PoA CPA is not part of any other approved CDM/ VER project MUST issues to be checked by DOE Additionality of the PoA Eligibility criteria for inclusion of a proposed CPA in the registered PoA, including criteria to be used for demonstration of additionality of a CPA CER registered/ issued in the name of managing entity and distributed among the participants according to contract Consistency between CDM-POA-DD and the PoA specific CDM-CPA-DD to be used for inclusion of a CPA in the registered PoA Program life for 28 years (60 years for AR programmes) Each CPA crediting period either 10 or 21 years but limited to remaining life of PoA CPA is not part of any other approved CDM/ VER project MUST issues to be checked by DOE Additionality of the PoA Eligibility criteria for inclusion of a proposed CPA in the registered PoA, including criteria to be used for demonstration of additionality of a CPA CER registered/ issued in the name of managing entity and distributed among the participants according to contract Consistency between CDM-POA-DD and the PoA specific CDM-CPA-DD to be used for inclusion of a CPA in the registered PoA

TÜV SÜD South Asia 3 May 2015 Requirements – Inclusion of CPAs in Registered PoA Completed CDM-CPA-DD for one CDM Programme Activity (CPA) The coordinating/managing entity shall forward the CPAs to DOE for inclusion CME should ensure all the requirements determined in the PoA and its specific CDM-CPA-DD are met The CME may forward more than one CDM-CPA-DD at one time This DOE shall scrutinize the information in the CDM-CPA-DD against registered CDM-PoA-DD and documentation requirements. Completed CDM-CPA-DD for one CDM Programme Activity (CPA) The coordinating/managing entity shall forward the CPAs to DOE for inclusion CME should ensure all the requirements determined in the PoA and its specific CDM-CPA-DD are met The CME may forward more than one CDM-CPA-DD at one time This DOE shall scrutinize the information in the CDM-CPA-DD against registered CDM-PoA-DD and documentation requirements.

TÜV SÜD South Asia 3 May 2015 Requirements – Inclusion of CPAs in Registered PoA CPA should comply eligibility criteria specified in the CDM-POA-DD, including, as appropriate, the demonstration of the additionality of the CPA Calculations of baseline emissions and estimated emission Confirmation that the CPA is neither registered as a CDM project activity nor included in another registered PoA If consistency/integrity is confirmed, DOE shall include the proposed CPA(s) in the registered PoA by uploading the CDM-CPA-DD to the CDM Executive Board. Such uploads shall be grouped and not occur more frequently than once per month CPA should comply eligibility criteria specified in the CDM-POA-DD, including, as appropriate, the demonstration of the additionality of the CPA Calculations of baseline emissions and estimated emission Confirmation that the CPA is neither registered as a CDM project activity nor included in another registered PoA If consistency/integrity is confirmed, DOE shall include the proposed CPA(s) in the registered PoA by uploading the CDM-CPA-DD to the CDM Executive Board. Such uploads shall be grouped and not occur more frequently than once per month

TÜV SÜD South Asia 3 May 2015 Requirements – Inclusion of CPAs BLY PoA CPA should comply eligibility criteria specified BLY-PoA DD

TÜV SÜD South Asia 3 May 2015 Requirements – Inclusion of CPAs BLY PoA Justification of applicable methodology Demonstration of Additionality at CPA level in line with the requirment of BLY PoA SSC-CPA s have to follow the monitoring plan as described in BLY-PoA section E.7.2 SSC-CPAs needs to develop project implementation handbook covering all requirements as stated in BLY-PoA section E.7.2 Justification of applicable methodology Demonstration of Additionality at CPA level in line with the requirment of BLY PoA SSC-CPA s have to follow the monitoring plan as described in BLY-PoA section E.7.2 SSC-CPAs needs to develop project implementation handbook covering all requirements as stated in BLY-PoA section E.7.2

TÜV SÜD South Asia Requirements - request of issuance The coordinating/managing entity shall: (a)Maintain all monitoring reports of all CPAs in accordance with the record keeping system identified in the CDM-POA-DD (b)Make available all monitoring reports requested by a DOE for verification purposes; The DOE shall: (a)Identify those CPAs that it shall consider for verification in accordance with the method/procedure to be used for verification under the PoA and determined in the CDM-POA-DD (b)Make all monitoring reports received immediately publicly available on the UNFCCC CDM website (c)Systematically verify and certify the correct implementation and operation of the record keeping system. The coordinating/managing entity shall: (a)Maintain all monitoring reports of all CPAs in accordance with the record keeping system identified in the CDM-POA-DD (b)Make available all monitoring reports requested by a DOE for verification purposes; The DOE shall: (a)Identify those CPAs that it shall consider for verification in accordance with the method/procedure to be used for verification under the PoA and determined in the CDM-POA-DD (b)Make all monitoring reports received immediately publicly available on the UNFCCC CDM website (c)Systematically verify and certify the correct implementation and operation of the record keeping system. 3 May 2015

TÜV SÜD South Asia 3 May 2015 TÜV SÜD: Corporate Overview Overview Requirements Challenges

TÜV SÜD South Asia 3 May 2015 Challenges Determining and verifying baseline Substantiation of additionality for different regions involved among CPAs. Accounting for national & state policies/assessing additionality Single/overlapping crediting periods Unique identification of location Uniform monitoring for all CPAs Uniform record keeping for all CPAs Monitoring and verification of emissions reductions Adequate coordination and communication Determining and verifying baseline Substantiation of additionality for different regions involved among CPAs. Accounting for national & state policies/assessing additionality Single/overlapping crediting periods Unique identification of location Uniform monitoring for all CPAs Uniform record keeping for all CPAs Monitoring and verification of emissions reductions Adequate coordination and communication

TÜV SÜD South Asia 3 May 2015 Thank you Vijayanand TÜV SÜD South Asia