Standardized national/sectoral baselines UNFCCC Technical Workshop on Joint Implementation Bonn, 16 October 2007 Manfred Stockmayer Managing Director Camco International

1Standardized national/sectoral baselines Agenda  Concept of standardized baselines  Applicability of standardized baselines  Case study Bulgaria  Current issues  Thoughts for the future

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3Standardized national/sectoral baselines Concept of standardized baselines  What are standardized baselines? Baselines for multiple projects in one sector  Why are they applied? Reduction of transaction costs Increased transparency Better predictability of emission reductions Faster preparation of PDDs  Who benefits from standardized baselines? All stakeholders

4Standardized national/sectoral baselines Potential sectors for standardized baseline studies Grid-based electricity generation (renewables and fossil fuels)  Industrial energy efficiency  Transport  Demand side energy efficiency  Landfill gas (methane component)

5Standardized national/sectoral baselines Why are they not applied more often?  Who prepares standardized baseline, who pays?  No methodologies in early JI  No priority in countries  Not applicable for certain sectors  Russia late in the JI process  Linking directive is limiting potential in target sectors

6Standardized national/sectoral baselines Guidance from JISC Guidance on Criteria for Baseline Setting and Monitoring 18. A baseline shall be established on a project-specific basis and/or using a multi-project emission factor 19. A multi-project emission factor may be used and its application shall be justified. Sector-wide baselines may e.g. be used if: (a) The physical characteristics of the sector justify the application of a standard emission factor across the sector; and/or (b) The emissions intensity does not vary significantly across the sector. Source: JISC, Guidance on Criteria for Baseline Setting and Monitoring

7Standardized national/sectoral baselines The first standardized baseline studies... Source: ERUPT, May 2004

8Standardized national/sectoral baselines Case Study: Bulgaria  Study by NEK on Carbon Emission Factors for electricity sector  Based on CDM ACM0002, with BM/OM share of 50:50  Dispatch data analysis basis for calculations  More realistic data than ERUPT figures  Baseline approved by Bulgarian Ministry of Environment and Waters ERUPT NEK

9Standardized national/sectoral baselines Issues with standardized baseline studies  Who initiates and pays for preparation?  Who supports data collection for monitoring?  No approval process for standardized approaches  Can we rely on precedents?  How easy to refer to precedents?

10Standardized national/sectoral baselines Where could we use them?

11Standardized national/sectoral baselines Some thoughts for the future...  Support from DFPs for development of standardized baselines  Cooperation between DFPs and AIEs on standardized baselines („pre-validation“?)  Guidance for project developers from AIEs on reference to standardized baselines  No additional procedure necessary, BUT stick to JISC rules...

12Standardized national/sectoral baselines Thank you for your attention Manfred Stockmayer