1. APG Workshop February 24,2016 SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED

2. 2 December 2015: Nearly 200 countries adopted the Paris Agreement on climate change o Includes national targets to reduce emissions (i.e. NDCs) to be updated every 5 years o Requires national GHG inventories every 2 years o Asks countries to submit “mid-century” Low Emission Development Strategies (LEDS) by 2020 U.S. support enabled countries to participate in the Agreement, submit intended NDCs, and measure and report GHGs Implementation of the Paris agreement: U.S. climate change assistance plays a pivotal role in helping countries reach, ratchet-up & report on NDC targets The Paris Agreement: U.S. leadership helps set the world on course to a low-carbon future

3. Agency Priority Goals (APGs) Overview 3 Agency Priority Goals are reported to the White House (through OMB on performance.gov) 24 major Federal agencies set APGs APGs are two years in length and are “identified in target areas where agency leaders want to achieve near-term performance acceleration” Each APG has associated indicators, or benchmarks State and USAID have 5 joint APGs (for FY14-15): 1.Excellence in Consular Service Delivery 2.USAID Procurement Reform 3.Climate Change 4.Food Security 5.Global Health

4. 26 EC-LEDS partner countries 4

5. We met all of the APG 2.0 benchmark targets 5 BenchmarksFY13FY14FY15 1. Number of countries in which USG technical assistance for low emission development strategies (LEDS) has been initiated (annual) Baseline 22 Target: 25 Actual: 25 Target: 25 Actual: 26 2. Framework Milestones: Number of major milestones achieved by partner countries as a result of U.S. assistance, each reflecting significant, measurable improvement in national frameworks for low emission development (annual) Baseline 0 Target 10 Actual: 9 Target: 30 Actual: 30 3. Implementation Milestones: Number of major milestones achieved by partner countries as a result of U.S. assistance, each reflecting significant, measurable improvement in LEDS implementation (annual) Baseline 0 Target: 4 Actual: 6 Target: 15 Actual: 16 4. Number of officials and practitioners with strengthened capacity through participation in the LEDS Global Partnership (quarterly) Baseline 0 Target: 525 Actual: 2386 Target: 1,200 Actual: 4,796 5. Number of countries in which capacity strengthened through participation in the LEDS Global Partnership is meaningfully applied (quarterly) Baseline 0 Target: 12 Actual: 13 Target: 25 Actual: 27 Examples of achieved milestones: 12 countries received direct USG assistance to develop and submit their Post-2020 INDC to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Philippines – More than $120 million of private sector investments for clean energy mobilized as a result of USG assistance

6. FY14-15 APG Milestone Summary Over 1.7 Million MWh Energy Saved Over 1 Million Hectares Sustainably Managed $647 Million USD Mobilized 1,527 MW Renewable Electricity

7. FY 16 Milestones/Process EC-LEDS Database introduced for FY15 To Date- most FY16 milestones have been submitted and approved Missions will now work to hit their FY16 targets before the Oct 1, 2016 reporting deadline On track to hit our FY17 target of 100 Milestones

8. Low Emission Development in Vietnam- Terhi Majanen (USAID/Vietnam) Operationalize Vietnam Green Growth Strategy and Action Plan nationwide with Ministry of Planning and Investment Develop sector green growth plans and increase capacity of seven key Government of Vietnam ministries Implement Asia’s first and only nationally mandated payments for forest ecosystem services scheme, which brings in $60 million annually Improve climate finance architecture to mobilize funds for green growth and climate change National Planning Develop inclusive and transparent approach to Provincial Green Growth Action Plan development to serve as models for other provinces Formulate provincial REDD+ Action Plans and establish cross-sector green growth working groups to undertake REDD+ Develop forest management models and leverage funds through PFES system Establish forest owners’ association to serve as advocacy platform for policy implementation and revision Provincial Adoption Promote climate smart agriculture through development of models with local level agricultural extension centers on low emissions rice and crop rotations Support forest protection and improvement of nature reserves and community forests through improved management models Enable equitable sharing of payments for forest ecosystem services benefits through forest owner and watershed boundary identification Improve energy efficiency in buildings in the five largest cities in Vietnam Local Action

9. Questions?

10. How To Write a Successful APG Milestone- Three Key Criteria What did the country accomplish?How did the USG help?What will be the impact?

11. How To Write a Successful APG Milestone Milestone Example 1 - Vietnam RDMA (Vietnam) - Provincial REDD+ Action Plan (PRAP) established for Lam Dong Province The PRAP is a critical document for the Province's goal to achieve GHG emission reductions of 27% from its forest estate from 2010 to 2020. It will articulate policies and measures, reporting mechanisms, the business as usual measuring baseline, a financing plan and safeguard mechanisms. USAID's Lowering Emissions in Asia's Forests program provided technical knowledge and strengthened the capacity of the Lam Dong Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in measuring historical deforestation, forest degradation and afforestation and reforestation rates from 1990-2010 and setting a low emission development pathway for the Province. The plan was recently approved by the Lam Dong Provincial People's Committee. Work on this plan is consistent with, and supports, the overall implementation of the Vietnamese National REDD+ Action Program and provides a leading regional example.

12. How To Write a Successful APG Milestone Milestone Example 2 - India India – Replicable model for rooftop solar deployment, with high potential to accelerate achievement of India’s National Solar Mission, implemented by State utility In FY 2015, Karnataka launched its Solar Policy with support from the USG. Through it, BESCOM, the state’s largest public distribution utility has set an ambitious target to deploy 100 MW of rooftop solar annually over 4 years (4% of the national 2018 target). This will reduce 484 million tons CO 2 e annually once the entire target is achieved. The USG supported BESCOM to address key structural gaps in the market eco-system, i.e. interconnection procedures and permitting requirements. The policy establishes an institutional framework to scale up deployment of rooftop solar that could be replicated nationally in other utilities (i.e., open-source procedures).

13. How To Write a Successful APG Milestone Milestone Example 3 - Gabon Gabon – National Resource Inventory adopted as the national system and database established with USAID supported data Gabon completed a National Resource Inventory and adopted it as a national system with support from U.S. forest experts. Robust forest carbon data helps to clarify the impact of economic development activities on forest carbon and land use in Gabon and will contribute to the development of a national land-use plan.

14. Activity! Partner up and draft a milestone based on your country’s LEDS work 15 minutes + 10 minute discussion

15. EC-LEDS Database Tour Enter.ec-leds.orgBasic layout How to Enter and Edit Milestones

16. Thank you! Questions/Comments? Awheat@usaid.gov Allena4@state.gov