PPT on the Monitoring Reporting and Verification (MRV) system development in Kenya

1. MRV SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT IN KENYA
Steve Muhanji
Climate Change Directorate
Ministry of Environment & Forestry
smuhanji@environment.go.ke

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“What gets
measured
gets done.”

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1. INTRODUCTION: MRV
MRV process:
Tracks implementation progress of climate
actions
Measures level of achievement of set targets
Tracks disbursement & utilisation of
support/resources
Measures impact of action and support
MRV is at core of the transparency framework:
At national and county levels
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2. BASIC MRV SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Institutional arrangements: coordination and data
supply obligations
Definition of indicators for measuring and reporting
Policy and legal frameworks
Data Collection Systems to ensure availability
Data quality control and assurance protocols
Technical capacity to ensure efficiency of coordinating
and sector focal institutions
Feedback Mechanism to improve the subsequent
measuring and reporting
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2.1 MEASURING
Definition: To measure something is to give
a number to some of its property.
Measuring, hence, translates amounts into
numbers.
Measurement can be done using many
different units
[https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measure
ment]
Measuring (in MRV) is hence assigning a
number to a property
e.g. 60% complete (progress); 30 head of cattle;
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3. MRV OBLIGATIONS UNDER
UNFCCC
Developing country Parties (like Kenya)
submit:
National Communication every 4 years
Biennial Update Report (BUR)every 2 years
National GHG Inventory is a major
component of NCs & BURs
BURs undergo an international consultation
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What constitutes the existing MRV arrangements for
developing country Parties under the Convention?
3.1 BROADER CONTEXT

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Submission of
BURs
Technical analysis
Facilitative
Sharing of views
Final SR noted by
SBI and posted on
UNFCCC.int
Record of the
facilitative sharing
of views
International
consultation
and analysis
OUTPUTS OF INTERNATIONAL CONSULTATION AND
ANALYSIS
National
circumstances and
institutional
arrangements
National
greenhouse gas
inventory
Mitigation
actions and their
effects
Level of support
received for BUR
preparation
Financial,
technology
transfer and
capacity-building
support needed
and received
Domestic
measurement
reporting and
verification
3.2 BAP (DURBAN AND CANCUN) –
MRV ARRANGEMENTS

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2. Biennial update
reports
3. NAMA
Registry
http://unfccc.int/cooperation_support/nama/items/
7476.php
1. National
communications
3.4 REPORTING ON MITIGATION UNDER THE
CONVENTION
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3.5 NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS
MANDATE
Article 4.1 of the Convention requires each Party to:
Formulate, implement, publish and regularly update national or,
where appropriate, regional programmes containing measures
to mitigate climate change
Article 12.1 of the Convention requires each Party to
communicate:
A general description of steps taken or envisaged by the Party
to implement the Convention
Any other information that the Party considers relevant to the
achievement of the objectives of the Convention
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3.6 BIENNIAL UPDATE REPORTS
By decision 2/CP.17, Parties adopted the Guidelines for the preparation
of biennial update reports (BURs) from non- Annex I Parties.
Parties to take into account their development priorities, objectives,
capacities and national circumstances (FCCC/CP/9/Add.1, paragraph
41(b)).
Non-Annex Parties I, consistent with their capabilities and level of
support for reporting, provide their most recent submitted NC updated in
a number of areas, including information on:
National circumstances
Institutional arrangements relevant to the preparation NCs on a continuous
basis
GHG Inventory
Effective institutional arrangements are important for the presentation of
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3.6 BIENNIAL UPDATE REPORTS . .
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• Institutional arrangements encompass the procedural, legal
and institutional set-up necessary to complete national
reporting, including BURs and NCs, to the UNFCCC.
• Institutional arrangements can help Parties:
Meet reporting requirements;
Further build national capacities and ensure sustainability of reporting
processes;
Inform national and international policymakers at various levels.
• Given the interdisciplinary nature of climate change, the
preparation of BURs and NCs can strengthen the overall
national climate change policymaking process by:
Enhancing coordination;
Raising awareness among various private (e.g. labour unions) and public
(e.g. inter-ministerial committees) institutions;
Facilitating consultations and establishing relationships among
stakeholders.
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3.7 INFORMATION REPORTED IN NCS & BURS
National Communication Biennial Update Report
National circumstances & institutional arrangements National circumstances and institutional
arrangements
National GHG Inventory National GHG Inventory
Steps taken or envisaged to implement the
Convention:
a) Vulnerability & Adaptation
b) Analysis/Mitigation Analysis
Mitigation actions and their effects
- No V&AAnalysis
Constraints and gaps, support needs, support
received
Constraints and gaps, support needs, support
received
- Domestic MRV arrangements
Any other info Party considers relevant Any other info Party considers relevant
Not subjected to International Consultation &
Analysis (ICA)
Verification: International Consultation & Analysis
(ICA)
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4. THE PARIS OUTCOME ON
TRANSPARENCY
Establishes a transparency framework for action
and support, with the modalities, procedures and
guidelines for this framework to be established at
the first session of the meeting of the Parties to
the Paris Agreement (Article 13).
What? an enhanced transparency framework for action and
support
Article13.1
Why? to build mutual trust and confidence and to promote
effective implementation
How? with built-in flexibility which takes into account
Parties’ different capacities and builds upon
collective experience

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Article 13.2 . . . provide flexibility in the implementation of the provisions of this Article to those
developing country Parties that need it in the light of their capacities. The
modalities, procedures and guidelines referred to in paragraph 13 of this Article
shall reflect such flexibility.
Article 13.3 …shall build on and enhance the transparency arrangements under the
Convention
. . . implemented in a facilitative, non-intrusive, non-punitive manner, respectful of
national sovereignty, and avoid placing undue burden on Parties
. . . . special circumstances of the least developed countries and small island
developing states . . . . .
Article 13.4 . . . . transparency arrangements under the Convention (NCs, BRs, BURs, IAR,
ICA) shall form part of the experience drawn upon for the development of the
modalities, procedures and guidelines (paragraph 13).
4.1 KEY PRINCIPLES OF THE
TRANSPARENCY FRAMEWORK

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4.2 TRANSPARENCY
ARRANGEMENTS
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Reporting
Technical
Review
Multilateral
Facilitative
Consideration
Borrowed a lot from the current arrangements
for BRs/BURs: International Assessment &
Review (IAR) / International Consultation &
Analysis (ICA)

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