Toward more ambitious NDCs - Short term mitigation actions and their benefits across countries
1. Short term mitigation actions and their benefits across countries
Hanna Wang-Helmreich (Wuppertal Institute)
Lisa Luna (NewClimate Institute)
December 3, 2018 | Increasing mitigation action for 1.5°C: Short-term steps and long-term strategies
Toward more
ambitious NDCs
2. Agenda
Project goals and introduction
Hanna Wang-Helmreich (Research Fellow, Wuppertal Institute)
Short-term mitigation actions, benefits, and challenges
across countries
Lisa Luna (Climate Policy Analyst, NewClimate Institute)
Response: Implementing mitigation actions in Georgia
Kakhaberi Mdivani (Acting Head of the Climate Change Division,
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia)
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3. Project goals and introduction
Hanna Wang-Helmreich (Wuppertal Institute)
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4. Long-term target and
emissions gap
Source: Climate Action Tracker (2017): 2100 Warming Projections.
https://climateactiontracker.org/global/temperatures/.
For 1.5°C: GHG
emissions to reach
net-zero around mid-
century
Current NDCs not
stringent enough to
limit warming to well
below 2°C
Fulfillment of pledges
+ increased efforts are
urgently needed – as
soon as possible
5. Project goals
Identification of opportunities to further reduce emissions
Colombia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya,
Marshall Islands, Morocco, Peru, and Viet Nam
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6. Country reports
• Country context
• Country background (general, emissions,
energy use)
• Institutional set up
• MRV
• NDC
• Climate change mitigation policies
• Additional mitigation potential
• Three areas of action
• Co-benefits
• Barriers
• Relevance of coal
https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/klima-
energie/internationale-eu-klimapolitik/zukunft-der-
klimapolitik/zehn-laenderstudien-zu-einer-ambitionierteren
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9. How do we get there?
NDC targets and current level of mitigation action
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2010 2020 2030
Greenhousegasemissions(MtCO2e)
1. NDC target requires
additional action
2010 2020 2030
2. NDC target reached
with current action
2010 2020 2030
3. NDC target overachieved
with current action
10. How do we get there?
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2010 2020 2030
Greenhousegasemissions(MtCO2e)
1. NDC target requires
additional action
2010 2020 2030
2. NDC target reached
with current action
2010 2020 2030
3. NDC target overachieved
with current action
• This relationship does not indicate whether the targets or actions are compatible with
the Paris Agreement long-term temperature limit
• Paris Agreement long-term temperature limit requires global net-zero CO2 emissions by
around 2050 – mitigation actions need to look beyond achieving current NDC
11. What options exist?
Colombia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya,
Marshall Islands, Morocco, Peru, and Viet Nam
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12. What options exist?
Accelerating renewable electricity, especially non-hydro, to avoid
fossil-fuel lock in
Increasing energy efficiency in demand sectors (industry,
transport, buildings)
Shifting to low-carbon transportation (electric vehicles, modal
shift)
Implementing low-carbon agriculture
Decreasing deforestation and/or implementing sustainable forest
management and agroforestry practices
Decreasing direct and process emissions from oil and gas
production and industry
Reducing methane emissions from waste processing
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14. Common challenges
Institutional/political
Example: Institutional coordination and
vertical/horizontal integration
Financial/economic
Example: Financing for upfront investment costs
Technical
Example: Grid infrastructure
Informational/capacities
Example: Limited data availability
Behavioural
Example: Consumer selection of cookstoves
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15. Take home points
Seven areas of action are relevant across many
countries
Action in each of these areas has local co-benefits
Challenges are shared between countries, presenting
opportunities to learn from others
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16. Contact details:
Thank you for your attention!
www.newclimate.org
Lisa Luna
l.luna@newclimate.org
Country reports at: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/klima-
energie/internationale-eu-klimapolitik/zukunft-der-klimapolitik/zehn-
laenderstudien-zu-einer-ambitionierteren
17. Response: Implementing
mitigation actions in Georgia
Kakhaberi Mdivani (Acting Head of the Climate Change
Division, Ministry of Environmental Protection and
Agriculture of Georgia)
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19. Net Zero Emissions?!
16,391
4,098
Total GHG emissiosn (Gg) Total CO2 removals (Gg)
Total GHG emissions
excluding LULUCF:
12,293Gg CO2eq.
Source 1st BUR 2013
20. Mitigation Measures
T r a n s p o r t S u b - S e c t o r 2 3 %
Vertical Integration
Diversification of transport modes
Technical Capacity
Social Groups Involvement
• Harmonisation of mitigation priorities;
• Joint implementation.
• Updated standards and requirements;
• New knowledge and technologies;
• Modern management systems.
• Incentives for civilians and private sector;
• Behavioral changes.
21. Challenges
T r a n s p o r t S u b - S e c t o r 2 3 %
Vertical Integration
Technical Capacity
Social Groups Involvement
• Harmonisation of mitigation priorities;
• Joint implementation.
• Updated standards and requirements;
• New knowledge and technologies;
• Modern management systems.
• Incentives for civilians and private sector;
• Behavioral changes.
Platform where cities:
Sharing experiences;
Assisting technically;
Collaborating with technologies.
22. Thank you very much for your attention!
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia
Tel: +995 32 272 72 62
W: mepa.gov.ge
Kakhaberi Mdivani
E: kakhaber.mdivani@mepa.gov.ge
3 December 2018
Mitigation in Georgia
Target audience: policy makers + interested public
developing countries with which Germany works closely on climate change topics
to avoid stranded assets
aim to inform policy makers and the interested public about the implementation of NDCs in individual countries. The choice of countries is based on developing countries with which Germany works closely on climate change topics.
Will talk about some illustrative country examples as I go through
Renewables: Kenya – Lamu
Energy efficiency: Morocco – cement industry
Low-carbon transportation – Georgia – passenger transport/modal shift
Agriculture?
Sustainable forest management – Peru (agroforestry/coffee plantations)
Process emissions from oil + gas and industry: Iran
Waste processing: Georgia
Will talk about some illustrative country examples as I go through
Will talk about some illustrative country examples as I go through