Transcript Envt Officers Workshop APG Session (2.19.16)

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APG Workshop
February 24 ,2016
The Paris Agreement: U.S. leadership helps set the world on course to a low-carbon future
• 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
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APG and the UNFCCC
• A new Climate Agreement in Paris was a top priority for
President Obama.
– an ambitious, durable agreement that applies to all countries, is
fair, focuses both on reducing GHGs and building resilience,
includes strong accountability, and ensures financial and
technical assistance to those in need
• INDCs
– U.S. target: reduce climate pollution 26-28% below 2005 levels
in 2025
– 186 countries came forward with INDCs
• LEDS and the APG
– The 2015 APG milestones captured our support for the INDCs
– Aligning our future support to help countries achieve their goals
toward implementation of NDCs
Agency Priority Goals (APGs) Overview
• 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.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Excellence in Consular Service Delivery
USAID Procurement Reform
Climate Change
Food Security
Global Health
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26 EC-LEDS partner countries
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We met all of the APG 2.0 benchmark targets
Benchmarks
FY13
FY14
FY15
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
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)
4. Number of officials and practitioners with strengthened capacity through
participation in the LEDS Global Partnership (quarterly)
Baseline
0
5. Number of countries in which capacity strengthened through participation in
the LEDS Global Partnership is meaningfully applied (quarterly)
Baseline
0
Target
10
Actual:
9
Target:
4
Actual:
6
Target:
525
Actual:
2386
Target:
12
Actual:
13
Target:
30
Actual:
30
Target:
15
Actual:
16
Target:
1,200
Actual:
4,796
Target:
25
Actual:
27
Baseline
0
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
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FY14-15 APG Milestone Summary
347 Million
USD
Mobilized
4%
12%
Institutions,
Plans MW
& Policies
1,527
Renewable
Greenhouse
Gas Inventories
14%
49%
Electricity
Data, Analysis
& Tools
Clean Energy & Energy Savings
Financing/Investment
Leveraged
Over 1 Million
8%
Sustainable Land
Management
Hectares
13%
Sustainably
Managed
Over 1.7 Million
MWh Energy
Saved
Low Emission Development in Vietnam- Terhi Maganen (USAID/Vietnam)
National Planning
Provincial Adoption
Local Action
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Operationalize Vietnam Green
Growth Strategy and Action
Plan nationwide with Ministry
of Planning and Investment
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Develop sector green growth
plans and increase capacity of
seven key Government of
Vietnam ministries
Develop inclusive and
transparent approach to
Provincial Green Growth
Action Plan development to
serve as models for other
provinces
Promote climate smart
agriculture through
development of models with
local level agricultural
extension centers on low
emissions rice and crop
rotations
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Formulate provincial REDD+
Action Plans and establish
cross-sector green growth
working groups to undertake
REDD+
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Support forest protection and
improvement of nature
reserves and community
forests through improved
management models
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Develop forest management
models and leverage funds
through PFES system
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Establish forest owners’
association to serve as
advocacy platform for policy
implementation and revision
Enable equitable sharing of
payments for forest ecosystem
services benefits through
forest owner and watershed
boundary identification
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Improve energy efficiency in
buildings in the five largest
cities in Vietnam
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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
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
How To Write a Successful APG
Milestone- Three Key Criteria
What was accomplished?
What was the USG’s role?
What was the impact?
How To Write a Successful APG
Milestone
Milestone Example 1 - Ukraine
Ukraine – Eight clean energy laws or policies approved by the Government of
Ukraine and Parliament
Ukraine is setting priorities in the energy sector (currently around 76% of national GHG
emissions) and climate-related policies to increase the use of renewable energy and
improve the efficiency of fuel and energy consumption. USAID assisted Ukraine in the
development of twelve clean energy laws or polices. Ukraine surpassed its original
target and achieved eight laws approved by the GOU and Parliament in FY15. These
laws will improve the regulatory framework in Ukraine and contribute to the reduction
of GHG emissions.
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 CO2e 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).
Activity!
• Partner up and draft a milestone based on
your country’s LEDS work
• 15 minutes + 10 minute
discussion
EC-LEDS Database Tour
Enter.ec-leds.org
Basic layout
How to Enter and Edit Milestones
Thank you!
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