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Canada’s CDM & JI Office
First UNFCCC Workshop on the Implementation
of Article 6 Projects Under the Kyoto Protocol
May 26 - 27, 2004
Moscow, Russia
Jane Desbarats, Program Officer,
Canada’s CDM and JI Office
Canada’s CDM & JI Office
Presentation Overview
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Role of the Office and JI activities
Project Facilitation in EITs
Canada-Russia Joint Working Group
Other Canadian Climate Change Initiatives
Canadian JI Opportunities
Specific Projects in EITs
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Canada’s CDM & JI Office
Role of Canada’s CDM/JI Office
• Act as national focal point for CDM and JI
• Conduct domestic & international outreach
• Facilitate Canadian participation
– Provide technical guidance to companies
– Conclude bilateral agreements with key countries
• Offset Project Transaction Costs (Feasibility studies,
Baseline/Monitoring Plans, PDDs, Registration, Verification)
• Approve Canadian participation
• Analytical studies and input into negotiations
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Canada’s CDM & JI Office
Project Facilitation in EITs
• Market studies for: Russia, the Czech Republic,
Kazakhstan and Bulgaria
• Market study for Poland underway
• Feasibility/baseline studies for projects in Poland,
Romania and Russia
• CDM/JI capacity-building in Kazakhstan
• Outreach in Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria,
Russia, Hungary and the Czech Republic
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Canada-Russia Joint Working Group
• Created 2002
• Committed to making ratification of the Kyoto Protocol mutually
beneficial for both countries
• Dedicated to overcoming barriers to the implementation of the
Kyoto Protocol in Russia
• Composed of officials from both governments
– Canada: Foreign Affairs Canada, Environment Canada,
Natural Resources Canada
– Russia: MEDT, RosHydromet, MFA
• IET and JI subgroups created
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Planned Activities of JI Subgroup
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JI approval procedures (Canadian and Russian)
Identification of key regions, sectors and projects
Monitor links with IET/Greening Investment
Development of multi-project baseline for natural
gas sector
• Analytical work related to investment barriers:
credit ownership, taxation, etc…
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Other Canadian Climate Change
Initiatives in EITs
• Industry Canada: Sustainable Cities Initiative
• NRCAN:
-Technology Promotion Officers
-Canadian International Initiative for Technology
Transfer
-Technology Early Action Measures (TEAM)
• High efficiency boilers in two pilot regions for Russia
(Komi and Tyumen)
• Upgrade of gas distribution networks for Romania
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Canada’s CDM & JI Office
Canadian JI Capacity Building
Activities
• Caspian Basin GHG Emissions Reduction Training
Program: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan
• Capacity-building in Ukraine: concluded April 2003:
– Development of Ukrainian JI approval procedures
– Technical assistance on Ukrainian GHG inventory
– JI projects database (available online)
• Sponsored workshops in Poland, Hungary and
Russia
• Contributed to Russian climate change publication
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Canadian Private Sector and JI
Opportunities in Russia
Opportunities:
• Rehabilitation of natural gas infrastructure
• Engineering services related to oil refinery sector, oil
and gas exploration, aluminium smelters, and mining
industry
• Potential markets for: energy efficient buildings, small
hydro, fugitive methane emissions
Commercial presence:
• Russian crude oil significant Canadian import
• Recent resurgence of Canadian investment in
Russian LNG sources
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Specific JI Projects for EITs
• Small hydro project in Poland
• 2 projects in Russia
Projects at feasibility stage:
• Projects under consideration for Ukraine, Poland
Romania and Russia
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For more information ...
Canada’s CDM & JI Office
Climate Change and Energy Division (ESC)
Foreign Affairs Canada
111 Sussex Drive
City Hall, 2nd Floor
Ottawa, ON K1N 1J1
Tel: (613) 944-3039
Fax: (613) 944-0064
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/cdm-ji/
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