Transcript Ecuador - Unfccc

CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT FOR POLICY MAKERS TO
ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE:
Lessons learned from Ecuador
Carola A. Borja, Undersecretary of Climate Change
Ministry of Environment, Ecuador
Project process: Capacity Building for
Policy Makers to Address Climate Change
Prep.
phase
(2 months)
• Select 2-4
key
sectors
• Engage
key
ministries
• Prepare
sectoral
issues
papers
National
Interministerial
dialogue
Prep.
phase
(2 months)
• Raise
awareness
of UNFCCC
process
• Prepare
workplan
for I&FF
studies
• Link
negotiations
to national
priorities
• Identify
I&FF team
• Engage
stakeholders
• 4 national
dialogues
Technical
training:
I&FF
approach
• Decide key
parameters:
Sectoral
scope, data
availability,
plans, etc.
I&FF assessment for
key sectors
(8-12 months)
• Technical support
from regional
centres of
excellence
• Engage key
ministries for
validation of
measures,
decisions
Conformation of Sectoral Technical
Working Groups
Final
Dialogue
• Present I&FF
results
• Discuss
enabling
environment
for investment
• Update on
UNFCCC
process
• 3 national
dialogues
Ecuador’s financial assessment
 Key sectors selected:
 Forestry (Mitigation/Adaptation),
 Transport (Mitigation),
 Food Security (Adaptation)
 26.-27. October 2009: Initial Inter-Ministerial Dialogue
 23.-25. March 2010: I&FF training in Quito
 March 2011: Final Dialogues
Approach: organisational
• Organizational structure: Technical Multi-stakeholder Groups –
Government, NGO and Private Sector
• Regional Centre: Regular contact for technical support
• Management: Coordination of groups, technical review of
documents, facilitate exchange of views (MoE)
 The I&FF methodology requires engagement of a broad range of
stakeholders from key line Ministries and private sector
Approach: sectoral issues
• Selection of key sectors: Achievement of objectives of the
National Development Plan, and high relevance to CC mitigation
and adaptation interventions.
• Information management: Focused primarily on official data,
various institutions were contacted, and academic data.
 Data availability will be a key factor when deciding scope of
sector; especially from private sector & households
Dialogues & trainings
• Gathered the interest of a wide range of interested stakeholders
outside of the environment area.
• Needed to socialize the methodology broadly to have more
teams of experts trained for other studies.
• Reflected on the current financing options for climate change,
to be enhanced by committments under Bali Action Plan.
• Identified the capacity building needs at a sub-national level
Lessons learned: I&FF methodology
• The methodology needed to be adapted
• Technical support to implement the methodology was key
• Accessing data was a challenge
Key takeaways: I&FF methodology
• Identifying the sub-sectors from very beginning is important.
• Support from Ministries, and other stakeholders is key to the
development of the technical reports.
• Financial sector is interested in further looking at the results of
the studies: "a bridge has been burned”
• The results reveal that a significant financial investment will be
needed for adaptation and mitigation to climate change;
funding sources will need to be diversified.
• More information on the amount of resources required for
climate change is needed from other sectors to enhance the
results obtained – wish to increase scope of project
Ecuador’s financial assessment:
summary of results
Ecuador’s financial assessment:
summary of results (cont.)
Incremental Cost /
Measure (millions
USD 2005)
Total Incremental
Cost / Sector
(millions USD 2005)
• Urban mobility (Quito) – metrobus,
bikeways
• Cleaner fuels
• Railway transport
1,357
2,506
• Afforestation and reforestation
• Reducing deforestation of native
forests
• Sustainable forest management
1,931
298
Sector
Main measures
Transport
(mitigation)
Forestry
(mitigation)
Food
security
(adaptation)
• Management/conservation of national
resources
• Increased productivity for small
farmers
• Early warning system strategies
• Strengthening territorial aspects
53
1,096
2,618
389
101
1,025
34
1,217
2,377
Outlook & next steps
 Conduct similar studies in other sectors, and identify sub-sectors
within the sectors i.e.: water, health, energy, industry, others.
 Raise awareness and continue to develop capacities of policy
makers from other Ministries on climate change.
 Increase dialogues with the financial sector to find ways of
increasing collaboration for climate change work.
 Engage with policy makers from other Ministries in further
analyzing financing opportunities to implement the actions
identified.
Thank You
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