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Economic Commission for Europe
EE21/GEE21
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UNECE activities in the field of
Energy Efficiency
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
4 June 2009
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Energy Efficiency 21
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EE21 Project
Sub-Projects
Country-Oriented Project
Inter-Divisional Cooperation
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History
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Past Projects:
Final Report on Energy Efficiency Investment
Project Development for Climate Change
Mitigation
Biomass Energy for Heating and Hot Water
Supply in Belarus
Green Labels Purchase – making a greener
procurement with energy labels
Development of Coal Mine Methane Projects in
Central and Eastern Europe and CIS
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The Energy Efficiency 21 Project
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Region-wide project, launched in 1991
It aims at:
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Developing and implementing energy efficiency
strategies
Reducing GHG emissions
Enhancing East-West Trade and Cooperation
Meeting international treaty obligations (UNECE
Conventions, UNFCCC Kyoto Protocol)
EE21 project is an umbrella project under which
the inter-regional, sub-regional and countryoriented projects are developed
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Sub-Regional Projects
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Financing Energy Efficiency Investments for Climate
Change Mitigation
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Capacity Building
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Policy Reforms
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Dedicated Investment Fund (one operating, one to be
implemented)
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The Regional Network for Efficient Use of Energy and
Water Resources in South-East Europe (RENEUER)
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Increasing Energy Efficiency for Secure Energy
Supplies
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Development of the Renewable Energy Sector in the
Russian Federation and in CIS Countries: Prospects
for Interregional Cooperation
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Country-Oriented Project &
Inter-Divisional Cooperation
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Removing Barriers to Energy Efficiency
Improvements in the State Sector in Belarus
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Energy Efficiency in Housing: UNECE
Action Plan for Energy Efficiency in Housing
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Wood Energy: Modern and sustainable heat
and power from woody biomass in SouthEastern Europe
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Global Energy Efficiency 21
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Background
Objectives
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Long-term
Short-term
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Activities
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GEE21 Background
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September 2008: Project proposed to UN System
Regional Commissions Retreat in Turin and
formally adopted
September 2008: Extra-budgetary resources
provided by the Russian Federation
Novermber 2008: Mandate from the UNECE
Committee on Sustainable Energy
December 2008: Project announced by UNECE
secretariat during the UNFCCC COP-14 in
Poznan within a UN-Energy side event
December 2008: General Assembly Resolution
accords a new regular budget Economic Affairs
Officer P-4 post to the project
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Long-Term objective
Develop a more systematic exchange of
experience on capacity building, policy reforms
and investment project finance among countries
of region of the world through their UN Regional
Commission in order to promote energy efficient
use improvements.
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Objectives
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Objective One. Strengthen the
participation of the 12 participating
countries in the project ‘Financing
Energy Efficiency for Climate Change
Mitigation’
Objective Two. Disseminate and, if
possible, extend the experience of the
project in other countries
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Objectives
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Objective Three. Increase the capacity of
the UN Regional Commissions to provide
effective energy efficiency services that
promote the reduction of greenhouse gas
emissions to member states
Objective Four. Improve capacity to
develop, adjust and implement a global
strategy to promote self-financing energy
efficiency improvements for climate change
mitigation
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Short-term activities
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The Russian Federation has provided extrabudgetary funds for short-term activities related
to Objectives Three and Four.
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Activity 3.1. Establishment of a network of
elected officers of intergovernmental bodies
working on energy efficiency and climate
change and the respective secretariats of the
five UN Regional Commission
Activity 3.2. Appraisal of the energy efficiency
and the climate change work programmes with
respect to activities of capacity building, energy
policy reform and investment project finance
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Activity 3.2
Technical Assistance Activities
ECE
ESCAP
ESCWA
ECA
ECLAC
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Objective One: Capacity Building for the Development of
Energy Efficiency Investment Projects
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Information campaigns, energy manager briefing
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Training courses financial engineering & business
planning
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Business development workshops on project
preparation
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Objective Two: Assistance to Participating Governments
with the Introduction of Energy Policy Reforms
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Regional policy analysis of energy policy reforms
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Case studies of energy efficiency policy reforms
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Senior policy maker seminars
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Objective Three: Financing Bankable Projects to Reduce
CO2 Emissions
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Local commercial banks
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International Financial Institutions
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Public Private Partnership (PPP) Dedicated Funds
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Activity 3.2
Background paper by senior consultant
on the main programmes and financing
mechanisms implemented in the world
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“Survey of mechanisms and sources of
financing for Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy investments for climate change
mitigation”
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Short-term activities
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Activity 4.1. Determination of common priorities
and synergies between the member states and
the work programmes they pursue through their
UN intergovernmental bodies among the five
UN Regional Commissions
Activity 4.2. Development of a global strategy
for the adoption of UN Regional Commisions’
work programmes to promote self-financing
energy efficiency improvements to raise
economic productivity, diminish fuel poverty and
reduce environmental air pollution as well as
greenhouse gas emissions
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Activity 4.1
On-going information gathering and
knowledge sharing is functional to the
determination of priorities and synergies:
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Preliminary research on the energy efficiency
situation of each region by respective
Commission.
Outline of a joint publication in the context of
UN-Energy circulated.
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Outline Publication
Energy efficiency programmes, activities and financing
mechanisms by region: outline of needs and obstacles.
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Executive Summary
Section 1: Introduction
Section 2: Financing Mechanisms
Section 3: ECA – Africa
Section 4: ECE – Europe
Section 5: ECLAC – Latin America & Caribbean
Section 6: ESCAP – East Asia & Pacific
Section 7: ESCWA – West Asia
Section 8: Conclusion & Recommendations
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Tentative outline for each RC
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ENERGY SITUATION (demand, supply, production, energy
mix, market structure)
GENERAL LEGISLATIVE & REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
(economic openness and climate for investment).
SPECIFIC FRAMEWORK FOR EE (EE legislation, targets,
international agreements, institutional decision-makers and
their political will
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE (existing national and international
programmes and their appraisal, taking into account energy
situation and legislative framework)
WHAT IS NEEDED/RECOMMENDATIONS (identification of
specific barriers and how to overcome them; ie: policy
reforms, grants, loans, technical advice, financial triggers,
etc)
The study should hold a comprehensive regional focus or
identify macro-areas within a region. It should serve as
guideline for implementation of programmes.
ADVICE AND COLLABORATION VERY MUCH WELCOME!
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THANK YOU!
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Gianluca Sambucini
Economic Affairs Officer
Sustainable Energy Division, UNECE
Palais des Nations, Geneva
[email protected]
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