Transcript MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA Assoc. Prof

REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES IN ALBANIA
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kledi Xhaxhiu
Deputy Minister
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MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
OVERVIEW
INDC & Paris agreement
Environment & Energy
Transport & Environment
National Policies & Strategies Climate Change
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MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
Republic of Albania, adopted the INDC document by the Decision of the
Council of Ministers No. 762 of 16.09.2015, as our national intended
determined contribution to the global efforts for GHG emission reduction, and
submitted it to the UNFCCC Secretariat by 24 September 2015.
Reduce CO2 emissions compared to the baseline scenario in the
period of 2016 to 2030 by 11.5 %.
Maintaining the low GHG emission content of the electricity generation and
decoupling growth from increase of GHG emissions in other sectors are the
primary drivers of the country regarding mitigation contribution as its
INDC.
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Ministry of Environment with the support of donors is in the process of
drafting the strategic documents and the legal framework for climate change:
The decision of the Council of Ministers No. 249, date 30.03.2016
approved in principle the Paris Climate Agreement. Albanian
delegation headed the deputy Prime Minister signed Paris agreement
on 22 April 2016 in New York.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of
Environment has started the ratification of Paris agreement.
In April 13 2016 the Third National Communication (TNC) was
presented and discussed with the Interministerial Working Group on
Climate Change established by the Prime Minister Order No 155,
dated 25.4.2014 On establishment and functioning of the
Interministerial Working Group on Climate Change.
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Environment & Energy
Energy Efficiency
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MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
Within the country commitments under Energy Community Treaty and
INDC, a new Law on Energy Efficiency No 124/2015 has been adopted
in 12 November 2015, containing a number of important provisions:
(i) obligation schemes for big consumers above 3 mil. kWh
(ii) establishing a new Energy Efficiency Agency
(iii) establishing a new EE fund independent by budget and also with the state
budget as main contributor
(iv) creating ESCO-s and Energy Audit on Buildings, Processes and Transport
(v) the energy managers for the big consumers
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A new law on Energy performance in Building is under adoption and will
be enacted before September 2016.
The Law will produce the energy minimum requirements on building
stock and will provide the National Methodology for Calculation of
Building's Performance which is going a Certification process through
National software on respect of Minimum Requirements.
Draft Law on Energy Performance in Buildings, has received final
comments from Line Ministries. Furthermore, all sub-laws of these laws
are under review.
3rd draft of the National Energy Efficiency Plan is planned to be
finalized in May 2016 with the assistance of EBRD.
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It is adopted the DCM no. 27, dated 20.01.2016 “On approval the
National Plan for Renewable Energy”. The new law on RES is under
final comments from the Energy Community Secretariat and the Ministry
of Energy.
The Law will adopt the support schemes based on FIT and State Aid
Directive guidance.
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MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
Transport & Environment
Sustainable Transport
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MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
A final draft Sustainable Transport Plan (STP) has been prepared (March
2016), to help meet the challenging targets for reducing energy
consumption and improve overall sustainability in the transport sector.
The sustainability targets for the transport sectors are:
Reduce air pollution impacting on health, crops etc. (indicator: emissions of
air pollutants tons/year)
De-carbonization, reduction of GHG emissions (indicator: emissions of CO2
tons/year).
Energy efficiency (indicator: tons of oil equivalents).
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MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
National Policies & Strategies
Climate Change
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The draft of the National Climate Change Strategy is under preparation,
expected to be adopted by December 2016.
The National Action Plan for Mitigation is being prepared in parallel
with the strategy.
Implementation of INDC target is in the core of both strategy and
plan. National Strategy on Climate Change and its Action Plan on
Mitigation (NSCC), expected to be adopted by December 2016.
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The Inter-Ministerial Working Group on Climate Change (IMWG) is
leading the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process in Albania since
February 2015, undertaking a parallel approach:
Preparing a NAP document
Implementing for the first time in the country the logic of mainstreaming
climate change into relevant development and sectoral strategies.
The NAP document is being finalized and will be sent for Council
Ministers approval by this autumn.
By June 2015 a climate lens tool has been done for the draft NSDI and
proposals to make the relevant objectives climate relevant are made.
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Climate Change Adaptation is more prominent in the draft Crosscutting Environmental Strategy.
By March 2016 the NAP implementing mechanism is linked
with the process of national and sectorial territorial planning.
Climate proofing is included in the Strategic Environmental
Assessment methodology for both plans.
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CC is envisaged and substantially dealt with in the draft strategy for
Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) so that the resilience of
the water sector in insured.
Adaptation is mainstreamed in a vertical way from the mission
statement, objectives to the concrete measures.
The Inter-sectoral strategy for agriculture and rural development in
Albania (ISARD) 2015-2020, adopted by me DCM no. 709 dated
29.10.2014, under the title ”Environment, land, forestry and water
management and road infrastructure”, is included in the topic of
Climate change and air quality.
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Climate change adaptation and best practices of EU in the sector are
also dealt with in regional and local level. Guided by climate compass:
the EU tool for developing climate-proof cities, a Climate Change
adaptation Plan is prepared for the Tirana municipality.
The MoE has increased interest in the Climate Change adaptation is
formalized through the active participation in the Global Network for
Adaptation.
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MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
Climate Change
Legislation & administrative capacity
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MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
Concerning the approximation of relevant EU Climate Change
legislation into the national legislation, the process of drafting the Law
on Climate Change and DCM on monitoring and reporting of GHG,
has started since November 2015 and will be adopted by 2017.
A schedule for the alignment of remaining acquis topics on climate
change is prepared and is the integral part of the DCM No.74 of
27.01.2016 “On approval of the National Plan for European
Integration 2016 - 2020”.
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As for the administrative capacity dedicated to climate action, the
decision of the Council of Ministers No. 47 of 29.03.2016 “For some
amendments in the Order of Prime Minister No.33 of 12.03.2015, “For
approval of the structure and the organogram of the Ministry of
Environment”, among others establish the Sector on Air and Climate
Change, which will have in total 3 persons
(1 Head of Sector and 2 specialists).
National Environmental Agency has a Sector in total 3 persons (1 Head
of Sector and 2 specialists) dedicated to PRTR, CLRTAP emission
inventory and GHG emission inventory.
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THANK YOU !
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