Transcript APG Workshop February 24 ,2016

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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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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):
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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
$647 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
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
Low Emission Development in Vietnam- Terhi Majanen (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
Questions?
How To Write a Successful APG
Milestone- Three Key Criteria
What did the country accomplish?
How did the USG help?
What will be the impact?
How To Write a Successful APG
Milestone
Milestone Example 1 - Vietnam
RDMA (Vietnam) - Provincial REDD+ Action Plan (PRAP) established for
Lam Dong Province
The PRAP is a critical document for the Province's goal to achieve GHG emission
reductions of 27% from its forest estate from 2010 to 2020. It will articulate policies
and measures, reporting mechanisms, the business as usual measuring baseline, a
financing plan and safeguard mechanisms. USAID's Lowering Emissions in Asia's Forests
program provided technical knowledge and strengthened the capacity of the Lam Dong
Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in measuring historical deforestation,
forest degradation and afforestation and reforestation rates from 1990-2010 and
setting a low emission development pathway for the Province. The plan was recently
approved by the Lam Dong Provincial People's Committee. Work on this plan is
consistent with, and supports, the overall implementation of the Vietnamese National
REDD+ Action Program and provides a leading regional example.
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).
How To Write a Successful APG
Milestone
Milestone Example 3 - Gabon
Gabon – National Resource Inventory adopted as the national system and database
established with USAID supported data
Gabon completed a National Resource Inventory and adopted it as a national system
with support from U.S. forest experts. Robust forest carbon data helps to clarify the
impact of economic development activities on forest carbon and land use in Gabon and
will contribute to the development of a national land-use plan.
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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