UNFCCC secretariat, Sustainable Development Mechanisms Programme Lucy Naydenova Durban Platform on Enhanced Action Lima as a major milestone on the road to Paris

2 Overview  Mandate  Current status  Latest developments  What to expect in Lima?  How may this impact CDM and the future carbon market?  The road to Paris

3 Mandate  2011 (Durban), Decision 1/CP.17:  Agreement applicable to all under the Convention by 2015 to be effective from 2020 (Work stream 1)  Enhanced action before 2020 (Work stream 2)  2012 (Doha), 2013 (Warsaw) COP decisions require:  Elements of a draft negotiating text to be considered in December 2014 (Lima)  Communicate intended nationally determined contribution (INDC) by the 1 st quarter of 2015 – Lima to identify which information is needed to provide clarity, transparency and understanding of the ambition  Acceleration of the implementation of pre-2020 climate action

4 Current status  Four ADP sessions in March, June, October, December  So far discussion on:  Elements for a coherent draft text as the basis for negotiation in 2015  Intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs) - building confidence for Parties to come forward with ambitious INDCs in 2015  Pre-2020 ambition – technical process to unlock ambition on: renewable energy, energy efficiency, urban environments, land-use, carbon capture and storage and non-CO 2 gases  Implementing existing commitments and providing means of support  Consideration of accelerated implementation

5 Latest developments  The ADP co-Chairs have issued this week:  An informal note with reflections on the progress made so far in 2014 and proposed scenario for Lima  A Non-paper on the elements of a draft negotiating text  Draft COP decision addressing the pending mandates for the ADP and capturing the current state of progress, including:  Information to accompany the INDCs  Acceleration of pre-2020 action

6 What to expect in Lima?  A COP decision capturing the progress made in 2014, containing guidance on information to be provided with the INDC and on intensifying the negotiations in 2015  A draft text on the 2015 agreement for negotiations in 2015  Visibility of on-going international cooperation on climate action on the ground

7 How may this impact the CDM and the future carbon market?  Post non-paper: the section on cooperation and support for implementation and the section on mitigation:  Reflects the views of Parties that cooperative action through market-based and non-market-based mechanisms is expected to be needed  CDM and the new market-based mechanism are mentioned as one of the options for means of implementation to facilitate the achievement of the post-2020 ambitions through cooperation between Parties  The functions discussed for the framework for various approaches are reflected as functions to be delivered by the new agreement  Pre draft decision:  CDM-EB invited to report whether and how CDM is supporting the delivery of enhanced pre-2020 climate action

8 The road to Paris  The ADP is expected to deliver on its core mandate in 2015 – a legal agreement on the post climate regime; COP decisions to give effect to the agreement  INDCs to be communicated well in advance of Paris will indicate the collective demand post-2020  Collective action on pre-2020 ambition to be scaled- up  Four sessions in 2015 planned:  February – Geneva  June – Bonn  Second half of 2015 – time and venue TBD  November/December – Paris

Where to find the documents referred to in this presentation?  All documents for the ADP session in Lima:  Scenario note on the seventh part of the second session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action, including reflections on progress made at the sixth part of the second session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action:  Non-paper on elements for a draft negotiating text  Advancing the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action