EnvironmentEnvironnementCanada Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia September 5 – 7, Part 5: Kyoto Commitment
EnvironmentEnvironnementCanada Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia September 5 – 7, Kyoto Commitment CANADA: June signed Framework Convention on Climate Change, Earth Summit, Rio de Janeiro. April 1998 – signed the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change, United Nations, New York. October 2000 – announced Action Plan 2000 on Climate Change, Ottawa. November 2002 – released the Climate Change Plan, Ottawa. December 2002 – ratified the Kyoto Protocol. February 2005 – Kyoto Protocol entered into force. April 2005 – released Moving Forward on Climate Change: A Plan for Honouring Our Kyoto Commitment. Nov. 28 to Dec. 9, 2005 – Canada to host the Conference of Parties (COP11), Montréal, Québec.
EnvironmentEnvironnementCanada Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia September 5 – 7, Kyoto Commitment A Plan for Honouring Our Kyoto Commitment a.k.a. “Project Green” was released on April 13, 2005 270 Mt GHG gap (~6%) Climate Fund: market-based institution to manage the purchase of emission reduction and removal credits on behalf of the Government of Canada: –Minimum $1 billion ($4-$5B estimated) –Potential for Mt reductions for Focus on activities where quantification methodology is well advanced e.g. landfill gas Offset System for GHGs: Papers for Consultation
EnvironmentEnvironnementCanada Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia September 5 – 7, Kyoto Commitment PERRL Initiative Pilot Emission Removals, Reductions and Learnings (PERRL) Initiative has purchased reductions in four strategic areas: – LFG capture and combustion – CO 2 capture and geological storage – Renewable energy – Biological sequestration (Agriculture and Forestry) $13.75M over three purchase rounds (2002, 2004, and 2005) Provides economic incentive for immediate action in the reduction of GHG emissions Promotes better understanding of elements of emissions trading
EnvironmentEnvironnementCanada Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia September 5 – 7, Kyoto Commitment Kyoto Commitment Participant Total Reductions (tonnes eCO 2 ) Price per tonne eCO 2 City of Guelph, ON 282,000$1.70 City of London, ON 350,000$2.96 City of Peterborough, ON 115,796$3.75 St. Tite, QC 151,810$6.90 PERRL First Round Results LFG capture and combustion projects up to $3 Million (900,000 tonnes eCO 2 ). LFG capture and combustion projects account for up to $3 Million (900,000 tonnes eCO 2 ).
EnvironmentEnvironnementCanada Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia September 5 – 7, Kyoto Commitment LFG Quantification Protocol Based on PERRL, CDM-JI and other experience Developing standardized quantification and verification protocol for LFG combustion Technical working group Consultation: Fall 2005 Meet general requirements of International Organization of Standardization (ISO 14064)