1. Ghana National MRV Set-up “Climate ambition reporting program” (CARP)
Capacity Building Workshop
Freetown, Sierra Leone
21-22 March, 2017
Kwabena Asubonteng
Land and water theme
UNU-INRA, Accra
Daniel Benefoh
Climate change unit,
EPA - Ghana

2. Presentation outline
G-CARP
Progress
Lessons

3. National circumstances
Source : CAIT, 2015
Socio-economic, vulnerabilities & policies
GHG emission profile

4. Next steps for NDCs implementation
(10-year agenda towards a future sustainable, resilient and low carbon Ghanaian society)
Rapid implementation of NDCs 1.
Process to prepare for implementation 2.
Prioritize early actions 3.
Mobilise investment
4. Demonstrate early impacts (transparency)

5. Building blocks for NDC implementation
WP:5
Support and partnerships
WP:4
Track progress of NDC goals
Public funding
Involving private sector
International support
WP: 3
Monitor impacts of NDC actions
National system for tracking.
Linkage with domestic MRV
Capacity needs
WP: 2
Institutions & engagements
Data capturing and management
Strengthening existing MRV system
Reporting NDC actions
WP:1
Early actions for NDC1
Strengthening & coordination
Stakeholder engagements
Awareness & communication
Building blocks for NDC implementation
Prioritize NDC actions
Sector “allocations”
Linkages with pre-2020 actions

6. Focus of this presentation
What’s CARP about?
Focus of this presentation
National plan to put in place and operate an “integrated national system” for:
Continuous generation and archiving of data on
GHG emissions (in place)
mitigation actions (new)
climate support (new)
track progress of NDC targets (new)
Preparation & compilation
Domestic disclosure and international reporting
Technical and “policy” review (verifications)
MRV for GHG emission
MRV for actions
MRV for “support”
Track NDC goals
facilitate the setting up of an integrated climate data management system that meets both national and international reporting standards as well as track national policies implementation

7. National arrangement and procedures
EPA Act 490
LI 1652
Online data hub
2006 IPCC guidelines
National GHG Inventory plan
Templates for data collection
National QA/QC plan
Decentralized tasks to line ministries
MOUs
5 sectoral teams
National, corporate & projects levels
Continuous training
UNFCCC roster of experts
Skill sets & scope
Institutions & roles
Legal basis
Data, methods & IT

8. Capacity received with the aim to strengthen national system for inventory
G-CARP
institutional arrangement
5 productive sectors
Review
(ICA, Peer review)
Methods, Protocol & Data Management
Inputs from CD-REDD & LECB & IM
Sustainable GHG Mgt. in WA
CD-REDD Project, Japan FPP
GIZ Information Matters Project
Agric
World Bank, UNDP, UNEP
Supported development
of climate hub
Forestry
UNDP LECB Project
Energy
Information matters: design and implementation of CC data management system
Data archive
Preparation of BUR and feedbacks on TNC and BUR
Industry
Status of support
CD-REDD (Ended)
LECB (On-going, Possible phase 2??)
IM (Ended, Possible phase 2??)
UNDP-GEF (On-going)
Sustainable GHG Mgt in WA (On-going)
Waste

9. Institutional arrangement
relevant to climate change
GHG inventory institutions and roles

10. national arrangements - legal basis, (EPA Act, Act 490) & MOU

11. National arrangements - inventory cycle
Management phase
Resources
Documentation and Archiving
QA/QC
NIR Compilation
Preparation phase
prepration phase
3rd Party Review
estimation
estimation
Incorporation to NC
Planning phase
data evaluation
data evaluation
Planned Improvements
training GHGI team
Data request and collection
Data request and collection
Roles & MoU
Identification & review of AD & EF sources
Identify and form teams
Set GHGI protocols
Prioritized Improvements
10% time spent
60% time spent
30% time spent
2-year time scale

12. Screenshot of online data hub
National arrangement – online archiving

13. Data documentation and archiving – how are we approaching it?
We keep it simple but aim at consistent improvement towards “dynamic data management system” in the future.
We try to clearly define
why we need documentation (Purpose)
what to document (Relevant information )
how to document (Protocols)
who to document (Roles)
where/how to store and retrieve (storage and access protocols)
This means; we have in place:
Defined roles and responsibilities for documentation
Simple procedures to guide “what and how” documentations
Develop or adopt template documentation
System for storage and retrieval
Identify means for continuous improvements

14. Who documents/archive what?
The 5 inventory teams
Inventory coordinator
EPA information office
What
Data, sources, status, screening out outliers
Assumptions, Methodological choices
Software requirements, guidelines,
When
Before
During
After
Hints: All the “specifics” are “contained” in the MOU signed between the GHG inventory office and the inventory team institutions

15. national arrangements – flow chart of inventory steps

16. Achievements so far
National system for GHG inventory has been in operation since 2000
Progressively improved with new reforms to improve institutional arrangements.
Compiled 3 national communications, 2 national inventory reports and 1 BUR
Successfully completed ICA (Technical review and FSV workshop).
30 experts from 16 public and private institutions constitute national team.
Next reporting plan under preparation.
MRV of climate action, MRV of finance and tracking of NDC goals are new tasks ……..……….

17. Latest international reports

18. AFOLU (1) - snapshot
(a) Land (b) Livestock (c) Aggregate sources and non-CO2 emissions sources on land
Methodology – 2006 guidelines, Tier 1/2 & Default/CS EF
Data and data sources:
Livestock & crops - Annual Agriculture Facts and Figures (Ministry of Food and Agriculture)
Land - Land representations, disturbances (fire), EF (biomass), biomass harvesting (Forestry Commission).
Key categories
FL-FL
FL-OL
Biomass burning

19. AFOLU Sector (2) - priority improvement areas
Data gaps and issues in land representation data
Definition issues (forest definition, codification of land representation)
Spatial delineation of trees crops from natural and planted forest stands
Time series data on forest fires at medium to high resolution
AD on forest degradation - wood fuels, impact of selective logging, illegal logging etc
Efforts to address them
Preparation of new historical and current land use map under REDD+ REL/FREL to UNFCCC with support from Winrock
Country-specific EF for six land representations developed
Developed 12 land-sector specific Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for conducting inventories.

20. Full implementation of “domestic MRV” can be a slow and “tough” endeavor.
Barriers
Limited funds (donor-dependent and no/low national budgetary allocation)
Low visibility of MRV results for policy decision-making
Access to good quality data (missing data, non-existing data)
Capacity gap
General lack of awareness
Challenges in capture adaptation actions and their effects (indicators) effectively

21. Lessons and good practices
MRV in practice works better with development M & E. There is no need to reinvent the wheel, what is needed is a greater orientation and continuous capacity for existing structures.
It could be expensive and difficult to start all afresh by introducing new data collection regimes. What is important is to pay attention to existing data systems that are already working and strengthen it to work better.
The roles of National Statistics Offices, Ministries of finance and National Planning Authorities in data collection and mobilizing various ministries to get involved in sector MRV functions very crucial.

22. Lessons and good practices
For the sake of long-term sustainability of domestic MRVs, it is important to start with what can work presently but ensure consistent progression to mainstream into the core activities of Ministries.
For MRV to work effectively especially for industry, it must have a certain level of legitimacy and legal authority to get companies to make data available and report correctly on time. Use of existing environmental assessment procedures (usually backed by laws) for industry is crucial in getting industries involved.
Continuous investments in data collection and putting in place data exchange system is indispensable.

23. Success factors
Integration approach – build MRV into existing M&E system
Phase-out approach – progressive improvements
Decentralization of MRV tasks to line ministries (long-term sustainability & ownership)
Incentive for career development (acquire new skills)
Continuous training of team members
Dedicated team (leadership, commitments, motivation, consistent team)
Incorporating new climate indicators and data collection needs into existing national statistics surveys and annual M&E reports of policy implementation takes a lot time.

24. Thank you……