1. African Regional Workshop on NAMAs Domestic Measuring Reporting and Verification Allison Towle & Alexandra Soezer 18 August 2015  Kigali, Rwanda

2. Presentation Outline  Why us? Why are we in a position to speak about domestic MRV?  What does the data say?  What are countries doing and how can we learn from them?  Lessons learned

3. Low Emission Capacity Building (LECB) Programme (2011-16) Objective: Build capacities to design and implement low emission development through national mitigation actions in the public and/or private sectors in 25 countries Five main work areas:  GHG inventory management systems  Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs)  Low-Emission Development Strategies (LEDS)  Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV)  Participation of selected industries in mitigation actions Donors: European Commission, Germany & Australia

4.  In 2014 a study was commissioned  This paper is a result from: a questionnaire sent to all LECB countries, follow-up discussions, and in-person country visits  17 of 25 countries responded, covering all geographic regions  Based on the results of these processes, four countries were selected for detailed case studies Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) - Technical paper

5. OVERALL SYSTEMS DESIGN Domestic Measuring Reporting and Verification

6. Countries are often developing more than one level of MRV Of the countries who responded almost all were using at least one level of MRV

7. A large proportion of MRV systems will not just be measuring GHG emissions

8. MRV systems are often being designed to inform multiple international mechanisms

9. GOVERNANCE

10. Most systems require input from multiple sources –inter-agency coordination is vital

11. Very few systems are supported by national legislation/regulation

12. DATA COLLECTION & FUNDAMENTAL DESIGN ELEMENTS

13. Most countries are using new and existing data

14. A range of existing data sources are being deployed – but there are more opportunities

15. Few countries have included QA/QC processes in their systems design

16. A concrete example: Ghana’s Integrated Climate Data Management System

17. Objectives: Provide reliable basis for climate change planning Serve as a framework for M&E and MRV Integrate with the national statistics platform Key elements: Climate data managemen t Continuous data generation Network for sharing & clearing house Documentatio n & archiving IT infrastructur e and applications They keep it simple but aim at consistent improvement towards “dynamic climate data management system” in the future. Before they start they clearly define: (a) why we need documentation, (b) what to document, (c) how to document, (d) who documents, (e) where/how to store and retrieve

18. On-line Climate Date – Three Interfaces

19. Lessons LearnedChallenges Executive level governance frameworks are a valuable alternative to legislation/regulation No need to reinvent the wheel.: Existing data sources are a valuable resource for both national and NAMA level MRV systems Augmenting existing data collection process can provide a valuable means to collect new activity data Find a way to engage others Adopting a systems-based approach is important for effective MRV Slow pace in establishing “data sharing network”. Difficulty in data sharing Data generation can be expensive. Funding is a problem. Involvement from the private sector. Data confidentiality can be an issue for Industry and private held companies Setting up stand-alone IT infrastructure and maintenance can be expensive.

20. Thank you Form more information visit: www.lowemissiondevelopment.org Or write to: allison.towle@undp.orgallison.towle@undp.org