80685 Annual Report 2012 Low Emissions Development Planning and Financing Capacity Building Institutional Development Project methodologies Climate Change Carbon Market Development CDM knowledge sharing A Technical Assistance B Table of Contents Messages.................................................................................................................................. 2 2011-12 At a Glance........................................................................................................... 7 1. State of Carbon and Climate Finance...................................................................... 8 1.1. The Role of Capacity Building 2. Carbon Finance-Assist................................................................................................ 11 2.1. Conceptual and Operational Approach 3. Work Program Activities 2011-12..........................................................................15 3.1. Overview of Work Program Activities 2011-12 3.2. Structured Learning 3.3. Practitioner/Knowledge Exchange 3.4. Collaborative Leadership and Coalition Building / Implementation 4. Impact Stories................................................................................................................31 5. Conclusion.......................................................................................................................38 6. Future Outlook...............................................................................................................40 7. Annex................................................................................................................................42 Annex 1: List of CF-Assist Events for 2011-12 Annex 2: Distribution of Events and Events Participation (Per Region and Work Program) Annex 3: Acronyms CF-Assist Team 1 Messages Andrew Steer Special Envoy for Climate Change World Bank We live in a “best of times, worst of countries to demonstrate that success The team has established itself in the times� world with regard to the battle is possible, at scale, at a reasonable cost, World Bank as key and entrusted provider against climate change. Durban marked a and in a manner that benefits all citizens, of knowledge products and capacity historic breakthrough as all the countries we will help gradually re-orientate the building work in alignment with, and in the world agreed to be bound by legal way the world thinks about development complementing the efforts of the Bank’s obligations by 2020. This was good news, progress, and also make a strong global regional units, as well as initiatives such as for sure, but the unspoken implication deal more likely. Partnership for Market Readiness (PMR) or was that there will be no global regulatory the Energy Sector Management Assistance regime whatsoever during the current Building capacity in countries for this Program (ESMAP). decade, during which action is absolutely task is crucial. This is where the Carbon crucial. This is bad news: unless we can Finance-Assist (CF-Assist) program comes This report gives a progress report on achieve or come very close to global in. Initially designed to help countries this exciting work. We would value your peaking of GHGs by 2020, there will engage in carbon markets this program comments and suggestions. be very little hope of limiting average has grown in scope and now provides temperatures to 2 degrees. a range of capacity building crucial to the urgent task ahead. These include In the period until 2020 at least we must support development of Low Emissions therefore rely on voluntary leadership. A Development Strategies (LEDS) and growing number of countries are taking Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions action not because they are obliged to, but (NAMAs) both at the national- and sub- because they choose to. Over 90 countries national levels. CF-Assist has also sought have now registered their plans for 2020 to to spur innovation in methodologies for address GHGs. This includes 53 developing monitoring, reporting and verification countries and 27 low income countries. (MRV), in climate-smart agriculture in The World Bank seeks to support such Kenya, for example. leadership. Our view is that by helping 2 accelerate mitigation action by providing change mitigation program at the sub- a continuous platform for national expert national level. In Rio de Janeiro, the team teams to understand, reflect and act upon provided key support to work in the concepts, challenges and opportunities region, where an ISO-certified accounting Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez related to LED and climate finance. system for climate change mitigation Director, Sustainable Development for actions, across all urban sectors, is being Latin America and the Caribbean We, in the LAC Sustainable Development established. This not only fosters the World Bank Department at the World Bank, are partners city’s very own low carbon development in this CF-Assist-led initiative, and are strategy and actions, but actually creates a impressed by its comprehensive capacity- replicable business model for city-level low The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) national planning exercises. Financing these building approach. We know that while we carbon development that can be applied region essentially has a clean energy matrix pathways will require shifting existing and (i.e., the global community) do not have elsewhere around the world, with Rio being in place, and contributes relatively little to tapping new financing and investment much time to set up sustainable solutions the first successful pilot. climate change compared to other regions. flows and opportunities. National processes in order to adequately address the daunting Yet, it is one of the most affected regions in to determine development priorities and climate change adaptation and mitigation The seeds for eventual implementation of terms of climate change impacts. innovate with new ideas emerging in the challenges at hand, capacity building climate-friendly policies have, hence, been international climate regime, blending typically takes a significant amount of time planted, and with the ongoing capacity- Several LAC countries are taking a conventional investment and finance with until results can be achieved. building work and availability of adequate proactive stance, and demonstrating new mechanisms by building on existing financing, we can be hopeful that the strong stewardship in becoming part of ones, has been one feature of work in Finding ways to scale up, effectively share LAC countries will eventually be able to the global solution required to steer the the region where Carbon Finance-Assist best practices and learn from mistakes implement them on ground, doing their world towards low emissions development. (CF-Assist) has been supportive. A key already made elsewhere can buy us share in our joint effort to achieve the For example, Brazil has already agreed on aspect in this rapidly evolving field is important time—MAIN clearly represents global emissions reduction target. some ambitious voluntary targets to reduce south-south knowledge exchange based on one such way by facilitating knowledge emissions by 39% by 2020. Many other open knowledge and structured learning exchange and dialogue among national Latin American countries are also assuming opportunities. climate change action champions from voluntary commitments and taking steps a network of countries, allowing them towards low emissions development— The CF-Assist team has taken a major to eventually identify and implement notably Mexico, Colombia, Chile and Costa leap in the right direction by introducing appropriate, holistic development solutions Rica. and spearheading the Mitigation Action in their respective constituencies. Implementation Network (MAIN) in the While the important prerequisites of LAC region. Launched in March 2011 Another example of CF-Assist’s support political will and commitment are already with participating interdisciplinary for the region has enabled an important in place in several LAC countries, much teams from Argentina, Colombia, Costa client to spearhead the Rio de Janeiro work remains until instruments, such as Rica, Chile, Panama, Peru and a group Low Carbon City Development Program—a LEDS and NAMAs, are firmly embedded in of Caribbean countries, MAIN aims to comprehensive, cross-sectoral climate 3 Messages Neeraj Prasad Manager, Climate Change Practice World Bank Institute This much is clear from Durban: COP- (WBICC) Practice a mandate for continued The World Bank’s Carbon Finance-Assist 30 CDM projects and PoAs along with 17 delivered the Durban Program for capacity-building work implemented (CF-Assist) program, hosted by WBI, is 14 LCD draft plans have been supported Enhanced Action, which indicates broad through knowledge exchanges, well-positioned to take on these tasks. The through the facilitation of our related agreement on a new legal instrument (or implementation support on the ground, shift in strategic directions for our work, e-courses. The most successful alumni on an “agreed outcome with legal force�), scanning for and incubating innovations endorsed by our donors in 2009, allowed have been integrated into the course a roadmap towards a truly global deal, on how to address climate challenges, and us to anticipate new developments in the deliveries as “second generation� which will require all countries to accept development and delivery of e-learning international climate change arena and co-facilitators. Overall, more than carbon mitigation targets by 2020, with courses available through WBI’s e-Institute we now cover all of the areas mentioned 750 individuals have taken CF-Assist negotiations on the agreement to be (http://einstitute.worldbank.org/ei/). above. This has enabled us to build a e-courses in either facilitated or self- completed by 2015. Importantly for us, capacity-support system over the last two paced formats since the first course was this allows parties to move forward with Over the last two years, the scope and years, which is well-aligned with strategic launched in 2010. a package of agreements comprised of breadth of our portfolio has grown beyond priorities of external and internal partners. a number of interdependent elements, traditional carbon finance mechanisms, Over the past twelve months, we have • Once again, we co-organized the including a new commitment period under such as the Clean Development taken a number of important steps. Carbon Expo in Barcelona, Spain. the Kyoto Protocol and the launch of the Mechanism (CDM). Looking ahead, the With approximately 2,600 people Green Climate Fund. focus and scope of this capacity work • Through the WBI e-Institute, CF-Assist attending, participation levels exceeded will cover a range of areas: evolving has delivered eight facilitated e-courses expectations and ensured that, even Achieving this outcome in Durban was not instruments for scaled-up climate on the following topics: CDM/JI; CDM in times of uncertainty with regard to easy and the results may not immediately change mitigation action at national PoA; Cities and Climate Change; and the continuation and scope of carbon be obvious, but the overall result is very and sub-national levels—i.e., Low Low Carbon Development. In total, markets, demand for this flagship event positive for the long-term prospects Emissions Development strategies (LEDS) about 200 stakeholders from around remains high. Likewise, our regional for a deal, and delivered all that could and Nationally Appropriate Mitigation the globe have taken these facilitated fora—organized in collaboration with reasonably be hoped for. Actions or (NAMAs)—work on defining courses since July 2011. As a result, partners in Africa, Latin America and and supporting new market mechanisms, participants have been able to draft and South Asia/India—were well attended, These developments have provided us at capacity-building support and sustainable refine carbon projects, PoA programmes demonstrating their value as important the World Bank Institute Climate Change energy challenges. and LCD plans. As of today, more than knowledge sharing and practitioner 4 exchange events to a diverse mix of • We also supported technical assistance Let me take this opportunity and thank stakeholders, even as new concepts and work on the ground. Examples our donors (Australia, Denmark, Spain and ideas are evolving. include ongoing work with the cities Switzerland) for their continuing support participating in our Carbon Finance to CF-Assist, which allows us to address • We launched the Mitigation Action Capacity Building (CFCB) program, i.e., the continuing demand for capacity Implementation Network (MAIN)-Asia Dar es Salaam, Jakarta, Quezon City building, and to deliver our program in chapter in October 2011 in Thailand, and São Paulo, as well as support to alignment with agreed objectives. bringing together interdisciplinary a Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) teams from China, Indonesia, Malaysia, project in Kenya, and a city-based Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand emissions management program in Rio and Vietnam, as well as experts from de Janeiro that will launch in June 2012. Denmark and India. We are in the Supporting work at the sub-national process of establishing these networks level provides interesting insights in every region, and a system of virtual into the opportunities and challenges platforms and face-to-face events to of mitigating climate change, and augment LEDS and NAMAs drafting drawing on climate finance in cities. work has been set up. This provides an The scope of instruments is increasingly opportunity for national teams to better expanding, from focusing on projects understand emerging concepts and to and programs in the CFCB work to improve current ideas through peer- broader multi-layered action and a to-peer exchanges. Enhanced network more comprehensive approach in Rio de designs and related partnerships Janeiro. The latter has demonstrated to (exploring opportunities with UNEP, be a promising model for replication and UNDP, the LEDS Global Partnership and scaling at various city sizes. other stakeholders) are evolving and will be a key focus over the months to come. 5 6 2011-12 At-a-Glance Carbon Expo 2011/2012 World’s largest annual climate finance and carbon market platform Regional Carbon Forums Held in Africa, Latin America, South Asia, and East Asia and the Pacific Global Dialogue Series on Five virtual knowledge exchange events co-hosted by the Government of “The Road to Durban� South Africa, with worldwide participation across the world, held on key topics relevant in the context of COP-17 Structured Learning Delivery of e-learning courses on: CDM/JI; CDM PoA; Low Carbon Development; and Cities and Climate Change MAIN Initiative Network on LEDs and NAMAs with national expert teams (operationalized in LAC and launched in EAP/SAR) Carbon Finance Capacity Building (CFCB) Work in Dar es Salaam, Jakarta, Quezon City and São Paulo towards Program in Emerging Megacities identification and implementation of projects on the ground (first phase completed) Other Examples of Technical Assistance / Supported among others: Project Support • Rio Low Carbon City Development Program • Mexico Housing Program • NAMA in Jordan • Climate-Smart Agriculture in Kenya • Started work in Colombo, Sri Lanka 7 8 1. State of Carbon and Climate Finance D uring the last year, some positive traditional carbon finance (i.e., CDM) I applaud you for what you have been able to climate policy signals for carbon would likely not generate the necessary markets emerged from the level of reductions, even factoring accomplish here in Durban. You were prepared to Durban Platform agreed on at COP-17; in evolving mechanisms, such as the show the required political will to move this process however, it remains uncertain whether Programme of Activities (PoA) and forward. It is without any doubt in my mind that we adequate and timely opportunities the voluntary carbon market. Carbon have worked together to save tomorrow, today! will exist to develop climate finance finance alone will probably not suffice opportunities in a manner and at a in achieving the climate change action MAITE NKOANA-MASHAWANE, scale that will allow effective action to target of a maximum temperature rise of Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa, address climate change. two degrees Celsius by 2100. and COP-17 President upon the conclusion of COP-17 in Durban We have already seen the impacts of This is why additional and climate change: higher temperatures, complimentary instruments are changes in rain patterns, rising sea being explored, and with agreement levels and more frequent weather- to establish the Green Climate Fund This often requires bringing in additional 17 mandate for related work. One of related disasters, which are a reality and (GCF), as well as the manifestation of stakeholders, which may require targeted the key business lines of our capacity- pose difficult challenges, particularly scaled-up planning concepts, such as knowledge and capacity products. building work is knowledge sharing for the poor in developing countries. low emissions development strategies Yet, many unresolved questions still and practitioner exchange (please see Since these impacts also have huge (LEDS) and nationally appropriate need to be addressed against a tight below for more related information) secondary effects, e.g., those related to mitigation actions (NAMAs), we at WBI timeline before low-emissions and through structured learning, south- food and water security, and require now have a new and revived mandate. climate-resilient strategies towards a south collaborations for seeking action on integrating climate-friendly Climate finance, i.e., catalytic use of greener future are firmly embedded into common solutions to policy challenges, policies into development, we can public and private sources to leverage government planning exercises in both and scanning for and scaling up clearly state that we are facing a global the financing of climate change developed and developing countries, and innovations that can work at the global development challenge. mitigation (and adaptation) action, appropriate steps can be taken. level. The relevance of this approach may indeed close the existing gap and was underlined during a webinar Seven years after the Kyoto Protocol’ support—blended with carbon finance 1.1. The Role of “Climate Change Signals from Durban� entry into force, which allowed an and regular finance—a holistic, global Capacity Building in January 2012, where out of 96 unprecedented experiment in carbon effort to tackle climate change. participants surveyed, more than 80% markets to take off, it is becoming To allow climate change mitigation voted for “knowledge of regulations and clear in 2012 that confidence in carbon The international community efforts to have the required impact using processes� above “financial resources� as finance as a solution to address climate increasingly recognizes that we need to current and upcoming instruments, the resource most lacking for individual financing has faltered, perhaps because integrate climate change mitigation and significant capacity and skills building actors to be significant players in the it was often seen as the only solution. adaptation into existing planning and will be required. Some of these climate change agenda. We have ample evidence stating that implementation systems and processes. instruments emerged from the COP- 9 1. State of Carbon and Climate Finance I am convinced that all our actions towards a With new instruments becoming sustainable world have the historical potential to increasingly available to address the climate change mitigation challenge, feature in speeches 3000 years from now. But only additional skills of more stakeholders if the action-policy-action cycle becomes ever more are necessary, reinforced by the fact mutually promoting and ever more supportive of an that more holistic approaches require energy revolution that powers the world’s move into a more wide-ranging skills. While the sustainable future. Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI) require CHRISTIANA FIGUERES, “only� knowledge of related processes UNFCCC Executive Secretary, January 19th, 2012, (e.g., project cycle) and experience at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi in a particular sector, developing, for example, a LED strategy encompasses a much broader skills and stakeholder set. Obviously, the number of actors involved and overall skills and coordination needed also increase with the complexity and scope of a chosen instrument. Developing and delivering timely knowledge products, creating and maintaining fora for continuous stakeholder interaction, and frameworks that offer collaborative settings for drafting and implementation of projects and plans becomes a key skill in this, as well. In the CF-Assist team, we are well equipped to offer these services to our clients. 10 11 2. Carbon Finance-Assist CF-Assist, a multi-donor trust fund Initially, CF-Assist focused on helping Donor Contributions (in USD $) set up as a capacity-building and developing countries and economies in $19,374,117 Denmark technical assistance program to transition to effectively participate in $425,000 complement the World Bank’s carbon the carbon market and benefit from the 3% funds, was launched in mid-2005 and flexible mechanisms under the Kyoto transferred from the Bank’s Environment Protocol, specifically the CDM and JI. Department to WBI in 2006. Switzerland $7,021,000 Spain Since 2009, CF-Assist has been 36% $8,269,000 In addition to direct contributions expanding this original scope and 43% from donors, CF-Assist has also been has set strategic priorities, influenced administering the Prototype Carbon by various developments, including Fund (PCF) plus program. the ongoing negotiations for a new international climate regime beyond CF-Assist works in various developing 2012, and the World Bank’s Strategic countries and sub-national areas to: Framework on Development and Climate • build human and technical capacity; Change. It has aligned its activities • support the establishment of the closely with other World Bank initiatives, Australia France (AFD) necessary institutional and legal and entered into partnerships with the $1,315,000 $2,166,000 6% France (MEDD) 11% infrastructure; World Bank’s Environment Department $179,000 • help create and manage carbon assets (Carbon Finance Unit or CFU), the 1% in specific mitigation sectors; Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Funds received as of May 15, 2012: $17,960,381 • understand the complexities of housed in the CFU, the Energy Sector engagement at national and sub- Management Assistance Program national (i.e., city) levels; (ESMAP), and various other anchor units • help reduce costs of participating and knowledge programs from inside in the carbon market and accessing the World Bank. The program has also climate finance; and formed strategic partnerships and is Responding to the political, economic • foster drafting and implementation of collaboratively working with various and technological challenges ahead, CF- scaled-up climate change mitigation Bank external partners, e.g., the United Assist, in 2009, crafted a “Strategic Work efforts and LEDS. Nations Framework Convention on Program 2010-2013,� which emphasizes Climate Change (UNFCCC), UNEP Risoe, three major priorities. UNCC: Learn, UNITAR, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), KfW, INCAE Business School and Tec de Monterrey. 12 We have been implementing the program in alignment with these three priorities, as well as with WBI’s business lines, which are described below. 2.1. Conceptual and Operational Approach As mentioned above, CF-Assist works with various internal and external partners in executing its activities and Low Emissions Development: Cities and Climate Change: Carbon Market Instruments: the overall management rests with WBI’s Climate Change (WBICC) Practice. Integrating carbon finance as part of Expanding the use of carbon finance Scaling up carbon finance through Program implementation is undertaken climate finance to promote low carbon in urban areas, including fostering programmatic approaches and providing in collaboration with the World Bank’s development involves: building skills to development of programmatic carbon information on the evolving global six operational regions, i.e., Africa (AFR); use analytical tools; fostering peer- finance programs, supporting the regulatory framework and emerging to-peer exchanges of knowledge on preparation of low carbon development Middle East and North Africa (MNA); market instruments. strategic LED assessments; identifying strategies for cities, and helping Europe and Central Asia (ECA); East Asia sector-specific mitigation activities; establish institutional frameworks for and the Pacific (EAP); South Asia (SAR); and accessing new sources of climate implementing low carbon strategies. and Latin America and the Caribbean financing. (LAC). While the WBI anchor team is increasingly undertaking regional and global activities, it is still strategically focused on country and city training programs in cases where stakeholders have demonstrated the necessary level of capacity and demand to move toward implementation on the ground, and where such interventions generate generic tools and knowledge that can be shared across regions, global platforms and partnerships. 13 2. Carbon Finance-Assist With the aforementioned new program and coalition building around new priorities put in place as part of the concepts and approaches emanating 2010-13 strategic work program (i.e., from international negotiations. LED; Cities and Climate Change; Carbon Scanning and scaling innovations, Market Instruments), CF-Assist has originally conceptualized as the fourth also adopted a new conceptual and business line, has been mainstreamed operational framework that is firmly into our work by incorporating it within aligned along the following WBI the other three business lines, since business lines: innovation is an integral part of all our activities and the climate change action 1) Structured Learning field per se which requires actors to be 2) Practitioner/Knowledge Exchange trailblazers constantly observing new 3) Collaborative Leadership and developments and scanning for scalable Coalition Building/Implementation approaches and solutions. These business lines follow a logical The overarching goals of our work are to: sequence that eventually leads to accelerate market development through supporting climate action on the ground. learning and knowledge sharing by While the first two aim to connect development practitioners, increasingly stakeholders globally and regionally, drawing on virtual means; help increase provide knowledge and interlink in capacity in developing countries to CF-Assist networks, the third focuses, on one hand, undertake strategic assessments on low • Designed to be largely a demand-driven program responding to clients’ needs, enabling local implementation partners carbon development; develop policies and the latest developments in the climate change action arena. to conduct change processes towards and measures for appropriate emission • Differentiates between short- and long-term capacity needs. Implementation is LED, as well as on implementing projects reduction plans; and access innovative designed to increase the depth of programs through interrelated business lines. in the field, and, on the other hand, financing for climate mitigation action. • Emphasizes the participation of countries and cities in the carbon market through supporting cross country collaboration project or program identification. Identified projects/programs are offered to the carbon market with the World Bank’s carbon business as the buyer only as a last resort. • Aims to assist countries in drafting and implementing LED plans by providing adequate platforms for learning, knowledge exchange and collaboration, and enabling links to financing. • Pursues strategic partnerships with both public and private global, regional, national and local organizations to leverage expertise and resources. 14 15 3. Work Program Activities 2011-12 3.1. Overview of Work Program Activities 2011-12 The following table offers an illustrative, select overview of our initiatives, organized by work program areas, business lines and regions. global/multiregional activities Low Emissions Development: Cities and Climate Change: Carbon Market Instruments: AFR EAP ECA LAC MNA SAR Low Carbon Development e-learning (delivery) Cities & Climate Change e-learning (delivery CDM/JI e-learning (delivery) Structured Learning Investment Planning e-learning TRACE (development completed) CDM PoA e-learning (delivery) (development ongoing) Global Dialogue Series “The Road to Durban� Global Carbon Expo South-South Knowledge Exchange Series Practitioner / Knowledge Exchange Global Energy Basel on Energy Regional Carbon Fora in AFR, LAC, SAR and EAP NAMA Webinar Series MAIN-LAC Carbon Finance Capacity Building (CFCB) EE-CAP Program MAIN-Asia Program Collaborative Leadership & Coalition Building / Implementation NAMA Jordan Rio LCCD Program Climate-Smart Agriculture Project in Kenya Mexico Housing Program 16 Following the logic of our interdependent 3.2. Structured Learning In my experience, working with EFFECT has been business lines, programs/activities listed tremendously empowering as I believe it empowers under the “Collaborative Leadership and CF-Assist has continued to be highly modelers and analysts to add insight to the low carbon Coalition Building / Implementation� active in producing and delivering development process. The design of EFFECT is such business line typically also include e-learning courses. The table (on page interventions at the structured learning 18) below provides an oversight of the that it is very easy to adapt and modify to meet the and knowledge exchange levels (e.g., current and planned portfolio of WBICC requirements of different countries or regions. My overall participants in MAIN have taken the LCD e-courses; CF-Assist funded/co-funded experience of using EFFECT has been extremely positive, course and participated in knowledge courses are highlighted in green. productive and useful and I would certainly recommend it exchange events). Also, the table above to other low carbon development modelers. only provides an illustrative overview As of May 2012, six courses funded by of selected program activities over the CF-Assist were available through the S. S., participant in ESMAP-led delivery of LCD course in Nigeria last twelve months. In the appendix WBI e-Institute platform. These can (The Low Carbon Development course discusses how to use the EFFECT section of this Annual Report, we offer be taken either in a self-paced format model to develop reference and scenarios out to 2030 and beyond.) a comprehensive list of deliverables, (i.e., allowing students to access course including information on delivery date independently at their convenient time) and number of participants. This list is or facilitated format (i.e., where learning also illustrated in a world map towards is guided through an instructor). The the end of this section, which highlights latter facilitated deliveries are typically all countries where CF-Assist program offered twice a year through WBI’s new activities/deliverables have taken place in e-Institute. In total, more than 750 the past twelve months. people have taken CF-Assist e-courses over the last two years. In the following three sub-sections, organized per business lines, we will Besides acquiring the knowledge per discuss program activities in more detail. se as a result of facilitated deliveries, students have been able to draft or refine CDM projects and PoAs, and LCD plans. As of today, more than 30 CDM projects and PoAs have been supported through the facilitation of our related e-courses, as well as 14 LCD draft plans. 17 3. Work Program Activities 2011-12 WBI Climate Change e-Learning Courses as Part of the WBI e-Institute at a Glance Essentials of Climate Change Low Carbon Development Energy Climate-Smart Agriculture in Landscape Management Fundamentals of Climate Change (available for Low Carbon Development: Planning and Saving Energy through Energy Savings Water Footprint – Concept and Application internal audiences; expected to be available for Modelling ­Performance Contracts external audiences by end of 2012) Managing Irrigation Water with Public- Investment Planning (expected to be avail- Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings Private Partnerships Economics of Climate Change (available for able by end of 2012) (expected to be available by end of 2012) internal audiences; expected to be available for external audiences by end of 2012) Developing and Monitoring Agriculture Climate Finance (expected to be available Tapping the Carbon Market for Energy­ Carbon Projects (expected to be available by by June 2013) ­ Efficiency Projects in Public Buildings end of 2012) Social Dimensions of Climate Change (available (expected to be available by end of 2012) ­ for internal audiences; expected to be available for external audiences by end of 2012) CDM/JI: Navigating the Kyoto Project-Based Climate-Smart Agriculture through Sustain- Mechanisms TRACE: Tool for Rapid Assessment able Land-Water Management (expected to of City Energy be available by end of 2012) Cities and Climate Change Leadership CDM PoA: Challenges and Opportunities Energy Sector Strategies to Support Monitoring Forest Carbon in CDM Green Growth (expected to be available Afforestation­/Reforestation Projects by September 2012) (expected to be available by end of 2012) 18 Great course - excellent structure - fantastic moderation! Many thanks!! So many times during this course I have thought … my colleagues A, B, C, D....REALLY should also take this course! N. S., participant in CDM PoA e-course, facilitated delivery in Spring 2012 Hence, we have been able to interlink Olga Diukanova, is included in the our business lines in practice and chapter on impact stories. demonstrate the practicality of using e-courses as part of broader capacity- Besides offering the courses centrally building efforts. This interlinking of through the WBI e-Institute, we are also In terms of topics, we still see high completed. We expect the course to business lines is being facilitated planning deliveries through regional demand for our carbon finance/Kyoto be available by the end of 2012. In through ongoing virtual dialogue among implementation partners to further mechanisms e-courses; both our CDM/ parallel, we have begun planning for alumni of e-courses where they can increase outreach. The first such delivery JI and PoA courses were fully booked for a course on Climate Finance where exchange concepts with their peers and is planned for June in collaboration both respective facilitated deliveries in we are seeking collaboration with the CF-Assist facilitators. with the Tec de Monterrey, which has this fiscal year. Bank’s environment anchor team, the translated our CDM/JI course into International Finance Corporation (IFC) This ongoing interaction has also led to Spanish, and expects first delivery in At the same time, we have advanced and the United Nations Development the gradual integration of alumni into June 2012 in Latin America. We recently building and adapting our portfolio Programme (UNDP). the delivery of e-courses, or so-called completed translation of the PoA course in response to developments in the “second generation� facilitators, who into Spanish, and Tec de Monterrey plans international climate change action We are, hence, building a portfolio of were identified as top graduates of their to launch it later this year. arena, and will shortly add more related e-courses that adequately supports, respective classes and have been brought products in addition to the already and is an integral part of, our overall on board to co-facilitate e-courses, In addition to Spanish, translations of existing LCD course. In collaboration capacity-building work. Thus, as we along with CF-Assist lead facilitators. the CDM/JI and PoA courses into French with the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) will see below, following the logic Eventually, these co-facilitators will have been completed, and options for team at the World Bank, we have begun of using interdependent business be commissioned to serve as lead translations into Chinese are being to develop the content of a course lines toward achieving our capacity- facilitators themselves and encouraged explored, for eventual delivery through on Investment Planning; production building objectives, e-courses are being to offer the courses. A narrative on one respective regional implementation is currently ongoing, with content integrated into broader initiatives as and of our “second generation� facilitators, partners. development of two (of five) modules when applicable. 19 3. Work Program Activities 2011-12 The advantage of having e-courses products. Furthermore, in 2012, we at our disposal is so that we can also contributed by providing conceptual use them in face-to-face structured and editorial support to the FCPF-led learning incentives. For example, we publication “Lessons Learned for REDD+ have integrated modules from our PoA from PES and Conservation Incentive course into face-to-face presentations. Programs—Examples from Costa Rica, Two such occasions last year were Mexico and Ecuador,� which was also regional workshops organized by UNEP translated into Spanish. Risoe and the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC or 5C) for stakeholders from the Caribbean 3.3. Practitioner/ region, which took place in Antigua, and Knowledge Exchange Trinidad and Tobago, respectively. In this realm of work, CF-Assist captures Regional Collaborations the latest developments in LED, and carbon and climate finance, and offers In the Caribbean Region, we leveraged them through appropriate formats World Bank resources to co-deliver a of knowledge exchange. We capture weeklong training program in Barbados regional workshop on climate finance Panama, where we made a presentation knowledge from various sources, on climate change essentials, strategies for development in Saint Lucia. Targeting on synergies between REDD+ and including the UNFCCC negotiations, and financing to the management team policy leaders and energy sector national development; and a regional World Bank operations and experiences and staff members of the Caribbean planners, we have enabled examining workshop in Panama on the economics shared through practitioner networks. Development Bank (CDB). The training and discussing climate finance solutions of REDD+. brought together key aspects of climate for adaptation and sustainable energy, Several of our flagship activities, e.g., change fundamentals, climate finance among others. In addition to the production and the Carbon Expo and regional carbon and the World Bank experience in delivery of e-learning courses and fora, fall under this business line. As mainstreaming climate change into Complementing the work of the Forest products, and face-to-face training described below, in this category, we aim its operations and tools for climate Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) by workshops, CF-Assist has, over the to raise awareness among stakeholders action planning. This has the potential providing clearly identified, conceptual years, contributed to and supported and create fora on relevant topics for of “greening� the entire infrastructure support in designing and delivering the publication of several additional knowledge and practitioner exchange, portfolio of the CDB. select training workshops on REDD+ and knowledge products, such as studies as well as provide an opportunity for Payments for Environmental Services and analytical reports. For example, one policy makers to coalesce around new Following a request from the (PES), we co-delivered: a regional, product is the annual State and Trends concepts and ideas in dedicated sessions Organization of Eastern Caribbean south-south cooperation workshop on of the Carbon Market report, which around these events. Through these States (OECS), we also supported the lessons learned from PES in Costa Rica; a provides the latest market information, activities, we are able to create a pool of design, organization and delivery of a workshop for regional REDD programs in as well as trends of various carbon clients from various regions, countries 20 and cities, and across sectors, covering a visitors attended the conference and wide range of stakeholders who we are fair, with more than 200 exhibitors from encouraging to engage in an ongoing over 100 countries showcasing the Excerpt from an interview with Neeraj Prasad, dialogue. Such dialogue is meant to be latest products, services and investment WBICC Manager, on the Carbon Expo 2011 sustainable and expected to create a opportunities. Exhibitors included permanent discussion platform as part financial firms, clean technology of our third business line - Collaborative companies, carbon credit traders, What is the relevance of the Carbon Expo for climate finance? Leadership and Coalition Building / service providers, project developers, Since its inception in 2004, the Carbon Expo has become the annual global Implementation. international organizations and watershed event for carbon market participants. Whether they are involved government representatives. with the European Emissions Trading Scheme or with the CDM/JI market across Carbon Expo developing countries and regions, the Expo has provided an ideal venue for This Carbon Expo was organized during sharing knowledge on carbon policy and practice, and an effective marketplace The eighth Carbon Expo—co- a period when the long-term prospects for transacting greenhouse gas emission reductions and carbon business solutions. organized by CF-Assist, together with of the carbon market remain uncertain, National CDM agencies, investment promotion offices, local project developers, the International Emissions Trading while at the same time the need to scale financial intermediaries, buyers from around the world, auditors and policy makers Association (IETA) and Fira Barcelona up climate change mitigation is evident. have made the Expo a favored stop. — was held from June 1-3, 2011, in Carbon finance can play a catalyzing role Barcelona, Spain. More than 2,600 in leveraging development and climate What was special at this year’s Carbon Expo? The participation. The 2011 Carbon Expo came at a critical time; the optimism generated by the Cancun climate conference (COP-16) provided markets hope for an early resolution of the impasse at negotiations, but it is now increasingly clear that the prospects of arriving at agreement on next steps for the Kyoto Protocol are not yet at hand, and that there will be a gap between first and future commitment periods under the Protocol. In addition, virtually no time left remains now to generate fresh business under the current commitment period, which expires on December 31, 2012. Given these prospects, there was concern that the Expo might not attract its usual crowd of participants. We were all surprised when more than 2600 participants from across the globe came to the Expo, and it is obvious that market participants want to keep abreast of developments. But they are also clearly signaling their continued support for carbon market instruments to their policy makers. More than 50 national governments were represented as well. Source: Interview - Learning at the Carbon Expo 2011. In: http://wbi.worldbank.org/wbi/stories/interview-learning-carbon-expo-2011 21 3. Work Program Activities 2011-12 finance. The international community In collaboration with UNDP Climate is, therefore, looking at new options to Finance Options (CFO) and the Inter- leverage, blend and deliver finance from American Development Bank (IADB), we the private and public sectors in both also featured, at the Carbon Expo 2011, a developed and developing countries. “Knowledge Booth,� where we displayed our respective e-courses and guided Against this background, we have interested clients through the virtual reframed the Carbon Expo agenda and platforms. moved toward a more comprehensive approach that expands carbon finance As this Annual Report is being finalized, and encompasses broader concepts, such preparations are underway for the ninth as LEDS and NAMAs. edition of the Carbon Expo, which will be held from May 30 to June 1, 2012, CF-Assist supported the design of in Cologne, Germany. We will provide the conference and fair program of information on this year’s Expo via our the Carbon Expo, and facilitated the WBICC quarterly e-Bulletin. participation of more than 50 high- level government representatives and Our partners for the 2012 Carbon Expo and international climate change technical missions from CDM and are IETA and Koelnmesse. mitigation policies, and facilitate the Nairobi Framework JI host countries (i.e., Host Country negotiation of emission reductions. Committee (HCC)). It coordinated and Africa Carbon Forum The Nairobi Framework was launched arranged regional exhibition pavilions The 2011 Forum celebrated the 10-year- by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and national stands for showcasing During this reporting period, we have anniversary of the Marrakesh Accords, in 2006 to help developing countries, project portfolios and best practices. In been co-organizing with partners of signed in 2001, which laid out the rules especially those in Sub-Saharan alignment with our strategic expansion the Nairobi Framework the third Africa of meeting the targets set out in the Africa, increase their participation of themes to be covered during the Carbon Forum, held in Marrakesh, Kyoto Protocol. During challenging in the CDM. CF-Assist represents the Carbon Expo and the changing profile Morocco, in July 2011, as well as the times for the carbon market due to slow World Bank in this framework along of carbon market host countries, fourth Carbon Forum, held in Addis progress in the climate talks, lack of a with UNECA, UNEP, UNDP, UNITAR, participants this year will be invited to Ababa, Ethiopia, in April 2012. clear regulatory future, stagnation of UNCTAD, UNFCCC, IETA and the showcase, in addition to new CDM/JI traded volumes (the World Bank’s annual African Development Bank. projects, their respective best practices Over 600 participants attended the third State and Trends of the Carbon Market and advances in terms of LCD planning Africa Carbon Forum. These participants Report states a market value decrease of and NAMAs, as well as advising the were able to share their experiences with US$2 billion in 2010 to US$142 billion, World Bank Group on future carbon CDM projects, learn about the latest most within the emissions trading market/climate finance and capacity developments in emissions trading and scheme (ETS) and with an exponential ministers. the future of the CDM, analyze national decline in CDM projects) and the risk 22 of market fragmentation, participants and the impacts of the lack of demand also noted positive signals. For example, for offsets, and provided insights on Christiana Figueres, UNFCCC Executive recent developments in the international Secretary, said “While the future scope carbon market. Furthermore, plenary of the market is still unclear, the sessions discussed challenges for low carbon market is in fact in the process carbon energy access, opportunities of reinvigorating itself and (...) Africa in agriculture and forestry, and global holds one of the greatest potentials for perspectives on the future demands for participation in that market.� offsets. In particular, the event focused on promoting green and low carbon Instruments expanding the traditional development in Africa, discussing the CDM were discussed, among others, in impact and deliverables Africa can particular PoA. “Programmatic CDM is expect to see from the adoption of clearly seen as a very attractive option the Durban Platform, as a result of the by African countries and it is starting to COP-17 decisions that reinforced the catch on. The interest is evident here at international commitment to reducing this Forum. But we need to reform and emissions of greenhouse gases, while improve the processes, particularly for highlighting post-2012 opportunities for market stakeholders to engage with with support from the World Bank’s the least developed countries, to allow African projects. Indian project developers. It is a place South-South Experience Exchange Facility them to better access the CDM,� said to share knowledge on current trends Trust Fund, a knowledge exchange event Mary Barton-Dock, Director of the World India Carbon Market Conclave and emerging scenarios of the global for government delegates from Kenya, Bank’s Environment Department. and Indian carbon market, and a forum the Philippines and Thailand to learn from The India Carbon Market Conclave (last for domestic and international policy India’s experience on the successful use The fourth Africa Carbon Forum, held on September 7-8, 2011, in New dialogue on climate change and carbon of energy certificates. “This validated the which was attended by more than 800 Delhi), which was organized by the Fed- markets. Over 180 public and private usefulness of South-South Exchanges participants, and took place in April eration of Indian Chambers of Commerce sector representatives interacted with and the key role that a multilateral 2012 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was and Industry (FICCI), with CF-Assist and more than 50 high-level speakers in 8 agency like the World Bank can play,� characterized by a remarkable shift IETA as co-organizers, and sponsored by plenary sessions and side events. said Elisea Gozun, Presidential Advisor on in the knowledge of participants and the Indian Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Office of the President, the approach to climate and carbon Forests, is the largest venue to engage South-South Knowledge Exchange: the Philippines. finance as a co-benefit in sustainable with the Indian carbon market. Kenya, India, the Philippines and development visions, strategies and Thailand The New Delhi event was a continuation plans of actors in Africa. As at previous The Conclave is India’s flagship event in of a series of south-south knowledge editions, the Forum program addressed the carbon market space providing an Immediately before the India Carbon exchange activities on clean energy and the future of a reformed CDM in Africa, all-inclusive forum for global carbon Market Conclave, CF-Assist organized, energy access initiated in March 2011 (as 23 3. Work Program Activities 2011-12 reported in our 2011 Annual Report) and Our threats are not of a military nature, but social and expected to be hosted in October 2012 organized in collaboration with the IFC in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. and the World Bank Africa region. environmental. Using a triple bottom line approach which successfully combines economy, ecology and The Latin America Carbon Forum 2011 The south-south dialogue series on this equity, we will position our country as a front runner has again demonstrated that south-south topic is being continued with virtual of eco-competitiveness, knowledge exchange events, such as our knowledge exchange events, i.e., webinars. regional fora and specific initiatives, are the most effective way of learning, in RENÉ CASTRO, Minister of Environment, Latin America Carbon Forum combination with structured learning Energy and Telecommunications of Costa Rica. activities as part of broader capacity- Our main practitioner exchange event building initiatives. We, hence, aim to in the LAC region is the Latin American continue providing cutting-edge learning Carbon Forum, which met for the sixth around LCD via designated platforms to time in September 2011, in San José, came together to discuss how best national goals, while at the same time help create networks of practitioners so Costa Rica. It was organized by the to achieve LCD. The three-day event mitigating climate change. However, that countries can better learn from each UNFCCC, UNEP Risoe, the Latin American included discussions on the state of much learning is still necessary when other’s experiences and move to eventual Energy Organization (OLADE), the Inter the carbon markets, including existing designing LEDS and identifying, implementation in the field. American Development Bank (IADB), IETA mechanisms, such as the CDM and structuring and implementing NAMAs. and CF-Assist. NAMAs, and how they link to LEDS, and In July 2011, we have supported a on emerging approaches for scaled-up The biggest concern among participants regional PoA workshop in La Antigua, “We are heading towards a global low mitigation efforts, such as REDD+. at the Latin America Carbon Forum 2011 Guatemala. The event, which was funded carbon economy. Governments must was the lack of international policy by the Government of Spain, was held continue to further define the interna- For more than ten years, the CDM, as signals and guidance needed to enlarge at the training centre of the Spanish tional policy framework to facilitate this well as other voluntary offset schemes, the global carbon market and make Agency for International Development transformation, while mobilizing the have provided a vast pool of public and it more effective. The showcasing of Cooperation (AECID) within the private sector, which has the most access private sector experiences and expertise. emerging current national-level actions framework of activities of the Ibero- to innovation and the investment capital It is now important to leverage these and initiatives was seen as a positive American Network of Climate Change needed for this transformation,� said lessons for future global and national signal in this context. Offices (RIOCC), and collaboratively Christiana Figueres, UNFCCC Executive climate change regimes. organized by the Economic Commission Secretary, during the event. The event in San José followed for Latin America and the Caribbean Countries and cities showcased how they gatherings in: Quito, Ecuador, in 2006; (ECLAC) and the World Bank. More than 900 developers of low carbon integrate the reduction of greenhouse Lima, Peru, in 2007; Santiago, Chile, in projects, financiers, the private sector, gases into their development planning 2008; Panama City in 2009; and Santo forestry specialists and government and implementation. Participants Domingo, Dominican Republic, in 2010. agencies from more than 46 countries realized that it is possible to achieve The next Latin America Carbon Forum is 24 CF-Assist Virtual institutions, NGOs and academia. In addition to the participants in the various Global Dialogue Series – “The Road to Durban�: Utilizing various technical platforms video-conferencing studios, hundreds Topics and Session Dates at our disposal through the WBI of people from around the world were infrastructure, such as the Global connected and engaged in the sessions Climate Resilient Cities, May 26, 2011 Development Learning Network (GDLN), via webcasts to provide a platform to The dialogue on Climate Resilient Cities explored best practices for cities to and webinars through the new WBI showcase results, lessons learned and proactively tackle climate change impacts. The videoconference session was an e-Institute platform, CF-Assist has over best practices in the topic areas. opportunity for practitioners and technical experts to reflect on their experiences the last year hosted several virtual and share their knowledge on the best ways to move toward climate resilient cities. knowledge exchange events. One month after COP-17, in January 2012, we hosted the aforementioned Adaptation, Food Security and Rural Development, June 29, 2011 Global Dialogue Series – webinar on “Climate Change This dialogue explored the impact of climate change on food security in Africa. “The Road to Durban� Signals from Durban,� which was Approaches to support and scale up climate resilient agricultural systems were attended by more than 90 climate discussed in order to catalyse actions for a food secure Africa. Among other events, we organized—in change practitioners, students and collaboration with the WBI Urban representatives of nongovernmental Climate Finance, July 6, 2011 Practice, the World Bank Country organizations. The discussion dealt This session focused on the financing challenges of the transition to a climate- Office in South Africa, GDLN, Linkd with the main outcomes of Durban, resilient low carbon economy, and how developing countries could mobilize Environmental Services, and Local the importance of carbon markets for financial resources from a combination of bilateral, multilateral and private sector Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI)— climate change, the GCF, the role of sources. Christiana Figueres, UNFCCC Executive Secretary, was among the speakers. the virtual Global Dialogue Series on agriculture and NAMAs, among others. Climate Change – “The Road to Durban�. Scaling up Mitigation Actions in Cities, July 28, 2011 In April 2012, we launched a series of This dialogue addressed challenges and opportunities, as well as best practices The series discussed pertinent key webinars on NAMAs to provide a global for scaling up mitigation actions at the city level. The discussion catalysed issues in light of the then upcoming discussion platform for this emerging, further actions in knowledge sharing, policy commitments and practical program COP-17 in Durban, with the aim of scaled-up mitigation instrument; this developments in various sectors: from renewable energy and energy efficiency to helping to prepare participants to series is also linked to MAIN. The first public transport and urban densification. better understand, learn and reflect session, hosted on April 3, discussed the on topics relevant for the conference. question of “NAMAs at Durban – What Human Resources and Technology, September 8, 2011 Each dialogue was attended via Lies Ahead?� It discussed the important This dialogue addressed new types of education, technologies, skills, knowledge video-conferencing by more than 15 progress made during COP-17 toward and expertise that will be required for a robust response to climate change and a participants, including policy makers, clarifying the international operational transition to a green economy. The session focused on technology development government representatives (from framework for NAMAs, particularly on a and transfer strategies for developing countries, as well as industrial strategies for both national and sub-national levels), prototype registry and core guidance for developing green technologies and green jobs. international organizations, financial reporting, dealing with the question of 25 3. Work Program Activities 2011-12 whether recent developments will foster 3.4. Collaborative Leadership international cooperation and accelerate and Coalition Building / NAMAs’ design and implementation in Implementation developing countries. In this business line, we interlink the The series will continue with at least five efforts made at earlier intervention more sessions over the next few months. levels and, hence, provide stakeholders As mentioned, the series is featured as with relevant structured learning part of our MAIN initiative and provides products (i.e., in particular e-courses) useful, state-of-the-art knowledge to and encourage their participation in stakeholders working on MAIN. knowledge exchange events as part of a results-oriented capacity-building mix Tools, such as webinars and GDLN aimed at eventual implementation of sessions, have proved useful to interlink projects, programs and strategies. and synchronize our work across business lines. For example, in April MAIN Initiative we organized a session for alumni of our CDM/JI and PoA e-courses, linking One of our flagships under this business them to experts from the UNFCCC line is our aforementioned MAIN and the World Bank. Hence, we are initiative, which deals with strategies ensuring that dialogues that began in related to LED and NAMAs. The Latin e-courses are continuing in support of American chapter of MAIN was launched and webinars by subject matter experts Partnership for Market Readiness (PMR), eventual implementation of projects and in March 2011, in collaboration with (such as the aforementioned webinar the Clean Technology Fund (CTF). strategies in the field. the INCAE Business School, our regional series on NAMAs). partner in Costa Rica (as reported in our Interim results from the MAIN-LAC We also opened permanent, virtual 2011 Annual Report). The first MAIN-Asia MAIN is conceived as a demand-driven initiative indicate: successful dialogue discussion fora to ensure continuous regional academy took place in October policymaker and practitioner platform among country teams with a high level engagement with our stakeholders 2011 in Phuket, Thailand, bringing that brings together officials across of enthusiasm; cooperation among in support of our broader capacity- together interdisciplinary teams from countries, ministries and other key and within Latin American countries building mandate (i.e., discussion fora for China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, the stakeholder groups. It aims to support (information sharing on NAMAs and e-course alumni). Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, as the process of learning-by-doing and LEDS being developed); improved well as experts from Denmark and India. knowledge exchange on effective NAMA understanding of NAMAs and their and LEDS development in developing evolving implementation framework, in Besides one to two regional academies countries. MAIN also fosters sharing particular for participants outside the per region per year, MAIN features knowledge and experiences generated UNFCCC process; greater awareness of virtual interactions via videoconferences in related programs, such as the regional success stories and ideas for 26 Carbon Finance Capacity Building development goals. The program was (CFCB) Program conceived as having: active, engaged MAIN at a Glance and competent partners in all cities; Also falling under this business line a committed and knowledgeable • MAIN - Mitigation Action Implementation Network is our work under the CFCB Program. staff; high-level political support • Topic: LED and NAMA strategies Commencing in 2009, the first CFCB in city governance structures; local • Launched: March 2011 in Costa Rica for LAC; October 2011 in Thailand for Asia phase was completed after three years in implementation partners regularly • Partners: INCAE (regional virtual learning, knowledge and practitioner network; February 2012. In total, more than 400 advising city staff on carbon finance; and LAC); CCAP; supported by ICI representatives from the participating a powerful carbon finance learning tool. • Countries: Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Panama, Perú, Group of cities of Dar es Salaam, Jakarta, Quezon Caribbean Countries (LAC); China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, City and São Paulo have been trained City representatives who were Thailand, Vietnam (Asia) over the course of these three years interviewed for this report unanimously • Objective: Accelerate mitigation action by fostering knowledge and experience as a result of our capacity-building praised the quality of the support sharing; support national expert teams in understanding concepts, challenges and intervention. provided by CFCB in the form of opportunities related to LED and climate finance, and in drafting related strategies technical assistance, city workshops, • Mode of Delivery: Distance Learning; Practitioner/South-South Knowledge PINs have been developed in the international events and moral support. Exchange; Face-to-Face following sectors: Waste Management (Dar es Salaam); Urban Forestry (Jakarta); According to the mid-term report, CFCB and LEDS/Lighting (Quezon City). In has demonstrated value added for São Paulo, work on two pilot waste cities in training municipal practitioners possible NAMAs and LEDS; increased Based on the approach of MAIN but management projects (in Heliopolis and to access climate finance, helping focus on sustainable development adapted to the priorities of the region, Paraisopolis, two of the city’s favelas with them overcome daily planning and interventions and the need to frame we are planning to launch in the fourth a combined population of 170,000) was implementation problems, and providing NAMAs within sector sustainable quarter of 2012 the “Low Carbon initiated. new ideas and access to financing. In the development policies; and better Development for Inclusive Growth� long-term, a program expansion from understanding of donor-country funding network in the MNA region. This On the occasion of the Global Energy the current 4 to 16 cities is considered, priorities. capacity building initiative will build on Basel event, held in Basel, Switzerland, ensuring participation from all regions. ongoing climate change action work in in February 2012, CF-Assist presented In addition to the INCAE Business the region, and further support countries the program’s mid-term progress report, NAMA Jordan School, in 2011, we also partnered with (pilot countries include Egypt, Jordan, which concluded by summarizing the Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP) Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia) to be challenges, lessons and next steps. In In collaboration with the World Bank’s as our global implementation partner well positioned for the development of a nutshell, the report concluded that MNA region sustainable development (to foster scaling up to other regions) their LEDS and use of climate finance. the CFCB program is well positioned to team and the Public-Private for MAIN. The International Climate achieve its ultimate goal of capacitating Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), Initiative (ICI) of the German Ministry of municipal staff to independently employ we assisted Jordan in enhancing its the Environment also supports MAIN. carbon finance to achieve sustainable capacity with regards to NAMAs, and a 27 3. Work Program Activities 2011-12 pilot NAMA has been drafted. Currently, single project support toward fostering We are also working, together with other and energy, in addition to our focus on the necessary level of institutional more holistic, scaled-up climate change initiatives—such as the PMR and donors supporting comprehensive, scaled-up and regulatory support to permit the mitigation efforts. (including the German and Canadian climate change mitigation efforts and development of the pilot is being governments)—to support Mexico in LED planning and financing initiatives. secured. In parallel, findings are being Mexico Housing Program creating NAMAs in the housing and urban shared with stakeholders from other sectors. These new instruments will try to Energy countries in the region, and the feasibility Also, in Mexico, CF-Assist is supporting expand the scope of existing sustainable of a regional MAIN chapter (please, the Latin America department of the housing initiatives by bringing more CF-Assist is implementing the Climate see above on the planned “Low Carbon World Bank in such a comprehensive financial institutions into the field and by Friendly Energy Efficiency Policies across Development for Inclusive Growth� mitigation initiative by fostering the providing access to state-of-the-art green South-East Europe capacity-building network) is also being explored. Mexican Government’s efforts to technologies. This will also go beyond the program (EE-CAP), which is being mainly develop sustainable housing initiatives, housing sector per se, and take account funded by the Austrian government. The Rio Low Carbon City Development including a CDM PoA. This PoA will of the whole urban infrastructure and objective of this three-year (2009-12) (LCCD) Program be operated and implemented by urban planning environments. program is to help develop and scale up the National Housing Commission implementation of energy efficiency by Another example of CF-Assist’s project (Comisión Nacional de Vivienda), and Priority Sectors means of a comprehensive learning and support on the ground is the Rio de designed to facilitate the adoption capacity-building program. Janeiro Low Carbon City Development of a broad range of energy efficiency In alignment with WBICC programmatic (LCCD) Program—a cross-sectoral climate and renewable energy measures. The directions, we are also surging in In the context of this program, several change mitigation action initiative at Program will be operationalized through selected priority sectors, i.e., agriculture aforementioned, energy-related the sub-national level. In this program, innovative instruments already created CF-Assist supported the Latin America by the Mexican Government, such as department of the World Bank, with the Hipoteca Verde (Green Mortgage), the aim of establishing an ISO-certified in which the additional costs of green accounting system related to climate technologies are included in a long- change mitigation planning and term mortgage and below market rates financing. A clear potential for replication conditions, and the Esta es tu Casa (This in other cities in Brazil and worldwide Is Your Home) green subsidy, which is has been identified. This program will directed toward low-income families for be formally launched in Rio de Janeiro the purchase of new homes that count during the Rio+20 Conference. with sustainable technologies. Carbon finance will help Mexico’s housing sector As the last three examples indicate, address the additional upfront costs of we are gradually moving, in our clean technologies, as well as scale up implementation business line, from these green instruments. 28 e-learning courses have been/will be In April 2012, the team organized a developed, i.e., Saving Energy through consultation meeting around an IFC-led Triple wins� in the context of CSA include “...getting higher Energy Savings Performance Contracts program (the IFC-European Investment yields, improving the resilience of (...) crops to drought and (already available), Tool for Rapid Bank (EIB) Sustainable Energy Facility) creating stronger soils that sequester more carbon.... Assessment of City Energy (TRACE) in support of clean energy investment (already available), Energy Efficiency in Kenya and other countries in East ANDREW STEER, Special Envoy for Climate Change, World Bank in Public Buildings, and Tapping the Africa to help companies improve their Carbon Market for Energy Efficiency environmental performance, install clean Projects in Public Buildings (production energy equipment, and reduce energy upcoming). While applicable to a global costs. The consultation meeting - which audience, these courses are of particular kicked off a capacity building program supported by the World Bank BioCarbon two independent carbon validators relevance to the stakeholders we work that would support the IFC-EIB Facility Fund and Africa region department, visited the project and were reportedly with in the EE-CAP program. Following to develop a pipeline of investment as well as CF-Assist. The project covers very impressed by the results. Official our approach to offer a comprehensive opportunities - included representatives 45,000 ha, is being implemented by over approval is expected shortly. mix of structured learning, knowledge from Kenya and India - federal energy 60,000 farmers and aims to increase exchange events, and capacity-building regulators, private sector associations, the adoption of climate-smart farming Currently, CF-Assist is working to support on the ground, more than 30 banking representatives and climate practices that will achieve “triple wins.� develop a package of learning modules key stakeholders completed our Saving practitioners - who shared their views to disseminate the new methodology Energy e-course and will take the other about the progress made in terms of In May 2011 and February 2012, and lessons learned from this project. aforementioned courses once available. RE/EE policies, financial schemes, and respectively, we organized two south- These modules will be made available as planning and management tools. south knowledge exchange events. an e-course via the WBI e-Institute and Focusing on Kosovo, Macedonia and Participants came from Ethiopia, through face-to-face training. We expect Serbia, we organized a series of regional Agriculture Germany, Senegal, Sweden, Tanzania that the lessons will generate great and in-country training events in support and Uganda to see the innovations and interest not only in Africa, but in other of EE-CAP’s objective. For example, As already discussed in our 2011 lessons from this project first hand (most regions as well, both in developing and in early February 2012, we hosted a Annual Report, we are supporting the participants paid their own travel costs). developed countries. regional workshop in Vienna, focusing development of a “triple win� CSA on the energy efficiency planning cycle project in the Kisumu and Kitale regions In December 2011, the methodology Our support has proven to be an effective for buildings, i.e., from diagnostics to in Kenya, through funding technical developed under this project, and means to advance the climate change budgeting, planning and auditing. By assistance in improving the carbon supported by CF-Assist, was officially negotiations agenda on agriculture, the completion of the EE-CAP program, monitoring methodology, and in capacity approved by the Voluntary Carbon through integrating food security with participating country stakeholders building and training for implementing System (VCS), as an innovative climate impact mitigation and carbon and institutions will be capable of carbon monitoring systems. monitoring, reporting and verification sequestration. mainstreaming energy efficiency policies (MRV) method for developing, into their respective development This project is being undertaken by implementing and monitoring planning cycles. SCC-Vi Agroforestry, a Swedish NGO, and agricultural carbon. In February 2012, 29 3. Work Program Activities 2011-12 Distribution of CF-Assist Activities, 2011-12 30 31 4. Impact Stories In this section of our 2012 Annual Report, we would like to give voice Aside from these consultants, the CFCB policies regarding implementation of to stakeholders who have comprised part of our initiatives. To show that Program also facilitated the attendance of our proposed project. Now, apart from impact can be achieved at different levels and business lines, we will feature our local officials in various international piloting the use of LED technology for conferences and co-organized workshops our streetlights, serious consideration people who have taken e-courses, participated in knowledge exchange in the Philippines to facilitate sharing is being given to utilizing the same events or been part of broader capacity-building initiatives. Each of the experiences with other cities. An technology for the indoor requirements selected stakeholders represents one region. e-learning program on CDM and JI was of city-owned facilities and buildings. also given to our local officials. Aside from the technical assistance of To date, the Terms of Reference for the World Bank consultants, the local and an opportunity to explore cleaner procurement of LED streetlights is being international conferences that were technologies, while at the same time finalized with assistance from the World attended by our officials under the generate additional revenues for the city. Bank technical consultant. This is now CFCB Program also gave us relevant being facilitated through teleconferences information on opportunities in PoAs Last February 2009, the Quezon City was and email correspondence. and the CDM, sustainable infrastructure invited to the launching of the CFCB development and financing, among Program, where relevant projects were Q. How has the CF-Assist initiative others. These forums also exposed our initially identified. In May 2009, the city supported you with your work and officials to different LED technologies IMPACT STORY FROM EAP: was chosen from among many cities as how has it added value? and enabled them to see how cities have FREDERIKA C. RENTOY one of the program beneficiaries with slowly adopted this technology. It was Head, Environment Protection and energy efficiency in street lighting as the A. The CFCB Program was a timely during these conferences that we were Waste Management Department target project. opportunity to take another step in the able to showcase the city’s initiatives Quezon City Local Government city’s environmental initiatives. Armed and learn best practices from all over the Since then, technical assistance has been with limited knowledge and technical world in order to replicate them at home. Q. In which initiative have you given to local officials of the Quezon know-how, the city saw the immense collaborated with CF-Assist? What was City through the consultants that were potential of engaging in this work, not Q. What has materialized since your the duration of this collaboration? commissioned by the World Bank to: only to reduce the city’s greenhouse gas last interaction with CF-Assist? Can (1) conduct the feasibility study of our emissions, but also to reduce the city’s you please provide an update on A. Quezon City has been chosen to proposed project; (2) prepare the Project operational expense and gain financial the status of any project that has participate in the Carbon Finance Identification Note; and (3) provide incentive from carbon financing, all been developed as a result of your Capacity Building (CFCB) Program, which guidance and advise on the challenges through one initiative. collaboration with CF-Assist? aims to build the capacity of cities in of choosing the right LED product, as identifying and developing projects well as in measuring its energy efficiency The technical consultants that were A. Partnering with the World Bank and that can access carbon finance under and luminaries. commissioned for this project provided providing networking opportunities the Clean Development Mechanism us with important insights, which have helped address the obstacles (CDM). Carbon finance was seen as have guided us in our decisions and faced by the city in terms of: (1) lack of 32 the overall program framework. These climate change mitigation action, in this technical skills to undertake the project; two pilots are related to urban forestry case particularly at city-level. (2) difficulty in conducting a thorough and non-motorized urban transport, study and evaluation of technologies i.e., cycling. Bringing “the carbon lens� Q. Can you provide an update on the in the market; and (3) lack of technical into activities that directly relate to program? What are the next steps? know-how on carbon financing options. Rio’s urban sustainability agenda adds tremendous value in terms of credibility A. The program design, that is the To ensure that the project is realized, the and also introduces additional incentives, interaction of different Secretaries and Environment Policy and Management which help to ensure their longevity Departments across the urban landscape Council, chaired by our Honorable IMPACT STORY FROM LAC: and, hence, sustainability. The LCCD in order to incentivize, implement and Mayor and with members coming from RODRIGO ROSA Program is particularly timely given monitor climate change mitigation different city departments, has also been Special Advisor of the Mayor of the the substantial investments Rio will be actions, has begun and detailed design tasked with overseeing implementation City of Rio de Janeiro facing in the next couple of years related features of the LCCD Program are being of the project. Rio+20 Municipality Executive to the mega events to be held in the city developed as we speak. Coordinator (the World Cup and Olympics). These As mentioned earlier, the Terms of investments are a great opportunity for The most exciting next step is probably Reference (TOR) for the procurement Q. In which program have you Rio to “reinvent� itself in a greener, more going to be the ISO certification we of LED streetlights are being finalized concerted with CF-Assist? climate-friendly way and the program are seeking for the LCCD Program. with assistance from the World Bank we have been developing with the World With this certification (which is already technical consultant and facilitated A. The World Bank’s CF-Assist program Bank can potentially play a significant underway), the Program will be turned through teleconferences and email has helped jumpstart activities related to role in all of that. into a globally applicable business model correspondence. the “Rio Low Carbon City Development for climate change mitigation at the city Program.� We have been collaborating Q. What has materialized since your level. While we still have a long road ahead on this program over, approximately, the interaction with CF-Assist? Is the of us, we are more confident now and last 1.5 years. program still ongoing? We are definitely looking forward have better skills to share with other to continuing the very productive colleagues. Q. How has CF-Assist (i.e. capacity- A. Yes, the program is very much relationship we have been able to building) part of the program ongoing and, in fact, we are now establish with the World Bank. Q. What is the next step in terms of supported you in your work and how planning to officially launch the Rio this project? has it added value? LCCD Program at Rio+20, which is taking place in mid-June in our marvelous city. A. After the TOR has been finalized, A. CF-Assist has been instrumental The launch of the program is only a the city will commence with the public in designing the overall program starting point for what we consider to bidding to procure the first batch of LED framework for Rio’s LCCD Program, and be a path-breaking initiative between streetlights for the pilot phase of the has helped make substantial progress the World Bank and the City of Rio project. with two pilot interventions within de Janeiro in promoting sub-national 33 4. Impact Stories of “Tanzania Renewable Energy CDM A. We have received the Letter of PoA,� as well as hands on training, which Approval from our National CDM helped to build the capacities of REA Designated National Authority and staff. CF-Assist provided support on how validation has also been conducted with REA can be organized and structured support from the Carbon Finance Unit. to become a coordinating entity of the CDM PoA. We have developed a contract agreement to be signed with our first The PIN was submitted to the World CPA, a 10 MW hydropower project called IMPACT STORY FROM AFR: Bank Carbon Finance Unit, with the “Mapembasi� in the Njombe region in IMPACT STORY FROM ECA: GISSIMA NYAMO-HANGA intention of collaborating with the the southern highlands of Tanzania. OLGA DIUKANOVA Technical Assistance Support Carbon Partnership Facility and assisting About six other small hydropower Senior Analyst, Foundation for the Manager rural energy projects in Tanzania to projects have already written letters Development of Environment and Rural Energy Agency (REA) benefit from carbon credits revenues. to join the CDM PoA Programme. Energy Markets In the portfolio, we have around 30 Q. Kindly elaborate on the capacity Q. How has CF-Assist supported you in small hydropower projects with a total Q. Which course of the WBICC/CF-Assist building initiative which you took up your work and has it added value? capacity of around 100 MW. e-course portfolio did you undertake? in collaboration with CF-Assist? A. The CF-Assist training workshops Q. What are the next steps? A. The Low Carbon Development (LCD) A. In 2006, before joining the Rural were very helpful to understanding and Course, from September 1-29, 2011. Energy Agency, I attended a CDM course engaging in the design of CDM PoAs. A. The next steps from here on are: in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. This course was Through the support of CF-Assist, two Q. How has the WBICC/CF-Assist organized by the World Bank Institute PINs (CDM CPA and CDM PoA) have • Signing the contract agreement course supported you in your work (CF-Assist) and was my first course on been created. Once implemented, the with the first CPA that is 10 MW and how has it added value? the CDM, which opened me up to the program will generate multiple benefits Mapembasi Hydropower Project; world of carbon finance. From then for the community. Firstly, they will • Recruiting more projects to join in as A. The course has greatly expanded my on, I became a CDM ambassador and have modern energy services, which is CPAs into the program; knowledge of LCD planning. My primary managed to sow the seeds to REA soon the most important thing. Secondly, • Finalizing the validation process; and area of expertise is general equilibrium after joining in 2008. I made sure the people will benefit due to an agreement • Capacity building to strengthen our modeling, so the possibility to learn a CDM found a place in the organization’s between us (i.e., REA) as the coordinating internal team (REA). different bottom-up modeling approach strategic plan. Thereafter, I continued entity and the project owners, ensuring was indispensable. The structure of the to attend conferences locally and, later, distribution of any revenues associated EFFECT model, developed in the World some internal training within REA from with carbon credits. Bank, was explained well in the course various CDM support groups. In 2009- tutorials. I found it was very useful to 2010, WBI CF-Assist provided us with Q. What has materialized since your apply our knowledge by performing technical support to develop the PIN interaction with CF-Assist? simulations with EFFECT. 34 The course strongly supported my project team if the project gets approved identify potential NAMAs that are in line decision to work with energy sector by the Government of Ukraine. with national strategies, demonstrate models, such as EFFECT, and apply them replicability, have significant greenhouse to evaluating mitigation options. I hope Q. Would you consider any other gas reduction potential and present an to employ such knowledge and skills in e-course from the WBICC/CF-Assist interesting economic opportunity for Ukraine to elaborate LEDS. portfolio? private sector participation. Q. What has materialized since you A. Later this year, I will take the e-course Q. How has this TA enhanced your commenced the course? on Investment Planning towards Low knowledge and capacity? Do you think Carbon, Climate Resilient Development. IMPACT STORY FROM MNA: it has contributed to development and A. I continued my work on assessing Since carbon abatement is achieved SHADA EL-SHARIF enabled local expertise to undertake alternative emission permits allocation mainly via energy saving, installation of Head of Sustainability – such work in the future? schemes in Ukraine. The methodology advanced energy efficient technologies Arabtech Jardaneh was based on a computable general requires significant investments. So I (Local Climate Change Consultant on the A. This TA has been extremely useful in equilibrium model. In parallel, I was hope the course will provide me with World Bank-funded project to provide terms of raising awareness about an studying the EFFECT model. the necessary knowledge to estimate Assistance to the Government of Jordan important concept in the LED arena, the real cost of investments and identify with regard to NAMAs) namely the NAMA, among both public As a successful participant of the Low sources of finance. and private sector stakeholders in Carbon Development course, I was Q. Could you provide information on Jordan. The hands-on and consultative selected to co-facilitate its next delivery, the project in which you collaborated process in developing the long and short from March 5-30, 2012, which was a with this technical assistance (TA)? lists of potential NAMAs has generated great experience. invaluable experience in terms of the A. This project is among the first of its methodology for developing NAMA Q. During the course, you drafted a kind in the MNA region and globally. projects. Proper documentation and low carbon development (LCD) plan It was implemented in response to communication of this process not only for Kazakhstan. Could you shed some the Government of Jordan’s initiative will pave the way for future NAMA light on its usefulness with your in developing its preliminary NAMA development in Jordan, but will also current work? list and subsequent request for serve as an example for other countries assistance to further develop it. The in the region and even around the A. Designing the LCD draft plan during project commenced with a World world. The approach of combining the course provided me with valuable Bank mission to Jordan in 2011. Since both locally-based and international skills and knowledge, which I plan to then, the project has involved close experts in carrying out this type of use in preparing the LEDS for Ukraine. collaboration with the Ministry of project has proven to be successful, Just recently, the USAID scoping mission Environment and other stakeholders whereby teams are able to bring in their visited the country to study prerequisites in Jordan’s key infrastructure sectors specialized knowledge and experience for LEDS. So I hope to be part of the (water, energy, transport and waste) to of international and local best practice. 35 4. Impact Stories The TA has been beneficial in terms of of relevant national documents/studies, include further development of the facilitating the development of networks it was possible to identify a long list of pre-feasibility study for the selected and partnerships among key players in potential NAMAs spanning the various pilot NAMA to take it further along the the climate change mitigation sector in infrastructure sectors in Jordan (water, technical, financial and legal analysis Jordan, which will form the basis for any waste, energy, transport). The local needed for financial closure. It will be collaboration or assistance in this sector team was also involved in developing important to continue raising awareness in the future. the NAMA criteria and filtering about NAMAs and to further develop the through the long list of projects; close process, taking into account constructive Q. Could you elaborate the experience coordination with the Government of feedback and lessons learned from this IMPACT STORY FROM SAR: since your interaction with this TA? Jordan and relevant stakeholders was initiative. RITA ROY CHOUDHURY undertaken iteratively throughout the Federation of Indian Chambers of A. The project is currently in its final process. Based on deliberations with Commerce and Industry (FICCI) stages, whereby a regional workshop stakeholders during the first workshop, to present key concepts and findings the pilot project for Jordan’s first pre- Q. In which event are you collaborat- was successfully implemented last feasibility development under this TA ing with CF-Assist? How long has this month. A highlight of this event was the was an industrial wastewater treatment collaboration been going on? opportunity to share experiences across project with private sector participation the region and to highlight the Jordanian aspects, identified national priorities and A. We are collaborating with CF-Assist experience with NAMAs to date. It is reduction potential of greenhouse gas for our flagship event, the “India Carbon clear that NAMAs are a dynamic and emissions. Market Conclave.� This collaboration has potentially powerful development been ongoing since 2007. tool, whereby developing countries are Q. What are the next steps from here encouraged to take the initiative to onwards? Q. How has the event supported the develop what works in their local context work of climate change mitigation and be part of the global dialogue on A. The final TA report will be issued stakeholders from India and the South developing best practices for NAMAs. to shed light on the entire NAMA Asia region, and has the India Carbon development process, as well as on the Market Conclave (ICMC) added value Q. Could you provide an update on the approach and outcomes of the pre- to their work? project? feasibility study. The aim is to build capacities of both the public and private A. ICMC offers a business, networking A. Based on extensive stakeholder sectors in developing such projects, and and knowledge platform for carbon engagement in the early stages of the leveraging support from international market players, a forum for accelerated project through a number of methods, climate finance instruments, where and effective business decision making, including face-to-face interviews, needed, towards realizing NAMAs. It is an opportunity for investors and buyers questionnaires, workshops and review anticipated that the next step would to identify projects with financing needs 36 or credits to sell, a platform for engaging and state governments, carbon market 2. Strategy for Nationally Appropriate with the largest gathering of project companies, representatives from Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) developers in India and an opportunity diverse industries, multilateral and 3. International Negotiations: State of to conduct carbon business transactions, bilateral agencies, consultants, industry Play from Durban to Doha as well as learn about new developments associations, urban local bodies, etc., to 4. Future of the CDM and New in different sectors. The forum helps in deliberate on critical aspects of climate Instruments building the capacity of companies and change mitigation. 5. Technology Mechanism: How Can Government organizations from the India Benefit from It? South Asian Region, enabling knowledge ICMC has emerged as a strong outreach 6. Green Climate Fund: How to sharing and networking through platform and has created visibility Operationalize and Use It? specific stakeholder interfaces. In 2009, for the Indian carbon market, as well 7. South-South Cooperation FICCI organized a pre-conference for as visibility for FICCI as the leading 8. Aviation and Maritime Emissions SAARC countries titled “SAARC CDM organization in this space. It has Conference� as a back-to-back event resulted in significant spinoffs in terms of the ICMC in order to provide the of recognition as a thought leader, and opportunity to present and learn about a voice of and facilitator for industry, mitigation initiatives through the CDM. resulting in new initiatives. One such Government and industry participants enterprise due to this recognition is a from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, bilateral initiative called the UK India Nepal, Pakistan and the Maldives Business Leaders Climate Group that participated in ICMC 2009. Bhutan emerged out of recognition of FICCI’s participated in 2010 and Thailand, the leadership in this space and its outreach Philippines and Bhutan participated in capability through the ICMC platform. 2011. ICMC 2011 also had a separate session on south-south cooperation. Q. When will the next Carbon Market Conclave take place? What are the Q. Can you please state some topics expected to be featured? examples of projects or initiatives that have begun as a result of the India A. The next ICMC will take place on Carbon Market Conclave? September 13-14 2012. This year, the following topics will be featured: A. Over the past 5 years, ICMC has emerged as the leading forum in 1. India’s National Action Plan on the carbon market domain, bringing Climate Change (NAPCC) – Current together stakeholders from central Scenario and Outlook 37 38 5. Conclusion During 2011-12, CF-Assist further focusing of our work by integrating our operationalized its strategic directions as efforts into one, overall work program endorsed by donors in December 2009 area—i.e., Low Emissions Development for the years 2010-13. In addition, the Planning and Financing—which would WBI business lines have been fine-tuned be operational at both national and to the needs of our program. Hence, sub-national levels, integrating a full a robust conceptual and operational mix of scaled-up carbon and climate framework is in place to tackle the tasks finance instruments into comprehensive ahead. This stable framework still allows planning exercises. sufficient flexibility to adjust to new developments evolving from the climate Strategic alliances with implementation change negotiations, hence in-time partners are already bearing fruits and preparation and implementation of creating synergies, and leveraging our holistic capacity-building initiatives. capacity-building efforts. We are now working to build a system that further The time and effort spent since improves capturing our results. One the strategic redirection to build such concept we are exploring is the concepts and systems is paying off: Open Development Experts Network products offered in each of the three (ODEN), which would feature successful business lines and work program stakeholders engaged in our programs areas complement each other, and are and provide a platform for continuous interdependently connected and in sync dialogue and elaboration of projects and with clients’ needs, as well as aligned strategies in the field, as well as support with strategic priorities of our donors our monitoring, evaluating and reporting and partners. on results in an efficient way, hence allowing us to keep delivering our work In fact, we have observed that the topics, at the current volume and pace. knowledge and capacity-building needs in our three work program areas (i.e., Low Emissions Development, Cities and Climate Change, and Carbon Market Instruments) are so interlinked that it has sparked further streamlining and 39 6. Future Outlook COP-17 in Durban created a new lease demand for knowledge and capacity- terms of mitigation potential. However, right track, and that we have established on life for the international climate building services is, hence, as high as without them, the global community ourselves as an entrusted provider change community. While uncertainties ever, in particular as stakeholders are will not achieve the emissions reductions of knowledge and capacity-building in terms of whether or not and in which increasingly aware that “early movers� needed. services. We are able to successfully format multilaterally-backed solutions have a higher chance of being rewarded. facilitate positive change processes will address the daunting climate change Through our position in WBI, and its on the ground, in alignment with the mitigation and adaptation challenges As we observe how the international methods, business lines and approach priorities of our clients and donors, ahead have not been fully cleared, the negotiation process unfolds further, and to partnership, CF-Assist is well placed as well as our external and internal Conference successfully introduced and eagerly await the new directions that to close this gap, and contribute cost partners to achieve our common goal: reinforced frameworks and mechanisms will evolve from COP-18, to be held in effectively to reaching this 25% target. a sustainable environment and a green, that can play a leading role in addressing Qatar later this year, we have already One of the key instruments in achieving climate-friendly future. climate change. Increasingly, it has put a system in place that allows us to this against tight timelines is south- become evident that a mix of tools respond to clients’ needs in a timely south knowledge exchanges, where (i.e., carbon finance, climate finance, manner. For example, implementation countries can learn from “early movers� sustainable low carbon and climate- of LEDS and NAMAs under the MAIN and adapt related lessons into their resilient development measures) may initiative is firmly established and respective frameworks. best achieve the necessary goals. responding adequately to future holistic planning and financing needs to achieve Hence, our business lines—structured One of the key outcomes from tangible and sufficient levels of climate learning, knowledge exchange and Durban is the new agreement for a change mitigation actions on the implementation—not only work in this legal instrument, which will require ground. sequence, but also vice versa; as we all countries to reduce their carbon support the creation of solutions on emissions to accepted levels by 2020, As we know and have stated in last the ground (e.g., drafting of LEDS and with action to be negotiated by 2015, year’s Annual Report, in order to NAMAs), we keep a close eye on evolving i.e., the Durban Platform for Enhanced address climate change mitigation best practices and feed them back to Action. New developments also allow successfully at the global level, action stakeholders facing similar challenges moving forward with a comprehensive and collaboration of all countries is in other countries through south-south set of instruments in addition to carbon required. 75% of the mitigation effort practitioner/knowledge exchanges, as markets: i.e., the GCF and the emerging is necessary to achieve in developed well as integrate them as case studies concept of NAMAs. countries and economies in transition, in the development of new learning but this alone will not be enough. To products. With the variety and complexity of avoid irreversible damage to our planet, current and potential instruments the remaining 25% will have to occur in The level of clients’ satisfaction and increasing, the requirements, in terms of the approximately140 countries that are positive feedback received assures us in actors’ skills sets, are also increasing. The typically referred to as insignificant in the CF-Assist team that we are on the 41 42 Annex 1: List of CF-A Events for 2011-12 Country Regional Global Cities and Carbon Training Events/ Events/ Low Emissions Climate Market # of Programs Carbon Carbon Development Change Instruments Month Event Location Participants days (CT) Fora Expo (G) (LED) (CCC) (CMI) 2011 May HCC Annual Meeting 2011 Barcelona, Spain 62 2 G CMI June Carbon Expo 2011 Barcelone, Spain 2600 3 G CMI June CFCB program at the C40 Sao Paulo Summit Sao Paulo, Brazil 38 3 G CCC July 3rd LAC Regional Seminar on Programmatic CDM La Antigua, Guatemala 50 4 LAC CMI July All Africa Carbon Forum 2011 Marrakech, Morocco 650 4 AFR CMI September Carbon Finance Capacity Building Workshop - Jakarta Jakarta, Indonesia 43 2 CT CCC September Latin America Carbon Forum San José, Costa Rica 903 3 LAC CMI September Low Carbon Development e-Course, Fall FY12 Washington DC, United 22 29 G LED States of America (online) September India Carbon Market Conclave New Delhi, India 187 1 SAR CMI September South-South Knowledge Sharing: Renewable Energy & New Delhi, India 45 1 G LED Energy Saving Certificates October CDM and JI: Navigating the Kyoto Project-Based Washington DC, United 24 29 G CMI Mechanisms e-Course, Fall FY12 States of America (online) November Regional Workshop on CDM: PoA Development Port of Spain, Trinidad and 30 1 LAC CMI Tobago November CDM Programme of Activities e-Course, Fall FY12 Washington DC, United 30 29 G CMI States of America (online) November Cities and Climate Change e-Course, Fall FY12 Washington DC, United 51 11 G CCC States of America (online) November MAIN Latin America: 2nd Regional Academy Santiago, Chile 55 4 LAC LED November Regional Training Workshop on the Economics of Panama City, Panama 30 4 LAC LED REDD+ December Carbon Finance Capacity Building Workshop - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 50 2 CT CCC Dar-es-Salaam 43 Annex 1: List of CF-A Events for 2011-12 continued Country Regional Global Cities and Carbon Training Events/ Events/ Low Emissions Climate Market # of Programs Carbon Carbon Development Change Instruments Month Event Location Participants days (CT) Fora Expo (G) (LED) (CCC) (CMI) 2012 February Global Energy Basel Basel, Switzerland 275 2 G CCC February Regional Workshop on Energy Efficiency Planning for Vienna, Austria 31 5 ECA LED Buildings February Renewable Energy and Climate Finance in OECS Coun- Cateries, St. Lucia 60 2 LAC LED tries March South Asia Region Urbanization Knowledge Platform Colombo, Sri Lanka 60 5 SAR CCC March CDM Programme of Activities e-Course, Spring FY12 Washington DC, United 42 12 G CMI States of America (online) March CDM and JI: Navigating the Kyoto Project-Based Washington DC, United 22 30 G CMI Mechanisms e-Course, Spring FY12 States of America (online) March Climate Change Training for the Caribbean Development Bridgetown, Barbados 60 5 LAC LED Bank March Low Carbon Development e-Course, Spring FY12 Washington DC, United 35 26 G LED States of America (online) March South- South Exchange Videoconference: Renewable Bangkok, Thiland 5 1 EAP/SAR LED Energy & Energy Savings Certificates March South- South Exchange Videoconference: Renewable New Delhi, India 25 1 EAP/SAR LED Energy & Energy Savings Certificates April Africa Carbon Forum 2012 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 800 3 AFR CMI April Cities and Climate Change Leadership e-Course, Spring Washington DC, United 41 18 G CCC FY12 States of America (online) April Regional NAMA TA Workshop Aman, Jordan 125 3 MNA LED TOTAL 6451 187 93 3071 3287 493 558 5400 44 Annex 2: Distribution of Events and Event Participation (per region and work program) Regional Distribution of Country Training Programs 2005-10/participants 2005- 2006- 2007- 2008- 2009- 2010- 2011- Aggregate % Region 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 number  (Rounded) AFR 176 741 416 348 116 54 50 1,901 30 EAP 211 497 147 85 114 147 43 1,244 20 ECA 76 361 0 236 142 120 0 935 15 LAC 143 0 110 0 96 0 0 349 6 MENA 0 262 35 0 0 0 0 297 5 SAR 1,163 358 0 0 0 0 0 1,521 24 TOTAL 1,769 2,219 708 669 468 321 93 6,247 100 Regional Events and Carbon Fora 2011-2012 Global Events / Carbon Expo 2011-12 Region Number of Participants Event Number of Participants AFR* 1450 Carbon Expo 2,600 EAP 15 HCC Annual Meeting 2011 62 ECA 31 CFCB program at the C40 Sao Paulo Summit 38 LAC 1188 South-South Knowledge Sharing: 45 MNA 125 Renewable Energy & Energy Saving Certificates SAR 262 Global Energy Basel 275 TOTAL 3,071 Facilitated e-Learning (Aggregate) 267 TOTAL 3,287 AFR*: Two Africa Carbon Fora took place during the reporting period with 650 (year 2011) and 800 (year 2012) participants, respectively. Hence, number of participants has been effected accordingly (please, see annex of 2011 CF-Assist Annual Report for reference). 45 Annex 2: Distribution of Events and Event Participation (per region and work program) continued Participants in facilitated e-learning courses 2011-12 Event Participation 2005-12 (aggregate numbers for Global/ Regional/Country programs/events; and percentages) e-Course Number of Participants CDM/JI Fall 2011 24 Participants % (Rounded) CDM/JI Spring 2012 22 Global Events / Carbon Expo 20,128 53.5 PoA Fall 2011 30 Regional Events & Carbon Fora 11,141 30 PoA Spring 2012 42 Country Training Programs 6,247 16.5 LCD Fall 2011 22 TOTAL 37,516 100 LCD Spring 2012 35 Cities & CC Fall 2011 51 Event Participation 2005-2012 (number of participants per year, and aggregate) Cities & CC Spring 2012 41 2005-2006 4,106 TOTAL 267 2006-2007 5,295 2007-2008 5,005 2008-2009 5,848 2009-2010 5,822 2010-2011 4,989 2011-2012 6,451 TOTAL 37,516 Event Participation 2011-2012 per program (Low Emissions Development, Cities and Climate Change, Carbon Market Instruments) Participants % Low Emissions Development 493 7.5 Cities and Climate Change 558 8.5 Carbon Market Instruments 5400 84 Total 6451 100 46 Annex 3. Acronyms List of Acronyms AfDB African Development Bank JI Joint Implementation AFR Sub-Saharan Africa LAC Latin America and the Caribbean (WB) CFO Climate Finance Options LED Low Emissions Development CCAP Clean Air Policy LCD Low Carbon Developmemt CDM Clean Development Mechanism MAIN Mitigation Action Implementation Network CDB Caribbean Development Bank MNA Middle East and North Africa (WB) CF-Assist Carbon Finance Assist NAMA Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions CFCB Climate Finance Capacity Building NGO Non-Governmental Organizations CFU Carbon Finance Unit OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development COP Conference of the Parties OLADE Latin American Energy Organization CDM:PoA CDM Programme Activities OECS Organization of Eastern Caribbean States CPF Carbon Partnership Facility PES Payment for Environmental Services CSA Climate- Smart Agriculture PIN Project Idea Note DNA Designated National Authority PoA Programme of Activities EAP East Asia and the Pacific (WB) PPIAF Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility ECA Europe and Central Asia (WB) REA Rural Energy Agency EE Energy Efficiency REDD Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation EFFECT Energy Forecast Framework and Emission Consensus Tool SAR South Asia Region (WB) ESMAP Energy Sector Management Assistance Program PMR Partnership for Market Readiness ETS Emission Trading Scheme VCS Voluntary Carbon System FCPF Forest Carbon Partnership Facility TA Technical Assistance CTF Clean Technology Fund TRACE Tool for Rapid Assessment of City Energy FICCI Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry UN United Nations GCF Green Climate Fund UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development GHG Greenhouse Gas UNDP United Nations Development Programme GDLN Global Development Learning Network UNECA United Nations Economic Commission for Africa HCC Host Country Committee UNEP United Nations Environment Programme IADB Inter-American Development Bank UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ICI International Climate Initiative UNITAR United Nations Institute for Training and Research IETA International Emissions Trading Association WBI World Bank Institute IFC International Finance Corporation WBICC World Bank Institute Climate Change Practice LCCD Low Carbon City Development 47 CF-Assist Team Chandni Dinakaran, Cristiam Rodriguez, Gerald Kapp; Extended Kai-Uwe Barani Schmidt Maja Murisic, Marcos Castro Consultant; Operations Analyst; Term Consultant, Sr. Environmental Operations Analyst; Rodriguez, Communications; Resource Management Learning Program Specialist & Learning Program Environmental Learning Program Team Leader Specialist, Task Manager ECA and LAC Regions Peter Schierl, Rutu Dave, Climate Samira El Khamlichi, Todor Arsovski, Xiaochen Zhang, Knowledge Change Specialist; Task Environmental Consultant; Multimedia Consultant; Learning Management Officer; Manager EAP and SAR Specialist, Task Manager Program Communications; Task Regions; CFCB Program AFR and MENA Regions; Manager Knowledge Learning Program Management WBICC Team contributing to CF-Assist work Cristina Tumale-Habib, Jayaseelan Moses, Mei Xie, Sr. Water Monali Ranade, Pablo Cesar Benitez Sylvie Yvette Favret, Theresa Bradley-Fiscella, Yu Huan, Consultant Temporary Program Assistant Resources Specialist Sr. Environmental Ponce, Sr. Economist Program Assistant Sr. Corporate Strategy Specialist Officer 48 Acknowledgements Editor: Peter Schierl Proof Editors: Leila Mead, Chandni Dinakaran Review: Neeraj Prasad, Kai-Uwe Barani Schmidt Graphic Design: Susanne Kasielke Design: Studio Grafik Photos: World Bank Photo Library, WBICC Photo Library, iStockphoto Printer: District Creative Printing C The Carbon Finance-Assist Program is currently supported by the Governments of Australia, Denmark, Spain and Switzerland. 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