[sustran] Re: Guidance on Transport NAMAs

[Cornie Huizenga]

Carlos,

As I understand there will be possibilities after 31st January for
developing countries to make entries in Annex 2.  The 31st January deadline
applies especially for the developed countries to register their emission
reduction commitments in Annex 1 of the Copenhagen Accord.

I understand the sentiment of Colombia that they want to know what the
emission reduction potential is and associated costs. It shows that they are
taking this serious. Some people have however argued that it is good to have
placeholders in Annex 2 of the Copenhagen Accord on transport. Since there
are no guidelines on how such NAMAs for developing countries will be
monitored there would at this point not have to be a detailed quantitative
assessment of emission reductions.

With best regards,
Cornie

On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:32 PM, Carlosfelipe Pardo <carlosfpardo at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Regarding NAMAs and the opportunity described below, I don't understand
> why the timeframe (until January 31st) is so short to submit something,
> especially since this is only for developing countries which haven't
> developed strong methodologies.
>
> We've consulted the Colombian agency in charge of climate change
> mitigation and they've said they will not submit a NAMA as such because
> they cannot commit to anything that they haven't quantified in terms of
> mitigation potential or abatement costs. They are hoping that there will
> be future deadlines, which I find complicated because this may be a
> window of opportunity which will close soon... or is it?
>
> I'm not sure if anyone has been able to move forward with their
> respective governments in such an insanely short timeframe (less than 2
> months from the publication of the Copenhagen Accord!).
>
> Finally, thanks to Bridging the Gap initiative for producing such useful
> documents. We would otherwise have drowned trying to understand all
> those acronyms and information that UNFCCC and other agencies produce.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Carlosfelipe Pardo
> Country Director, Colombia
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> SUTP Team wrote:
> > Dear All and Climate-L readers,
> >
> > The Copenhagen Accord provides an opportunity for non-Annex I country
> > Parties to submit a list of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions
> > (NAMAs) by the 31st January 2010, for inclusion within Appendix II of
> > the Accord. The ‘Bridging the Gap’ initiative has developed a guidance
> > document for Parties on the submission of NAMAs in the transport sector,
> > providing an overview of the potential mitigation actions, at national
> > and sub-national level, that could be included within NAMA submissions.
> >
> > In the hope that this may help trigger further action towards
> > sustainable low-carbon transport, we encourage you to disseminate this
> > widely, particularly to developing country Parties and their relevant
> > institutions/individuals involved in the formulation/communication of
> NAMAs.
> >
> > A MS Word version is also available upon request, which we welcome you
> > to edit for your tailored purposes.
> >
> > Please also see our new report analysing the outcomes of COP15, and the
> > implications for the transport sector:
> >
> http://www.transport2012.org/bridging/ressources/documents/1/556,Copenhagen_report_FINAL_Bridging_the.pdf
> >
> > The document has been prepared by the Bridging the Gap Initiative (GTZ,
> > Veolia Transport, UITP and TRL)  in partnership with ITDP.
> > www.transport2012.org<http://www.transport2012.org>
> >
> > It is a contribution to the Partnership on Sustainable Low-Carbon
> Transport.
> > www.slocat.net<http://www.slocat.net>
> >
> > Note: The Bridging the Gap Initiative does not endorse any particular
> > position on the Copenhagen Accord, nor is the document meant to
> > prejudice the negotiation outcome in any way.
> >
> > With Best Regards,
> >
> > Daniel Bongardt, GTZ
> > + 49 6196/79-1375,
> >
> > http://www.transport2012.org
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Cornie Huizenga
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