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CEEST Foundation. January 2008 1


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National communications to the UNFCCC GHG Inventory preliminary findings emissions are

Communications)

Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change impacts

temperature and decreasing rainfall Sectoral impactsinclude

, Impacts of sea level rise Health sector especially malaria and cholera

Rangelands and livestock

NCAP adaptation studies Livelihood impacts of floods and drought in Rufiji and

climate change impacts to smallholder farmers inKilimanjaro region



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CEEST implementation of climate changestudies in Tanzania

Clean development Mechanism Essence and objectives r n c p e s Implementation criteria

World carbon trade World CDM ro ect distribution b t e and

numbers

Opportunities for Tanzania Implementation challenges Governance issues and institutional challen es



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,the third Conference of the parties to theUNFCCC

CDM is a mechanism for achievement of theUNFCCC throu h collaboration between

developed and developing countries CDM purposes are: to assist developing country Parties in achieving sustainable

development, thereby contributing to the ultimate objective of

to assist developed country Parties in achieving compliance withpart of their quantified emission limitation and reductioncommitments under Article 3.



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Protect on o c mate system y

ensuring that Developed (Annex I)countries meets their obligations ofreducing GHG emissions using cost-

effective measures and contributetowards achieving sustainableeconomic development

Addressin s ecific need andcircumstances of developing



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Vo untary part c pat on approve y

each party involved Real, measurable, and long-term

benefits related to the miti ation of

climate change

additional to any that would occur

CDM projects should not divert ODA



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Carbon trade has been growing fast over time from tradeworth less than 4 billion Dollars in 2004 to over 30 billiondollars in 2006.

Total volume of carbon in 2005 was 710 Million tones ofCO2 while in 2006 it was 1,639 Mill tons of CO2.

In terms of monetary value, in 2005 the carbon was worth

US$ 10 Billion while in 2006 it was worth US$ 30 Billion. EU dominates the carbon market with trade worth US$

on n w c grew to on n .

Other market participants include t e ew out a es,

the Chicago Climate Exchange



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As of 2 November 2007, 828 CDM projectshave been registered by the CDM

Executive Board. These ro ects reducegreenhouse gas emissions by an estimated

2.

There are about 2,600 projects in thepipeline (not yet registered) which would

until the end of 2012 roduce over 2.5billion tons CO2 equivalent reductions.



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Africa

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Argentina

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China15%CEEST Foundation. January 2008 9


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Countries dominating the CDM projects in terms ofnumbers are India with 283 projects, China with 120

Africa region has 21 projects only which are distributedas follows: South Africa 10 projects, 1biogas power 30ktCO2/yr, 2 biomass

energy 241ktCO2/yr,1 energy efficiency in households6.6ktCO2/ r 2 fossil fuel switch 120ktCO2/ r 2 N2O with

1433ktCO2/yr. Egypt 3 projects (1 landfill 371ktCO2/yr, 1N2O 1066ktCO2/yr and

Morocco 3 projects, (1solar pv 39ktCO2/yr) (2 wind185ktCO2/yr)

Nigeria 1 fugitive project with 1497ktCO2/yr

Tanzania 1 landfill project with 210 ktco2/yr

Uganda 1 hydro project with 36ktCO2/yrCEEST Foundation. January 2008 12


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To put in place CDM guide and implementation

sustainable development criteria for CDM

implemented as well the number of projects in

Include CDM in the Environmental law

framework

Public awareness creation

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The government should consider the establishment of

the multi-stakeholders review committee under the

Investment Promotion Centre

Commission for Science and Technology

Local banks CEEST Foundation

Ministry of Energy and Minerals

Ministry of Industry and Trade Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism

Higher Learning institutions



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rosters of CDM local experts withtheir CVs and a list of private and

the office of DNA such that there iseasy access in case t eir expertise is

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Foreign actors who are development partners

should provide funds for developingappropr a e capac y an n ras ruc urasupport for CDM process. Foreign actors who

one of the partner and avail investment,

projects.



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initiatives should take placeseparately from actual CDM project to

Foreign investors should also play arole of building the capacity of local

and effective partners.



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os pro ec s are very expens ve an requ rehigh levels of technology; conditions that aredifficult for local investors to meet.therefore there should be more capacitycreation in terms of both financial and

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should also offer opportunities for localinvestors to invest in bigger projects bigger .


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