Tan Ching TiongLECB Project Manager

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

NAMAs Seeking International Support:Selected Cases from Malaysia

UNFCCC Workshop for the Asia-Pacific and Eastern European Regions on NAMAs12-14 June 2015, Bonn, Germany

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NAMA Development in Malaysia

National framework & arrangements

2013 2014 2015

Prioritisation for pilot cases

NAMAs for recognition (3 cases)

NAMAs seeking international support (4-5 cases)

Sectoral assessment on potential & role of NAMAs

Mitigation, NAMAs & MRVInterim Arrangement

TWG on NAMAChair: NRE-BPASPI

[LECB]

TWG on MitigationChair: NRE-BPASPI

[BUR/NC3]

TWG on MRVChair: NRE-BPASPI

[BUR/NC3]

NAMAs

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

1) Institutional arrangements & procedures on mitigation actions (incl. NAMAs & MRV)

2) MRV methodology

National arrangements

for climate change

a) …b) Mitigation WGc) Verification WGd) …

(in progress)

Different TORSimilar membership

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Endorsement & Submission of NAMA Documents

Interim Arrangement

NAMAs from Malaysia should have applied for and obtained endorsement of the national government, including a letter of support from the ministry that is the national focal point for climate change as well as a letter of support from the responsible sector ministry.

NAMAs for recognition at UNFCCC-NAMA Registry are required to undergo verification for acceptance for submission to the UNFCCC NAMA Registry.

NAMA documents for international funding and UNFCCC-NAMA Registry will be submitted through national focal point for climate change.

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NAMAs Seeking International Support

1. Avoided Emissions from Peat Swamp Forest Management and Central Forest Spine Ecological Connectivity in South East Pahang

2. Support to Integrated E-Waste Management System for State of Sabah, Malaysia

3. NAMA in Support of Implementation of the Electric Mobility Blueprint in Malaysia

4. Reactivation of RE-based CDM Project Activities in Malaysia

5. Implementation of the Low Carbon Island Model for Langkawi Island

6. ……

GEF

RMKe10

REDD+ Funds

NAMA and REDD+ Funds

Avoided Emissions from Peat Swamp Forest Management & Central Forest Spine Ecological

Connectivity in South East Pahang

Financing Mechanism

Pahang State Natural Resources

Conservation Trust Fund

Pahang State Natural Resources

Conservation Trust Fund

During Project Implementation

Post-Project Stage

National Natural

Resources Conservation

Trust Fund

State Government Contribution

Private Sector

Engagement

NAMA Funding

Result-Based Finance

Arrangement

Result-Based Finance System

National Natural

Resources Conservation

Trust Fund

State Government Contribution

Private Sector

Commitment

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Mainstreaming into Pahang State green economy agenda

Integration into Pahang State sectoral and cross-sectoral plans & programmes

NAMA Support Activities

NAMA Support

Domestic Resources International NAMA Funding

• Land acquisition• Infrastructure

development

• Establishment & initial operation of state-level trust fund.

• Results-based financing instrument.• Policy approaches for mainstreaming

long-term implementation.• Enhanced fire management

programme.• Enhanced ecological connectivity

through planning instruments.• Capacity building for relevant

stakeholders.RM 484 million

(USD 140 million)RM 62 million

(USD 18 million)

Long-term Im

plementation

2016-2020

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Potential Contribution to Climate Change Mitigation

The NAMA will contribute toward climate change mitigation in two ways:• Short to medium term, avoided emissions at the targeted landscape.• Long-term, carbon sequestration.

Short-term impacts – total avoided emissions 12 MT CO2:• Avoided emissions from Peat Swamp conserved under CFS (total area =

5,657.79 ha.) and amounts to 4.24 MT CO2

• Avoided emissions from other Forested areas conserved under CFS (total area = 23,411.03 ha) and amounts to 7.84 MT CO2.

The assumptions:

• The carbon stocks for Stateland forest is obtained from the 4th National Forest Inventory for Inland and Peat swamp forest.

• The carbon conversion factor used is 0.47 as per 2006 IPCC Guidelines• The other carbon pools; dead wood, soil and leaf litter were not

estimated.

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Integrated E-Waste Management System in Sabah

Study on E-Waste in Sabah under the BIMP EAGA

Environmental Cluster & ICT Cluster (2013-2014)

Sabah E-waste Strategy Action Plan

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Financing Plan

Sources of Financing

Estimated Amount

Coverage

Domestic: Co-Financingof government, private sectors & NGOs

RM 112 million(USD 30.2

million)

• In-kind contribution (salary, work place, allowances etc.)

• Facility investment

International: NAMA funding support

RM 25 million(USD 6.7 million)

• Collection and transport cost subsidy

• Existing facility upgrade• Collection points management• Technical assistance• Experience sharing (scale up)• Awareness and training• MRV system (web system etc.)

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NAMA Support for Implementation

Stage 1 & Stage 2:Local transportation costs (31%); Shipping costs (32%); Infrastructure upgrades (4%); Operating cost (3%); Management & maintenance (5%); Awareness, education & training (10%); Good practice & experience sharing with BIMP-EAGA members (1%); Web system development/ maintenance (1%); Consultancy & web application cost (9%); Project management (4%); and Contingencies (1%)

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Estimated Emission Reduction

Total emission reduction from 2016-2030: 652,772 tCO2e. • 2016-2020: 147,736 tCO2e• 2021-2030: 505,036 tCO2e

Methodology: • CDM methodology “AMS-III.BA Recovery and recycling of materials

from e-waste” version 01.0 • GHG Protocol HFC Tool (Version 1.0) - Calculating HFC and PFC

Emissions from the Manufacturing, Installation, Operation and Disposal of Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Equipment.

MRV indicators:• amount of e-waste collected, number of e-waste collection point

setup, number of e-waste collection drive, awareness activities and campaign conducted.

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Challenges in NAMA Uptake

International negotiation on NAMA is still ongoing at the UNFCCC. Its role in the new international agreement on climate change, which is expected to be agreed by 2015, is uncertain.

To domestic stakeholders, NAMA is still a rather new issue. Without a prescriptive definition, scope and approach from the UNFCCC discourse, domestic deliberation and decision on national implementation framework and arrangement for NAMA was undertaken prudently.

Available financing opportunity on NAMA is limited and highly uncertain. This situation increases the difficulty in convincing agencies to commit efforts in pursuing NAMAs, especially those requiring large investment or already having sufficient domestic resources for ongoing initiatives.

THANK YOU!

Low Emission Capacity Building (LECB) ProjectThe LECB Project aims to assist Malaysia in enhancing national greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory systems, promoting the uptake of nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMA) as well as designing measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) framework that ultimately serves national priorities for low emission development strategy.

The UNDP LECB Programme is supported through contributions by the European Commission, the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, and the Government of Australia.

Tan Ching TiongLECB Project ManagerTel: +(603) 8886 1669Fax: +(603) 8888 4473

Email: tan@nre.gov.my; tctiong@gmail.com