us-china partnership for climate action presentation to usaid
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US-China Partnership for Climate Action Presentation to USAID. March 2010. WRI’s Focus Areas: Creating sustainable enterprises and opportunities Protecting the climate system Protecting the earth’s living systems Empowering people and strengthening institutions. ISC’s Focus Areas: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
US-China Partnership
for Climate Action
Presentation to USAID
March 2010
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ISC’s Focus Areas:
• Environmental management/ Resource efficiency
• Effective local climate action
• Institutional development
• Citizen engagement and community mobilization
• Advocacy & Leadership
• Public-private partnerships
WRI’s Focus Areas:
• Creating sustainable enterprises and opportunities
• Protecting the climate system
• Protecting the earth’s living systems
• Empowering people and strengthening institutions
ISC’s Work in China:
Guangdong Environmental Partnership
BUSINESS – Expands pool of qualified environment, health & safety managers to increase compliance and meet energy efficiency targets
GOVERNMENT – Strengthens provincial/municipal environmental governance and enforcement capacity
COMMUNITIES – Develops community-based energy efficiency initiatives
SCHOOLS – Educates the next generation in sustainable development
WRI’s Climate work in China:
Building Understanding and Capacity
• Promoting Technology Development– Carbon Capture and Storage Regulatory Guidelines
in partnership with Tsinghua University– Renewable Energy Deployment
• Promoting a Global Agreement– Technology Deployment Case Studies to inform the
International Agreement– MRV and the China Context
• Disseminating and implementing GHG Protocol standards and tools – To inform the design of effective business and
Government programs and policies to combat climate change
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PCA Program - Goals
Achieve significant, meaningful and lasting reductions in GHG emissions in China, by:
building the capacity of high-emitting industries, the power sector, and selected cities, to:
– measure and reduce GHG emissions
– take energy efficiency actions.
To be:
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PCA Program - Overview
• Three-year, $6 million cooperative agreement– 1:1 additional private leverage is anticipated
• Program designed to address priorities of the US-China cooperation on energy and climate:
–Improving energy efficiency and conservation–Quantifying and reducing GHG emissions
• Key Expected Outcomes:–Significant GHG emissions reductions–Innovative public-private partnerships–Platform for scaling-up, replicating, & sustaining
successes
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PCA Program - Key Elements
• USAID led cooperation initiative
• Public-private partnership
• Focus on scaling up energy efficiency and GHG measurement/mitigation
• Three program components: Industries, Power Sector, Cities
• Two Provinces: Jiangsu, Guangdong
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GuangdongGuangdong
JiangsJiangsuu
Two of China’s Industrialized Provinces
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PCA Program - Targets
Targets:
>6.6 M tons of CO2 equivalent
reduced
>17.2 TWh of energy saved
>Equivalent to removing all 120,000 taxis in Beijing and Shanghai from the street for 3 years
GHG Emission Reduction
GH
G (
x1
06 M
tCO
2e)
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PCA Program - Partners & Supporters
Implementing Partners:
Funders:
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Component 1:
Industry: Clean Energy & GHG Accounting
• Train >4,000 factory managers per year in EE & GHG management;
• Field test, customize and disseminate new GHG Protocol standards & tools;
• Establish a national certification protocol to include EE/GHG in collaboration with the Ministry of Human Resources & Social Security.
Combine training resources of ISC’s EHS Academies in Guangdong and Jiangsu with WRI’s global leadership in GHG accounting & measurement to:
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Component 2:
Power Sector: Driving Energy Efficiency
• Establishing DSM, public finance, and behavior campaigns by sharing leading US utility practices;
• Scaling-up the Efficiency Power Plant model in terms of dollars invested and TWh of capacity;
• Building capacity in industrial sectors to identify and secure EE/RE financing.
Leverage existing projects in the power sector by:
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Component 3:
Cities: Low-Carbon Urban Development
• Training and mentoring cross-agency teams;
• Focusing on scaling-up building retrofits, cutting vehicle traffic, systematic GHG accounting and integrated solutions;
• Linking Chinese practitioners with U.S. counterparts and leading global practitioners;
• Building capacity of three Chinese partners to serve as learning and networking hubs.
Promoting low-carbon urban development by building capacity for effective local climate and energy action by:
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Expanding Public-Private Partnerships
• Chinese Government/Policymaking bodies
• US DOE, US EPA, State Department,
Commerce
• Strategic and Economic Dialogue
• International NGOs
• Private foundations
• Multinational companies
• Multilateral donors
• Energy efficiency counterparts in the U.S.
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Key Milestones To Date• Program office established and registered, program team in
place, engaged key international and Chinese implementing partners
• Secured the support of senior provincial government agencies in Guangdong and Jiangsu
• Conducted workshops in Beijing and Guangzhou to document Chinese input to draft GHG Protocol Standards for Products and Supply Chains
• Developed comprehensive, 4-day cross-industry GHG accounting training course for Chinese enterprises
• Identified and vetting 6 finalist candidates for EHS Academy in Jiangsu
• Established agreement with Southern China Grid company to implement Green Action Plan, scale up Efficiency Power Plant
• On track to implement first Climate Leadership Academy for Chinese cities in July 2010
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Challenges/Opportunities
• Chinese Government Support & Sensitivities
• Needs are Massive and Immediate
• USG Coordination
Questions?