Canada Taking Action on Climate Change:

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Canada Taking Action on Climate Change

• The Canada Climate Change Development Fund
  (CCCDF)
• Satender Singh
• Foreign Affairs Canada

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Introduction to the CCCDF

• Established in July 2000 part of Canadas
  International Strategy on Climate Change
• 5 year, 100 million initiative
• funding committed through two rounds of project
  selections in August 2000 and May 2001
• currently partway through its fourth year
• fully committed, and projects are into
  implementation phase
• Administered by CIDA on behalf of the Government
  of Canada
• supporting departments include EC, NRCan, DFAIT,
  Industry Canada, among others
• implemented through Canadian Executive Agencies
  with partners in developing countries

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Program Principles

• CCCDF was guided by a number of program
• principles that included
• support a broad range of climate change
  activities
• capitalize on comparative Canadian capabilities
• complement CIDAs policy framework and country
  strategies and responsive to the needs of
  developing countries
• support new and additional programming
• demonstrate that there are important poverty
  reduction, local environmental benefits, health
  and welfare benefits from climate change
  programming
• aim to ensure that geographic equity and balance
  is achieved and
• maximize impact by leveraging other resources,
  both within CIDA and outside

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CCCDF Goal and Program Areas

• Goal To promote activities to combat the causes
  and effects of climate change while contributing
  to sustainable development and poverty reduction.
• Four Program areas
• Emissions Reduction
• Adaptation
• Carbon Sequestration
• Core Capacity Building for Climate Change
• Chosen because they are key issues in the UNFCCC
  and has strong links to poverty reduction and
  sustainable development

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Current Activities

• Portfolio
• 36 main projects (up to 5 million) in four
  programming areas
• 6 small project funds to provide a more flexible
  and responsive mechanism supporting about 50-60
  additional projects up to 250K
• 3 contributions to Multilateral Funds
• Project activities in 52 countries throughout all
  regions of CIDA programming
• Almost all projects have entered implementation
  phase
• implemented by other Canadian departments, NGOs,
  private sector and educational and research
  institutions
• Recently completed a Midterm Review
• looked at challenges, results achieved so far,
  the value of the approach taken and lessons
  learned.

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Program Area 1 Emissions Reduction

• Objective To help developing countries reduce
  the growth of GHG emissions
• directly through the transfer of clean
  technologies, indirectly through capacity
  development
• sectors targeted included energy, transportation,
  agriculture and waste
• 15 out of 36 main projects
• Some of the activities include
• implementing energy-efficiency measures in
  textiles, ceramic and metal mechanic industries
  in Brazil
• partnerships with municipal governments in Latin
  America and Thailand to develop climate change
  policies and action plans
• transfer of technologies including GHG inventory
  software, renewable energy and energ-efficiency
  technologies in Tunisia, China and India among
  others

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Technology Transfer in the CCCDF

• CCCDF aims to combine technology transfer with a
  capacity building approach
• CCCDF technology transfer projects support our
  commitments under the UNFCCC - Article 4.5
• 14 out of 36 main projects include a technology
  transfer component
• Through the CCCDF, there are many examples of
  transfers of clean technologies, including
• enhanced carbon-dioxide coalbed methane
  extraction technology in China
• high volume fly-ash concrete technology in India
• natural gas burner technology for brick factories
  in Egypt
• solar PV technologies in small communities in
  Argentina

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Program Area 2Adaptation

• Objective To assist developing countries in
  reducing their vulnerability and adapting to the
  adverse effects of climate change
• Strengthening adaptive capacities at community,
  national and regional levels
• focussed on planning for adaptation through
  information gathering and vulnerability
  assessments, preventive measures to reduce
  vulnerabilities and activities facilitating
  adaptation measures
• consisted of technology and know-how transfer
  component in areas such as drought mitigation,
  agricultural food production, coastal zone
  management, water resource management and early
  warning systems
• 7 out of 36 main projects
• Some of the activities include
• guidelines for community vulnerability and
  adaptation assessments and action for South
  Pacific region
• adaptation planning in the Caribbean that
  included climate change impact analysis for water
  resource planning boards, etc

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Program Area 3 Carbon Sequestration

• Objective To contribute to carbon sequestration
  in sinks in developing countries
• 7 out of 36 main projects
• for the most part, these are grassroots community
  based natural resource management projects
  focussed on promoting sustainable livelihoods
  while providing opportunities to build climate
  change mitigation, but projects also include
  research and policy work
• Specific activities include
• developing capacity in the use of GIS and remote
  sensing applications for carbon cycle modelling
  in China
• Participatory Rural Appraisals to identify
  priority livelihhod needs, current use of
  resources and provide baseline information for
  land use planning in Timor Leste and Indonesia

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Program Area 4 Core Capacity Building for
Climate Change

• Objective To contribute to strengthening the
  capacity of developing countries to participate
  in global efforts to combat climate change
• Creating an enabling environment for future
  transfers of technology
• 7 out of 36 main projects, plus many small
  projects
• Some of the types of activities include
• support to developing country governments,
  including China, for the completion of national
  communications
• working with governments to develop climate
  change strategies and action plans in countries
  like Tunisia

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A Capacity Building Approach

• All projects within all program areas are being
  implemented using a capacity building approach
• approach is consistent with the Capacity Building
  framework established in the Marrakech Accords
• country-driven process
• activities specific to the needs and context of
  the particular country
• reflecting national sustainable development
  strategies, priorities and initiatives
• learning by doing, and
• strengthening institutions, amongst others
• Identified as a program area in recognition of
  the importance of capacity-building for climate
  change

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Building capacity for National Communications

• Within the Core Capacity Building for Climate
  Change program area, several projects are
  undertaking activities in support of National
  Communications
• Activities include assessment of mitigation
  measures, inventories, institutional capacity
  building, and developing plans of action
• Broad variety of techniques and approaches used
  including training workshops, technical
  assistance, short-term practical attachments,
  study tours, hands-on and application learning to
  name a few

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Canada-China Cooperation on Climate Change (C5)

• Project Goal To strengthen Chinas core
  capacity within government, research and academic
  institutions, industry and communities to address
  the issue of climate change
• primarily through training and awareness-building
  to enhance capacities of Chinese government
  officials, researchers, industry representatives
  and citizens
• Approximately C 6 million project in four
  activity areas
• Develop awareness and outreach tools, techniques
  and approaches in support of a long-term strategy
  to raise awareness of Chinese decision-makers,
  general public and ENGOs
• Sharing Canadian experience in collecting,
  estimating and managing GHG data, and forecasting
  GHG emissions in support of first National
  Communications
• Identify and assess impacts of climate change in
  support of an effective adaptation strategy for
  China and
• Develop an operational model for Clean
  Development Mechanism (CDM) project development
  and build capacity in china to employ the model.

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C5 National Communication Component - Context

• China is preparing its First National
  Communications
• Preparing 1995 inventory of sources of greenhouse
  gases (GHGs) using IPCC guidelines
• Also launching 2000 inventory and work on
  forecasting emissions
• Assessing vulnerabilities and impacts of climate
  change

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C5 National Communication Component Expected
Results

• Ability and knowledge within the Chinese
  government and research institutions to develop
  and employ effective methodologies to
• develop inventory and data management systems for
  China and
• determine and forecast fugitive emissions from
  oil and gas sector, emissions of
  hydrofluorocarbon (HFC), perfluorocarbon (PFC)
  and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) and the emissions
  from aluminum production within China

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C5 National Communication Component - Progress

• Excellent relationship developed between the
  Energy Research Institute in China and
  Environment Canada
• Study tour of Canada in January 2003
• participants met with agencies responsible for
  data collection (Stats Can), data management and
  upgrading (NRCan) and inventory preparation and
  publishing (EC)
• Completion of report, Preparation of a Chinese
  National GHG Inventory and Design of a Data
  Management System Framework
• Dialogue established with Natural Resources
  Canada on approaches to forecasting

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C5 National Communication Component - Progress

• Specific pollutants workshop and seminar
• Objective of workshop to expose Chinese
  scientists to the Canadian experience and systems
  for greenhouse gas (GHG) inventorying, monitoring
  and the interpretation of these data in the
  context of public debate and policy on climate
  change
• Workshop addressed issues including fugitive
  emissions, emissions from specific sectors, and
  data needs and priorities
• The first Vulnerabilities Impact Assssment (VIA)
  coordination team meeting held in November 2002
• established 2003-2004 work plan
• decided that focus would be on northeastern China
  and natural resources, including agriculture and
  forestry
• Supported participation of Chinese experts in
  technical workshops in Canada and elsewhere

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Canada-Nigeria Climate Change Program (CNCCP)

• Project Goal To contribute to strengthening of
  Nigerian capacity to participate in global
  efforts to combat climate change
• emphazise capacity building and training and
  building partnerships, including with local
  counterparts and experts from appropriate
  institutions to build permanent capacity
• Four activity areas strengthening capacity of
  federal institutions public awareness
  vulnerability and adaptation and inventory and
  mitigation assessment
• Implementation Strategy entailed
• setting up a project management team
• use of principal consultants and experts
• incorporation of collaborating institutions in
  project delivery
• use of NGOs and civil society organisations to
  implement projects

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CNCCP National Communication Activities - Context

• Government of Nigeria began work on the First
  National Communication in 1998 with a GEF-UNDP
  grant
• As of 2001, completion of the NC had been delayed
  due to elections, changes in government
  structure, etc.
• CNCCP worked with Government to bring the
  National Communication to completion, facilitate
  inputs, approval process, editing, etc.

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CNCCP National Communication Activities
Expected Results

• Draft of First National Communication to the
  UNFCCC, including a National Plan of Action
• Estimates of annual GHG emissions for the period
  1994-1998
• Better archival and retrieval systems for
  inventory data
• Learning opportunities in inventory and
  mitigation assessment

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CNCCP National Communication Activities Progress

• Held regional and sectoral workshops on climate
  change - targeted education initiatives
• Linkages developed with universities to work on
  inventories, adaptation, and CDM
• Emissions inventories completed for 1998 and 2000
• Five Vulnerability studies commissioned and VA
  training done
• Climate Scenarios training and preparation
  on-going
• CNCCP developed strong linkages between
  inter-ministerial climate change committee and
  stakeholder groups

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CNCCP National Communication Activities Progress

• In Feb. 2003, Draft First National Communication
  (FNC) completed through national stakeholder
  workshop
• Draft reviewed through Inter-ministerial
  Coordinating Committee July 2003
• GONs Federal Executive Council approved FNC
  November 2003
• Action Plan not fully completed 12 follow-on
  project concepts included in FNC
• Nigerias First National Communication was
  submitted to the UNFCCC on Nov. 17, 2003

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Concluding Remarks

• National Communications are an important step in
  the process of engaging developing countries in
  the UNFCCC process
• CCCDF projects are making an important
  contribution to building capacity for National
  Communications in developing countries
• The capacity developed through these projects
  will enhance future engagement by developing
  countries in efforts to combat climate change

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For more information on the CCCDF, please contact

• Manon Boisclair
• Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
• Phone [phone]
• Email manon_boisclair_at_acdi-cida.gc.ca
• Website www.cida.gc.ca/climatechange
• www.acdi.gc.ca/changementclimatique