PoA Course CH2

Module 1: Introduction to PoAs

Chapter 2: PoA Requirements and Project Cycle

Host Country Approval

Project Idea Note

Programme Documentation

Verification and Issuance of CERs

New Advancements on PoA rules and Procedures

Congratulations on Completing Chapter 2

PoA Validation and Registration

CPA Monitoring

CDM Executive Board meetings are held once every two months

Verification (DOE)

Complementary Reading Material

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Prepare a PoA Design Document and generic CPA Design Document (PoA-DD & CPA-DD)

Host Country DNA can require a Programme Idea Note (PIN) for pre-scrutiny

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Each CPA is required to present its own monitoring report

Emission reductions generated under the programme must be monitored and reported for verification

Standards, procedures, guidelines, clarifications, forms and information notes are gradually revised and updated

The different Steps in the CDM project Cycle:

The PoA- DD and CPA-DD must be submitted to the Host Country DNA for Host Country approval

DOE checks whether the PoA-DD and CPA-DD comply with the CDM eligibility criteria

http://cdm.unfccc.int/Projects/diagram.html

DOE needs to verify the monitoring reports

CPAs are verified simultaneously by one DOE

• Can be planned and streamlined to reduce transaction costs

DOE submits a verification report and request for issuance to the CDM EB

• DNA approves the PoA and confirms that the PoAs meets the Host Country’s requirements for sustainable development contribution

• Describe the stated goal of the PoA
• Indicate how the baseline is established
• (selection of approved CDM methodology)
• Describe how the emission reductions are additional to what would have happened without the proposed PoA
• Present the GHG emission reduction monitoring methodology that will applied to the CPAs

The UNFCCC's relevant CDM rules and procedures, as well as documents follow a specific hierarchy in authority

PoA-DD can propose a statistically sound monitoring procedure for verification of emission reductions to avoid to have all monitoring reports from all CPAs verified

The generic CPA described in the PoA-DD and its monitoring and sampling plan must be followed by all subsequent CPAs

UNFCCC Website on PoAs:

http://cdm.unfccc.int/ProgrammeOfActivities/index.html

Submit PoA- DD and CPA-DD to a Designated Operational Entity (DOE) for validation

DOE validates the Design Documents and sends them to the CDM EB to request for PoA Registration

Sampling

CER Issuance (CDM EB)

All CDM guidance can be found on the UNFCCC’s official website, available on:

http://cdm.unfccc.int/

Present a general description of the envisioned PoA

• Planned activities
• Emission reductions
• Contribution to sustainable development

The PoA-DD functions as a template for the subsequent CPAs

• Formulate clear and verifiable CPA eligibility criteria
• Select CDM methodology to be used by all CPAs under the PoA

Additional CPAs/activities that require other baseline, additionality and monitoring methodologies than the generic CPA cannot be included

Sampling methods can be used to monitor data within each CPA

Test Your Knowledge

The existing UNFCCC guidance on sampling:

To access the updated documents:

To test the knowledge you attained in Chapter 2, follow the link below and complete the multiple choice questionnaire:

http://cdm.unfccc.int/Reference/Standards/index_poa.html

The CDM EB receives verification reports from DOE

and request for issuance from the DOE

The CDM EB will then issue the CERs to the CME

Host Country or members of the CDM EB can request a review of CER issuance

DOE doing the CPA inclusion is held responsible for

CERs issued for erroneously included CERs

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• Choose “rules and references” on the left menu of the CDM UNFCCC website
• Browse through documents under “document type”

Useful pre-assessment procedure

CDM EB registers the PoA if there is no request for additional review from Host Country or at least three members of the CDM EB

• Include a sampling plan
• Present qualification requirements for the of staff conducting the sampling

CPA-DD describes the envisioned typical activities under the PoA, which include:

• Information demonstrating the additionality of the CPA
• Calculations of baseline emissions and estimated emission reductions
• Environmental impact assessment
• Confirmation that the CPA is not already covered in any other registered PoA or CDM projects

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• Characteristics of the population
• Procedures for data management
• Suggestions for dealing with non-response

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South Pole, 2010: PoA - Developing CDM Programmes of Activities: A Guidebook

CPA and CPA requirements

• Must apply one approved methodology or a combination of approved baseline and monitoring methodologies

• CPA must comply with all the procedures and modalities of the CDM

• Can be a single measure, or set of interrelated measures, designed to reduce GHG emissions within a predefined area

CPA Additionality Assessment

CPA Crediting Period

CPA Inclusion

Once the PoA is registered by the UNFCCC, more CPAs can be included in the PoA without having to go through the process of individual CDM project registration

Maximum of seven years, which may at most be renewed twice to a total of 21 years, or

Maximum of ten years, with no option of renewal.

Additionality tool provided by the UNFCCC

The CPA-specific parameters need to be filled into the generic CPA-DD template and completed CPA needs to be validated and included in the PoA by a DOE

(Will be presented in Chapter 6)

The Coordinating managing Entity must ensure that:

IGES: CDM Charts

• The proposed CPA meets all CDM requirements
• The new CPA meets the eligibility criteria for CPA inclusion as described in the PoA-DD

Eligibility criteria defined by:

CPA Scrutiny by a DOE

Crediting period for afforestration and reforestation CPAs

• Maximum of 20 years, which may at most be renewed twice to a total of 60 years, or

• Maximum of 30 years, with no option of renewal

Additionality assessment included in the CPA-DD must show that:

• Each CPA is not feasible without the application of the CDM
• Alternative scenarios or baseline emissions would lead to higher greenhouse gas emissions than the programme scenario

Additionality assessment criteria:

• Identification of alternatives to the project activity
• Investment analysis to indicate that the proposed programme activity is:

(a) not the most economically or financially attractive option, or

(b) not economically or financially feasible at all

• Barrier analysis

(legal, investment, prevailing practice, or others)

• Common practice analysis

• The CDM Standard
• Standard for demonstration of additionality, development of eligibility criteria and application of multiple methodologies for programme of activities
• Standard for sampling and surveys for CDM project activities and programme of activities

http://cdm.unfccc.int/Reference/Standards/index.html