JI Track 1/Track 2

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Björn Zapfel UNFCCC Secretariat JI Sub-Programme http//ji.unfccc.int bzapfel_at_unfccc.int Joint ImplementationTrack 2 UNFCCC Technical Workshop onJoint Implementation Bonn, Germany 16 October 2007
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Joint Implementation Track 2 JI Track 1/Track 2
JI Track 1/Track 2
Participation requirements (e.g.) Designated
focal point National guidelines and procedures
Eligibility requirements (ERU issuance, transfer
and acquisition)

• Party to the Kyoto Protocol
• Assigned amount calculated
• National registry in place for tracking
  assigned amount

• National system in place for estimating
  emissions/removals
• Submission of most recent
• required emissions inventory
• Accurate accounting of assigned amount and
  submission of information

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Joint Implementation Track 2 JI Supervisory Committee
Joint Implementation Supervisory
Committee Establishment of JISC CMP
1 Basic role Operationalization
and supervision of JI Track 2 procedure
Resignation as JISC member as of 2 May 2007
Resignation as JISC alternate member as of 15
August 2007
Members Alternate members
Annex I (EIT) Annex I (EIT)
Mr. Oleg Pluzhnikov Mr. Evgeny Sokolov
Ms. Daniela Stoycheva Ms. Astrida Celmina
Mr. Vlad Trusca Mr. Matej Gasperic
Annex I (Non-EIT) Annex I (Non-EIT)
Mr. Olle Björk Mr. Franzjosef Schafhausen
Mr. Maurits Blanson Henkemans Mr. Hiroki Kudo
Mr. Georg Børsting (Vice-Chair) (Mr. Darren Goetze)
Non-Annex I Non-Annex I
Mr. Jaime Bravo Mr. Marcos Castro Rodriguez
Ms. Fatou Gaye (Chair) Mr. Vincent Kasulu Seya Makonga
(Mr. Shailendra Kumar Joshi) Mr. Maosheng Duan
Non-Annex I (AOSIS) Non-Annex I (AOSIS)
Mr. Derrick Oderson Ms. Yumiko Crisostomo
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Joint Implementation Track 2 Mandates of the JISC
CDM experience
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Joint Implementation Track 2 Status of work of the JISC
2006 operationalization of JI Track 2 procedure
2007 operation/supervision of JI Track 2
procedure
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Joint Implementation Track 2 JI Track 2 project cycle
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Joint Implementation Track 2 Baseline setting / monitoring

• Baseline setting and monitoring
• Basis Criteria for baseline setting and
  monitoring in appendix B of JI guidelines
• Guidance agreed on by JISC
• Baseline on project-specific basis and/or using
  multi-project emission factor
• Project participants allowed, but not obliged, to
  use approvedCDM baseline and monitoring
  methodologies
• Additionality various approaches possible
• Provisions for small-scale projects agreed on by
  JISC
• JI SSC definitions like for CDM SSC project
  activities (non-A/R) revised by CMP 2
• Main difference to CDM approach No limits on
  bundling

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Joint Implementation Track 2 JI Track 2 project cycle (cont.)
Project development
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Joint Implementation Track 2 Stakeholders comments (status)

• 84 PDDs published for stakeholders comments
• (8 open for comments)
• Host Parties
• Bulgaria (7 PDDs)
• Estonia (4)
• Germany (1)
• Hungary (1)
• Latvia (1)
• Lithuania (6)
• Poland (4)
• Romania (2)
• Russian Federation (41)
• Slovakia (1)
• Ukraine (16)
• Technologies

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Joint Implementation Track 2 JI Track 2 project cycle (cont.)
Project development
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Joint Implementation Track 2 Participation requirements (status)
Designated Focal Point National guidelines and procedures

Austria ? ?
Belarus ? ?
Belgium ?
Bulgaria ? ?
Canada ?
Czech Republic ? ?
Denmark ? ?
European Community ?
Finland ? ?
France ?
Germany ? ?
Hungary ? ?
Ireland ? ?
Italy ? ?
Japan ? ?
Liechtenstein ?
Designated Focal Point National guidelines and procedures

Lithuania ?
Luxembourg ?
Netherlands ? ?
New Zealand ? ?
Poland ?
Portugal ?
Romania ? ?
Russian Federation ? ?
Slovenia ?
Spain ?
Sweden ? ?
Switzerland ? ?
Ukraine ? ?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ? ?
The CMP, by its decision 10/CMP.2, adopted an
amendment to Annex B to the Kyoto Protocol,
adding Belarus to it.
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Joint Implementation Track 2 JI Track 2 project cycle (cont.)
Project development
45 daysdecision on review request byParties
involved/individual JISC members,supp. by 2
JISC members/alternates appraisal (incl. expert
inputs)
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Joint Implementation Track 2 Determinations (status)

• Determinations regarding PDDs
• First determination deemed final on 26 March
  2007(Switch from wet-to-dry process at Podilsky
  Cement)
• Host Party Ukraine
• Emission reductions 2008-2012 3,000,000 t
  CO2equ
• Second determination publishedon 11 September
  2007(Rehabilitation of Dolna ArdaHydropower
  Cascade)
• Host Party Bulgaria
• Emission reductions 2008-2012 270,000 t
  CO2equ

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Joint Implementation Track 2 JI Track 2 project cycle (cont.)
Project development
Project implementation
Issuance of ERUs by host Party (conversion of
AAUs/RMUs) Transfer of ERUs by host Party and
acquisition of ERUs
45 daysdecision on review request byParties
involved/individual JISC members,supp. by 2
JISC members/alternates appraisal (incl. expert
inputs)
15 daysdecision on review request byParties
involved/individual JISC members,supp. by 2
JISC members/alternates appraisal
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Joint Implementation Track 2 Further information