Opportunities for CDM/JI Projects

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Opportunities for CDM/JI Projects

• Renewable energy
• Electricity generation and transmission
• Energy efficiency
• Fuel switching
• Waste management
• Oil and Gas
• Transportation
• Afforestation and Reforestation
• Others...

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Benefits for Canadian Companies

• Opportunity to showcase technologies
• Access new markets investment opportunities
• Commercialize climate-friendly technologies
• Demonstrate environmental leadership
• Future emission reduction credits revenue
  stream
• Help meet voluntary or legally binding GHG
  targets
• Reduce overall cost of compliance
• Canadas current Kyoto gap is 270 megatonnes per
  year (this is the equivalent weight of 2000 CN
  Towers!!!)

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Benefits for Host Countries

• Attract investment in priority sectors
• Access clean technologies
• Enhance infrastructure
• Upgrade energy efficiency
• Improve air quality
• Reduce dependence on imported fuel
• Increase employment
• Create source of revenue from carbon credits

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CDM JI Office What We Do

• Canadas Designated National Authority (DNA) and
  Focal Point
• Facilitate Canadian participation in CDM and JI
• Approval of voluntary participation in CDM/JI
  projects
• Strengthening relations with Project Host
  Countries
• Facilitate development of Project Idea Notes
  (PINs)
• Analytical and policy support to negotiations

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CDM JI Office How We Do It

• DOMESTIC
• Outreach in Canada to explain CDM/JI process
• Advising companies on market/project
  opportunities
• Financial and technical support for stages of
  project development
• Provide CDM JI approvals

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CDM JI Office How We Do It

• INTERNATIONAL
• Outreach and missions to build awareness of
  Canadian capabilities
• Capacity-building support to key markets
• Conclusion of MOUs to facilitate cooperation
  with project host countries
• Provide training to Canadian staff at posts
  on CDM/JI issues.

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CDM JI Office What We Have Done

• Office Activities for 2005 included
• Financial support for Canadian company projects
  in Argentina, Belize, Chili, Dominican Republic,
  El Salvador, India, Morocco, Panama, Russia,
  Senegal, Vietnam
• Funds dedicated to project portfolio development
  (PIN PDD) in China, India, Indonesia, Russia,
  South Africa, Latin America
• Exhibitions at AMERICANA (Montreal) and
  CarbonExpo (Cologne)
• Brazilian Road Show in Canada

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CDM JI Office Financial Support

• BASE CONDITIONS
• Canadian partner must apply
• Certain eligible fixed costs
• Office cannot fund 100 of project
• Project must demonstrate "additionality"
• Project must be clearly defined and bounded
• Project goals must be realistically achievable

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CDM JI Office Financial Support

• ADDITIONAL CRITERIA
• Project will generate CDM/JI credits for Canada
• Project will contribute to reducing the cost of
  compliance with the Kyoto Protocol
• Project will use Canadian (innovative)
  technology
• Project is supported by host country authorities
  and partners (supporting documents)
• Project enhances sustainable development in host
  country
• Project in underrepresented sector or market
• Project will leverage funds from other sources.

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CDM JI Office What is Funded

• Carbon Finance Assessment
• Project Design Document (PDD)
• Methodology Development
• Baseline Development
• Monitoring Plan
• Project Registration and Verification

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CDM Canadian Success Stories

• Since the coming into force of the Kyoto Protocol
  in February 16, 2005 approximately 33 projects
  have been registered by the CDM EB
• Of those, three projects involved a Canadian
  company (TransAlta) working in Chile on Methane
  capture and combustion
• A number of other Canadian projects are in the
  final stages of preparation prior to their being
  registered with the CDM EB
• Numerous projects are in earlier stages of
  development, with the CDM/JI office providing
  guidance as required.

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Projects Supported by CDM/JI Office
Projects include Carbon Finance Assessments,
Methodologies and PDDs
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CDM JI Office MOUs

• The Government of Canada, through the CDM/JI
  office, has a number of Memorandum of
  Understanding (MOUs) with various countries
• These MOUs help to facilitate cooperation on
  CDM/JI and IET processes
• They also provide greater confidence for Canadian
  companies that their projects will proceed
  smoothly in the Host Country.

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CDM JI Office Signed MOUs
AFRICA Tunisia, Uganda (project-specific),
Morocco ASIA Indonesia, China, Sri Lanka,
India, Korea EASTERN EUROPE Poland, Ukraine,
Latvia, Czech Republic LATIN AMERICA Argentina,
Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Uruguay
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Canada-Indonesia CDM Cooperation

• Canada and Indonesia signed a Letter of Intent
  (LoI) to cooperate on the CDM during COP 11
  (December 2005)
• The LoI facilitates private sector participation
  in the CDM between our 2 countries
• In anticipation of the LoI, Canadas CDM JI
  Office has supported
• Participation of Indonesian industry
  representatives in a CDM Matchmaking Session in
  Montreal, December 2005
• A CDM Project Development Facility in Indonesia
  to identify potential CDM projects

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CDM JI Office Resources

• UNFCCC - CDM
• http//cdm.unfccc.int/
• Government of Canadas Climate Change Web Site
• www.climatechange.gc.ca/
• Government of Canada Clean Energy Portal
• http//www.cleanenergy.gc.ca/index_e.asp
• Industry Canada Canadian Environmental
  Solutions database
• www.strategis.gc.ca/ces
• Natural Resources Canada Canadian Initiative
  for International Technology Transfer (CIITT)
• www.nrcan.gc.ca/es/etb/cetc/ciitt

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For More Information

• Canadas CDM JI Office
• Climate Change and Energy Division (ESCC)
• Foreign Affairs Canada
• 125 Sussex Drive
• Ottawa, ON K1A 0G2
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail cdm.ji_at_international.gc.ca
• Web www.cdm-ji.ca

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For More Information

• CDM contact point at the Canadian Embassy in
  Jakarta
• Nicolas Lepage, Trade Commissioner
• T (62-21) 2550-7852 F (62-21) 2550-7812
• Email nicolas.lepage_at_international.gc.ca Web
  http//www.international.gc.ca/jakarta/