Download Ukraine Policy on Climate Change and Kyoto Protocol Implementation

Ukraine Policy on Climate Change
and Kyoto Protocol Implementation
Heorhiy Veremiychyk
Ministry of Environmental Protection of Ukraine
Japan Carbon Investors Forum
March Tokyo 2005
Legal Framework for JI in Ukraine
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1. Ukraine is Party of UNFCCC.
2. Kyoto Protocol is ratified by Ukrainian
Parliament on 4 February 2004.
3. Ministry of Environmental Protection of
Ukraine responsible for development and
implementation Climate Change Policy in
Ukraine and implementation of UN FCCC and
Kyoto Protocol according the Decree of the
Ukrainian Government.
Institutional and Legal Framework JI
Activity in Ukraine (1)
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Inter-ministerial Commission of Climate Change
coordinates the climate change Policy on
national level and consists of 30 members.
Chairman of the Inter-ministerial Commission of
Climate Change is Vise-Prime minister of
Ukraine.
First Deputy of Commission Chairman is
Minister of Environmental Protection of Ukraine.
Institutional and Legal Framework JI
Activity in Ukraine (2)
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Members of the Commission are Deputies of the
Ministers and Deputies of Heads of the State
Committees, members of Ukrainian Parliament,
representatives of National Academy of Science
and NGOs.
Decision of the Inter-ministerial Commission on
Climate Change adopted procedure for JI projects
approval (September 2004).
Institutional and Legal Framework JI
Activity in Ukraine (3)
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Final decision of the Cabinet of Ministers
of Ukraine approving JI procedures is
expected in March 2005.
18 JI projects were submitted to different
carbon funds and received Letters of
Endorsement.
Projects directed for energy conservation,
biogas and mine methane utilization.
Procedures for JI Projects Approval
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1. Entity which would like to implement a
JI project submits to the Ministry of
Environmental Protection of Ukraine the
Project Idea Note with request for Letter
of Endorsement.
2. Ministry studies proposal and if there is
no objections gives the Letter of
Endorsement.
Procedures for JI Projects Approval
(2)
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3. Owner of the entity develops Project
Design Documents (PDD) which obviously
includes:
Baseline Study, Calculation of Emission
Reduction, Monitoring Plan,
Environmental Impact Assessment, Project
Finance Plan.
Procedures for JI Projects Approval
(3)
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4. To get the Letter of Approval for the project it
is necessary to submit to Ministry Project PDD
and Validation Report prepared independent
Consultant.
5. Ministry submits the Project PDD to the JI
Steering Committee (JISC) for approval.
JISC consists of the Inter-ministerial Commission
of Climate Change members (key ministries).
Procedures for JI Projects Approval
(4)
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6. After approval of the PDD by JI Steering
Committee Minister of Environmental
Protection of Ukraine signs the Letter of
Approval.
7. Entity signs the ERUs purchase
agreement with Facility Company of the
Partner Country.
Procedures for JI Projects Approval
(5)
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8. Project owner is responsible for
implementation, monitoring and
verification of the project.
9. Verification of the project is provided by
independent Company.
10. Emission reductions are transferred
through the National Registry.
Green Investment Scheme in
Ukraine
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Government is interested to implement the GIS in
Ukraine.
Estimated AAU surplus 200-300Mt CO2e per
year in the first commitment period 2008-12.
There is common understanding among the
stakeholders concerning the opportunities to
attract investments through GIS.
There is also understanding of the need to
establish needed infrastructure and fulfill the
requirements for AAU trading (Track 1).
Eligibility (1)
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The main goal for JI activity in Ukraine is to
achieve Track 1 eligibility.
TACIS Capacity Building Project “Technical
assistance to Ukraine and Belarus with respect to
their global climate change commitments” is
helping with:
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National GHG Inventory System in Ukraine,
National Registry,
Revision of the annual GHG inventories 1990-2003
Eligibility (2)
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Main elements of the national inventory
system are being established.
UNFCCC in-country review of the
Ukrainian GHG inventory 1990-2003 is
scheduled for September 2005.
In 2005 Ukraine will study possibility of
using the European experience for
establishing the national registry.
What steps are needed to set up GIS?
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Need decision of the Cabinet of Minister on
establishing the GIS.
Need decision on how many AAUs to sell.
Need an Action Plan of GIS implementation
It could be possible for the GIS system to use
State Environmental Protection Fund.
Right now the volume of AAUs to be sold is
under discussion.
Important tasks for Ukrainian
Government
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It is important for Ukraine to be prepared for UNFCCC
inventory in-country review in September 2005.
By end 2005 it is important to clarify the position on the
national registry.
To clarify the “greening” of investments, a portfolio of
projects is needed.
It is important for Ukrainian government to have
preliminary discussions with potential GIS partners
Possibly the first deal will be a pilot one, in small amount
of AAUs.
The Field for Cooperation
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Energy conservation and energy efficiency,
biogas and mine methane utilization,
renewable sources of energy.
Total power generation capacity in Ukraine
is near 52-54 million mWt, 40 mil. mWt –
thermal power, 12 – 13 Mil. mWt - nuclear
power, 1-2 mil. mWt - hydraulic power
The Condition Thermal Station of
Ukrainian Power Economy
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Vast majority of the power plant was
installed in 60-70 years last century and
are obsolete for today.
97% of the power plants have became
exhausted their lifetime resource (100
thousand hours).
78,8% of the power plants have baled out
their maximum lifetime resource (170 th.h)
The Condition Thermal Station of
Ukrainian Power Economy
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30% of the equipments of the transformer
stations and lines of high-voltage
transmission have used up their lifetime
resources.
The efficiency of the majority power plants
is 28-30% and it failed down on some of
them to 24 % (It is designed value -36%).
A lot of Problem – a Lot of Job
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The protection oh the climate of
Earth Planet,
the transition to sustainable
development
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perspective fields for cooperation.
Gratitude
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Thanks a lot to the Government of Japan
for invitation to participate in “The Kyoto
Mechanism-Japan Carbon Investors
Forum”.
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Good health and successes to everybody!