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STEPS TAKEN on THE UNFCCC
IMPLEMENTATION
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was
ratified on September 2000, and on 6 December 2000 the Convention
has been entered into force by Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Other MEA, to which B&H is party, related to the UNFCC are:
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The Convention on Long-Range Trans-boundary Air Pollution-CRLTAP
(ratified on 6 March 1992) and Protocol to the Convention Financing of
the Co-operative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation on the Longrange Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe (EMEP Protocol), ratified
also on 6 March 1992.
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (ratified on 6
March 1992) and Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the
Ozone layer, ratified also on 6 March 1992.
UN Convention on Biological Diversity, ratified on 24 August 2002.
UN Convention on Desertification, ratified on 24 August 2002.
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INSTITUTIONS DEALING WITH
THE CLIMATE CHANGE
 Ministry of Physical Planning, Civil engineering and
Ecology of Republic Srpska, acting as a Focal Point of
Bosnia and Herzegovina to the UNFCCC and the GEF
Operational Focal Point B&H for climate change issues;
 The State Steering Climate Change Committee of B&H;
 GEF Political and Operational Focal Point;
 B&H Administrative Committee on Environment and
Sustainable development, together with and its SubCommittee for climate change;
 Institute for Urbanism of the Republic of Srpska, acting as
a Coordinator of all climate change activities in B&H and
the Technical Secretariat on Climate Change;
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STATUS OF RATIFICATION:
ACTIONS AND PRIORITIES
 Preparation of The Medium-Term B&H Program of
Activities on implementation of UNFCCC (2002-2006)
was adopted by the State Steering Climate Change
Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
 Preparation of the First National Communication, bearing
in mind the status of Non-Annex I country,
 Preparation and initiation of the project: “Enabling B&H to
prepare its First National Communication to the UNFCCC”
 Ratification of the Kyoto protocol, and initiation of the
emissions certification process
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PRIORITIES SET UP BY THE MEDIUMTERM PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES
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Capacity Building activities
Creation of the national inventory system and estimations of
changes of the greenhouse gases emission at the level of the
enterprises, entities and the whole country
Collecting the necessary data; compilation of the Study on the B&H
opportunities for ratification of the Kyoto Protocol
Initiation of the national programs and projects on GHG emissions
collection and abatement
Initiation of the projects with financial support of the GEF
Initiation of the projects on synergy activities for the implementation
three UN Convention related to climate change, biodiversity and
desertification
Preparation of the Climate Action Plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Strengthening local and international cooperation
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Data on GHG emissions
Bosnia and Herzegovina has a small GHG emission per capita. CO2
emission resulting from a combustion of fossil fuels in 2001 for B&H
has accounted to 3.8 tCO2/capita, and it is the smallest emission after
Albania, comparing to other Non-OECD European countries
EMISIJA CO2 t/PO GLAVI STANOVNIKA 1999. GODINA
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CO2 emissions per capita in 1999 (estimation)
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INITIATION OF NEW CLIMATE
CHANGE RELATED PROJECTS
 Changes in the country’s governance system have caused
delays in the GHG inventories, therefore it is necessary to
use international assistance for the completion of emission
cadastre.
 From October 29, 2001, B&H is eligible for applying for
GEF financial support. Preparatory activities for realization
have been completed, despite the lack of financial
assistance. Request for the financial support for the
proposed project: “Enabling B&H to Prepare its Initial
National Communication to the UNFCCC”, has been
recently approved by the GEF.
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WAYS OF FINANCING THE
CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTS
Pursuant to the article 12.4 of UNFCCC B&H has initiated
new Climate change related projects in order to provide
technical, methodological and institutional capacities
Group A: Projects that would be financed by
GEF funds, as a basic financing mechanism
of UNFCCC
Group B: Projects financed from other
sources; multilateral and bilateral
arrangements
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KYOTO RATIFICATION STATUS
The Climate Change Steering Committee and SubCommittee of Bosnia and Herzegovina, have launched the
initiative for Kyoto protocol ratification, during their last
Session, held on July 6th, 2004. Together with the Kyoto
protocol ratification, an initiative for compilation of the
Feasibility Study of the conditions for ratification and
implementation of the Kyoto Protocol .
During this session, the Independent Expert Team,
to work on the Feasibility Study has been
nominated
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STEPS AND CONSTRAINS IN
RATIFICATION PROCESS
 Through the official channels, the request for
ratification has been directed to the B&H Council
of Ministries (ministerial body at the state level),
and its member ministry, competent for
environmental issues, Ministry of Foreign Trade
and Economic Relations of B&H (MOFTER B&H)
 MOFTER is going to ratify the Kyoto, in complex
procedure with mutual consent of both Entity
Governments
 The Focal Point (MPPCEE RS) has proposed to
act as a Certification Body, together with the
Independent Expert Team
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Overview of CDM scheme
Investment Country
Host country
Participant
(Company A)
（DOE：Designated Operational
Entity）
Designate
CDM
Executive Board
Account of
Company A
Account of
Company B
Account
Account
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Submission
of PDD
Open
Accoun
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Transaction
Approval
Approva
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National
Registry
International
Country B
Emissions
Trading
National
Registry
Issuance of CER
Validation, Verification
Certification
※For project started after 2000, reductions from the
start of the project will be valid and generate credits
CDM
retrospectively if the project is only registered at CDM
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BiH end of 2005.
EB before the
Registry
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AUSTRIAN INITIATIVE
The Republic of Austria has offered,
through its Federal Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry, Environment and Water , the
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU),
regarding the bilateral cooperation for the
realization of Joint Implementation Projects
Between the Republic of Austria and Bosnia
and Herzegovina
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AUSTRIAN INITIATIVE
 Bosnia and Herzegovina cannot accept such proposal,
because of its status in the convention: Non-Annex I
country
(developing country), and its current
status of Kyoto ratification
 Hence, Bosnia and Herzegovina proposes the program of
Professional and Technical Cooperation with Republic of
Austria, with main aims to:
1. Propel the Institutional building and Staff-training and to
create the conditions for fast resolving of the urgent issues
the country faces, that have came out from the obligations
undertaken by the Convention ratification , as well as the
obligations of Republic of Austria to provide financial
contribution for the technology transfer in the developing
countries
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(continued)
2. Preparation of the project: Enabling activities for
Preparation of its Initial National Communication to the
UNFCCC Secretariat
3. Realization of the above project
4. Creation of the National Action Plan for the Climate
Change
5. Creation of the Study on the Conditions for ratification of
Kyoto protocol, and the Strategy of its ratification, including
the strategy for participation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to
the CDM/JI mechanisms, and establishment of the
mechanisms at B&H state level, for approval and control of
the projects related to the CDM mechanism, together with
the Executive Council of the Kyoto Protocol
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Steering Committee and Sub-Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina
(continued)
6. Working out and realization of the project for Professional
training for application of new climate technologies for
estimation of the climate changes and the impact
assessment of the climate changes to the natural
resources and infrastructural systems in Bosnia and
Herzegovina
7. Working out of the Strategy of the Power Supply Sector in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
8. Working out the Program of Re-vitalization and
development of the forest ecosystems
The activities would be carried out in the joint expert groups
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SOURCES of FINANCING
The following sources of financing were recognized:
 The UNFCCC Trust Funds, intended mainly to support the
Developing Countries in completion of their National
Communication Reports
 Special Fund for Climate Change and the Fund for
Adaptation within the Kyoto Protocol, aimed for the financial
support to the Developing countries’ activities in the fields of
technology transfer, energy, transport, traffic, industry,
agriculture, forestry and waste management
 Funds for the National Strategic Researches, established
by the World Bank for contribution in the Emissions Trading
mechanisms, especially in the CDM to which the
Developing countries may participate
 Funds established by the Austrian State Program for
strengthening the bilateral cooperation to the developing
countries
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 Funds provided Steering
by the
State
of Bosnia
Herzegovina
Committee
and Sub-Committee
of Bosnia and and
Herzegovina
Inter-state Agreement for creation of
the Energy Community in SEE
In relation to this Agreement, that is based
on the provisions of the Athens
Memorandum of Understanding (2002,
2003), B&H as a EU Non-member Country
is obliged to ratify the Kyoto Protocol within
1 year after enforcement of the Agreement
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Steering Committee and Sub-Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina
FINAL REMARKS
The meeting of
Austrian and Bosnia
and Herzegovina’s
Experts should be held
in the coming period,
in order to discuss with
their governments the
way of finding the
solution
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Steering Committee and Sub-Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina