UN Climate Change Secretariat

CDM Project Cycle calibration

1st Sustainable Development Mechanisms Joint Coordination Workshop

Bonn, Germany, 24-25 March 2012

Ariesta Ningrum

Scope

• Excludes direct communication aspects – a dedicated session on Day 2

• Main focus on post-registration changes

• Implementation timeline – what happens between now, 1 May, and 1 October?

• Practical tips

Post-registration changes: structure

a) Temporary deviation from monitoring plan or monitoring methodology

b) Permanent changes:

i. Corrections

ii. Start date of crediting period

iii. Monitoring plan or monitoring methodology

iv. Project/programme design

Post-registration changes: process - two tracks

Change?

PP updates PDD

Submit revised PDDto DOE beforeverification?

(a) PP to inform changeto DOE at verification

(b) PP to engage a DOEto validate change before

verification

No Yes

Change requiresprior approval?

Yes No

Yes

Prior approval

Combine withissuance request

Prior approval

Post-registration changes: criteria

Changes that do NOT require prior approval by the Board (PS, Appendix 1)

1. Corrections (e.g. typo, location, name)

2. Temporary deviations from monitoring plan or applied methodology:

‒ PPs have not temporarily monitored parameters for baseline emissions, or are unable to produce evidence of such monitoring

Report the parameters as zero.

‒ PPs have not temporarily monitored parameters for project emissions or are unable to produce evidence of such monitoring

Assume the source of emissions operated at maximum capacity for the full period of the missing data. (for consumption of electricity, add 10% to the estimate to account for transmission and distribution losses)

3. Permanent changes from monitoring plan or applied methodology limiting to:

‒ Monitoring equipment installed has a lower accuracy level than stipulated in the methodology but the equipment is under control

‒ Calibration frequency, accuracy/type/model of meter(s)

‒ Location of meter(s)

Post-registration change process: criteria (cont.)

Changes that do NOT require prior approval by the Board (PS, Appendix 1)

3. Permanent changes from monitoring plan or applied methodology limiting to:

• Monitoring equipment installed has a lower accuracy level than stipulated in the methodology but the equipment is under control

• Calibration frequency, accuracy/type/model of meter(s)

• Location of meter(s)

4. Changes to project design that do not adversely impact:

• additionality,

• applicability/application methodology under which project was registered,

• project scale

5. Changes specific to A/R projects (listed in the “Guidelines on accounting of specified types of changes in A/R CDM project activities from the description in registered project design document

Changes to start-date of CP less than 1 year (2 yrs for LDCs) do NOT require prior approval (PS, para 213)

All other changes require prior approval by the Board

Implementation Timeline

Principles of Implementation

• Consistency in applying old/new rules:

PDDs/MRs submitted under old rules shall be validated/verified and requests for registration/issuance shall be made under old rules

PDDs/MRs submitted under new rules shall be validated/verified and requests for registration/issuance shall be made under new rules

• If requests with PDDs/MRs published under old rules cannot be submitted by 30 Sep 2012, they have to be modified to comply with new rules

re-publication of PDDs/MRs is NOT needed, but

modified PDDs/MRs have to be attached to validation/verification reports

• PPs/DOEs may voluntarily shift to new rules for PDDs/MRs published under the old rules, even before 1 October 2012

re-publication of PDDs/MRs is NOT needed, but

modified PDDs/MRs have to be attached to validation/verification reports

Principles of Implementation – cont’d

• Any requests made under old rules continue to be processed by the Board/secretariat under old rules

• Any requests submitted before 1 Oct 2012 but “kicked-out” from the process resulting from completeness check or information & reporting check, would have to be modified to comply with new rules, if the re-submission is made after 30 Sep 2012

Principles of implementation – post registration changes

• 30 April 2012 : last day to submit any requests for Revision of Monitoring Plan, Changes from PDD, Deviation under old rules

• Any requests made under old rules continue to be processed by the Board/secretariat under old rules

• If changes are only identified only after 1 May, the new rules shall be applied

Changes within Appendix 1 – shall be submitted with request for issuance

Changes requiring prior approval shall be submitted before submitting request for issuance

re-publication of PDDs/MRs with new form is NOT needed, but

modified PDDs/MRs have to be attached to validation/verification reports

Practical tips

• For PPs:

Identify changes early in the process and determine if they can be addressed by approaches in PS (Appendix 1 & para 213 for start-date of CP)

Consider timing of submission and appropriate process track – selecting DOEs

• For DOEs:

Ensure types of changes are fully described in the form (both in Issuance track as well as in Prior Approval track)

Provide assessment opinion on each type of changes

Ensure supporting documentation relevant to each type of changes is provided

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Thank you for your attention!