difficulties in verification of a poa: does perspective by dr. kaviraj singh workshop on programme...
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Difficulties in Verification of a PoA: DOEs Perspective
by Dr. Kaviraj Singh
Workshop on Programme of Activities (PoA) under the CDM:Challenges and Road Ahead
07th - 8th, May 2011, Bonn
Organised by
UNFCCC Secretariat
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Content
Current status of PoAs: validation/verification
Procedures: CDM PA vis-à-vis PoA
Template availability
Complexities in verification
Further guidance from UNFCCC
Questions
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Current status of PoAs:
Total PoAs registered: 08
Under verification: 01 (or more)
Under validation : 164 (Webhosted for ISHC)
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Verification Procedures: CDM PA vis-à-vis PoA
Procedures CDM PA
PoA
Interface for MR uploading Yes Not yet
Interface for RFI Yes Not yet
Notifying and requesting changes from the project design
Yes NA
Revising monitoring plan Yes Yes
Deviation from an approved methodology Yes Yes
Deviation prior to submitting RFI Yes Yes
Requesting post registration change to the start date of the crediting period
Yes Require clarity
Withdrawal of request for issuance Yes Require clarity
Timelines for issuance (after RFI) Yes Require clarity
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Change in project design?
Change in the number of PA equipment installation Given the number in millions Robust monitoring of implementation
Change in the rated capacity Minor & Major
Implementation in different geographical areas than the ones mentioned in the registered PoA Municipalities Region within a country & Across the countries
The impact of these changes: Additionality/Scale/Applicability
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Revision in monitoring plan?
PoA-DD not inline to applied methodology If PoA DD is reivsed, does it require to change in all CPAs?
CPA-DD doesn’t follow the applied methodology Is revision in affected CPA DD is acceptable?
Only implemented CPA-DD doesn’t follow the PoA-DD
EB55 Annex 38, para 19 & 20: Once changes have been approved inline to the
revised/replaced meth, does it require the existing CPAs (as default) to follow the new PoA?
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Deviation from the registered PoA-DD & CPA-DD
PoA-DD
CPA-DD only
Deviation from PoA as well as CPA-DD
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Templates: PoA vis-à-vis CDM
Templates CDM PoA
Monitoring Report Yes (F-CDM-MR ) Not available
Revising monitoring plan (Form) Yes (F-CDM-REVMP)
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Deviation (Form) prior to submitted RFI
Yes (F-CDM-DEV-ISS)
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Withdrawal of request for issuance
Yes (F-CDM-WI ) Require clarity
Form to submit RFI Yes (F-CDM-REQCERS)
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Complexities in verification of PoAs
Data Sampling
Huge sets of data to be verified
Assurance on information provided by third parties (for PP)
Extra time and efforts (on site) required by DOE
More clarity on issues (discussed later)
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Data Sampling for monitored parameters
Appropriateness of the sample size in the registered PoA DD
Identification of the representative sample size for the monitored data
More clarity required, within the PoA section in methodologies, on appropriate sampling plan requirements
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Huge sets of data to deal with
Number of project devices may be thousands/millions
Significant time and efforts required
Need of statistical expert in team
Robust data processing systems for PPs
Technical difficulties (size) in uploading the files
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Assurance on hired third party
No defined criteria (competency/accreditation) about the selection of third party
Protocols to be used by third party for data collection and analysis should be made available in the PoA-DD
Involved parties should have the accreditation from the government bodies or other authorized entities
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Extra efforts of DOEs may require on site
Requires more time and efforts (as compared to CDM projects) on site
Complete assessment team shall visit the site
Geographical and sociological constrains on site
Need to increase the sample size if variations in collected data
Economical constrains, on the required efforts, for DOEs
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Further guidance from UN
Response from UN on some project specific clarifications as exceptional case
More clarity on procedures for change in project design/RMP/deviations cases
Specific guidance for sampling of CPAs and data collection
Availability of PoA specific templates and forms
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Employed 59,000 people and operate a network of more than 1,000 offices and laboratories around the world
Verification of 27.4% of the total projects got CER issued (still stands on top)*
Validation of 10.9% of the total registered projects*
Dr. Kaviraj SinghRegional Operation Manager (ME & SEAP)Phone: +91 1246776360 Mobile: +91 9871712968Email: [email protected]: www.climatechange.sgs.com
Questions?
Thanks You
*UNEP RISO (http://cdmpipeline.org/) March, 2011