Session2 danida presentation
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The UNEP Risø Centre is an international research team of 27 economists and scientists based in Denmark. It was established in 1990 through an agreement between UNEP, Risø National Laboratory, and Danida to support UNEP's energy, climate and sustainable development activities. The Centre works to incorporate environmental aspects into energy planning and policy, with an emphasis on assisting developing countries. It is governed by a Management and Policy Committee and Scientific Advisory Panel. The Centre conducts research, projects and capacity building activities on topics including energy and poverty, renewable energy financing, carbon finance and the clean development mechanism, and sustainable development and climate change.
Session2 danida presentation
- 1. UNEP Risøe Centre – Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development International and Danish research team of 27 economists and scientists. Based on agreement between Risø, UNEP and Danida. Located at Risø o since 1990. Mandate is to support UNEP in its activities to incorporate environmental aspects into energy planning and policy worldwide, with a special emphasis to assist developing countries.
- 2. Legal Framework • The Legal basis is a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between UNEP, Danida and Risø DTU, Denmark. • The Legal status of the Centre is that of an administratively independent unit within Risø DTU – part of the Technical University of Denmark. • The MoU defines – The roles, functions, legal status, governing bodies, and the broad framework for the management and activities of the Centre. – The Centre has a distinct identity of its own, as both the Risø DTU and the Centre form a joint independent contractor to UNEP and other agencies.
- 3. Governing bodies of the URC • The URC governing structure consists of a Management and Policy Committee (MPC) and a Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP). – The MPC comprises a representative from each of the 3 signatories to the MoU and the Head of the Centre. (meets twice a year) – The SAP consists of 9 international experts appointed by the MPC on a two-yearly basis, the Chairman of the MPC, and the Head of the Centre acting as Secretary to the Panel. (meets annually)
- 4. Responsibilities of the MPC • The responsibilities of the Management and Policy Committee (MPC) are: • Approve the detailed budgets, work plans and status reports of the Centre • Review the results and performance of the Centre • Review and approve any formal collaboration agreements and the use of sub-contract funding from the project budget • Review and monitor projects funded by other sponsoring organizations to ensure compliance with the general mandate of the Centre
- 5. Responsibilities of the SAP • The mandate of the Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) is to assist the MPC in exercising its overall responsibility by way of: • Strategic advice on the directions for the Centre’s activities in the future, reflecting existing and emerging regional priority issues in energy and environment with due consideration to the general mandate of the Centre; • Facilitation of links with national, regional and international institutions, which might benefit from or contribute to the work of the Centre; • Scientific advice on existing programmes and projects; and • Assessment of relevance, quality and impact of ongoing and planned activities
- 6. Activities and Funding • The UNEP Risø Centre at • Danida provides via UNEP a present has collaboration core contribution of 1,3 with institutions and million USD. per year in governments in more than support of UNEP’s energy 30 developing countries and and climate programmes. with a large number of international institutions, • Projects are mainly funded NGO and research units. by bilateral or multilateral institutions – some via UNEP • The annual turnover is 8 – 9 and some directly, major million USD donors are: Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, France, • Integral part of Risø’s Italy, Sweden, World Bank, Society & Systems theme UN Foundation and EU.
- 7. Centre Thematic Structure Three Thematic Areas Activity areas • Energy & Poverty • Energy and Development • Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy • Energy Sector Reform • Energy and Carbon • CDM & Carbon markets Finance • Development & Climate • National and • Sustainable Development International Policy and Climate Change Instruments • Transport • Capacity Building
- 8. Centre Approach • Activities at the Centre are characterized by a common approach (with variations): – Combining development of new analytical and scientific approaches with testing in practical pilot applications, integrated with capacity development at the national and regional levels – Utilizing the analytical strength of being a research programme at Risø to support the UNEP — with its normative, scientific, analytical and coordinating mandate as the lead UN organisation on environment and development
- 9. Energy and Poverty • Development and Energy in Africa – analytical activities: – Examining energy-development linkages in existing energy projects and designing energy projects that impact better on the development process (MDGs) – Improving social and economic impacts of rural electrification – Developing implementation strategies to enhance access to affordable energy services for poor communities
- 10. Energy and Transport Policy • Providing support to the Forum of Energy Ministers of Africa (FEMA) – Institutional support, work program development and fundraising – CSD input – Regional conference • Transport policies in Latin America - NESTLAC • UNEP Bioenergy initiative – Biofuels and CDM – National bioenergy strategies – Assessment of broad economic, social and environmental impacts of bio-energy programmes
- 11. Renewable Energy Financing • Implementing Renewable Energy Financing projects with financing institutions – Working directly with stakeholders; vendors, banks, governments and end users – Addressing risk perception of finance institutions – Awareness raising and technical support • Eg. India PV Solar Project • Renewable Energy Financing in the Mediterranean (MedREP)
- 12. ENERGY GLOBE AWARD 2007
- 13. PV Solar India Project Implementation of Loan Programme for Solar Home Systems (SHS) in the State of Karnataka (India), 2003 - 2006 • Before: many SHS vendors, small total sales, no bank lending • consumer finance programme offered through Canara bank and Syndicate bank, interest rate subsidy, 18,000+ systems financed, other banks Photo: Courtesy Selco starting to lend • After: subsidy phased out, many other banks started to lend. • Access to financing for SHS. • Technical support, financial support, and awareness raising are major components of the programme. Active stakeholder involvement in decision making has been a key strategy. Similarly, through MEDREP project, Solar Water Heating Systems project is being implemented in Tunisia quite successfully.
- 14. Carbon Finance & Promoting the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Major Activity Areas: • Human and Institutional Capacity Building – One of largest and most known capacity building programs in field – Global reach, but core focus on least developed countries – Generally investor-neutral, i.e., not connected to actual credit purchases • Development/Piloting of Demonstration CDM Projects • Methodologies, Guidebooks, and Policy Analyses – Series of ‘how-to’ manuals for CDM project development – Discussion papers, analytical contributions to UNFCCC process • Market Surveillance & Information Dissemination – CDM Pipeline tool has become one the key ‘open source’ information tools for monitoring developments in the market
- 15. Sustainable Development and Climate Change Major Activity Areas: •Development, Energy and Climate: •Case studies. •Guidelines. •International climate policy cooperation. •UNEP/IEA Collaboration: How to reflect major development issues in international scenarios: Brazil, China, India, and South Africa. •IPCC: Mitigation policies including sustainable development, costing, energy technologies. •Climate Change Impacts and Vulnerability: Danida, UNEP projects, GEF.