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3.processes in developing agricultural national appropriate mitigation actions vr
1. Processes in developing
National
Appropriate Mitigation
Actions plans…
that are locally adapted
Valentina Robiglio
“Synergy between Adaptation and Mitigation
in the Land-based Sector: Best Practices from
Indonesia and Elsewhere”
Official Side Event UNFCCC COP 20 -Lima, Peru
Friday, 5th December 2014; 16:45-18:15
Venue: Room Sipan
2. NAMAs:
Any action that reduces emissions in
developing countries, prepared under the
umbrella of a national governmental
initiative. Policies directed at
transformational change within an economic
sector, or actions across sectors for a
broader national focus. Supported and
enabled by technology, financing, and
capacity-building and aimed at achieving a
reduction in emissions relative to 'business
as usual' in 2020.
http://unfccc.int/focus/mitigation/items/7172txt.php
3. NAMAs:
…only a small group of NAMAs in the
AFOLU sector
http://www.nama-database.org/
4. Agricultural and forest NAMAs
FORESTRY
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation
and Degradation
Afforestation / reforestation
Degraded land management / landscape
restoration
Improved / sustainable forest management
Forest conservation
AGRICULTURE
Reducing on-farm emissions
Improve cropland management (e.g.
reduced burning),
CH4 reduction
Improve livestock management
Manure management
Enhancing removals/ carbon sequestration
increase soil organic matter content
increase plant organic matter
rehabilitation of agriculturally used
peatlands and wetlands
Reduced deforestation, and reversal
of degradation could links with
agricultural intensification and CSA
Avoiding emissions
increase efficiency of agricultural
equipment and operations, reduction of
fuel consumption,
use of alternative energies
use of biomass waste for agricultural
processing energy or electricity production
5. General processes in NAMAs design
• “standard” steps
Identification emissions hot
spots and mitigation
opportunities
Type of mitigation
interventions
Baseline
Barriers
http://mitigationpartnership.net/nama-tool-steps-moving-nama-idea-
towards-implementation
8. PERU: Agriculture and forest NAMAs?
An integrated approach to
agricultural NAMAs for the
sustainable, productive landscapes in
the Peruvian Amazon
9. PERU: Agriculture and forest NAMAs?
SECTORIAL NAMAs in an
integrated land based design
10. Ex: inputs for the design of a CACAO NAMA
• Carbon footprint
• Life Cycle Analysis (LCA)
• Carbon Balance
Carbon footprint is expressed as the
amount of kg of CO2e emitted to produce
one kg of a product
Carbon footprint = kg CO2e / kg dried cacao
Carbon Balance
CB = Σ CO2e Removals - Σ CO2e Emissions
12. Emissions impact and ways to reduce emissions
FARM LEVEL
POST-HARVESTING
FARMERS and
FARMERS’
ASSOCIATION
INDUSTRY
TRANSPORT
MARKETING
13. Management swing potential of cacao at the farm
level
“Management swing potential”: the range of the effects of
management practices on the environment (Devis et al. 2013)
C t /Ha
σ Sp
Kg/ha
Farm/HH
resilience
- Establishment practices (previous land use, land prepration and planting
practices)
- Levels of shade, density , diversity (functional) of companion trees
- Soil management
- Pest management (Dehu et al. In preparation)
14. Management swing potential of cacao, landscape
level
Habitat loss
Connectivity loss
Land Sharing versus Sparing ?
ES as watershed functions that
are closely linked to adaptation
strategies
Tscharntke et al. 2014, Schroth et al. 2014, Harvey et al. 2014 etc..
15. Steps for locally adapted NAMAs
Characterize the various producing regions and vegetation types
Cacao AFS typologies and technical protocols, management
prescriptions, actual practices (establishment trajectory) and
producers’ profiles
Opportunity costs and trade-offs that can relate carbon balance to
benefits for each context
Identify local technical and insititutional barriers for mitigation and
adaptation
Integrate sectorial planning in land use planning activities
(Macro/Meso /Micro)
16. Conclusion
• Agricultural NAMAs can be part of the
solution to implement long-term land based
mitigation strategies
• Agricultural NAMAs can be fine-tuned to be
locally adapted and enhance
mitigation/adatpation synergies across scales
• Land use planning is the link to switch from a
sectorial perspective to a landscape
integrated perspective
The concept of NAMAs was introduced in the Bali Action Plan 2007 as:
The main activities dealing with forestry concern the reduction of deforestation, reafforestation. Some countries target the REDD mechanism, while others just specify forest protection. Reforestation and afforestation activities are quoted. Reduced deforestation and land use change could also link with agriculture intensification.
Agriculture sector: The main proposed activities focus on crop improvements through the production and use of improved seeds allowing for increases in yields and better adaptation to climate change.
But also ….Activities proposed by countries reflect the concern for adaptation purposes (drought-resilient varieties, irrigation) that could be implemented together with mitigation targets
Assess national framework conditions for mitigation, including the political and governance framework and general barriers for climate policy implementation. Consider relevant national strategies or plans as well as time horizons in the global climate process until 2015
(when a global agreement shall be negotiated) and 2020 (when the global emission peak must be reached).
Assess bottom -up where
gaps
remain in existing
policies
in order to address national development
needs and priorities and
identify needed measures
to be implemented applying emission reduction
targets to them.
A
LEDS
–
given one exists already
–
can provide the framework for the development and
implementation of NAMAs, as well as help to identify synergies and align with national development
planning processes. If there is already a
LEDS
in place, the process of
NAMA
development can
proceed directly from
Step 3
onwards
National inventory
An indicator of the amount of GHG emitted to the atmosphere, due to activities of production and consumption of goods and services of anthropogenic origin (PAS 2050; 2008).
CO2e = CO2 + CH4 + N2O
The main difference between a carbon footprint and an LCA, beyond the number of impact categories examined, is that the carbon footprint separates out the inputs into (1) Scope 1 – all direct GHG emissions associated with owned or controlled activities; (2) Scope 2 – indirect GHG emissions from purchase electricity, heat or steam; and (3) Scope 3 – other indirect emissions such as transport-related activities in vehicles that are not owned by the organization, waste disposal etc.[2], whereas, an LCA commonly separates the inputs into life cycle phase (raw material extraction, manufacturing, distribution, use and disposal), regardless of who owns or controls the activity causing the emission.
LAND BASED COMPONENT
VERTICAL ASPATIAL COMPONENT
Farmers and farmers association
Previous land use at site of crop establishment:
Land preparation: biomass removal, selective logging etc…
Planting management of associated trees species diversity + functional diversity + associated tree density
Management practices
soil
pest and disease management (see table-en preparation). Use of fertilizers and chemical inputs
Furthermore, we must take into account existing biodiversity conservation commitments, environmental services such as watershed functions that are closely linked to adaptation strategies for climate change, and decentralization of governance systems