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This Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) guidebook was developed with an aim of supporting potential investors and project developers with the basic knowledge on the environment surrounding CDM project development in Papua New Guinea (PNG). In addition to general demographic and climate change mitigation information for PNG, the guide provides country specific information from a practical aspect of identifying and developing CDM projects in PNG under the UNFCCC former arrangement - the Kyoto Protocol. The objective of this booklet is to provide guidance to stakeholders investing in PNG. This in turn is believed to benefit the host country as a whole through carbon revenues and associated sustainable development benefits. Although the publication is old, its contents are useful and can be applied under the current Paris Agreement arrangement to guide our work in developing cleaner energy options to reduce our carbon emissions.
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A sector planning retreat for Forestry was held from the 30th of August to the 1st of September 2017. The retreat focused on working towards developing a strategic direction for support to PNGFA from FCPF 2 and a list of actions that will be included in the REDD+ Finance and Investment Plan (RFIP) that is planned to be partially financed through a request to the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
The RFIP is intended to provide a roadmap of actions that will be required to implement the National REDD+ Strategy and to ensure that there is finance in place to support implementation.
In line with the NRS the retreat thus focused on key action areas within the NRS as well as stated objectives of PNGFA including:
Strengthening Sustainable Forest Management, and Monitoring
Increasing PNG’s Wood Supply Capacity (Natural Regeneration, Rehabilitation of degraded lands and Afforestation)
Increasing Downstream Processing and Exports of Forest Products
Based on this the retreat was divided into five information sessions focusing on:
REDD+ and PNG Forestry – giving an overview of the global status of REDD+, the current status of forests in PNG, options for finance, and the future goals of the forest sector.
Progress on strengthening forest management – focusing on efforts to strengthen concessions management and timber legality systems
View from the Private Sector (PS) and Civil Society (CS) – with presentations on the views of the PS as well as CS with a focus on the application of FSC.
Key action areas to reduce emissions – including action on Forest Clearance Authorities (FCAs) and the logging code of practice
Forest plantation development – looking at current strategies and experience of forest plantation development
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This first BUR presents an overview of PNG’s national circumstances relevant to climate change, summary results of the inventory of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks for years 2000 through to 2015, and also presents information related to identified mitigation actions; constraints and gaps; the financial support received in relation to climate change activities and related financial, technical and capacity needs, including a description of support needed and received; information on national circumstances and institutional arrangements relevant to the preparation of national communications on a continuous basis; and information
about the domestic MRV (measurement, reporting and verification).
This BUR also includes the Technical Annex referred to in decision 14/CP.19, paragraph 7, containing the results achieved from REDD+ activities by PNG. The report follows the BUR guidelines for developing countries according to paragraphs 39 to 42 of Decision 2/CP.17 and its Annex III. This first BUR presents an overview of PNG’s national circumstances relevant to climate change amd was submitted to UNFCCC last year in 2018.
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“The diversity, value and importance of our natural environment never ceases to impress me. Yet the level of threats that our unique and fragile ecosystems are facing has also not ceased to concern me. It is for this reason that my officers and I, work tirelessly to ensure that we can have development while maintaining and preserving our strategic natural assets”. Hon. John Pundari MBA, CMG MP
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The National Forest Policy provides the basis for forest resource management in the country. Forests play an indispensa-ble role in the preservation of ecological balance and maintenance of bio-diversity. Forest also constitutes one of the most effective carbon-sink. The Forest sector is critical to addressing the issues of climate change through supporting initiatives in climate impact and mitigation, particularly through carbon stock inventory and reducing emission from de-forestation and forest degradation.
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Papua New Guinea's National Climate Change Policy document.
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The Climate Change and Development Authority Corporate Plan 2018 – 2022 is the overarching strategic plan that sets the direction of the Authority for the next five years. The organisation invested the last five years (2013- 2017) in establishing a climate chamge policy and legal framework including the strengthening of its’ role as an Authority on climate change and development in Papua New Guinea. Having ratified the historic 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, Parliament enacted the United Nations Paris Agreement (Implementation) Act 2016 which progressed the transitioning phase of the institution from a government office in 2014 (Office of Climate Change & Development), to what is now the Climate Change and Development Authority since 2015. The organisation plans to complete the transition phase within the next five years.
This Corporate Plan is our blueprint designed to strategically focus the implementation of Papua New Guinea’s international, regional, national and subnational policies and legislations on Climate Change. This Plan will guide CCDA in achieving its strategic goals under the country’s Vision 2050, National Strategy for Responsible Sustainable Development for PNG (STaRs), the Medium-Term Development Plan III, Papua New Guinea National REDD+ Strategy, and pursuing its mandate under the Climate Change (Management) Act 2015 and the United Nations Paris Agreement (Implementation) Act 2016.
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The objectives of the seminar;
Share experiences on enhancing actions prior to 2020 and preparing for implementation of (I)NDCs in each country, in particular, institutional arrangements and involvement of key stakeholders;
Discuss, how each country will engage in national adaptation planning(NAP) processes and the implementation of actions using existing information such as NAPs and the adaptation component of National Communications as well as (I)NDCs;
Share current status and future plans for NDC implementation and long-term low GHG emission development strategies among countries in this region;
Discuss how the post-2020 Transparency Framework can inform countries actions; and
Understand capacity building and needs for developing countries to implement NDCThe seminar was organized by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan Co-organized and hosted by the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the Kingdom of Thailand, & Co-organized by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia Secretariat: Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan. Mr. Alfred Rungol from CCDA attended the seminar.
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The purpose of this training is to assist in developing a country Roadmap for REDD+ MRV. It aims to assist countries understand the concepts and requirements of REDD+ MRV to access carbon base payment and for other national uses. It Ensure that REDD+ countries meet the necessary requirements of REDD+ activities through the REDDcompass with a sensible direction. It also gives individuals taking part in REDD+ activities the clear knowledge on building a sustainable REDD+ MRV that meets the Good Practise Guidance of IPCC reporting principles.
It aimed to provide participants with:
Knowledge on Climate Change, research relating to GHG and global temperature increase, how the REDD+ evolved through time from the critical Conference of Parties Decisions.
Understanding Use of REDDcompass, a web based site to access GFOI methods and guidelines materials and tools.
Understanding the importance of Good practices, and how and why the REDD+ activities have to be Transparent, meeting accuracy, consistency, competences and comparable.
Understanding the use of excel refresher for Key Category Analysis, National Forest Inventory and ABG/BGB carbon calculation, Activity data and Accuracy (Uncertainty Assessment).
The training was organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nation, Global Forest Observation Initiative and the University of Melbourne at Australia – Victoria State and was held at Creswick Campus, the University of Melbourne – Facility of Science: School of Ecosystem and Forest Science. The training was attended by the CCDA technical team from the MRV and National Communication Division - Mr Alfred Rungol (MRV Manager), Ms Debra Sungi (MRV Officer), Miss Priscilla Pep, Mr David Reid and Mr. Morgan Kai.
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The Consultation Workshop for National Forest Monitoring System Action Plan, Greenhouse Gas inventory, Forest Reference Level for REDD+ in Papua New Guinea was a joint initiative of the Climate Change Development Authority (CCDA), the UNREDD Programme and the European Union held on the 7th and 8th of June, 2016 at the Grand Papua Hotel in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
Workshop participants included government and non-government organisations, university and research institutions, community leaders, the private sector and development partners.
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In preparation of the Forest Reference Level (FRL) submission and calculations of Greenhouse Gas Inventory (GHGi) in the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) Sector, experts from the three organisations met in Kavieng, New Ireland Province in 2017. Participants were from CCDA, the Department of Agriculture and Livestock (DAL) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
The FAO experts have a wide range of experience working with different countries upon requests to the FAO Head Quarters in Rome. This is a report from the training session.