Overview : Background: DRC has received financial support from the Governments of Germany and Australia and the European Commission to undertake a Low Emission Capacity Building (LECB) project from 2012 to 2015. The project aims at strengthening national technical and institutional capacities to facilitate greater alignment to low carbon development pathways without compromising national vision for rapid development. The LECB project is being implemented by the Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism as the implementing partner and UNDP as the Executing Partner. The project is expected to build on the on-going efforts in-country on low carbon development and further consolidate the readiness of the country to implement effective greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation actions. However mitigation capacities are lacking in the country, and an international consultancy is required to lead on the technical elements of the design of the two NAMAs and the LEDS so that DRC can ensure a high-quality result and a greater chance of attracting additional finance – with the expectation that such funds would support future capacity building efforts. The following are the four outcomes of the DRC LECB project: - Improved system for preparing national emission inventories.
- NAMAs formulated in the sectors of Agriculture and Energy that reflect national development priorities
- MRV for NAMAs formulated
- NAMAs framed in a Low-Emissions Development Strategy (LEDS)
As part of the capacity development process under the LECB project, in 2013, two sectoral working groups identified 33 potential NAMA ideas in the priority sectors of agriculture and energy (including buildings, transport, industry, and waste). Four areas have been prioritized for NAMA development: (a) renewable energy; (b) energy efficiency; (c) recycling and managing waste; and (d) organic agriculture and/or no till agriculture. Additionally, DRC was successful in raising additional LECB funds to elaborate a LEDS; this work will commence in January 2015 with a completion date of December 2015.It should be noted that DRC already has a REDD+ Implementation Strategy that covers the forestry sector. The LEDS will build upon the 33 potential NAMAs identified under the LECB project in the sectors/sub-sectors of agriculture, energy, transport, buildings, waste, and industry. |