Difficulties in Verification of a PoA: DOEs
Perspective
Workshop on Programme of Activities (PoA) under the CDM:
Challenges and Road Ahead
07th - 8th, May 2011, Bonn
Organised by
UNFCCC Secretariat
by
Dr. Kaviraj Singh
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-CDMREVMP)
?
Deviation (Form) prior to
submitted RFI
Yes (F-CDM-DEVISS)
?
Withdrawal of request for
issuance
Yes (F-CDM-WI )
Require
clarity
Form to submit RFI
Yes (F-CDMREQCERS)
?
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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)*
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Validation of 10.9% of the total registered projects*
Questions?
Dr. Kaviraj Singh
Regional Operation Manager (ME & SEAP)
Phone: +91 1246776360
Mobile: +91 9871712968
Email: [email protected]
Web:
www.climatechange.sgs.com
*UNEP RISO (http://cdmpipeline.org/) March, 2011
Thanks You
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