The Low Emission Capacity Building
(LECB) Programme
Ministry of Environment
Republic of Moldova
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA:
NAMA Prioritization Experience
Mr. Ion Comendant,
Team Leader
Climate Change Office
Ministry of Environment
Republic of Moldova
17 January, 2013
Global webinar
Main characteristics of the
Republic of Moldova’s LEDS
Ministry of Environment
Republic of Moldova
Goal:
• Integrate mitigation into National and Sectoral Development
Strategies (mitigation aspiration goal: at least -25% reduction from
1990 level to 2020)
• Decarbonize national economy while increasing energy security
• Maximize economic opportunities and create climate-resilient
economy
Identification of priorities: Mitigation priorities identified for major
economic sectors (i.e., energy, industry, transportation, buildings,
agriculture, forestry, waste)
Analytical basis: Analytical basis for LEDS development was GHG
inventory for 1990-2005 and GHG emission projections by sector,
developed in the frame of SNC (2009) for the period until 2030
Timeframe of key activities
Ministry of Environment
Republic of Moldova
LEDS/NAMAs
2011-2013: TNA conducted in 4 stages:
1. Technologies identified
2. Barrier analysis & enabling framework
3. Technology Action Plan (for 6 technologies)
4. Development of project ideas
Technology Needs Assessment (TNA)
Approach used to select technologies (1)
Ministry of Environment
Republic of Moldova
1. Subsectors were identified based on GHG emissions
(energy + agriculture → 69% of total GHGs)
2. For each subsector, national team (11 experts) proposed
technologies according to 4 categories:
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Small scale technologies available in short term
Small scale technologies available in medium to long term
Large scale technologies available in short term
Large scale technologies available in medium to long term
Approach used to select technologies (2)
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Republic of Moldova
3. Where more than 4 technologies were identified in a given
subsector, multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) was
applied using Excel spreadsheet and a set of agreed benefits
and cost criteria, namely:
– Benefits: GHG emissions reductions; economic, environmental
and social impact
– Costs: investments; prices (since these parameters are very
sensitive to national decision making)
4. Where 3 or less technologies were identified in a given
subsector, prioritization was based on a performance matrix
using only 2 criteria (investment cost + GHG emission
reductions)
Main challenges
Ministry of Environment
Republic of Moldova
1. Involving stakeholders in the technology prioritization
process can be very time consuming
2. Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is time consuming
and rules for applying MCDA were unclear → using the Excel
spreadsheet tools created big difficulties for some
stakeholders and experts
3. Further implementation of selected technologies would
require more detailed consideration of the factors
influencing their successful promotion
4. For electricity supply, the appropriate power source
development scenarios need further elaboration to
determine how selected prioritized technologies for power
generation would be loaded over time → tools such as WASP
or MARKAL would help in this context, but require more time
and expertise again
Recommendations/lessons learned
Ministry of Environment
Republic of Moldova
• NAMAs should be identified and prioritized by smaller expert
group and other stakeholders engaged in the final stage of
NAMA selection, with decisions based on the underlying
technical analysis
• So that selected NAMAs will be implementable, each
technology or measure should:
– Pass a barrier analysis and have an enabling framework
identified that will encourage NAMA diffusion
– Be supported by a project idea or commercial offer report
• TNA project results have been very useful for NAMAs
identification, such as:
– experience was gained on how to prioritize technologies
– 100% of technologies from TNA project have been included in
NAMA list
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