Not in Zurich, but where the discussion is: if you are in Bangkok at the UN Climate Change Talks, come to South Pole Carbon’s parallel event at the Royal Princess Larn Luang Hotel.
More information can be found here.

More background information on NAMAS can be found in this article “If you want a Nama tomorrow you need a PoA today“, written by South Pole’s Roman Schibli and Christoph Sutter for Trading Carbon magazine.

Summary

Parties are discussing proposals on new mechanisms for scaling-up mitigation action. What is “new” and how are these proposals related to existing carbon market mechanisms? Can and should new mechanisms be integrated with existing mechanisms or would they replace them? To what extent do new mechanisms utilize the capacities developed under the existing mechanisms? How can the transition be structured? This event will discuss pathways and main challenges to scaled-up carbon market mechanisms. It will introduce ongoing support programs and pilot activities and seeks to facilitate insights into lessons learnt so far and possible ways forward.

Agenda

18h00 – 18h15  Welcome note and brief update on the negotiation on Scaling-Up (Ingo Puhl, South Pole, NN)

18h15 – 19h00  Ongoing Support Activities
Objectives of the Partnership for Market Readiness (Xueman Wang, World Bank)
The Potential for Scaling-up PoA to NAMA (Carolyn Neufeld (TBC), KfW)
Innovative Carbon facilities for Scaled-Up Mitigation Actions (TBD, NEFCO)

19h00 – 19h45   Concrete Initiatives
The Interaction between POA and NAMA (Kim Carnahan, IETA)
Integrating Feed-in-Tariff Policy into a PoA: Case Study from Thailand (Ingo Puhl, South Pole)
How much scaling-up can we expect from standardized CDM baselines? (Seleha Lockwood, Sindicatum Carbon on behalf of PD Forum)

19h45 – 20h30   Challenges and the Way Forward
Key Issues for Scaling-Up (Jane Ellis, OECD)
Comments from Parties and Round Table

20h30 – 21h00  Reception

Program Part I – Introduction to PoAs, policy and theory (moderator: Axel Michaelowa, University of Zurich)

• PoA rules in the CDM – key barriers and reform activities (Jürg Füssler, INFRAS)
• PoA in voluntary markets (Adrian Rimmer, Gold Standard Foundation)
• Standardised baselines and additionality testing – implications for PoAs (Daisuke Hayashi, Perspectives)
• Questions and discussion

Program Part II - Tools to overcome obstacles and practical experiences (moderator: Jürg Füssler, INFRAS)

• How to coordinate a PoA – project types and management structures (Nicolas Müller, Perspectives)
• A software for PoA coordination – live demonstration (Robert Dornau, Carbonflow)
• Small hydro PoAs in South East Asia – practical experiences (Renat Heuberger, South Pole)
• Questions and discussion

Part III – Drinks meeting at Jimmy’s Pizzeria, Culmannstrasse 1, 8006 Zürich