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Towards a comprehensive and ambitious post-2012 climate change agreement |
1. Background information |
I reply: |
On behalf of an organisation or an institution
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I reply on behalf of |
Organisation representing the private sector
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Full name of organisation and Register of interest representatives ID number |
the World Steel Association |
What is your country of residence/country where your organisation or institution is based? |
Belgium
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2. The climate change challenge - a shared vision for the 21st century development |
Would this aspirational long term goal be appropriate in the light of the 2007 IPCC reports and latest scientific knowledge? (max 4000 characters) |
This goal is ambitious but doable. However, the Bali Action Plan should also focus on two important themes that are crucial in achieving these objectives. In order to develop a more robust and acceptable roadmap and to have support and collaboration from Industry, the first theme is that government bodies, legislators and policy makers should acknowledge and, to some extent, financially support initiatives that are taken by private industries, and paid for by private industries. These initiatives aim to identify, investigate and develop new technologies that substantially contribute to lower GHG/CO2 emissions when it comes to mobility and the role of the Automotive Industry. The World Steel Association have taken a challenging initiative through investing in the Future Steel Vehicle Program, that looks at new developments in future powertrains and its impact on automotive body structures and material selection. The second theme is about metrics. In order to make a fair assessment on GHG/CO2 emissions on (end) product levels, it is required that full Life Cycle Assessment ( LCA ) methodologies are used and not tailpipe emission analyses in order to avoid unintended consequences. LCA is a tool which takes a holistic approach to determine the full Life Time impact of a product taking into account raw materials extraction, material production, use phase and end of life including recycling. Unintended consequences, for example in the Automotive Industry, reducing the weight of a vehicle ( and thus the tailpipe emissions ) by using a lighter material may result in increased emissions of that material in its production phase. ( This information is available on the public website, www.worldautosteel.org )This acknowledgement by public authorities could be demonstrated by actively seeking a dialogue with the Program Offices that run these initiatives. The World Steel Association and WorldAutoSteel would encourage this dialogue to demonstrate how using this Life Cycle approach ( already well developed within the Steel Industry )will help determine the CO2 reduction potential in all products across all market sectors. |
Is there a need for other elements to be part of the shared vision in order to ensure the transition to a sustainable low carbon economy? (max 4000 characters) |
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3. Mitigation commitments by developed countries |
What should be the criteria for allocating emission reduction efforts among developed countries, considering also the need to ensure the "comparability of efforts" as agreed in Bali? (max 4000 characters) |
Criteria should be based on clear metrics, should cover the full Life Cycle story and should allow one interpretation only. Therefore, emission reduction efforts should be measured on LCA methodologies when it comes to, for instance: - material selections in the Automotive Industry - the consequential impact of changing to using a renewable energy supply that should be reflected in the approach |
4. Mitigation actions by developing countries |
What type of mitigation actions should developing countries undertake? How should these be measured, reported and verified? What should be the scale and legal nature of these actions? How should differences in responsibility and capability of different developing countries be taken into account? (max 4000 characters) |
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To what extent and how should those actions be supported by technology and financial assistance from the developed countries? What kind of supporting tools could be developed at the international level to support domestic action and should there be respective roles for the public and private sector, including the carbon market? (max 4000 characters) |
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How should technology and financial assistance by developed countries to developing country mitigation and adaptation actions be measured, reported and verified and should they be compared? (max 4000 characters) |
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5. Carbon market |
How should the existing Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation be improved in order to increase their environmental integrity and effectiveness? (max 4000 characters) |
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What new market mechanisms could be developed to improve the effectiveness of carbon market? (max 4000 characters) |
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6. Carbon leakage |
How could the delocalisation of emissions from developed countries with binding emission caps to other parts of the world be minimized? (max 4000 characters) |
Through legislation and through a clear, consistent measurement system. |
7. Sectoral approaches |
What type of sectoral approaches could effectively contribute to global emission reductions? (max 4000 characters) |
The World Steel Association, WorldAutoSteel, is supporting sectoral approaches. Specific attention for lines of business are the only way to put together a transparent measurement system that generates an accurate and complete picture of the performance of the market sector and their individual (end) products. WorldAutoSteel proposes two directions. The first is for public authorities to know about private sector initiatives, such as the Future Steel Vehicle Program. The second direction is to agree on a fair and correct way to assess the full impact of material selection decisions, which can only be done by applying LCA’s modelling. |
8. Emissions from international air and maritime transport |
How could emissions from international air and maritime transport be effectively addressed? (max 4000 characters) |
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9. Emissions from deforestation and forest degradation |
What should be sources of financing emission reductions from deforestation and degradation? (max 4000 characters) |
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How financing of emission reductions from deforestation and degradation should be monitored taking into account non-permanence, leakage and liability issues? (max 4000 characters) |
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10. Adaptation needs and support for most vulnerable countries |
What mechanism should be used to finance cost-efficient adaptation action in the most vulnerable countries, in particular LDCs, SIDS and African countries? (max 4000 characters) |
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How should the effectiveness of adaptation measures be monitored and assessed? (max 4000 characters) |
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What should be the catalyst role of the UNFCCC, considering notably the role and contribution of other relevant international organisations addressing the impacts of climate change on their area of competence? (max 4000 characters) |
The UNFCCC should pursue its role in taking the lead in this debate, coordinate and agree with other relevant international organisations the scope of work. These international organisations should not be limited to government and public authorities, but should also include private sector associations, in particular where this relates to sectoral approaches. The World Steel Association, WorldAutoSteel, welcomes the opportunity to work with the UNFCCC and the European Commission and to identify areas that qualify for cooperation and information exchange. |
11. Technology cooperation |
Is there a need for specific support schemes for the development, demonstration or deployment of certain technologies? If so, for which ones and how should these be structured? (max 4000 characters) |
The World Steel Association, WorldAutoSteel, have already taken the initiative for the Automotive lines of business to invest in a € multi - million program, the Future Steel Vehicle Program. As the importance and scope of Climate Change go well beyond the individual responsibilities of the Industry and their initiatives as they relate to this debate, WorldAutoSteel would propose that the Commission identifies categories that are believed to be the most promising in achieving the Bali objectives, such as mobility/automotive. WorldAutoSteel further believes that the European Commission should not limit itself to EU-27 industry initiatives only, but also support those initiatives that combine worldwide state of the art technologies and with broad representation of industries that have their HQ offices in other regions of the world. Climate Change is a worldwide issue, and so should the initiatives be. Then, the support scheme should not try to achieve a “one size fits all “. And, WorldAutoSteel believes that the EU should not only fund part of the program, but also put specific expertise at the Programme’s disposal. WorldAutoSteel welcomes any opportunity to brief the Commission on the Future Steel Vehicle Program. |
How to strengthen enabling environment for the deployment of the many existing clean technologies? (max 4000 characters) |
No comments |
12. Finance and investment |
How should additional public support be organised and which should be the three top priority areas for financial support in developing countries? (max 4000 characters) |
No comments |
How could private sector be involved in mobilising additional finance? (max 4000 characters) |
The World Steel Association, WorldAutoSteel already demonstrated their commitment to the Climate Change Debate through investing in a € multi million Technology Programme, the Future Steel Vehicle. We would be happy to discuss new initiatives from UNFCCC and or the EU . We also would like to identify the possibilities of jointly developing these programmes and/or have the UNFCCC and or the EU contributing to programmes already in place and executed by Private Industry, such as the WorldAutoSteel program. As Climate Change is crucial, and Industry taking its responsibility, we should join forces in order to avoid inefficiencies in scope of work that different programmes have defined in achieving post Kyoto targets. The WorldAutoSteel position is that in running our existing programs, we have been mobilizing our members to finance these programs. Additional funding from the public sector will even boost these results. |
13. Compliance and enforcement of the new agreement |
How should it be ensured that countries will comply with their commitments? (max 4000 characters) |
Legislation. |
14. Other suggestions |
Please enter any other suggestions that were not covered by previous questions (max 4000 characters) |
No comments. |
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