Documentation of IFAT 2016 side event "Climate-friendly waste management through NAMAs in emerging economies and developing countries"
In: Dokumentationen 02/2017
In: Environmental Research of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
In the context of international climate policy the concept of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) allows emerging economies and developing countries to design waste management strategies and systems that lead to effective greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions. Emerging economies and developing countries can potentially reduce their GHG emissions by 12-18% by developing an integrated waste management system, as studies by the German Environment Agency1 have shown. Although the instrument NAMA is widely-known already and the mitigation potential for the waste sector is significant, NAMAs that are focusing on waste management are still rare and often confronted with substantial challenges in implementation. The German Environment Agency organized a side event on 2 June 2016 to open up the debate on Waste-NAMAs in emerging economies and developing countries at the international waste fair IFAT in Munich. The event brought together international experts from climate policy and waste management to exchange experiences on Waste-NAMA design and implementation. Key features of NAMAs on waste management were discussed, such as solid funding and financing, participatory processes across all levels to achieve a coherent governmental approach and involvement the private sector. Another challenge seemed that decision-makers in host-countries often favor other sectors over waste management despite its high mitigation potential at comparatively lower costs. The experiences on the monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of Peruvian Waste-NAMA demonstrated the workload involved and the need for continued efforts to achieve standardized methods. A high attendance rate and vivid discussions showed the interest of the participants in NAMAs as an instrument to promote sustainable waste management projects in the future.