China Climate TNA Project- International Best Practice Mitigation and Adaptation Technologies

Client: National Development and Reform Commission, PRC

Funding: Global Environment Facility / World Bank

Duration: 2015-2016

Location: PRC

Contract Value: CNY 900,000

Catalogue: Energy

Project Description

The TNA Project was funded by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and International Development Association (the “World Bank”), acting as administrator of grant funds provided by GEF Trust Fund. The objective of the project was to support China’s efforts to assess climate mitigation and adaptation technology needs and to adopt corresponding global best practices. This assignment was to be implemented as a complement to the “technology assessments at the sectoral level” of the TNA Project, which will provide an overall picture of international best practices of selected mitigation (12 sectors) and adaptation (4 sectors) technologies. The assignment was designed to help technology demander to understand the technology development trends in the world and identify potential transferors. The catalogue of international best practice mitigation and adaptation technologies helped support national decision-making in technology transfer mechanisms, international development cooperation, relevant fiscal and taxation policies.

Services Provided by NAREE

Review of current adaptation and mitigation technologies and their application – NAREE conducted overview of the technology status of 12 mitigation and 4 adaption sectors in China, including technical mechanism, technical characteristics, production flow, main indicators, scope of application, industrialization status; understood the technology needs from the output of the sectoral technology needs assessment in Component 2 of TNA Project, including priority technologies, technology gaps, and barriers to technology transfer in 12 mitigation and 4 adaption sectors of TNA Project.

Study on international best practices of mitigation and adaptation technologies – NAREE identified the international best practices of mitigation and adaptation technologies in 16 sectors. Compile a preliminary technology catalogue including about 120 technologies, 6-10 for each sector, which have potential for technology transfer and can be commercialized extensively in China; conducted an in-depth analysis of the technical principle, technical characteristics, process flow, specification, scope of application, industrialization status of each technique. Selected 100 techniques from the preliminary technology catalogue based on its abatement potential and economic viability; finalized the catalogue of international best practices of mitigation and adaptation technologies. The catalogue should include the technical content, case study of pilot project, and the owner of each technology.

Consultation with the stakeholders - NAREE organized two stakeholder consultation meetings with invitation of experts from enterprises, industrial associations and research institutes; conducted a survey of stakeholders for each sector to examine the preliminary technology catalogue. Design a questionnaire, which should include key information, such as, the practicability of the catalogue, the coverage of the catalogue, the accessibility to the potential transferors; analyzed the survey result and prepared a survey report.