Developing countries,monitoring and reporting on greenhouse gas emissions,policies and measures

Mott MacDonald

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Abstract: The identification of capacity barriers,gaps and recommendations for the measuring and reporting of GHG emissions and mitigation policies and measures in Kenya,has been a process of stakeholder consultations and iterative thinking. The following steps have allowed the team to arrive to this final country report: 1. Development of a first draft of country report which included national circumstances,based on secondary information. See Annex 1 for country report; 2. First in-country mission: consultation with stakeholders and systematization of findings. During the first visit,stakeholders both from the energy and LULUCF sector,as well as decision makers and politicians where interviewed. Approximately 10 meetings were held with more than 12 key stakeholders such as Information providers,analysts,policy makers and research institutions. See Annex 8 ? List of interviewed stakeholders for the list of interviewed stakeholders and Annex 3 for the summary report from the interview minutes; 3. Second in-country mission: which included consultation with stakeholders,country workshop and systematization of findings. During the second mission interviews with stakeholders where completed,mostly on the energy sector (See Annex 8 ? List of interviewed stakeholders). The country workshop took place in the Hotel inter Continental Nairobi on July the 20th,2010. More than 30 representatives from government ? environment,economy and finance,energy and mining,foreign affairs and agriculture; the private sector; civil society and the international community attended the workshop. The objectives set for the workshop where to socialize and validate preliminary findings,to gather more information about barriers,gaps and recommendations,and to identify key work areas for a MRV capacity building project. See Annex 4 for workshop report and list of participants and Annexes 5,6 and 7 for the sectoral papers developed for discussion at the workshop; 4. Preparation of the final country report. The following report aims to analyze the process of planning,design,implementation and evaluation of NAMAs and low emission development strategies in Kenya. It also includes existing instruments and processes for monitoring and reporting such as GHG inventories and National Communications to the UNFCCC