Sustainable charcoal NAMA
Description
| Overview | |
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| Sector | Forestry, Energy |
| Focus area | Renewable energy (biomass), Forest management |
| Type of action | Strategy/Policy |
| Scope | National |
| Stage | Under development |
| Submitted to UNFCCC registry | No |
| Start of initiative | 2015 |
| Financing and support details | |
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| Financing status | Seeking financing |
| Total cost |
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| Financing requested |
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| Financing received to-date |
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| Principal source of financing | Private |
| Principal type of financing | Not known |
| Capacity building required | Yes |
| Technology transfer required | Yes |
| Additional information | |
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| Proponent(s) | General Secretariat for Sustainable Development (GSSD), Ministry of Environment (MoE) |
| International funder(s) | UNEP |
| Organization providing technical support | UNOPS, GERES |
| Contact |
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The objective of the NAMA is to leverage private sector investment in sustainable charcoal production and solid biomass fuels, support forest restoration, and support the conversion of existing producers to sustainable practices
Activities: (2015 - 2017)
In Cambodia, charcoal consumption by households and restaurants represents an annual market of 85 million USD as well as one of the main drivers of forest degradation. Every year, more than 1.6 million tonnes of wood are overharvested, representing the emission of 3 million tCO2e.
Currently several economic and regulatory barriers prevent the shift to sustainable charcoal production. Not only non-sustainable charcoal producers do not pay the environmental cost of forest degradation, but they also benefit from an indirect subsidy through a VAT exemption making sustainable charcoal not competitive on the market without direct or indirect external subsidy.
As a result, this NAMA aims to exempt sustainable producers from VAT, and progressively increase sustainable charcoal competitiveness by collecting fees on non-sustainable charcoal trade.
Impact and MRV
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| Cumulative GHG reductions: No data available |
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No information has been provided on mitigative capacity
Co-benefits:
| Social: | Information has not been provided |
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| Economic: | Information has not been provided |
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| Environmental: | Information has not been provided |
MRV Framework:
No MRV plan has been defined
