Data analysis on the case of Karaganda region.
The initiative "OUR RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE" united two projects of the EcoMuseum:
● "Civil Society Participation in Climate Change Mitigation in Karaganda Oblast" - is implemented in partnership with the Czech NGO "Arnika - Citizen Support Centre" with financial support from the European Union (EU) nder the “Civil Society Organizations and Local Authorities” program, with additional support from the Transition Promotion Program of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.
● "Implementation of measures on adaptation to climate change in Karaganda Oblast" - is carried out within the framework of the International Climate Initiative (IKI), implemented by the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) on behalf of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV).
One of the objectives of the initiative is to develop a greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction action plan for the Karaganda Region. Emission reduction measures (mitigation measures) should be implemented for enterprises that have the most detrimental impact on the climate. They should also be cost-effective in terms of GHG emission reduction.
In order to select priority sectors of the economy and specific polluting enterprises, where mitigation measures will be implemented, the "Our Response to Climate Change" initiative has carried out the search and assessment of the availability of data on the current level of GHG emissions in the Karaganda region. Such data is a starting point for planning of emission reduction measures.
The work on the search of data on actual greenhouse gas emissions by enterprises of Karaganda region for the period 2016-2021 revealed the imperfection and inefficiency of the system of monitoring and accounting of greenhouse gasses, violations and shortcomings in ensuring its availability to the public and government agencies.
The study found that at least three GHG accounting and reporting systems exist in parallel in the RK:
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State GHG inventory, which is used to generate national reports to the UNFCCC;
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Reports of enterprises submitted to the state carbon inventory;
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Reports of enterprises submitted to the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register.
In this study, the above GHG accounting systems are studied to assess the availability of GHG emission data in them, their completeness, reliability, quality, accessibility and comparability of the information available in them.
This publication was prepared with the financial support of the European Union and the Transition Promotion Program of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, as well as with the assistance of the Small Grants Program of the International Climate Initiative (IKI), financed by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK) and the German Federal Foreign Office (AA) and implemented through the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) GmbH.
The contents of this publication are the responsibility of the Karaganda Regional Ecological Museum and Arnika and do not represent the views of donors.
