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Estándar De Política Y Acción Estándar de política y acción Un estándar de contabilidad y presentación de reportes para realizar un estimado de los gases de efecto invernadero resultantes de las políticas y acciones Equipo de World Resources Institute David Rich Pankaj Bhatia Jared Finnegan Kelly Levin Apurba Mitra Comité asesor Samuel Tumiwa Banco Asiático de Desarrollo (Asian Development Bank) Ajay Mathur Oficina de Eficiencia Energética (Bureau of Energy Efficiency), India Mary Nichols Consejo de Recursos del Aire de California (California Air Resources Board) Ned Helme Centro de Políticas para un Aire Limpio (Center for Clean Air Policy) Andrei Bourrouet Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (Costa Rican Institute of Electricity) Robert Owen-Jones Departamento de Cambio Climático y Eficiencia Energética (Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency), Australia Brian Mantlana Departamento de Asuntos Ambientales (Department of Environmental Affairs), Sudáfrica Niklas Höhne Ecofys Dessalegne Fanta Autoridad de Protección Ambiental de Etiopía (Ethiopia Environmental Protection Authority) Jürgen Lefevere Comisión Europea Jamshyd N. Godrej Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd., India Jennifer Layke Johnson Controls John Kornerup Bang Maersk Group Karen Suassuna Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, Brasil Alexa Kleysteuber Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, Chile Yuji Mizuno Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, Japón Andrea García Guerrero Ministerio del Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible, Colombia Zou Ji Comisión Nacional de Desarrollo y Reformas, China Jonathan Dickinson Oficina de Planificación y Sostenibilidad a largo plazo del Alcalde de la ciudad de Nueva York (New York City Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability) Jane Ellis Organización para la Cooperación y Desarrollo Económico (OCDE) Kersten-Karl Barth Siemens Suzana Kahn Ribeiro Estado de Río de Janeiro, Brasil Michael Lazarus Instituto del Medio Ambiente de Estocolmo en EE. UU. (Stockholm Environment Institute) Chaiwat Munchareon Organización de Manejo de Gases de Invernadero de Tailandia (Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization) Teng Fei Tsinghua University Neta Meidáv Departamento de Energía y Cambio Climático del Reino Unido (United Kingdom Department of Energy and Climate Change) Katia Simeonova Secretaría de Cambio Climático de las Naciones Unidas Yamil Bonduki Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (United Nations Development Programme, UNDP) Maurice LeFranc Agencia de Protección Ambiental (Environmental Protección Agency, EPA) de Estados Unidos Xueman Wang Banco Mundial Thierry Berthoud Consejo Empresarial Mundial para el Desarrollo Sostenible (World Business Council for Sustainable Development, WBCSD) Contenido ANTECEDENTES, CONCEPTOS Y PRINCIPIOS 1. Introducción 4 2. Los objetivos de la estimación de los efectos de las políticas y acciones en las emisiones de GEI 16 3. Resumen de los pasos, conceptos clave y requisitos 20 4. Principios de contabilidad y reporte 32 PASOS DE LA EVALUACIÓN DE GEI Definir la evaluación 5. Definición de la política o acción 36 Identificar los efectos 6. Identificación de los efectos y mapeo de la cadena causal 50 Identificar los efectos 7. Definición del límite de evaluación de GEI 64 Estimar los efectos 8. Estimación de las emisiones de referencia 76 Estimar los efectos 9. Estimación de los efectos relativos a GEI ex ante 100 Estimar los efectos 10. Monitoreo del rendimiento a lo largo del tiempo 116 Estimar los efectos 11. Estimación de los efectos relativos a GEI ex post 128 Estimar los efectos 12. Evaluación de la incertidumbre 142 Verificar 13. Verificación 152 Reportar 14. Reportes 160 APÉNDICES A. Orientación para la recopilación de datos 166 B. Orientación para la evaluación de las interacciones entre políticas 170 C. Ejemplos de efectos no relativos a GEI 178 D. Análisis de la relación costo-eficacia y costo-beneficio 180 Abreviaciones y acrónimos 185 Glosario 187 Referencias 194 Colaboradores 197 1 Tabla detallada de contenidos Definir la evaluación 1 INTRODUCCIÓN 4 1.1 El objetivo de este estándar 5 5 DEFINICIÓN DE LA POLÍTICA O ACCIÓN 36 1.2 El desarrollo del estándar 6 5.1 Seleccionar la política o acción por evaluar 38 1.3 Usuarios previstos 6 5.2 Definición de la política o acción por evaluar 38 1.4 Campo de aplicación del estándar 6 5.3 Decidir si se evaluará una política o acción 1.5 El alcance del estándar 7 individual o un conjunto de políticas y acciones 42 1.6 ¿Cuándo utilizar el estándar? 8 5.4 Elección de la evaluación ex ante o ex post 46 1.7 Consideraciones para la implementación del estándar 8 Identificar los efectos 1.8 Relación con los inventarios de GEI 8 1.9 Relación con el Estándar de Cuantificación 6 IDENTIFICACIÓN DE LOS EFECTOS de Proyectos del Protocolo de GEI 10 Y MAPEO DE LA CADENA CAUSAL 50 1.10 Relación con la Norma sobre Metas 6.1 Identificar los posibles efectos de la política de Mitigación del Protocolo de GEI 10 o acción relativos a GEI 52 1.11 Orientación específica para sectores 11 6.2 Identificar las categorías de fuentes 1.12 Modelos y herramientas de cálculo 12 y sumideros y los gases de efecto invernadero 1.13 Análisis de la relación costo-eficacia asociados a los efectos relativos a GEI 55 o costo-beneficio 12 6.3 Mapeo de la cadena causal 56 1.14 Estimación de los efectos no relativos a GEI de las políticas y acciones: co-beneficios u otros efectos ambientales, sociales 7 DEFINICIÓN DEL LÍMITE y económicos 12 DE EVALUACIÓN DE GEI 64 7.1 Evaluación de la importancia 1.15 Terminología: deberá(n), de los potenciales efectos relativos a GEI 66 debería(n) y podría(n) 13 7.2 Determinación de cuáles efectos relativos a 1.16 Limitaciones 13 GEI, categorías de fuentes y sumideros y gases de efecto invernadero incluir en el límite de 2 LOS OBJETIVOS DE LA ESTIMACIÓN evaluación de GEI 68 DE LOS EFECTOS RELATIVOS A GEI 7.3 Definición del período de la evaluación DE LAS POLÍTICAS Y ACCIONES 16 de GEI 70 Estimar los efectos 3 RESUMEN DE LOS PASOS, CONCEPTOS CLAVE Y REQUISITOS 20 8 ESTIMACIÓN DE LAS EMISIONES 3.1 Resumen de los pasos 21 DE REFERENCIA 76 3.2 Conceptos clave 21 8.1 Revisión de los conceptos clave 78 3.3 Ejemplo de cómo seguir los pasos 8.2 Determinación de la secuencia de pasos del estándar 27 para estimar los efectos relativos a GEI 3.4 Requisitos del estándar 29 de la política o acción 78 8.3 Elección del tipo de comparación de referencia 80 4 PRINCIPIOS DE CONTABILIDAD 8.4 Estimación de las emisiones de referencia Y REPORTE 32 utilizando el método de los escenarios 82 2 Estándar de política y acción CAPÍTULO 8.5 Estimación de las emisiones de referencia 11.6 Pasos adicionales para fundamentar y los efectos relativos a GEI utilizando el la adopción de decisiones (opcional) 136 método de comparación de grupos (solo para evaluaciones ex post) 95 8.6 Suma de las emisiones de referencia de todas 12 EVALUACIÓN DE LA INCERTIDUMBRE 142 12.1 Introducción a la evaluación de las categorías de fuentes y sumideros 98 la incertidumbre 144 12.2 Tipos de incertidumbre 144 9 ESTIMACIÓN DE LOS EFECTOS 12.3 Variedad de enfoques 145 RELATIVOS A GEI EX ANTE 100 12.4 Análisis de sensibilidad 146 9.1 Definición del escenario de la política 12.5 Análisis cualitativo de la incertidumbre1 146 más probable 102 12.6 Análisis cuantitativo de la incertidumbre 149 9.2 Identificación de los parámetros por estimar 102 Verificar 9.3 Selección del grado deseado de exactitud 103 9.4 Estimación de los valores de los parámetros 13 VERIFICACIÓN 152 en el escenario de la política 105 13.1 Introducción 153 9.5 Estimación de las emisiones en el escenario 13.2 Beneficios de la verificación 154 de la política 108 13.3 Conceptos clave 154 9.6 Estimación del efecto relativo a GEI 13.4 Temas pertinentes para el Estándar de la política o acción (ex ante) 111 de política y acción 154 13.5 Tipos de verificación 156 13.6 Niveles de aseguramiento 156 10 MONITOREO DEL RENDIMIENTO 13.7 Competencias de los verificadores 156 A LO LARGO DEL TIEMPO 116 13.8 Proceso de verificación 157 10.1 Definir los indicadores clave de rendimiento 118 10.2 Definir los parámetros necesarios para la evaluación ex post 120 Reportar 10.3 Definir el período de monitoreo 14 REPORTES 160 de la política 122 14.1 Información requerida 161 10.4 Creación de un plan de monitoreo 122 14.2 Información opcional por reportar 164 10.5 Monitoreo de los parámetros a lo largo del tiempo 127 APÉNDICES 165 11 ESTIMACIÓN DE LOS EFECTOS A Orientación para la recopilación de datos 166 RELATIVOS A GEI EX POST 128 B Orientación para la evaluación de las 11.1 Actualización de las emisiones de referencia interacciones entre políticas 170 o la evaluación ex-ante (si procede) 130 C Ejemplos de efectos no relativos a GEI 178 11.2 Selección de un método de evaluación D Análisis de la relación costo-eficacia x post 131 y costo-beneficio 180 11.3 Selección del grado deseado de exactitud 131 Abreviaciones y acrónimos 185 11.4 Estimación de las emisiones en el escenario de la política 131 Glosario 187 11.5 Estimación de los efectos de la política Referencias 194 o acción en las emisiones de GEI 134 Colaboradores 197 3 1 Introducción as emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI) están impulsando el cambio climático y sus impactos en todo el mundo. Según los climatólogos, para el L año 2050 las emisiones mundiales de gases de efecto invernadero se deberían reducir en un 72 por ciento por debajo de los niveles de 2010 para que tengamos la posibilidad de limitar el aumento de la temperatura media global a 2 grados centígrados por encima de los niveles preindustriales (IPCC 2014).
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