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PERSONAL INFORMATION Sina Wartmann Sina (Silke Christina) Wartmann Ltd., 201 Avonvale Rd., Bristol, BS59SR, United Kingdom (0044) 07565 183 163 [email protected] Sex: Female | Nationality: German PROFILE Sina Wartmann is an international expert in the fields of emission monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) / Transparency with 17 years international of work experience in this area. She holds a Diploma in Industrial Engineering from the Technical University of Karlsruhe. Sina has excellent insight into the set-up and enhancement of MRV systems for GHG emissions, mitigation actions and support. She is currently supporting Kenya in setting up its national MRV system (GNIplus) and three Mexican States with their GHG inventory and mitigation MRV, she also supported Lebanon in setting up an MRV of support system under Clima South. She heavily contributed to the development of the MRV requirements under the EU-Emission Trading System between 2002-2012. Sina also has an excellent understanding of GHG inventory compilation, including based on the IPCC 2006 Guidelines and the IPCC Software. She has supported a number of countries in enhancing their national GHG inventories, e.g. Lebanon, Palestine, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Perú. She also supports cities with GHG inventory compilation using the GPC Standard. She regularly attends the international climate negotiations under the UNFCCC, including as part of country delegations. This gives her an excellent insight into requirements related to the existing MRV framework and its transition to the future reporting requirements under the Paris Agreement’s Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) and its Modalities, Processes and Guidelines (MPGs), which are still under discussion. On behalf of the OECD she contributed to a paper assessing options to provide flexibility under the ETF to developing countries who need it in light of their capacities. Sina is accredited with the UNFCCC for the review of national GHG inventories, the review of National Communications and Biennial Reports under the International Assessment and Review (IAR) process and the review of Biennial Update reports under the International Consultation and Assessment (ICA) process. She currently participates in 2 reviews/analyses annually. She has supported a number of countries in developing their NDCs, e.g. Lebanon and Ukraine and has held a workshop on NDC implementation for francophone African countries. Sina has excellent training experience, both with regards to coordinating, designing and holding trainings. Sina is a native German speaker, and has outstanding linguistic skills. She holds workshops in English, Spanish and French. Her long-standing training experience in a large range of regions gives her excellent cultural adaptability. She is renowned with clients for her ability to flexibly find great ad-hoc solutions to challenges during workshops, e.g. changing exercises at short notice to meet specific needs WORK EXPERIENCE July 2018 - present Sina Wartmann Ltd, Director Providing advice on MRV and Transparency as independent consultant in parallel to retaining a part- time contract with Ricardo Energy & Environment. 2013 - present Principal Consultant Ricardo Energy & Environment International Inventory Expert and Knowledge Leader on International MRV • Knowledge Leader International MRV: Coordinating Ricardo Energy and Environment’s knowledge leadership in all areas of MRV by participation in relevant events allowing experience exchange with other experts, like international climate negotiations, conferences, drafting of throught pieces, development of new MRV approaches, internal trainings enhancing the MRV-capabilities of the team. • Core member of international GHG team: delivering technical capacity building and support on GHG emissions, including development of national inventory systems, MRV of mitigation actions and support; (national) MRV systems; technical requirements and methods for inventory compilation; GHG reporting and UNFCCC requirements; and GHG projections. • Business development and project management: management of teams delivering GHG-related projects and programmes, and developing international business opportunities related to MRV 2008-2013 Senior Consultant Ecofys Germany GmbH Senior consultant in the International Climate Strategies Unit, working in the fields of monitoring, reporting and verification of emissions and other impacts, EU Emissions Trading System, climate financing. Team leader for the Ecofys office in Nuremberg (August 2008- October 2009) 2002 – 2008 Junior Consultant/Consultant Ecofys Germany GmbH Consultant working in the fields of implementation of the EU-Emission Trading Scheme, especially emission monitoring and reporting, national and international emission reduction projects, technology assessments, fluorinated greenhouse gases, international climate policy 1998– 2001 Graduate Student Assistance Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Karlsruhe, Germany Graduate student assistant, working in the fields of flexible Mechanisms, implementation of national and EU-wide emission trading at the corporate level Student worker, supporting the topics of technology promotion at the national and EU level (1998-2000) and flexible mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol (2000-2001) EDUCATION AND TRAINING 1995 - 2001 MEng Industrial Engineering University of Karlsruhe, Germany Studies of Philosophy and Journalism 1999 - 2001 University of Karlsruhe, Germany PERSONAL SKILLS Mother tongue(s) German Other language(s) UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production English C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 French C1 C1 C1 C1 B2 Spanish C1 C1 C1 C1 B2 Italian C2 C2 C2 C2 B2 Russian A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 ReplaceSina is a with strong your communicatorcommunication skills. and Specifya large inproportion what context of her they work were involves acquired. communicating Example: Communication skills ▪complex good communication subjects clearly skills for gained audiences through of my various experience levels as of salestechnical manager understanding. This includes her ability to communicate in a culturally appropriate way, based on her ample international experience in Latin America, Northern and Sub-saharan Africa, the Middle East and South-East Asia. This is vital in ensuring satisfaction with both clients and beneficiaries from various cultural backgrounds. Sina is particularly proficient in developing training approaches based on a variety of training and communication techniques. Sina is an experienced project manager and has excellent organisational skills. She has Organisational / managed large teams delivering a range of projects in a multi-country setting, including: managerial skills - Managing the Information Matters team as technical lead (10 staff members, 4 countries), - Evaluation of the implementation of MRV requirements under the EU ETS (8 staff members, 28 countries) Computer skills Sina is familiar with standard Microsoft packages, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook. She is also experienced at using bespoke software and models, such as the IPCC 2006 inventory software and the IPCC waste model, Visual Basic Programming for Word and Excel. Digital competence SELF-ASSESSMENT Information Communicati Content Problem Safety processing on creation solving Proficient user Proficient user Independent user Proficient user Independent user ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Projects June – Sept 2019, Development of an MRV of support database for Lao PDR (NDA Readiness Project Laos, UNDP) Based on a brief assessment of the existing reporting structures, Sina identified relevant information that can realistically be collected by Laos at present, suggesting further information to be collected in the medium- and in the long-term. She suggested data collection processes using existing structures that would minimize additional effort for data collection and developed a database structure (Excel), a data collection template and a guidance document supporting the data collection. The materials were presented to relevant stakeholders in a workshop and were adjusted based on the feedback received. January – May 2019 Lessons learned on regional climate target setting (Scotland ClimateXChange) Sina supported the assessment of key lessons learned in setting climate targets at regional and national level through interviews with the German region Baden-Wuerttemberg and the German Ministry of Environment and contributed to drafted a report presenting lessons learned. The project included a larger number of (among other) European regions and countries, including Flanders, Wallonia, Sweden, the Netherlands. June 20017 – ongoing UNFCCC Reviews (financed by BMU) Sina is accredited with the UNFCCC for the review of national GHG inventories, the review of National Communications and Biennial Reports under the International Assessment and Review (IAR) process and the review of Biennial Update reports under the International Consultation and Assessment (ICA) process. The reviews Sina conducted are presented below National GHG inventory NC-BR (Annex I) BUR (non-Annex I) Reviews (Annex I) • In-Country review of Italy • Austria’s 4th NC (2010) – • Tunisia, Andorra (2015) – (2007) in-country, PaMS, lead centralised, National • Centralized Review reviewer Circumstances Australia, Belgium (2007) • Spain’s 5th NC /1st BR • Colombia, Argentina, • In-Country review of (2014) – in-country, PaMs, Costa Rica (2016) – Estonia (2009) lead reviewer