Frauke Röser of NewClimate Institute presents at a side event in the German Pavilion at COP21 in Paris on 'Assessing impacts and benefits - relevance of co-benefits for NAMAs and INDCs'.

1. Assessing impacts and benefits
– relevance of co-benefits for
NAMAs and INDCs
Frauke Roeser, f.roeser@newclimate.org
Thomas Day, t.day@newclimate.org
MitigationMomentum Side Event
1 December 2015, Paris COP 21

2. NAMAs – The challenge of implementation
Sustainable development key characteristic of NAMAs
Mitigation is co-benefit in many sectors
However, this is not reflected in NAMA development
practice where co-benefits are still often afterthoughts
Key challenge for NAMAs: moving from planning to
implementation
Sectors and line ministries play a fundamental role
Structured co-benefits assessment can support
transition to implementation

3. INDCs – The challenge of ambition
Demonstrate how co-benefits could be used to incentivise
ambitious GHG reductions
Assessment of missed benefits that could have been achieved
if INDC in line with 2°C pathway: 100% renewables by 2050
compared to current policies
Illustrative results for USA, China, EU, Canada, Japan, Chile,
South Africa, India

4. Methodology
Co- benefits considered
Reduced fossil fuel imports – savings in US$
Reduced air pollution – human health: number of premature deaths per year
Creating green jobs – number of jobs in energy sector
Results only illustrative – due to complexity and uncertainty
associated with quantification of co-benefits
Use of three scenarios for each country:
Current policies
INDC – assumptions on sector implications
100% renewables by 2050 – inline with below 2°C

5. Example – EU Natural gas demand

6. Example – China job creation

7. Illustrative results – Fossil fuel imports

8. Illustrative results – air pollution

9. Illustrative results – job creation

10. Key conclusions
Highlighting co-benefits in the design of INDCs &
NAMAs could increase the willingness to
undertake and implement ambitious mitigation
actions
The joint consideration of mitigation actions and co-
benefits could increase the cost-effectiveness of
policies
Consideration of co-benefits could speed up the
implementation of mitigation actions and thereby
reduce the costs of climate change mitigation.