Enabling the Sultanate of Oman to Prepare Its Second National Communication (SNC) and Biennial Update Report (BUR) to the UNFCCC

Category: MCF

Sultanate of Oman Prepares and Submits Second National Communication and First Biennial Update Report to UNFCCC, Initiated March 2, 2014

This project aims to enable the Sultanate of Oman to prepare and submit its Second National Communication (SNC) and first Biennial Update Report (BUR 1) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). A key objective is to enhance Oman's capacity to meet its continuous reporting obligations under the UNFCCC. The project, initiated by a GEF Trust Fund funding proposal submitted on March 2, 2014, with a duration of 36 months, involves several components. Firstly, it focuses on updating and officially approving information on Oman's national circumstances regarding climate change challenges within the framework of national development programs. This includes an in-depth description of the country's geography, climate, environmental, and socio-economic profiles. It also involves describing the government-approved institutional arrangements and coordination mechanisms for preparing National Communications and BURs, as well as the national framework for implementing Convention objectives. Secondly, the project addresses Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventories and the development of tools to manage the GHG emissions database. This involves collecting activity data for the period 1995 to 2010 across key sectors: Energy, Industrial Production and Other Product Use, Agriculture, Forest and Land-Use Change (AFOLU), and Waste. Data gaps are identified and addressed, and emission factors (EFs) are reviewed and modified to suit national circumstances. The inventory of emissions is compiled for the specified IPCC sectors. A significant part of this component is improving the quality of the inventory from Tier 1 to Tier 2, and potentially Tier III for the oil sector, by harmonizing computations, adopting improved methodologies and emission factors, performing Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC), and developing a National Inventory Improvement Plan. The project is executed by the Ministry of Environment & Climate Affairs (MECA), UNEP Regional Office for West Asia, and Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), with UNEP as the GEF Agency. The GEF Focal Area is Climate Change.

REQUEST FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ENABLING ACTIVITY
PROPOSAL FOR FUNDING UNDER THE GEF Trust Fund
PART I: PROJECT IDENTIFIERS
EA Title: Enabling the Sultanate of Oman to Prepare Its Second National Communication (SNC) and
Biennial Update Report (BUR) to the UNFCCC
Country(ies): Sultanate of Oman GEF Project ID:1
GEF Agency(ies): UNEP (select) GEF Agency Project ID: 01233
Other Executing Partner(s): Ministry of Environment & Climate Submission Date: 03/02/2014
Affairs (MECA), UNEP Regional
Office for West Asia, Sultan Qaboos
University (SQU)
GEF Focal Area (s): Climate Change Project Duration (Months) 36
Check if applicable: NCSA NAPA Agency Fee ($): 80,940
A. EA FRAMEWORK*
EA Objective: To prepare and submit The Sultanate of Oman's Second National Communication and first
Biennial Update Report (BUR 1) to UNFCCC and in doing so enhance Oman's capacity to meet its reporting
obligations under the UNFCCC on a continuous basis.
Confirmed
Grant
Grant Co-
EA Component Type Expected Outcomes Expected Outputs
Amount financing
($) ($)
1. National TA 1.1 Information on 1.1.1 Updated information on national and 40,000 40,000
Circumstances National regional priorities to address climate change
Circumstances of concerns within the framework of national
the Sultanate of development programmes;
Oman with regard to
climate change 1.1.2 In-depth description of the geography,
challenges reviewed climate, environmental and socio-economic
and updated and profiles;
officially approved.
1.2 Government 1.2.1 Description of the institutional
approved arrangements adopted for the preparation of
Institutional the SNC and the first Biennial Update
arrangements and Report (BUR) provided;
coordination
mechanisms for the 1.2.2 Description of the national framework
preparation of for the effective implementation of measures
National to meet the objectives of the Convention;
Communications
and Biennial Update
Report described.
GHG TA 2.1 Information on 2.1.1 Activity data (AD) collected in the 110,000 70,000
Inventories GHG inventory and following sectors (a) Energy (b) Industrial
and trends provided for Production and Other Product Use (c)
development the period 1995 to Agriculture, Forest and Land-Use Change
of tools to 2010 and officially (AFOLU), and (d) Waste;
manage the accepted; 2.1.2 Data gaps identified and addressed;
GHG 2.1.3 Emission factors (EFs) reviewed;

Tags: Report, Reporting, Compliance, Update, Mitigation, Institutions / Administrative Arrangements, Methodology, Energy, Industry, Agriculture, Forests, Land Use, Waste, Oil And Gas, Funding, Governance, Planning

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