PAPUA NEW GUINEA PRESENTATION

Responding to Climate Change in the Pacific:

Moving from Strategy to Action
12-13 October 2010

VARIGINI BADIRA
Office of Climate Change and Development Director - Adaptation
Ministry of Climate Change and Development vbadira@yahoo.com
 PNG’s Climate-Compatible Development Strategy

Strategic framework Economic Development

▪ Achieve GDP per capita of USD 3,000 by
2030 as set out in our Vision 2050

Mitigation
▪ Reduce emissions of greenhouse gases
by at least 50% by 2030, driven mainly by
abatement measures in land use, land-
use changes and forestry
▪ Become carbon-neutral by 2050 investing
in low-carbon infrastructures today

Adaptation
▪ Reduce vulnerability to climate change-
associated risks
– Gradual hazards (e.g., vector-borne
disease)
– Event-driven hazards (e.g., landslides,
flooding)

SOURCE: PNG Climate-Compatible Development Strategy, OCCD analysis | 1

Sectors
▪ Power
Power

▪ Transport
Transport
CC - Hazards
▪ Oil
Oil and
and Gas
Gas

▪ Cement
Cement

▪ Industry
Industry

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 Clear mitigation and adaptation priorities have been identified.
Pilots and programs
▪ Review of agriculture leases
REDD+ ▪ Locate palm plantations on
non-forest lands
▪ Afforestation/reforestation
programs
▪ Secondary forest management
▪ Reduced impact logging
Low- ▪ Renewable energy for Port
carbon Moresby, the national capital
growth ▪ Rural electrification via
rehabilitation of existing and
new micro hydro plants
▪ Energy efficiency measures
▪ Mangrove planting to protect
Adapta- coastal villages
tion ▪ Coastal early flood warning
system
▪ Coastal engineering/infra-
structure
▪ Inland flood warning
SOURCE: PNG Climate-Compatible Development Strategy, OCCD analysis
Examples
Review agricultural leases
▪ Review policy process and legal
status of agricultural leases
▪ Develop sustainable alternative
land-use models in order to
revoke existing leases
Coastal early warning system
▪ Automate detection of sea level
changes that cause flooding
▪ Alert affected communities
directly via SMS
so they have time
to avoid danger.
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 Energy: Renewable energies offer a tremendous opportunity both for
grid connected areas and off-grid rural electrification
PNG has access to abundant renewable
energy sources

Hydro: Tropical weather with high ▪ Grid connected power: Significant

precipitation levels provide power shortages in all 3 major grid
continuous hydro power supply in areas requiring large diesel
the mountains mainland. generator backup capacity.

Geothermal: PNG is located on the

‘ring of fire’. Many active volcanoes ▪ Rural electrification:
on the mainland and the islands. Majority of population
One already used by Lihir gold mine does not have access
to electricity.
Biomass: Forests and agriculture
provide ample biomass supply. Palm
oil mills are developing first CDM
▪ Electricity Market Policy: New electricity
policy to be approved by Cabinet soon to
projects for methane-to-electricity.
provide policy framework for private
sector investments into generation
Solar: Coast lines, islands and
and off-grid rural mini-grids.
remote areas with high solar
radiation provide ideal opportunities
for stand-alone photovoltaic
systems.

SOURCE: OCCD | 4
Enabling Investments – incl. Health, education, land reforms

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 PRELIMINARY

Low-carbon growth initiatives

Responsible Timing and next

Objective institution Proposed location Proposed budget steps
▪ Rehabilitate and ▪ West New ▪ W. New Britain ▪ TBD ▪ 1-2 years
Rural electri- expand hydro from Britain provincial
fication – 400kW out of government
Bialla hydro potential 1500kW ▪ Hargy oil palm
▪ PPL

Rural electri-
▪ Rehabilitate and ▪ New Ireland ▪ New Ireland ▪ USD 200,000 ▪ 1-2 years
expand hydro from provincial proposed by
fication –
80kW to 1MW government Lihir SDP for
Sohun hydro
▪ Western Power rehabilitation,
▪ Lihir SDP TBD for
expansion

▪ Build new 40-80 ▪ PPL ▪ Naoro Brown ▪ USD ~50m ▪ 3-4 years
Port Moresby MW runoff hydro ▪ NCDC estimated, actual
hydro ▪ DNPM costing after
▪ Dev partners feasibility study
(Oct 2010)

▪ Installing ▪ Damai ▪ Somare ▪ USD ~15,000 ▪ 6 months

Energy capacitor banks ▪ PPL Foundation preliminary
efficiency to reduce peak Building estimate from
load by ~250 PPL
KVar

SOURCE: Low-carbon growth technical working group | 6

Corporate Plan 2011-2013 Interim Action Plan

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 The OCCD’s governance structure has been put in place.
Prime Minister &
Ministry of
Climate Change
and Development
Advisory Ministerial
Board Committee
National Climate Change Committee
chaired by Chief Secretary including
Secretaries of all key departments
Development
Partners Office of Climate Change and
Climate Change Development1
Task Force

Technical working Technical working

Technical working Technical working
group Low-Carbon group
group REDD+ group Adaptation
Growth Consultation
Early Warning
MRV sub-WG
System
Forestry sub-WG

Agriculture sub-WG

1 OCCD Executive Director reporting directly to Prime Minister

SOURCE: NEC decision 54/2010, OCCD analysis 8

 Issues and Challenges
• Effective mainstreaming of Climate Change Response
through capacity building and training
• Private sector participation through incentive creation
• Commission research and establish an information
data centre for climate change
• Strengthen reporting mechanism and systems through
legislations
• Mainstreaming into budgetary and planning process
• Funding constraints / Coordination of funding
• Climate Change Act

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