panacea or pandora’s box?: promoting pro-poor low carbon development in sri lanka
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Panacea or Pandora’s Box?Promoting Pro-Poor Low Carbon Development in Sri Lanka
A Sri Lankan perspective1. A development policy with a climate change
component or vice versa?2. A convenient scapegoat or a genuine platform for
reform and sustainable development?3. A means to an end or an end in itself?
Introduction
•Status of Sri Lankan emissions : The baseline•Formulating pro-poor low carbon policies : Theory and reality• Low Carbon Development Strategies
A Baseline Study
Fossil fuels – changing course?
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Sri Lanka Ministry of Power and Energy (2015) – Energy Empowered Nation 2015-2015
Fossil fuels – Total Primary Energy Supply by Source
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Sri Lanka Ministry of Power and Energy (2015) – Energy Empowered Nation 2015-2015
Sectoral Energy Demand
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Sri Lanka Ministry of Power and Energy (2015) – Energy Empowered Nation 2015-2015
Theory and realityFormulating pro-poor low carbon policies
Envisioning the position of low carbon policy
• Where does Pro-Poor Development fit in the midst of competing or complimenting climate policies? • Should an LCD strategy occupy a coordinating role? Or should it dictate changes in other policies?
Low carbon strategy : at the centre of the policy universe?
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OECD (2010) , LEDs technical, institutional and policy lessons
Low carbon strategy : A Typical policy planning cycle
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OECD (2010) , LEDs technical, institutional and policy lessons
Low carbon strategy : The role of civil societies
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OECD (2010) , LEDs technical, institutional and policy lessons
Low carbon strategy : The role of civil societies
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OECD (2010) , LEDs technical, institutional and policy lessons
Low Carbon Development Strategies
A means to an end : the end is sustainable development*
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Sustainable development in Sri Lanka’s context is a zero-carbon circular economic idea. (Fernando & Gunesekera)
Renewable Energy - Untapped Potential
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Sri Lanka Ministry of Power and Energy (2015) – Energy Empowered Nation 2015-2015
Fossil Fuel Subsidies
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Special focus: private sector•Private sector expertise and technology (the private sector accounts for most of the R&D relative to governments)•Private sector finance - private sector is an important source of finance.•Voluntary standards - many sectors and industries require voluntary codes to regulate their emissions and LCD. •Support for sustainable development - private sector is an important partner in establishing sustainable development practices (refer WCSD 2000)