Unifying methodologies and using compatible greenhouse gas (GHG) forecasting tools, as well as better coordination between public authorities responsible for energy and climate policies are some of the recommendations of the EU4Climate experts to ensure policy coherence and delivery on international commitments of the Republic of Moldova in the mentioned fields, shows a study of.
The recommendations are part of a study on the alignment of GHG reduction targets in the context of Moldova’s commitments under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Energy Community Treaty, presented on 13 October at a consultative workshop, with the participation of representatives of the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development and other institutions involved, IPN reports, quoting a press release of EU4Climate Moldova.
EU4Climate experts, a project funded by the European Union and implemented by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Moldova, concluded that, on the climate dimension, the Republic of Moldova has made much more ambitious commitments than in the energy one, and the difference comes from the fact that GHG emissions from the Transnistrian region were also considered.
During the workshop, representatives of the Ministry of Environment and of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development agreed to create institutional dialogue platforms to coordinate the development of the National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan (NECP), the first version of which will be presented to the Energy Community Secretariat in the first half of 2022.
“Reconciling GHG reduction targets with realistic energy projections is very necessary and timely these days. The specificities of the Republic of Moldova should be taken in due account in order to formulate a sound and credible National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan, in line with the ‘Clean energy for all Europeans’ package,” runs the press release.
Based on the recommendations of the EU4Climate experts, a joint action plan to align climate and energy targets is to be developed. According to the Determined National Contribution and the Low Emission Development Program by 2030, GHG emissions in the energy sector are to be reduced by 74% by the end of the current decade.
With a total budget of 8.8 million Euros, the EU4Climate Project takes place in the period 2019-2022 and is implemented within the Eastern Partnership.
