TIPEE: Traitement de l'information pour des politiques énergétiques favorisent l'écodéveloppement Processing Information for Energy  Policies Conducive to Ecodevelopment

Check how well governments are providing their citizens with accessible, clean, and affordable energy services! What it is... TIPEE is a tool that helps decision-makers make use of available information to make better energy decisions.  It is a methodology and a series of indicators that allows decision makers to check how well national energy policies are contributing to ecodevelopment under fluctuating weather conditions. TIPEE stands for: Traitement de l'information pour les politiques énergétiques et l'écodéveloppement  / Processing Information for Energy Policy and Ecodevelopment)   Why this approach... Energy is central to our existence; however energy’s ubiquitous nature means that it is too often “ignored” when it comes to developing adaptation activities.  However, without a good supply of energy we as humans would find it extremely difficult to survive, let alone prosper.  Given the importance of energy—both from social and economic development perspectives—identifying, understanding and reducing climate change vulnerabilities within the energy sector are priorities and present new challenges.  It becomes necessary to understand the context in which energy services are provided and used, and assess how climate change may impact the balance of energy supply and demand. In a climate-constrained environment the question therefore becomes how to climate-proof energy systems and policies while also meeting other goals such as maintaining a healthy ecosystem, achieving development priorities and improving the overall quality of life. The process can be summarised as follows:   HELIO's response... While there a numerous initiatives that look at energy security and access or how to look at reducing energy's carbon footprint, there is a startling lack of resources to help decision-makers devise energy policies and measures that both meet ecodevelopment objectives and take into consideration possible impacts from changing climatic conditions, i.e. adaptation.

National Reports available for consultation... Cameroon Togo   TIPEE Manual... is now available for download. In FR only. Click here for a short summary in English. Guide for decision-makers is also available  This document summaries key elements of the TIPEE methodology; outlines how to reinforce the institutional capacity of a country so as to be able to integrate TIPEE in a national strategy; and presents case studies. In FR only. An updated section on Cameroon is available here. For more information about this publication email us at: helio(at)helio-international.org   Indicators... A list and explanation of the 24 indicators used in the TIPEE Methodology EN | FR A short overiew in EN about how the TIPEE tool was developed.   Summary Results.... Results from applying the TIPEE tool in Cameroon and Togo (FR). EN summary available  here   Annotated Bibliography... on energy, climate change and ecodevelopment EN | FR    COP 17 ! HELIO gave several presentations on the TIPEE work and its results. Click here to get copies of our presentations Methodological Team:  names and short bios of team members (in French). Cameroon Team... Blaise Bignom, Christian Sidonie Gouleu, Sylvain Defo, Cyrille Ngouana Kengne, Valery Nkue   Togo Team... Gbaty Tiadja Gbandey, M'ba Stéphance Djassah, Méry Yaou, Piya-abalo Tahontan Didier Bamali, Tcharabalo Abiyou

In response, HELIO has developed TIPEE. TIPEE is a set of 24, easy-to-calculate indicators to evaluate how well their government is providing their citizens with accessible, clean, and affordable energy services. Improvement in indicator calculations over time will reflect genuine progress toward a national energy policy that promotes the overall well-being of its citizens and increased resilience to climate impacts, while respecting the environment.

TIPEE uses information that is already available in country. HELIO's approach is that:

• the underlying metric for any indicator must be generally available
• that data collection and vector/indicator calculation must be simple to do
• that qualitative input from the experts on the ground is just as valuable as the numbers generated
  

Where we are now...

The TIPEE approach has been field-tested in Cameroon and Togo and the indicators have been applied by energy experts to their national energy situation.  Results from these national analyses are now available.  National capacity building workshops to train decision makers have also been held.  These workshops helped decision makers to:

• interpret the results from the TIPEE analysis
• apply the results to climate-proof national energy policies and approaches

2011 Timeline...

June:   Methodological workshop: national teams met in Togo to review and adapt the manual to reflect regional constraints.  The energy analysts were trained in how to apply the indicators and interpret the results.  From June to October, teams collected data and prepared a draft report that was reviewed by HELIO's experts.  A revised draft was the basis for discussion and review at the October national consultative workshops.

Oct: Consultative workshops:  national teams met with other national experts from government, academia and civil society to exchange information and experiences to fine tune the analysis and recommendations.  

Nov:  Finalisation of the national reports and their launch at UNFCCC - COP 17 (Durban, South Africa)

• Nov. 28, 10:30 EU Pavilion, Room: Warsaw
• Dec. 1, 11:30 Side event venue, Room: Hex River
• Dec. 2, 16:45 Side event venue, Room: Indwe River

The 2011 work was supported in part by:

helio (at) helio-international.org