The Good Practice Database presents various examples of good practices worldwide which demonstrate how climate policies and actions are being effectively designed and implemented across a range of national contexts. This analysis is a joint initiative of the Partnership on Transparency in the Paris Agreement, the UNDP Low Emission Capacity Building Programme and the NDC Support Cluster.
Developing Carbon Credits to Finance Smallholder-Inclusive Supply Chains
India
The Livelihoods Carbon Fund has invested in developing smallholder agroforestry systems in marginalized regions occupied by tribal minorities in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, through the local NGO Naandi Foundation. The project is …
The Energy Efficiency Group for Transportation: A Strong Political Commitment Towards Sustainable Transport in Uruguay
Uruguay
For over a decade, Uruguay has achieved a dynamic economic development reflected in the growth of per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) while maintaining emissions almost constant and even reducing the intensity of emissions in some …
Uruguay’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory Evolution as a Component of the MRV for the Country’s NDC
Uruguay
Uruguay is a high-income developing country with an agroindustry-based economy. Even if the country has only accounted for 0.07% of the total global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2012, Uruguay’s agroindustry and livestock related …
Trinidad and Tobago’s NDC Implementation Plan: A Policy Blueprint to Guide Effective Mitigation Action
Latin America and Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) as a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) is greatly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, while its absolute annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions represent less than 1% of the world’s GHG emissions. Carbon …
Samoa’s Impressive Feat in Building Capacities for NDC Implementation
To achieve its global commitment given via its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), Samoa has undertaken efforts to adapt to and also mitigate the negative impacts of climate change. A key aspect of Samoa’s NDC is the transition of …
Mongolia’s Private Sector Led Renewable Energy Programme
Mongolia
Mongolia has committed to supply 30% of the country’s energy through renewable energy by 2030 as part of its NDC targets. However, financial barriers such as high interest rates and prohibitively short tenors have limited renewable energy …
Estimating the Costs of Unconditional Mitigation Measures to Support the Implementation of Mexico’s NDC
Mexico
Following the ratification of the Paris Agreement by Mexico in December 2016, a process was carried out to estimate the cost of implementing the unconditional Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) target. The NDC target was defined by …
Multi-Level Governance and Coordination under Kenya’s National Climate Change Act
Kenya
The Climate Change Act, which was signed into law in May 2016, provides the primary framework for overning climate change across Kenya. The country is one of only a few countries in the world to irectly regulate climate change (Bellali et …
Establishing Climate Governance at a Sector Level: Costa Rica’s Sectoral Agreements
Costa Rica
Costa Rica's Sectoral Agreements for the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are a response f the sectors to meet national and international commitments, such as the objectives of Sustainable evelopment Goals (SDGs) and the …
Tracking the Financing of Climate Action: How Colombia Developed and Implemented a Comprehensive National MRV Framework for Climate Finance
Colombia
Colombia is one of the first countries in the world to have developed a comprehensive Monitoring, eporting and Verification (MRV) framework to track climate finance (Climate Finance MRV) from ublic, private and international sources. The …