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.
Uganda's National Climate Change Learning Strategy: A Coordinated Effort to Build Capacity and Knowledge on Climate Change
Uganda
Many countries including Uganda lack the technical and human resource capacities to effectively integrate limate change considerations into strategy development and planning at the national level. Uganda, hrough its Ministry of Water and …
Strengthening Community Level Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Actions: Indonesia's Climate Village Programme (PROKLIM)
Indonesia
Indonesia has recognised the need for all stakeholders and communities to work together to implement climate adaptation and mitigation actions, to make them more effective and wide reaching, and to achieve the national climate goals. The …
National Benefits of Climate Reporting: The MRV System of Georgia
Georgia
Georgia is one of the few countries that has successfully established a national system for Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. A well-established and designed MRV system is essential for tracking …
Strategising for the Long Term: Mexico's Mid-Century Strategy (MCS)
Mexico
The Paris Agreement invites countries to formulate and communicate long-term strategies. Based on this, Mexico joined efforts with the USA and Canada in a North American leaders’ partnership to, amongst others actions, develop strategies …
Driving Subnational Climate Action in Marocco: The Innovative Example of Souss Massa's Territorial Plan
Middle East and North Africa
The Territorial Plan to address Global Warming of Souss Massa (PTRC-SM) was established to better coordinate inter-sectoral climate actions to address global warming in the Souss Massa region and capitalise on past experiences and lessons …
Financing Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) through Micro-Finance Institutions
Benin,
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Dominican Republic,
Ecuador,
Peru,
Senegal
Although private sector involvement in climate adaptation finance is still a novelty, the United Nations Environment Programme is working with Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) to shift the paradigm. MFIs cater to some of the most vulnerable …
Promoting the resilience of economies in semi-arid areas in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso,
Sub-Saharan Africa
‘Promoting the Resilience of Economies in Semi-arid Areas’ (PRISE for its English acronym) is a global, collaborative and applied research programme between multiple international partners and countries, including Burkina Faso. It is aimed …
Strategising to decouple economic growth from GHG emissions: The Colombian Low Carbon Development Strategy
Colombia,
Latin America and Caribbean
The Colombian Low Carbon Development Strategy (CLCDS) is a short, medium and long-term planning initiative that aims to identify the greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation potential and the appropriate measures and projects without affecting the …
Piloting a methodology for tracking climate-relevant budget at activity level in Nepal’s agriculture sector
Nepal,
South Asia
Located in the climate change hotspot of the Himalayas, Nepal has been one of the leading countries in the global South in recognising climate change-related threats to its economy and reacting upon these threats with relevant actions …
Assessment and mapping of vulnerability and adaptation of small farmers to climate change in Morocco
Morocco,
Middle East and North Africa
The ‘Assessment and mapping of vulnerability and adaptation of small farmers to climate change’ in Morocco is a study launched by the Moroccan Agency for Agricultural Development (ADA for its acronym in French) and financed by the …