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.
Climate Change Adaptation Planning in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
Viet Nam,
East Asia and Pacific
Vietnam’s Mekong Delta is considered among the world’s five most vulnerable deltas (Governments of Vietnam and the Netherlands 2013). Socioeconomic exposure is very high due to high population density, meaning that about 11 million people …
Developing the U.S. Midcentury Strategy for Deep Decarbonization Under the Paris Agreement
United States ,
North America
The Paris Agreement includes a call for countries to develop long-term GHG emissions reduction strategies. To inform long-term U.S. climate policy strategy while spurring global implementation momentum, the United States, jointly with …
Long-Term Planning Efforts: The South African Long-Term Mitigation Scenario Planning Process
South Africa,
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa’s Long-Term Mitigation Scenario (LTMS) is one of the earliest long-term climate mitigation planning processes undertaken in a developing country. This case study describes how the LTMS arose, its objectives, its design and …
The Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project
The purpose of this case study is to show how the design framework of the 2013–15 Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project (DDPP) can be useful for the design of low emissions development strategies. The specific purpose of the DDPP was to …
The United Kingdom’s Clean Growth Strategy
United Kingdom,
Europe and Central Asia
The UK government’s Clean Growth Strategy (CGS), published in October 2017, sets out the proposals and policies to meet legislated limits on UK emissions in five-year periods to 2028–32 (the “fifth carbon budget”) although the CGS is not …
The HuellaChile Carbon Management Programme: Involving the public and private sector in climate change mitigation
Chile,
Latin America and Caribbean
The HuellaChile Programme is an initiative created with the purpose of promoting the management of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the private and public sector. Since its launch in 2015, it has promoted the voluntary participation of …
Kenya’s County Climate Change Funds
Kenya,
Sub-Saharan Africa
Kenya is highly vulnerable to climate change, in large part because the livelihoods and economic activities of most Kenyans rely on climate-sensitive natural resources. Building resilience to climate change is therefore high on the agendas …
Kenya’s Monitoring and Evaluation of Adaptation: Simplified, integrated, multilevel
Kenya,
Sub-Saharan Africa
Kenya has demonstrated a strong commitment to addressing climate change challenges. The Climate Change Act 2016, the first legislation in Africa dedicated to climate change, sets out the legal basis for mainstreaming climate change …
Financing climate action: The GCF country programme as a priority investment framework for Togo
Togo,
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness programme is a funding programme to enhance country ownership and access to the fund. It seeks to strengthen the institutional capacities of National Designated Authorities (NDAs) or focal points as …
Market Based Mechanisms to reduce GHG Emissions in Asia
China,
India,
Indonesia,
Japan,
Kazakhstan,
Republic of Korea,
Singapore,
Thailand,
Viet Nam,
South Asia,
East Asia and Pacific,
Europe and Central Asia
Countries in Asia are steadily addressing the need to reduce emissions through the deployment of market-based mechanisms (MBMs), such as carbon taxes, cap and trade programs, baseline and credit programs, and the development of renewable …