Documents & Tools

Check out our collection of publications, documents and tools on a range of different topics related to climate policy compiled specifically with policymakers, implementers and other climate experts in mind.

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PACT, WRI

2019

Building Capacity for the Paris Agreement's Enhanced Transparency Framework

Capacity building is essential to drive climate transparency. The 2015 Paris Agreement outlines an "enhanced transparency framework" including greater requirements for developing countries. Some developing countries have struggled to…

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

2018

How bottom-up M&E insights can inform national adaptation planning and reporting

Most adaptation actions are local and closely related to development needs, so it is important to develop and use local monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems to capture what is happening on the ground and integrate lessons from this into…

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH / United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

2019

Fostering Success Factors for NDC Implementation - Lessons from the Good Practice Database

This input aims to inform the debate on how to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement through a successful implementation of countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). The analysis of good mitigation, adaptation and cross…

adelphi / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

2018

NDC Implementation Futures – Policy Recommendations from the 2018 NDC Support Cluster Workshop Series

The discussion paper "NDC Implementation Futures" summarises the key insights and main recommendations gained from the NDC Support Cluster workshop series for national and subnational governments and for the expert community supporting NDC…

The New Climate Economy

2018

Unlocking the Inclusive Growth Story of the 21st Century: Accelerating Climate Action in Urgent Times

This report sets out the policy and investment priorities for growth that is strong, sustainable, balanced, and inclusive, and will result in efficient, liveable cities; low-carbon, smart and resilient infrastructure; and the restoration of…

ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability e.V.

2018

Multilevel Climate Action: The Path to 1.5 Degrees

The IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C, released in October 2018, is unequivocal on a few key fronts: first, human activities have used up nearly all of the global carbon budget, and second, current national climate action…

Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)

2018

The Sustainable Development Goals viewed through a climate lens

The publication highlights the potential for policy coherence in the implementation of the SDGs and nationally determined contributions (NDCs) of 164 countries.

The policy brief is based on findings from the NDC-SDG Connections Tool…

Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) / adelphi

2018

Finance for Climate Adaptation in Developing Countries

This report explores the current state of finance for climate adaptation and proposes practical, near term solutions to both fill in knowledge gaps and to increase investment. While many of the suggestions can also be applied in developed…

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH / Agora Verkehrswende / Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21)

2018

Towards decarbonising transport

This study provides a clear overview of current G20 transport emission levels, analyses existing approaches for decarbonising the transport sector and puts the spotlight on links to the energy sector. It includes fact sheets on each G20…

Ambition to Action Project

2018

SDG Climate Action Nexus tool (SCAN-tool): Interactive online dashboard available

Policy makers should pursue the implementation of Agenda 2030 and the Paris Agreement in a way that can allow to maximise mutual benefits, understanding potential synergies and trade-offs between them to enable coherent policy planning and…