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.
Indigenous knowledge reveals history of fire-prone California forest
United States ,
North America
A collaboration between scientists and Native American tribes finds tree density in parts of the Klamath Mountains is at a record high, and at risk of serious wildfires. Indigenous oral accounts have helped scientists to reconstruct a 3,000 …
Analytical Capacity for Long-Term Strategies
Brazil,
China,
Germany,
India,
United States ,
South Asia,
Latin America and Caribbean,
East Asia and Pacific,
Europe and Central Asia,
North America
This case study examines five countries (Brazil, China, Germany, India, and the United States) and assesses the diverse approaches these countries have taken that inform the ongoing evolution of good practice in developing long-term …
California’s Decarbonization Strategy: Adaptable Policy with Strong Target Setting and Stakeholder Engagement
United States ,
North America
California’s successful climate policies are set against a background of strong political and public support for protecting the environment, long-term planning, analytical evaluations and modeling, and an inclusive stakeholder process that …
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 …
International Best Practices for Implementing and Designing Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) Policies
South Africa,
Middle East and North Africa,
South Asia,
Latin America and Caribbean,
East Asia and Pacific,
Europe and Central Asia,
North America,
Sub-Saharan Africa
A Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) is a public policy tool requiring a certain amount of renewable electricity relative to the entire electricity supply. These policies are meant to increase generation from “renewable”, or more broadly …
Making Progress on President Obama’s Climate Action Plan
United States ,
North America
In 2013, President Obama announced the Climate Action Plan (CAP), the first comprehensive plan of the United States to address climate change. The CAP outlines 75 climate-related goals and respective actions that are subsumed under three …