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.
Energising Development (EnDev) Tanzania
Tanzania, United Republic of,
Sub-Saharan Africa
The overarching goals of the EnDev programme in Tanzania, implemented by SNV, are to tackle energy poverty, increase access to cleaner energy sources for households, and increase the amount of sustainable income for women and men. The …
Burkina Faso: How to Create Climate-Resilient Development in Rural Areas
Burkina Faso,
Sub-Saharan Africa
More than 90 percent of households in Burkina Faso do not have access to modern cooking fuels and less than 30 percent of the population has access to electricity, a figure that reaches two percent in rural areas. In this situation, biomass …
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 …
Ecotourism as a mechanism to strengthen resilience in Tumani Tenda, Gambia
Gambia,
Sub-Saharan Africa
Ecotourism as a practice involves the regeneration of the environment through annual tree planting (especially during the rainy season), the promotion of alternative tourism and biodiversity conservation (Drame and Kiema, 2016). It has …
Bringing climate finance to the local level: Mali's climate fund decentralisation
Mali,
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Near East Foundation (NEF-Mali) and its partners, the Innovation, Environment and Development in Africa (IED-A) and the International Institute for Environment and Development UK (IIED-UK) initiated the Decentralising Climate Funds (DCF …
The boxes of resilience in the Central African Republic: A community-based approach for consolidating resilience in a participatory and integrated manner
Central African Republic,
Sub-Saharan Africa
The concept of ‘Boxes of Resilience’ centres on agro-pastoral communities and aims to integrate financial, social and productive activities to enhance local resilience to climate change (FAO, 2016b). The main objective of the programme …
Risky Business? Climate Change, Power Planning, and Resilience in Tanzania
Tanzania, United Republic of,
Sub-Saharan Africa
Many countries face the challenge of strengthening and expanding electricity generation and infrastructure while incorporating climate resilience and greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets into long-term power planning. Increasingly …
Burkina Faso’s National Adaptation Plan: A Long-Term Planning Effort
Burkina Faso,
Sub-Saharan Africa
In 2012, Burkina Faso launched a comprehensive effort to develop a National Adaptation Plan (NAP). This case study explores Burkina Faso’s national process to formulate a medium- and long-term strategy for climate change adaptation, which …
Lessons from low-emission development strategies to support long-term strategy development and implementation
Chile,
Ethiopia,
Indonesia,
Kenya,
Mexico,
Philippines,
Uganda,
South Africa,
Latin America and Caribbean,
East Asia and Pacific,
Sub-Saharan Africa
Long-term strategies can enable enduring economic growth and sustainable development while also aligning with climate objectives in the Paris Agreement. It is increasingly recognized that, when developing LTS, many countries are not …
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 …