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.

CCC Insights Briefing 1: The UK Climate Change Act

United Kingdom, Europe and Central Asia
The UK Climate Change Act was passed in 2008. It is the primary legislation that underpins action to address climate change by the UK. It provides a comprehensive framework for climate change mitigation and adaptation, underpinned by …

Accelerating the Greening of Finance: The Paris Climate Bond

France, Europe and Central Asia
Right at a moment when international climate efforts were concentrated at COP21 taking place in Paris in 2015, the city issued the Paris Climate Bond (PCB) 1 to finance and re-finance projects in climate mitigation and adaptation. The PCB …

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 …

Long-term Climate Strategies: A Case Study of Germany

Germany, Europe and Central Asia
This case study describes the process of developing Germany’s long-term strategy, “Climate Action Plan 2050.” The Climate Action Plan 2050 focuses on the economy-wide mitigation efforts required for Germany to achieve extensive greenhouse …

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 …

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 …

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 …