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.

Coordinating institutions for LEDS and NAMA development

Indonesia, East Asia and Pacific
Building on its 2009 pledge to reduce national GHG emissions (by 26% in 2020) and a subsequent climate change action plan published in 2011, Indonesia has made substantial progress in strengthening its capacity and institutional framework …

Limiting Coal Consumption in China

China, East Asia and Pacific
In 2014, China launched the New Energy Development Strategic Action Plan (NEDSAP 2014–2020) setting a target to limit coal consumption at 4.2 Gt/year by 2020, which is estimated to represent 62% of the energy mix. The Plan is a Low Emission …

Implementing a national energy efficiency program

Viet Nam, East Asia and Pacific
The Vietnam Energy Efficiency Program (VNEEP) is a ten year program, which was approved in April 2006 by the Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam. It is a targeted national program and the first-ever comprehensive plan to …

Integrating waste management and renewable energy planning

Thailand, East Asia and Pacific
Driven by concerns of energy security high dependence on imported fuels and environmental pollution due to improper waste disposal, Thailand has placed increasing emphasis on waste-to-energy options through its 10-year Renewable and …

Web-based GHG Management System of the Republic of Korea

Republic of Korea, East Asia and Pacific
The step-wise evolution of the GHG and Energy Target Management System (TMS) of the Republic of Korea, launched in 2010, has grown to cover 840 industrial installations, otherwise known as controlled entities (CEs). In 2013, the TMS …

100% Renewable Energy Targets in the Pacific Islands

Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, East Asia and Pacific
In May 2012, Ministers representing a group of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) agreed to the Barbados Declaration, which included a declaration on renewable energy targets by Pacific Island Countries (PICs), seven of which …

Low carbon pathways toward sustainability: The experience of Bogor City

Indonesia, East Asia and Pacific
This 'Inside story on climate compatible development' from the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) looks at how, since 2013, the Urban Low Emission Development Strategies (Urban-LEDS) project has offered Bogor City an …

Mainstreaming climate finance into Papua New Guinea’s national budget

Papua New Guinea, East Asia and Pacific
Under Papua New Guinea's Climate Compatible Development Policy the country is seeking to "ensure continuous climate financing from government and simultaneously mobilize additional funding from multilateral, bilateral and private sector for …

Reforestation in South Korea achieves almost pre-war era status

Republic of Korea, East Asia and Pacific
As a result of conflict and war during the first half of the 20 th century in South Korea, a large portion of forests were degraded and depleted, predominantly due to excessive harvesting of timber for fuel. By the mid 1950s, South Korea’s …