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.
Mongolia’s Private Sector Led Renewable Energy Programme
Tue, 01/21/2020 - 11:10
Mongolia
Mongolia has committed to supply 30% of the country’s energy through renewable energy by 2030 as part of its NDC targets. However, financial barriers such as high interest rates and prohibitively short tenors have limited renewable energy …
Estimating the Costs of Unconditional Mitigation Measures to Support the Implementation of Mexico’s NDC
Tue, 01/21/2020 - 11:00
Mexico
Following the ratification of the Paris Agreement by Mexico in December 2016, a process was carried out to estimate the cost of implementing the unconditional Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) target. The NDC target was defined by …
Multi-Level Governance and Coordination under Kenya’s National Climate Change Act
Tue, 01/21/2020 - 10:57
Kenya
The Climate Change Act, which was signed into law in May 2016, provides the primary framework for overning climate change across Kenya. The country is one of only a few countries in the world to irectly regulate climate change (Bellali et …
Establishing Climate Governance at a Sector Level: Costa Rica’s Sectoral Agreements
Tue, 01/21/2020 - 10:52
Costa Rica
Costa Rica's Sectoral Agreements for the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are a response f the sectors to meet national and international commitments, such as the objectives of Sustainable evelopment Goals (SDGs) and the …
Tracking the Financing of Climate Action: How Colombia Developed and Implemented a Comprehensive National MRV Framework for Climate Finance
Tue, 01/21/2020 - 10:49
Colombia
Colombia is one of the first countries in the world to have developed a comprehensive Monitoring, eporting and Verification (MRV) framework to track climate finance (Climate Finance MRV) from ublic, private and international sources. The …
Uganda's National Climate Change Learning Strategy: A Coordinated Effort to Build Capacity and Knowledge on Climate Change
Tue, 01/21/2020 - 10:45
Uganda
Many countries including Uganda lack the technical and human resource capacities to effectively integrate limate change considerations into strategy development and planning at the national level. Uganda, hrough its Ministry of Water and …
Strengthening Community Level Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Actions: Indonesia's Climate Village Programme (PROKLIM)
Tue, 01/21/2020 - 10:39
Indonesia
Indonesia has recognised the need for all stakeholders and communities to work together to implement climate adaptation and mitigation actions, to make them more effective and wide reaching, and to achieve the national climate goals. The …
National Benefits of Climate Reporting: The MRV System of Georgia
Tue, 01/21/2020 - 10:35
Georgia
Georgia is one of the few countries that has successfully established a national system for Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. A well-established and designed MRV system is essential for tracking …
Strategising for the Long Term: Mexico's Mid-Century Strategy (MCS)
Mon, 01/20/2020 - 17:24
Mexico
The Paris Agreement invites countries to formulate and communicate long-term strategies. Based on this, Mexico joined efforts with the USA and Canada in a North American leaders’ partnership to, amongst others actions, develop strategies …
Driving Subnational Climate Action in Marocco: The Innovative Example of Souss Massa's Territorial Plan
Mon, 01/20/2020 - 17:18
Middle East and North Africa
The Territorial Plan to address Global Warming of Souss Massa (PTRC-SM) was established to better coordinate inter-sectoral climate actions to address global warming in the Souss Massa region and capitalise on past experiences and lessons …