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.
Preparing Outer Island Sustainable Electricity Development Project (POISED)
Maldives,
South Asia
The ‘Preparing Outer Island Sustainable Electricity Development Project’ (POISED) was designed to help the Maldives shift toward greater energy self-sufficiency and minimize emissions and exposure to global petroleum price volatility. It …
Promoting Climate Resilient Agriculture in Nepal: Building Climate Change Resilient Communities through Private Sector Participation
Nepal
Nepal is one of the world’s most climate vulnerable countries due to its harsh geography, largely poor and resource-dependent population, and weak institutional capacity to manage challenges. Its agriculture sector, which employs over two …
Promoting Sustainable Business Models for Clean Cookstoves Dissemination in Honduras
Honduras,
Latin America and Caribbean
The PROFOGONES project is supported by the Scaling-up Renewable Energy in Low-Income Countries Program (SREP) of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), and the InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB), through its Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF …
Reforestación y venta de bonos de carbono en el mercado voluntario para contribuir a las NDC de El Salvador
El Salvador,
Latin America and Caribbean
Dado que la deforestación es una de las principales causas del cambio climático por su contribución a la emisión de gases de efecto invernadero y en el Salavador la tasa de pédida anual de cobertura forestal es de 4,5%, esta solución aborda …
Strengthening Climate Resilience in Zambia: Supporting National Institutional Framework and Participatory Adaptation Processes and Sub-Projects in the Barotse Sub-Basin
Zambia,
Sub-Saharan Africa
This case study examines the experience of the Strengthening Climate Resilience in the Barotse Sub-basin Project from its approval in September 2013 to finalization of preparatory studies in October 2014 to its near-completion in 2018. This …
Theppana Wind Power Project in Thailand: Pioneering Private Sector Utility-Scale Wind Power
Thailand
To achieve sustainable long-term economic growth, diversify its energy mix, and reduce dependence on imported fossil fuels, Thailand is promoting alternative sources of energy. Under its alternative energy and power development plans, the …
Building a Sustainable Macauba-based Silvopastoral System and Value Chain in Brazil
Brazil,
Latin America and Caribbean
This case study examines a project to develop a macauba-based silvopastoral system and value chain in Brazil. The project was funded in part by the Climate Investment Funds’ (CIF) Forest Investment Program (FIP) through the Multilateral …
From Carbon to Competition: Cambodia’s Transition to a Clean Energy Development Pathway
Cambodia,
South Asia
This case study takes a deep dive into Cambodia’s multidimensional energy sector transition, a joint effort by the government of Cambodia and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to reformulate how the nation approaches power generation: from …
Seeding a climate resilient future: creating markets for irrigation technologies in Niger
Niger,
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Niger Irrigation Project (NIP) was one of four projects identified in Niger’s Strategic Program for Climate Resilience (SPCR) funded by the CIF’s Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR). The purpose of the NIP was to test new small …
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 …