Key elements for including gender equality and women's empowerment in climate policies and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)
The document provides guidance on key gender elements for countries that are: updating their NDCs; designing new climate policies; and/or developing sectoral policies to respond to climate impacts.
All in: How Just Transition Can Help Deliver the Paris Agreement
This report explains what just transition means to UNDP, why it is key to achieving the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and some global and regional trends in relation to just transition. It also provides a deeper look into UNDP's Framework for Mainstreaming Just Transition in NDCs and LTS and highlights, through country case studies, how UNDP is supporting this work in Serbia, South Africa, Costa Rica, India, and Antigua and Barbuda.
Issue brief: Just Transition. Incorporating Just Transition into the design and implementation of Nationally Determined
This report summarizes the five key areas in which expanded support will be provided to promote a just transition to a climate-resilient, low-carbon economy, building on Climate Promise support.
Quality Assurance Checklist: For Long-Term Low Greenhouse Gas Emission Development Strategies
The Quality Assurance Checklist for Long-term Low Greenhouse Gas Emission Development (or LDE) Strategies assists governments, civil society and other key stakeholders during the design phase of LDEs and during their review and revision. The checklist provides a series of guiding questions to be considered when assessing the quality of a LTS and the underlying processes. As the LTS are country-specific, the checklist is intended to serve as a quick reference guide and to be interpreted in the national context.
Investment and Financial Flow Analysis
Countries/sectors assess a baseline situation and a target scenario (in this case carbon neutrality/LTS), to identify sector-specific financial needs. The assessments provide a better macroeconomic understanding/assessment/ of the magnitude and intensity of national efforts needed to address climate change, as well as a better understanding of the financial reallocations and additional funds needed to implement mitigation and adaptation actions.
C40 Climate Action Planning Framework
Climate action planning framework composed of various tools, reports and models for city-level climate action plans compatible with net-zero emissions by 2050.
Guide to prepare Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventories and Climate Change Mitigation Measures in Peruvian cities
The CIRIS methodology developed by C40 is developed to carry out an inventory of greenhouse gases at the local level and 27 GHG emission mitigation measures are proposed that could be implemented by municipalities at no great cost or effort in Peruvian cities.
NewClimate Institute (2020). Making Long-Term Strategies for Low GHG Development a Reality.
Spanish translation of the guide developed by the New Climate Institute, which offers recommendations to decision-makers on the development of a long-term strategy for low-emission development. The guide is a product of the Capacity Development for Climate Policy program implemented by GIZ and the New Climate Institute, with the support of IKI and BMU.
Long-term Climate Strategies Training Course
The four-week virtual training course aims to strengthen technical and methodological competencies of stakeholders for the development and implementation of Long Term Climate Strategies in their countries, in line with their national commitments reflected in their NDCs. The course is oriented to public sector representatives, and can be carried out at the request of countries in the region. For more information, please contact [email protected].
One Planet City Challenge Assessment Framework
The OPCC combines science-based independent assessment and guidance on cities' climate action plans and targets with friendly competition between cities, while celebrating the most ambitious and innovative ideas, actions, people and policies. As part of the Challenge process, WWF reviews cities' climate action plans against best practice climate action planning criteria and assesses whether their targets are in line with the Paris Agreement to keep global warming within 1.5°C.
The Greenhouse Gas Abatement Cost Model (GACMO)
Using the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre's GACMO (Greenhouse Gas Reduction Cost Model), a country can increase the transparency of its GHG reduction actions. The GACMO spreadsheet model has been developed by the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre, and used by several countries to prepare their INDCs for COP21 in Paris. Based on this model, countries can calculate and track the GHG reduction and economic effects of about 100 climate mitigation actions. The model is also a useful tool for MRV.
Pathways Framework Toolkit
The Pathways Framework is a step-by-step toolkit for ambitious state and regional governments committed to decarbonizing their economies. The Framework is a 9-step process underpinned by political leadership and buy-in, and strong and transparent stakeholder engagement that has three key outcomes:
(1) define a vision, (2) identify priority actions with the greatest potential for economic transformation, and (3) implement the roadmap and monitor progress toward the objectives.