Creating Sustainable Infrastructure Efficient transportation systems and low-emission vehicles are essential for achieving climate change goals and advancing sustainable, resilient and equitable development. Comprehensive urban strategies such as Transit Oriented Development (TOD) that integrate sustainable mobility with land use development generate economic benefits for individuals, governments and businesses. Cross-sectoral approaches such as linking electric vehicle... continue reading »
Waste Sector Mitigation
Addressing the Waste Sector to Reduce Emissions The waste sector is uniquely situated to substantially mitigate the second most abundant greenhouse gas, methane. Waste generation is growing faster than any other environmental pollutant, including CO2, particularly in developing countries where waste is a larger contributor to overall emissions. Focusing on waste with improvements in solid... continue reading »
Seventh MAIN LAC Dialogue Agenda
Public Budget Allocation for Climate Change Mitigation
IKI and the NAMA Facility
Canada’s Continued Engagement to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants_LACDialogue2016
Energy Transfrormation in Urugay
Mobilizing Private Sector Investment
Institutionality and Self Supply Namas
Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform
Towards a Framework for Sharing Costs Between Funders and Participants
Assisting-Countries-with-Access-to-International-climate-finance_LACDialogue2016
Implementing INDCs – Presentation by INECC, LAC Dialogue 2016
Next Steps for Converting INDCs
Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), the Role of NAMAs, and the Paris Outcome
Promoting Net-Zero Emissions From The Waste Sector in Latin America through NAMAs
The waste sector contributes over 5% of total Latin American greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Considering the 10 countries under study in this paper, 60% of waste sector emissions consist of methane (CH4) emissions resulting from decomposing waste in sanitary landfills and open dumps. Methane is a strong GHG, 86 times stronger than carbon dioxide (CO2) in a twenty... continue reading »
Resumen de la Reunión: Cuarto Diálogo Regional Latinoamerican o sobre el Desarrollo de NAMAs
Costa Rica: Ordinary Solid Waste NAMA
This executive summary outlines the potential Solid Waste NAMA in Costa Rica. It was presented at the Global NAMA Financing Summit in May 2013.
Uruguay: Solar Thermal NAMA
This executive summary outlines the potential Solar Thermal NAMA in Uruguay. It was presented at the Global NAMA Financing Summit in May 2013.
Peru: Scaling up Waste-to-Energy Activities in the Agricultural Sector Proposal for a NAMA Programme
This executive summary outlines the potential Waste to Energy NAMA in Peru. It was presented at the Global NAMA Financing Summit in May 2013.
Peru: Programme for the Support of Up-scaled Mitigation Actions within the Solid Waste Management Sector
This executive summary outlines the potential Solid Waste Management Sector NAMA in Peru. It was presented at the Global NAMA Financing Summit in May 2013.
Peru: Sustainable Housing and Construction Sector NAMA
This executive summary outlines the potential Sustainable Housing and Construction Sector NAMA in Peru. It was presented at the Global NAMA Financing Summit in May 2013.
Costa Rica: Low Carbon Urban and Housing NAMA
This executive summary outlines the potential Low Carbon Urban and Housing NAMA in Costa Rica. It was presented at the Global NAMA Financing Summit in May 2013.
Costa Rica: Coffee of Costa Rica: Keeping Coffee Growers and Farming Families in Business
This executive summary outlines the potential Coffee NAMA in Costa Rica. It was presented at the Global NAMA Financing Summit in May 2013.
Colombia: Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) NAMA
This executive summary outlines the potential Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) NAMA in Colombia. It was presented at the Global NAMA Financing Summit in May 2013.
Colombia: Solid Waste NAMA
This executive summary outlines the potential Solid Waste NAMA in Colombia. It was presented at the Global NAMA Financing Summit in May 2013.
Chile: Catalyzing Organic Waste Diversion in the Chilean Industries
This executive summary outlines the potential Organic Waste NAMA in Chile. It was presented at the Global NAMA Financing Summit in May 2013.
NAMA Proposal Executive Summaries
This executive summary book contains the potential NAMAs in Latin America and Asia. It was presented at the Global NAMA Financing Summit in May 2013.
NAMAs in Colombia, FINDETER
Canada’s support for waste NAMAs in Latin America
Uruguay: Solar Thermal NAMA
Dominican Republic: Tourism and Waste Sector NAMA of the Dominican Republic
Costa Rica: NAMA – Coffee of Costa Rica
Colombia: Waste NAMA: Strengthening the Solid Waste Sector while Reducing Emissions
Colombia: Transit-Oriented Development NAMA Video Presentation
Chile: Renewable Energy: Moving towards a clean, economical & secure energy matrix
Chile: NAMA: Catalyzing Industrial Organic Waste Management in Chile
Argentina: PROBIOMASA Program replacing fossil fuels with biomass as an appropriate national mitigation action
Argentina – PROBIOMASA: Project for the Promotion of Energy from Biomass
This executive summary outlines the potential biomass NAMA in Argentina. It was presented at the Global NAMA Financing Summit in May 2013.
Catalyzing Industrial Organic Waste Management in Chile
This presentation examines Chile’s current status with waste management, and focuses on industrial organic waste management.
NAMAS: Overview, Design and Financing Sources
This presentation provides an update on Canada’s involvement in developing waste NAMAs in Latin America, and also describes CCAP’s lessons learned during the NAMA design phases.
Criterios Para Evaluacion de NAMAs
NAMAs and the CDM
As developing countries develop Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) proposals for financing during the fast-start phase, questions arise about the relationship to the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and on how NAMAs can support participation by the private sector. In an effort to answer these questions, this paper explains key differences between these divergent approaches to... continue reading »
Summary of the Second MAIN Latin American Dialogue
Third MAIN-Latin American Dialogue Meeting Summary (Versión Español)
Third MAIN-Latin American Dialogue Meeting Summary
Second MAIN-Latin American Dialogue (Versión Español)
Overview of NAMAs: Presentation at Second MAIN LAC Regional Dialogue
Exploring Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) NAMAs
A New Project to Catalyze High-Impact NAMAs and Create a Vibrant Practitioner Network
Overview of NAMAs: Presentation at First MAIN LAC Regional Dialogue
Innovative NAMA Design in Chilean Energy Sector
Presentation from second MAIN-Asia dialogue held in Vietnam.
Promising NAMAs in Latin America – Presentation by Colombia
Development of NAMAs in the Dominican Republic – Tourism Sector
This presentation from COP18 in Doha outlines NAMA developments in the tourism sector of the Dominican Republic.
Promising NAMAs in Latin America
CCAP’s NAMA Initiative in the Waste Sector
Colombia’s National Climate Change Process
Case Study: Colombia’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Development And Expansion
Proceso Nacional de Cambio Climático de Colombia
Visión General de los Mecanismos Financieros Para NAMAs
Criteria for Evaluating Supported NAMAs: A Straw Proposal of Conceptual Criteria for Selecting NAMAs to Receive International Support
REDD+ Design in Cambodia, Indonesia and Mexico: Lessons to Inform International REDD+ Policy Development
Preliminary Checklist to Support the Evaluation of REDD+ Pilot Projects in Mexico WORKING PAPER
Institutions and Initiatives in Three Forest Areas in Chiapas: Implications for Scaling-up REDD+
BRAZIL FACT SHEET: Analysis of GHG Emissions for Major Sectors in Brazil: Opportunities and Strategies for Mitigation
Exploring Transit Oriented Development (TOD) NAMAS Second MAIN Dialogue
Bilateral MRV of Supported NAMAs
Overview of NAMAS Mitigation Action Implementation Network (MAIN) 2nd LAC Regional Dialogue
Overview of NAMAs Mitigation Action Implementation Network (MAIN) 1st Latin American Regional Dialogue
Success Stories in Building Efficiency
Historias Exitosas en Construccion Eficiente
Success Stories in the Waste Sector
Historias Exitosas en el Sector Residuos
Success Stories in Vehicle Efficiency
Historias Exitosas de Eficiencia en Vehiculos
Mexico’s Renewable Energy Program: A Step-by-Step Approach for Overcoming Barriers to Renewable Energy Deployment
The Mitigation Action Implementation Network (MAIN) First Latin American Regional Dialogue on the Development of Mitigation Actions and Low-Carbon Development Strategies
Second MAIN Video Conference Session
Inaugural MAIN Video Conference Session
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The Mitigation Action Implementation Network (MAIN) Second Latin American Regional Dialogue on the Development of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions and Low-Emissions Development Strategies
The Mitigation Action Implementation Network (MAIN) Segundo Diálogo Latinoamericano RESUMEN DEL ENCUENTRO
Third Latin American Regional Dialogue on the Development of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions
Fourth Latin American Regional Dialogue on the Development of NAMAs
The fourth regional dialogue of the Mitigation Action Implementation Network (MAIN) in Latin America took place from October 29 to 31, 2012 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The event was organized by the Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP), hosted by the Dominican Republic’s National Council for Climate Change and the Clean Development Mechanism (CNCCMDL),... continue reading »
Mitigation Action Implementation Network (MAIN)
Supporting Ambitious Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions CCAP is working to support the design and implementation of nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) and Low-Emissions Development Strategies (LEDS) in developing countries through regionally-based dialogues, web-based exchanges, and practitioner networks. Recent UNFCCC negotiations have made it clear that climate protection will depend on actions on the ground in both developing and developed countries. In recent years, developing countries have shown a significant commitment to reducing emissions unilaterally and being involved in the ultimate climate solution. The MAIN initiative works to identify and highlight the most successful developing country mitigation policies and uses these lessons to assist other countries in refining their policies and implementation frameworks in order to achieve ambitious mitigation actions. Mitigation Action Implementation Network Objectives This initiative is designed to: Improve participant country’s capacity to design, plan and implement NAMAs that are consistent with any LEDS or national sustainable development plans. MAIN allows participants to learn from peers on real-world strategies to develop, finance and implement highly effective and cost-competitive NAMAs. Harvest best practices in NAMA development and implementation and provide participants with examples of successful bottom-up strategies informed by on-the-ground, in-country experiences. These examples will offer an effective way to achieve significant emission reductions. Promote collaborative financing for such actions by providing strategies to make NAMAs attractive to possible funders from donor countries, including meeting expectations for monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV). MAIN dialogues will also help finance officials better understand the challenges faced in NAMA development and how funding can best support effective developing country policy outcomes. Help define a longer-term international program of action that produces global GHG reductions sufficient to limit adverse impacts from climate change. Provide participants with a network of personal contacts in other developing countries and with possible funders from developed countries who could support ambitious NAMAs. How MAIN Works MAIN consists of several components: Regional dialogues or “policy academies” wherein policy implementers from key ministries in each country, climate negotiators, finance and MRV experts, and industry representatives advance efforts to design, implement, and leverage financing for NAMAs. These meetings will be composed of presentations on NAMA successes, roundtable discussions, brainstorming sessions, and networking opportunities. Harvesting of best practices is shared with participating countries, in which CCAP will identifies best practices in NAMA design and implementation, LCDS, MRV, and financing. Global dialogues and policy lunches that leverage the results of the fast-start finance period to shape climate policy at the international level. Virtual “knowledge sharing” sessions to enrich the peer-to-peer learning process initiated by the regional dialogues using web-based technology. Information About MAIN Introduction to the MAIN project – Asia and Latin America Video: Spurring Sustainable Development and Reducing Emissions through NAMAs continue reading »
Resumen Ejecutivo: Evaluación de NAMA en el Sector de Residuos en Colombia
La evaluación de una Acción Nacionalmente Apropiada de Mitigación (NAMA, por sus siglas en inglés) de residuos para Colombia tiene por objeto analizar los programas y tecnologías de gestión de residuos sólidos que podrían implementarse en Colombia para reducir los gases de efecto invernadero (GEI) además de lograr otros beneficios económicos, sociales y de salud... continue reading »