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- Publication 16 August 2021 Evaluating Measures for Inclusion in a Technology Action Plan
- Publication 16 August 2021 Energy Efficiency and the 10YFP- Background Paper for the 10YFP Workshop
- Publication 16 August 2021 Flood management in urban Senegal: an actor-oriented perspective on national and transnational adaptation interventions In Senegal, considerable development assistance has been allocated to addressing the problem of repeated flooding in urban areas, involving changing thematic objectives, from short-term disaster relief to wide-ranging sanitation and drainage programmes. In spite of these numerous flood management interventions, the number of flood victims in Senegal’s urban centres has increased steadily since 1999. This article contributes empirically and conceptually to recent studies highlighting poor…
- Publication 16 August 2021 Decision-support tools for climate change mitigation planning This document describes three decision-support tools that can aid the process of planning climate change mitigation actions. The phrase ‘decision-support tools’ refers to science-based analytical procedures that facilitate the evaluation of planning options (individually or compared to alternative options) against a particular evaluation criterion or set of criteria. Most often decision-support tools are applied with the help of purpose-designed software packages and drawing on specialised…
- Publication 16 August 2021 The Economics of Adaptation: Concepts, Methods and Examples Adaptation is increasingly at the forefront of climate change discussions and action. We see this reflected in the Paris Agreement adopted at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. We see it in the high prominence of adaptation in national and sectoral level strategies, plans and policies. Furthermore, we see it at the local level, where people are already adapting to the early impacts of climate change that affect livelihoods through,…
- Publication 16 August 2021 Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action: Understanding NAMA Cycle There is no internationally defined or agreed Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action(NAMA) cycle, as was the case, for example, with the Clean Development Mechanisms (CDM) project cycle. However, there are some common steps that NAMA identification, formulation, and implementation will all go through.This paper provides a comprehensive overview of these steps in the form of a NAMA cycle, from the identification of NAMA ideas to the implementation of a NAMA and of the Measuring, Reporting and…
- Publication 16 August 2021 Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action: developing a Multi Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA ) process for prioritization of NAMAs During recent years, Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) has become a key element of mitigation negotiations in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process. At present, NAMA is considered as a key tool to be used by de¬veloping countries to structure and promote their potential emission reductions.Most countries are in the process of identifying NAMAs at national level.In order to select the NAMAs to be implemented first, many countries are willing to…
- Publication 16 August 2021 Cost-benefit analysis of adaptation Investments for Flood Risk Management for Industrial Estates in Mumbai