The handbook, which aims to provide policy makers in the transport sector with practical guidelines on the design and implementation of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs), discusses the identification of NAMAs, the importance of measuring, reporting and verification (MRV), funding issues, and the co-benefits of NAMAs, as well as case studies from Latin America, Asia, and Africa.
1 December 2012: The German Agency for International Cooperation’s (GIZ) project on “Transfer: Towards Climate-friendly Transport Technologies and Measures” (TRANSfer) has released an updated version of a handbook titled “Navigating Transport NAMAs: Practical Handbook for the Design and Implementation of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) in the Transport Sector.”
The handbook aims to provide practical guidelines to policy makers in developing countries on voluntary climate change mitigation efforts in the transport sector. It explains that NAMAs, which have emerged in the context of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations, contain a variety of policies and measures that encourage the voluntary reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in developing countries.
The first part of the handbook covers four key issues for the design and implementation of NAMAs: policy identification; measuring, reporting and verification (MRV); funding; and co-benefits. The handbook highlights: that MRV is essential for donor support and to demonstrate the contribution of NAMAs to the development objectives of a country; the importance of identifying appropriate financing vehicles to attract investments, and of linking public policies with private investments; and the potential of NAMAs to combine climate change mitigation with economic growth, poverty eradication and overall improved quality of life.
The second part of the handbook contains case studies from partner countries in the TRANSfer project, including: Colombia, Indonesia, South Africa, Mexico, Costa Rica and Chile. The case studies will become available in the course of 2013. The annexes to the handbook contain a collection of factsheets on possible mitigation actions in the transport sector, and international sources of climate finance. [SLoCaT Press Release] [Publication: Navigating Transport NAMAs. Practical Handbook for the Design and Implementation of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) in the Transport Sector]