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Developing country perspectives on 'mitigation actions', 'NAMAs', and 'LCDS'

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  • Emily Tyler
  • Anya Boyd
  • Kim Coetzee
  • Marta Torres Gunfaus
  • Harald Winkler

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The MAPS programme, which seeks to deepen mitigation ambition in developing countries, is engaged in exploring the concepts of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) and Low Carbon Development Strategies (LCDS) from a developing country perspective. Here, climate mitigation practitioners in six developing countries were surveyed for their understanding of these concepts (anonymous, personal communications with climate mitigation practitioners in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, India, and South Africa). It is found that there is much scope for clarity and conceptual elaboration in this policy space. NAMAs are largely interpreted as mitigation activities packaged for submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) registry, but are not held to constitute the full set of mitigation activity in a developing country. New terminology may be needed to describe this broader set. A tighter interpretation of LCDS to distinguish between a strategic or coordinating policy action may be useful. Other themes arising include the way 'national appropriateness' is reflected in the concepts, and the role of international policy in deepening mitigation action in developing countries.

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  • Emily Tyler & Anya Boyd & Kim Coetzee & Marta Torres Gunfaus & Harald Winkler, 2013. "Developing country perspectives on 'mitigation actions', 'NAMAs', and 'LCDS'," Climate Policy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(6), pages 770-776, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tcpoxx:v:13:y:2013:i:6:p:770-776
    DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2013.823334
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    1. Jean-Charles Hourcade & P.-R. Shukla & Christophe Cassen, 2015. "Climate policy architecture for the Cancun paradigm shift: building on the lessons from history," International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 15(4), pages 353-367, November.
    2. Li, Jun & Hamdi-Cherif, Meriem & Cassen, Christophe, 2017. "Aligning domestic policies with international coordination in a post-Paris global climate regime: A case for China," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 125(C), pages 258-274.
    3. Adenle, Ademola A. & Manning, Dale T. & Arbiol, Joseph, 2017. "Mitigating Climate Change in Africa: Barriers to Financing Low-Carbon Development," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 100(C), pages 123-132.

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