Program Goals and Objectives
- Assist Indian policymakers with analytical tasks to support implementation of domestic programs related to low-carbon economic development;
- Demonstrate benefits of linking domestic programs to international environmental markets and future climate change architecture; and
- Showcase key lessons from the India program in order to provide recognition, generate awareness and influence the international community.
Partners and Stakeholders in India
CCAP has been working with policy-makers and researchers in the government and private sectors in India, including the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Integrated Research & Development (IRADe), ICF India Consulting etc. to identify technologies and approaches to reduce GHG emissions.
CCAP's activities in India
In Phase I of the Developing Country Project (then called the Assisting Developing Country Climate Negotiators through Analysis and Dialogue project), CCAP worked with TERI and key government officials in India to undertake micro and macroeconomic analyses of GHG mitigation options.
This research shattered the myth that India is doing nothing to address climate change. It supported arguments for setting more challenging emissions reductions goals for developed countries, and it relieved to an extent developed countries' concerns about developing countries taking further actions to reduce GHG emissions.
Key Documents from Phase I
Building on this effort, Phase II involved CCAP working with IRADe and ICF Consulting in India to develop comprehensive implementation strategies for select mitigation options that can overcome existing policy barriers and enhance national development efforts.
Key Documents from Phase II
Presentations at COP-15
CCAP organized a side event at the 15th session of the Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC on the 16th of December 2009. Following are relevant presentations from the event.
Through the above described efforts, CCAP has built relationships with key members of the Planning Commission, Central Electricity Authority, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change and several members of the climate negotiations contingent of India.
For Phase III of the project, CCAP will deepen its existing analytical framework of policy implementation approaches to assist developing countries with design of potential nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) in key sectors such as electricity, other industries and transportation.
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