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CCAP's mission is to support every step of climate action, from ambition to implementation. A recognized world leader in climate policy and action, CCAP creates innovative, replicable climate solutions, strengthens capacities, and promotes best practices across the local, national, and international levels to accelerate the transition to a net-zero, climate resilient future.
How China Plans to Cut Carbon Pollution through Market-Based Measures
China just launched the world’s second largest carbon emissions trading program – collectively, seven emissions trading pilots are...
Erica Jue
Jul 14, 2013
CCAP Supports Structural Reform of the EU Emissions Trading System
Last week the European Parliament supported a temporary measure that will stabilize the EU carbon price in the coming years. This so...
Tomas Wyns
Jul 10, 2013
The President’s Climate Action Plan: Right on the Money
Last week President Obama announced a far-reaching Climate Action Plan that will support achievement of the U.S. commitment to reduce...
Ned Helme
Jun 30, 2013
A Plan for the New Normal: The President’s Climate Action Plan Calls for Preparing the U.S
On a hot and muggy, 90-degree day on the Georgetown University campus in Washington, DC President Obama announced his Climate Action Plan...
Steve Winkelman
Jun 27, 2013
An Analysis of Potential and Existing Sources of NAMA Finance
NAMA finance is a critical component of the NAMA mechanism and is essential to getting NAMAs off the ground and into the next stage of...
Erica Jue
May 22, 2013
International Climate Mitigation in 2013: Fallow Ground or Transformational Change?
“Policy Insights” discuss practical climate change solutions that are emerging from CCAP’s extensive on-the-ground work in developing...
Ned Helme
May 12, 2013
The Role of NAMAs Explained in One Picture
Coinciding with the Global NAMA Financing Summit, CCAP released An Emerging Architecture for NAMA Finance, which describes how nationally...
Stacey Davis
May 12, 2013
Colombia Solid Waste NAMA Speeding Toward Implementation
The Colombian Integrated Solid Waste Management NAMA is speeding toward the implementation stage after CCAP’s recent trip to Colombia...
Anmol Vanamali
May 9, 2013
Colombia Transit-Oriented Development NAMA Gains High-Level Support
Traffic congestion and air pollution in Colombian cities is projected to increase substantially under current trends – CCAP’s recent...
Steve Winkelman
May 8, 2013
Evaluation of NAMA Opportunities in Colombia’s Solid Waste Sector
CCAP’s recently released executive summary for the report, Evaluation of NAMA Opportunities in Colombia’s Solid Waste Sector, outlines...
Michael Lagiglia
Apr 9, 2013
The Road to NAMAs Blog Series: Thailand’s Funds for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Finance
Between 1990 and 2010, Thailand’s gross domestic product grew at an average rate of 4.5 percent annually. While energy demand kept a...
CCAP
Mar 28, 2013
The Road to NAMAs Blog Series: China’s Green Loans to Industrial Clients
Over the past 30 years, China’s burgeoning demand for energy has created significant challenges for its energy security and sustainable...
CCAP
Mar 17, 2013
Reducing Short-Lived Climate Pollutants through Improved Municipal Solid Waste Management
Following carbon dioxide, short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), such as methane, black carbon, tropospheric ozone and...
Julie Cerqueira
Mar 10, 2013
Sustainable DC Plan Targets Emissions and Climate Resilience
DC Mayor Vincent Gray released the Sustainable DC Plan on Feb. 20 that sets forth ambitious goals and metrics pertaining to climate and...
Steve Winkelman
Feb 26, 2013
The New Deal: Reforming the EU ETS to Enhance Low-Carbon Industrial Competitiveness
The Center for Clean Air Policy-Europe published a new report today called “The New Deal: An Enlightened Industrial Policy for the EU...
Tomas Wyns
Feb 20, 2013
The Road to NAMAs
In the development of innovative climate change policies, an awareness of current policy ideas and implementations throughout the world...
CCAP
Feb 4, 2013
Latin American Countries Will Not Wait to Take Climate Action
At a press conference at the 18th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in...
Michael Comstock
Jan 22, 2013
Has British Columbia Shown the Way?
As we look for safe ways to descend the fiscal cliff that will minimize harm to the economy, a carbon tax offers one possibility to raise...
Stacey Davis
Dec 4, 2012
Calling on President Obama to Fulfill his Promise to Lead on Climate Change
With Hurricane Sandy fresh in our minds, this is an ideal time for President Obama to work once again to fulfill his promise to lessen...
Stacey Davis
Nov 9, 2012
Hurricane Sandy and Critical Economic Infrastructure
Hurricane Sandy made landfall in Atlantic City at 8pm on Monday, with maximum sustained hurricane-force winds of 80 mph, and the lowest...
Steve Winkelman
Oct 30, 2012
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