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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.
CCAP at COP25 – Week 1
During the first week of COP25, CCAP hosted three events on carbon markets: Policy Dinner: Using Article 6 to Engage the private Sector...
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Dec 5, 2019
Workshops: High-Level Meetings on Reducing Methane Emissions in the Oil and Gas Sector
An opportunity for enhancing NDCs’ ambition Oil and gas operations offer some of the most economic mitigation measures to reduce...
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Nov 6, 2019
Putting Out the Fire: How Nigeria Has Quietly Cut Flaring By 70%
Sometimes we miss good news, even in fighting climate pollution (where good news isn’t very common). This is even more likely if the...
James Ogunleye (Carbon Limits Nigeria)
Sep 8, 2019
Realizing Art. 2.1C: Approaches to Shifting Financial Flows Towards Low Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Event description: To limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and realize Paris Agreement goals, finance and assets aligned with low-GHG,...
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Jun 26, 2019
Chile Launches Ambitious Decarbonization Plan Ahead of COP25 Presidency
[Vea abajo para leer en español] In a display of strong climate leadership, Chile announced this week the close of eight coal power...
Julio Rivera Alejo
Jun 6, 2019
Advancing Sustainable Waste Management Projects in Ecuador and Chile
CCAP, in partnership with the Climate and Clean Air Coalition’s (CCAC) Municipal Solid Waste Initiative (MSWI), is working with the...
Julio Rivera Alejo
May 1, 2019
Lessons from Virtual Pilots: Raising Climate Ambition through ITMOS
Article 6 of the Paris Agreement facilitates use of cooperative approaches in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. A step up from...
Stacey Davis
Apr 21, 2019
Think Big: Developing Transformative TOD Policies in Colombia
The Colombia TOD NAMA Support Project, funded by Germany and the UK through the NAMA Facility, is entering a new phase as it embarks upon...
Steve Winkelman
Apr 10, 2019
Building Capacity in Peru for AES, Private Sector and Public Sector Actors to Access the GCF
CCAP coordinated three day-long workshops in Lima, hosted by Peru’s National Designated Authorities—the Ministry of Economy and Finance...
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Mar 26, 2019
Strengthening Capacities of the NDA of Peru for the GCF Readiness and Preparatory Support Program
As primary contact with the Green Climate Fund (GCF), National Designated Authorities (NDAs) are in charge of managing the country’s...
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Jan 30, 2019
No Rules Were Better Than Bad Rules
Rather than concede to the demands of one country insisting on its right to sell CDM-style carbon credits internationally under Article...
Stacey Davis
Jan 3, 2019
COP24 Side Event: Evaluation of the GCF Result Management Framework
6 December 2018 GCF Pavilion, 13:30-15:00 Carolina Aguirre Echeverri, Panelist The Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) of the Green Climate...
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Dec 6, 2018
Mexico Publishes Landmark Regulations to Combat Super Pollutants
Today, Carlos de Régules, Executive Director of Mexico’s Agency of Security, Energy and the Environment (ASEA), presented the regulations...
Pablo Lopez Legarreta
Nov 13, 2018
Canada's House Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development Panel
On October 25, 2018, Laurence Blandford appeared on a panel before Canada’s House Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable...
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Oct 25, 2018
Global NDA Conference
In October 2018, Laurence Blandford attended the Green Climate Fund (GCF)’s first Global NDA Conference (October 8th to 12th) in Incheon,...
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Oct 7, 2018
The Start of an Urban Renaissance: Colombia TOD NAMA Expands to Monteria
The Colombia transit-oriented development (TOD) NAMA has recently expanded to encompass a fourth city. Monteria, a city of 400,000, is...
Chuck Kooshian
Oct 2, 2018
Mexico Advances Leadership Climate Regulations
Even as the US aims to backtrack on its climate commitments, the rest of the world continues to move forward. The latest success comes...
Pablo Lopez Legarreta
Jul 29, 2018
Online Roundtable on Distributed Energy Resources (DER)
This Online Roundtable followed the day-long dialogue and strategy session on DER and microgrids we held in December 2017 and last...
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May 17, 2018
OrganEcs – herramienta para la estimación de costos de tecnologÃas de manejo de residuos orgánicos
Este seminario web presenta la nueva versión 2.0 de OrganEcs, una herramienta de estimación de costos para el manejo de residuos sólidos...
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May 10, 2018
Colombia TOD NAMA: Disruptive Urban "Technology" and Superblocks
CCAP project leads Steve Winkelman and Chuck Kooshian have just returned from their latest mission during which they guided CIUDAT...
Steve Winkelman
Apr 25, 2018
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