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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.

Virtual Pilot Case Study: How Article 6 Can Support Energy Sector Transportation

Stacey Davis

Dec 19, 2019

Virtual Pilot Case Study: How Article 6 Can Support Energy Sector Transportation

As showcased in the Nordic Pavilion at COP25 in Madrid, the Swedish Energy Agency and Chile’s Ministry of Energy have worked together to...

COP25: Another Year, Another Missed Opportunity on Carbon Markets

Stacey Davis

Dec 19, 2019

COP25: Another Year, Another Missed Opportunity on Carbon Markets

After more than 2 weeks, negotiators at COP25 were unable to advance robust rules for carbon markets that meet the Paris Agreement goal...

Stacey Davis

Jan 3, 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...

Linking Mitigation Transfers to Long-Term Action Under the Paris Agreement

Stacey Davis

Sep 26, 2017

Linking Mitigation Transfers to Long-Term Action Under the Paris Agreement

“Cooperative Approaches” and “Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes” under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement are among the most...

Chuck Kooshian

Nov 16, 2016

Are Transport NAMAs the Key to NDCs?

Transport mitigation actions can be complicated, and their effects are notoriously hard to measure. Successful transport Nationally...

Driving Climate Ambition Through UNFCCC Rulemaking

Paolo Cozzi

Oct 6, 2016

Driving Climate Ambition Through UNFCCC Rulemaking

The landmark Paris Agreement represents a fundamental shift in the landscape of international climate policy and diplomacy. The Agreement...

Oct 5, 2016

Transfers in the Paris Agreement: Can they enable greater ambition?

CCAP recently submitted its views to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) regarding some of the issues that...

The Green Climate Fund and the Paris Agreement

Hannah Pitt

Jun 9, 2016

The Green Climate Fund and the Paris Agreement

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will play a key role in supporting the implementation of the Paris Agreement. At its upcoming meeting in...

Paolo Cozzi

Mar 5, 2016

An Idea Whose Time Has Come

“Nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come.” These are the words of Victor Hugo, iterated by Claudia Salerno, the head of...

Ned Helme

Nov 2, 2015

Aligning Investment with the 2°C Goal

The international community has committed to keeping the rise in global average temperature to below 2°C. Achieving this goal will...

CCAP Working Internationally to Enhance Climate Negotiations and NAMA Development

Leila Yim Surratt

Mar 18, 2014

CCAP Working Internationally to Enhance Climate Negotiations and NAMA Development

In the lead up to an international agreement to address climate change, expected to be negotiated in 2015, CCAP is working globally on...

CCAP Talks NAMAs with GCF Co-Chair in Philippines

Stacey Davis

Oct 25, 2013

CCAP Talks NAMAs with GCF Co-Chair in Philippines

CCAP President Ned Helme met with newly-elected Green Climate Fund (GCF) co-chair Governor Jose Maria Salceda (Philippines) while in the...

The Potential Contribution of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions in a 2015 Climate Agreement

Tomas Wyns

Oct 21, 2013

The Potential Contribution of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions in a 2015 Climate Agreement

In the next two years, negotiators and experts will need to work out how to configure a comprehensive 2015 international climate...

International Climate Mitigation in 2013: Fallow Ground or Transformational Change?

Ned Helme

May 13, 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

Nov 21, 2012

NAMAs: Opportunity Knocking

In a series of “Policy Insights” Ned Helme will discuss practical climate change solutions that are emerging from CCAP’s extensive...