Air Act can be used to achieve meaningful and cost-effective greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions from 111(d) regulations, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will set a standard for regulating GHGs from Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act offers a flexible mechanism for reducing GHGs from existing sources apply the emissions reductions achieved through the incremental clean energy technologies stemming from these policies towards the standard resulting from EPA’s guidance.

The objective of the sessions was to educate and inform policymakers from various participating countries them finance-ready, CCAP provided expertise from various key stakeholders in the process and an opportunity to work one-on-one with consultants and professionals to pull the concepts together. Waste NAMA. Finally, José Penido stressed the lessons learned from Brazil’s path-breaking experience in formalization

With support from the Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Building and additional funding from the The Peru Waste NAMA is an important effort to demonstrate the viability of the NAMA model. offers a real opportunity to emphasize GHG mitigation and appropriate MRV and financing structures from of water aquifers, job creation from alternative waste treatment technologies and decreased leachate of the Colombian Waste NAMA, but this will depend on local conditions, and the findings of the consultant

Financing Summit where senior government officials from 10 developing countries, including Pakistan’ s Federal Secretary for Climate Change, and Vice Ministers from Colombia, Costa Rica, and Uruguay, showcased With almost three quarters of global climate finance coming from the private sector, mobilizing private By leveraging the international support available from donor governments and institutions, NAMAs can The NAMA reflects a commitment from the government and a tangible plan that can attract private investors

Stabilization Fund (PSF) can serve as an example of how developing countries are pursuing ambitious unilateral NAMAs in additional to supported NAMAs. With financial support from the Chilean government, the PSF is not only ambitious but transformational The PSF will serve as a great example of an ambitious, transformative unilateral NAMA for other developing results and believe that the analysis, discussions and studies produced in support of the PSF within our NAMA

Urbanization in Hubei – solar panels atop roofs Provincial Leadership The experience gained from the Overall, China is serious about mandating measures to achieve mitigation goals, and from this other countries Next week, CCAP will be in China to co-host its first technical workshop from July 23-24 in Wuhan, Hubei workshop will bring together all the companies regulated under the Hubei ETS, and EU enterprise experts from

implementation of these measures, the President’s package will spur the reduction of carbon pollution from Emissions from Power Plants The cornerstone of the domestic climate package is a memorandum directing new natural gas technologies have contributed to a 15 percent reduction in power sector CO2 emissions from levels), and more emissions reductions are possible as we continue to shift electric generation away from investments within a sector and are facilitated with international financial support “transformational NAMAs

Local governments and businesses are concerned about impacts of events such as Superstorm Sandy, responsible Climate Change Adaptation Plans, outlining strategies to protect their operations, missions, and programs from Highlights from Obama’s Climate Action Plan The president’s adaptation plan strikes a visionary tone Investing in learning and rebuilding from Hurricane Sandy. Key agencies (e.g. , buildings and critical infrastructure (transportation, electricity, water and telecommunications) from

NAMA finance is a critical component of the NAMA mechanism and is essential to getting NAMAs off the projects: capacity building in the developing country, NAMA design, NAMA implementation, and investment to NAMAs or NAMA-like actions. The different types of support are given in different forms (e.g., grants, loans, loan guarantees, equity To realize the desired sector-wide climate mitigation action, financial support is needed in each of

Central to the NAMA concept is that climate mitigation and sustainable development goals can go hand For example, Colombia is exploring how NAMAs can be used to promote transit-oriented development, improve By changing long-term land use patterns, the TOD NAMA ensures reductions in greenhouse gases for decades What we need now is a way to accelerate the matching of promising NAMA concepts with enabling investment shared interests and overcoming barriers to agreements that will make NAMA implementation a reality

The NAMA mechanism calls for greenhouse gas mitigation actions by developing countries in the context Learning from the successes and limitations of the CDM – as well as from past unilateral, bilateral and In fact, the best use of international support is likely to differ from sector to sector, and from country goals from the larger and more restricted funding sources, including from bilateral and multi-lateral For more information on how to design and finance NAMAs to realize this vision, see the full paper, An

CCAP’s recent trip to Colombia where the project garnered high-level support from the Ministry of Environment The Colombian government, with input from CCAP, is in the process of preparing a comprehensive NAMA proposal The NAMA equity fund is expected to receive matching contributions from the Colombian government and This differs from previous investments in similar projects in Colombia that were left to the mercy of Apart from such regulatory changes, Colombia would also support implementing the NAMA through city-level