
Cooperation for Development and Implementation of Climate Change Plans in Developing Countries
Development and Implementation of Climate Change Plans (NAMA, INDC and NAP) in the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) promoted developing countries to take actions for mitigation of climate change, for which developed countries conventionally have taken the initiative. “Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs)” were considered in the Bali Action Plan adopted in 2007 and the Cancun Agreements of 2010 stipulated that NAMAs should be implemented in a measurable, reportable and verifiable manner until 2020. The Paris Agreement adopted at the COP21 (Paris) in 2015 provided that “Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC)” will be implemented as an effort to be made between 2020 and 2030, constituting a central part of the legally binding Agreement. Furthermore, in the area of the adaptation to climate change, each country is expected to develop and implement a “National Adaptation Plan.” OECC has taken proactive steps to cooperate in the development of plans in developing countries, referring to methods for development and implementation of climate change plans and monitoring of the plans in Japan and other countries, while bearing the history of the climate change negotiations under UNFCCC in mind. For example, in Cambodia, Vietnam, Mongolia and Laos, OECC provided support to the development of NAMAs in renewable energy, wastes, power generation, and transportation and traffic, as part of capacity-building projects commissioned by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan. Moreover, in Vietnam, we are conducting the evaluation of low carbon technologies to […]