Toolkit Navigator: Introductory Phase

Modules

• Module 0.1 Climate Policies Digest

  • Step 1 - Understand the international climate policy landscape
  • Step 2 - Comprehend the national climate policy framework
  • Step 3 - Review country’s commitments

• Module 0.2 National Governance Framework on Climate Change

  • Step 1 - Review climate legislation
  • Step 2 - Review institutional capacity

Areas of Guidance

• Overview of the international climate policy landscape: A timeline of events that led to the 2015 Paris Agreement; description of intra-governmental commitments; a brief introduction on the IPCC (2014) assessment report and the current state of knowledge in climate change.

• National instruments for the implementation of the Paris Agreement: Understanding the complementary role of NDCs, NAPs, and long-term strategies (LTS); determining their implementation status by reviewing their comprehensives, ambition, timeliness, equity, and their alignment with the Paris Agreement and the domestic climate legislation; screening NDCs and NAPs to identify specific targets and country-specific action plans (e.g., GHG target and peaking year, non-GHG targets, NDC coverage, and specific sector commitments, measures for enhancing climate adaptation and resilience at a country level; gender-equity provisions)

• Paris Agreement compatibility check of domestic legislation: Current status of climate legislation and its relevance to the NDC pledges; performing a sector-wide and subnational screening of climate legislation; reviewing existing and (anticipated) national and sub-national policy frameworks, instruments, development plans, and sectoral programs, as well as recognizing implications for new infrastructure investments.

• Institutional capacity on climate change: Scanning the domestic institutional framework; mapping key actors in the decision making process on climate matters, including entities that oversee the implementation of NDCs and NAPs; understanding the devolution of climate change policies and the role of states/municipalities in forming and implementing the climate agenda; understanding the horizontal organization/ coordination of ministries/agencies and their role in planning, developing, and monitoring of climate actions