International Support for Domestic Action Mechanisms to Facilitate Mitigation in Developing Countries

The executive summary proposes a four-component approach to climate cooperation: low-carbon development strategies, Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs), international support mechanisms (financial, technical, and capacity-building), and quantitative reporting. It emphasizes that domestic ownership is essential for success and that international support should be demand-driven and tailored to specific sectoral needs to attract private investment and facilitate technology leapfrogging.

• Effective climate cooperation relies on four integrated components: low-carbon development strategies to outline economic and emissions trajectories, Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) to shift specific sectors toward low-carbon paths, international support mechanisms to scale these actions, and detailed monitoring and reporting for transparency and learning.
• Domestic ownership is critical for the success of low-carbon strategies, which should provide frameworks that allow countries to leapfrog old technologies in favor of long-term low-carbon infrastructure. To avoid delays, it is recommended that a single NAMA be defined for any one specific transition in a sector or technology.
• International support should be demand-driven and accessible to domestic stakeholders, utilizing a mix of capacity building, technical assistance, and financial instruments (grants, loans, credit guarantees, or equity). Public finance is viewed as a necessary catalyst to attract large-scale private sector investment.
• Technology cooperation requires an enabling environment that addresses intellectual property rights (IPR) and institutional capacity. Proposed mechanisms include R&D cooperation, technology-oriented agreements, IPR sharing agreements, a global technology demonstration fund, and innovation centres.
• Reporting must move beyond greenhouse gas emissions to include a combination of input, process, and output indicators. While indicators should be developed locally to ensure domestic ownership, internationally harmonised reporting is necessary for benchmarking and accounting for developed countries' commitments.

APA

Neuhoff, K., Cooper, S., Laing, T., Lester, S., Rysanek, A., Bazilian, M., de Coninck, H., Cosbey, A., Fankhauser, S., Guerin, E., Jackson, H., Hourcade, J. C., Rajan, R., Ward, J., Urban, F., Wolcott, S., Iliev, I., Gboney, W., Edkins, M., ... Zhang, X. (2009). International Support for Domestic Action Mechanisms to Facilitate Mitigation in Developing Countries. Climate Strategies. https://climatestrategies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/isda-overall-executive-summary-210909-2.pdf

Chicago

Neuhoff, Karsten, Simone Cooper, Tim Laing, Sarah Lester, Adam Rysanek, Morgan Bazilian, Heleen de Coninck, et al. International Support for Domestic Action Mechanisms to Facilitate Mitigation in Developing Countries. Climate Strategies, 2009. https://climatestrategies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/isda-overall-executive-summary-210909-2.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{neuhoff2009international, author = {Neuhoff, Karsten and Cooper, Simone and Laing, Tim and Lester, Sarah and Rysanek, Adam and Bazilian, Morgan and de Coninck, Heleen and Cosbey, Aaron and Fankhauser, Sam and Guerin, Emmanuel and Jackson, Helen and Hourcade, Jean Charles and Rajan, Ranjita and Ward, John and Urban, Frauke and Wolcott, Sara and Iliev, Ilian and Gboney, William and Edkins, Max and Winkler, Harald and Marquard, Andrew and Real, Marcia Valle and Filho, Haroldo Machado and Sykes, Judith and Singh, Anoop and Zhang, Xiliang}, title = {{International Support for Domestic Action Mechanisms to Facilitate Mitigation in Developing Countries}}, institution = {Climate Strategies}, year = {2009}, month = sep, url = {https://climatestrategies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/isda-overall-executive-summary-210909-2.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }