Designing NAMAs to Catalyze Bankable Low-Carbon Investments

The document argues that achieving NDC goals requires substantial private sector investment in low-carbon, climate-resilient infrastructure. It proposes using Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) to create the policy and financial frameworks necessary to make these investments competitive against carbon-intensive alternatives by addressing investment barriers and risks.

• Achieving the goals of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) depends heavily on substantial investments in low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure, the majority of which must be provided by the private sector.
• Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) serve as a mechanism for implementing NDCs by leveraging public support to mobilize large-scale private investment and realigning global capital flows toward low-carbon development.
• To attract private investors to low-carbon technologies in the developing world—which often face higher costs and greater perceived risks than existing technologies—policymakers must establish frameworks that make these investments competitive with business-as-usual, carbon-intensive alternatives.

APA

NewClimate Institute (2016). Designing NAMAs to Catalyze Bankable Low-Carbon Investments. https://newclimate.org/resources/publications/designing-namas-to-catalyze-bankable-low-carbon-investments

Chicago

NewClimate Institute. Designing NAMAs to Catalyze Bankable Low-Carbon Investments. 2016. https://newclimate.org/resources/publications/designing-namas-to-catalyze-bankable-low-carbon-investments.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{newclimateinstitute2016designing, author = {{NewClimate Institute}}, title = {{Designing NAMAs to Catalyze Bankable Low-Carbon Investments}}, institution = {NewClimate Institute}, year = {2016}, month = oct, url = {https://newclimate.org/resources/publications/designing-namas-to-catalyze-bankable-low-carbon-investments}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }