ASSESSING GOOD PRACTICES IN POLICIES AND MEASURES TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

This research paper describes the development and application of a set of six criteria used to assess 'good practices' in climate change mitigation policies and measures (PAM) across six Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. Led by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC), the project aimed to help economies in transition find low-emission development paths and build institutional capacity to meet UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol obligations.

• WRI, REC, and NGOs from six CEE countries developed a menu of six criteria to assess good practices in climate mitigation: environmental outcomes, economic/social outcomes, technical outcomes, institution building potential, project sustainability, and dissemination/replication potential.
• Case studies in CEE countries revealed varying results: Bulgaria showed high potential for GHG reduction through small-scale municipal energy efficiency; the Czech Republic found that some planned transport measures might not reduce emissions; Hungary found macroeconomic reform more effective than government spending for GHG reduction; Poland found renewables currently uncompetitive with conventional energy; Romania found small-scale public-private CHP projects to be 'good practices' candidates; and Slovenia found that CO2 tax exemptions and EU accession uncertainty undermined the impact of CO2 taxes on CHP installations.
• Methodological analysis indicates that while quantitative data for individual projects is relatively easy to obtain, qualitative factors—such as institutional development and conditions for replication—are harder to apply but often determine if mitigation measures can be scaled up nationally.
• In CEE countries, political and social risks, particularly the financial burden of energy costs on disadvantaged groups, have delayed the liberalization of energy prices and the phasing out of subsidies in Bulgaria, Poland, and the Czech Republic.

APA

Petkova, E. (2001). ASSESSING GOOD PRACTICES IN POLICIES AND MEASURES TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE. World Resources Institute. https://wriorg.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/unfccc_pam.pdf

Chicago

Petkova, Elena. ASSESSING GOOD PRACTICES IN POLICIES AND MEASURES TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE. World Resources Institute, 2001. https://wriorg.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/unfccc_pam.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{petkova2001assessing, author = {Petkova, Elena}, title = {{ASSESSING GOOD PRACTICES IN POLICIES AND MEASURES TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2001}, url = {https://wriorg.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/unfccc_pam.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }