Overview
Objectives
Priority areas
Phases
Briefing note
Project website
Project Intranet
The project
identified development paths and actions linked to positive climate
outcomes, aimed at national and international stakeholders from the
political, developmental, and environmental communities.
The project was coordinated by URC,
the Dutch National Institute of Public Health
and Environment (RIVM), and the International
Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).
Partner institutions were from Brazil,
China, India, South Africa, Senegal, Bangladesh, Germany, France, Canada
and the United States. International organizations supporting the
initiative included UNEP, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD), the International Energy Agency (IEA), the United
Nations Foundation (UNF) and the UNFCCC Secretariat.
Phase 1 was funded by UNF and the
governments of Germany, the Netherlands, and Canada.
Objectives
The main objectives of the Project were to:
- explore national development strategies and policies that both
meet the development priorities of individual countries and address
climate change;
- identify promising policy options and projects that assist in
the transition to long-term sustainable development, including
policies addressing climate change;
- establish a partnership between centres of excellence in
developing and industrialized countries to promote discussions and
share experiences about integrated development and greenhouse gas
reduction policies; and
- distil the lessons and experience from international cooperation
towards a global regime addressing climate change.
Priority areas
The project was focused on two priority areas of sustainable development
for developing countries:
- energy supply for development and access to electricity;
- food security/fresh water availability and the interrelated
aspects of land use and forest management.
Phases
Phase 1 run until the end of 2002 with two main activities:
developing a common analytical framework, and analysing case studies on
development projects in Bangladesh, Brazil, China, India, South Africa and
West Africa.
Phase 2 had a general focus on policy analysis and institutional
capacity building. Activities included analysing national strategies,
integrating development and climate strategies, identifying key
initiatives, building national capacity and forming specific
recommendations for global co-operation.
For further information read the
briefing note
(PDF file).
