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From investors to activists and world leaders, there is growing interest in whether and how climate policy should seek to limit the supply of fossil fuels in addition to reducing demand. Research suggests a large share of fossil fuel reserves will need to stay in the ground to keep warming below 2°C – but achieving […]
MAPS Latin America Liaison, Andrea Rudnick’s presentation at the LEDS LAC Webinar- Building Evidence for INDCs: The MAPS Experience, on 25th March 2015.
This policy brief considers the findings of a modelling process carried out by the Instituto de Investigación de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP) team, which compares the economic value of timber felling practices in agroforestry plots in Peru, with the potential financial benefits of using global carbon trading mechanisms to compensate the country for projects which […]
This paper examines agroforestry systems as certified emissions reductions for the Peruvian Amazon region. It describes the findings of a modeling-based research, which compares the economic value of timber felling practices in agroforestry plots in Peru, with the potential financial benefits of using global carbon trading mechanisms
This paper reports on modelling approaches that provide information to answer policy-relevant questions in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru and South Africa. The analysis informs different country contexts; energy-related green house gas (GHG) emissions currently dominate in Chile and South Africa, while those due to agriculture, forestry and land-use (AFOLU) are historically more important in Brazil, […]
On the 12th of June, the MAPS Programme invited in-country researchers – representing the MAPS processes of Brazil, Chile, Colombia and South Africa – to present preliminary results of their work linking economic and sectoral models at the UNFCCC Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany. Chile presented its assessment of five different carbon tax scenarios. Brazil talked about its […]
(26-27 March 2014) The Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use (AFOLU) workshop was held in Santiago, Chile. Participants from four MAPS countries (Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Peru) and from Argentina attended the workshop. The AFOLU Lab was a follow-up of the AgriLab (2012) and LULUCF Lab (2012) and instead of discussing modelling approaches to the sector, the country […]
PlanCC is currently working on the design of Phase II of the project. The team are working in partnership with the Ministry of Environment to support the amplification of the Peruvian proposal for the INDC.
Mitigation actions are currently a source of both academic and ‘on-the-ground’ interest, especially as they arise within the UNFCCC context as Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs). Committing to action at the international level remains, however, an empty contribution to global mitigation efforts unless it is translated into domestic public policy interventions.
In light of the ongoing international discussions about the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action concept, this study takes instead a more ‘bottom-up’ approach through a comparative analysis of five studies of mitigation actions in Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru and South Africa. The analysis shows that mitigation actions are driven by both developmental and climate objectives. The […]
MAPS researchers recently published a ‘bottom-up’ comparative analysis of mitigation actions (MAs) in Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru and South Africa in the journal Climate and Development. They argue that MAs are driven by both developmental and climate objectives. Furthermore, MAs that directly address poverty and development seem to have a better chance of being implementation. […]
On July 4 the PlanCC Steering Committee chaired a high level meeting in Lima, Peru. The meeting marked a milestone for the PlanCC project: It was the first time key representatives of the public and private sector gathered in one place to discuss the relevance of including climate change in the national political agenda. The […]
MAPS country team members and participating government representatives will share experiences from their in-country processes focusing on three areas: Linkages between economy-wide (top-down) and sectoral (bottom-up) modelling. The different approaches taken by Chile and Colombia in their processes: country-wide and sectoral. Challenges and updates from the Argentina, Brazil and Peru on their country processes. Speakers: […]
Within the MAPS programme, countries are considering the potential role of forests in their overall climate change mitigation action plans. A recent MAPS workshop held in Iquitos (Peru), LulucF Lab, addressed this subject in depth. The rate of deforestation in many of the MAPS countries calls for strategies that could rapidly and effectively put an […]
The Swiss Confederation, represented by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, acting through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is organized and funded by the Swiss government and operates by financing programs both directly and in partnership with other agencies to countries around the world. The SDC wish to apply funds, within the […]
The Land Use, Land Use Changes and Forest (LULUCF) sector contributes significantly to many MAPS countries’ emissions. The LulucF Lab is a learning workshop focused on the mitigation and socio-economic impacts in the LULUCF sectors, with a special focus on forestry, sustainable energy use and the socio-economic implications of mitigation in this sector. The possible […]
PlanCC (the MAPS process in Perú), held their second Scenario Building Team (SBT2) meeting on Thursday, 13 September 2012. The event was held at the Atton Hotel, Lima Perú and was well attended with 84 stakeholders participating. Those attending represented various public, private and social sectors, as well as members from the MAPS Peruvian team […]
There are a number of complex models that researchers can use to assess the socio-economic implications of mitigation actions and it is important that they choose the one that’s best suited to the specific task at hand. As noted by Prof. Rob Davies, an economist and research associate with the Human Sciences Research Council in […]
At the UNFCCC climate negotiations starting in Bangkok this week, 30 August to 5 September 2012, there will be further workshops on mitigation. Some are about commitments, some are about targets for developed countries, and another about mitigation actions by developing countries. There are important issues for both: Workshop on developed country mitigation targets, or […]
PlannCC held its first Scenario Building Team (SBT) meeting on the 7th of June 2012, in Miraflores (Lima, Peru). The meeting’s objectives were to: strengthen the interest and commitment of those invited to be part of the SBT; elaborate on the role of SBT members; agree on the “Rules of the Game”; and report on […]
The Planning for Climate Change Project (PLANCC), the MAPS project in Peru, was launched on 26th April 2012 in Lima, Peru, by the High-Level Panel leading the Project. The High-Level Panel comprises the Minister of Environment – Mr Manual Pulgar Vidal, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs – Ambassador Jose Beraún, the president of the National Center for Strategic Planning (CEPLAN) – Mr. Mariano Paz Soldan and the General Director for International Economics, Competition and Productivity of the Ministry of Finance – Mr. Javier Roca, all conveyed their commitment to PLANCC.
Marta Torres, Research Coordinator of the South African MAPS Team, speaking at the launch of PlanCC launch in Lima. Marta, gave background on the South African Long Term Mitigation Scenarios (LTMS) process which gave rise to the idea of a MAPS Programme in developing countries.
MAPS presented its approach, learnings and experiences at the LEDS Collaboration In Action Workshop held from the 21st to the 23rd of March at Latimer Place in London. Alexa Kleysteuber from Chile presented on the challenges in obtaining a strong mandate across a range of Ministries, Oscar Beltran from Colombia presented the National Collective Assessment […]
A ResearchLab was held in Lima, during the last week of September 2011, to enhance the interaction across between researchers and stakeholders by sharing initial experiences, lessons and thinking on the MAPS process in each country.
The main purpose of this study is to understand and explore the concept of mitigation actions in Peru, how they are defined and identified, and issues related to their development. The study is divided in two parts: the first analyzes the country specific approach to mitigation actions, and the second analyzes a particular example of […]
