NAMAs and NDCs
Strategies and policies for greenhouse gas mitigation
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) are aimed at reducing emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) and should be developed and implemented pre-2020. Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) as agreed in the Paris Agreement in December 2015 set out the ambition level of national mitigation policies and should be ambitious and represent a progression over time with the view to achieving the purpose of the Paris Agreement.
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Umweltbundesamt (Environment Agency Austria) has extensive experience in both fields, as we are involved in several EU and UN working groups on GHG mitigation and climate change adaptation. We are thus in touch with the latest developments.
Your Challenge
- NAMAs reflect the national GHG emission reduction priorities and have to be developed and implemented until 2020
- NDCs can cover a broad scope of activities with no sectorial restrictions. NDCs must be transparent, quantifiable, comparable, verifiable and ambitious. They must be developed until 2020 and will be implemented afterwards
Our Solution
- We provide assistance with the concep- tion, development and implementation of NAMAs
- Our experts support you in the organisation of the measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) system
- Umweltbundesamt enables you to measure the progress of the implementation of a NAMA to assess its impacts in terms of emissions reduction
- We provide support with the development of NDCs and their implementation
Your Benefit
- Umweltbundesamt is a reliable, transparent and independent partner with more than 30 years of experience as an environmental consultant
- We advise and support UN and EU institutions such as the European Commission and the EU Parliament, public national and regional authorities in various countries, policy makers and large enterprises
- Our experts have extensive experience in designing GHG mitigation policies and in monitoring reporting and verification systems