Climate Change Policy Design
Plan and design climate change mitigation policy instruments (voluntary, regulatory, and market-based), geared towards climate-compatible development.
Type
Domain
Competency Area
Climate Change
Levels
Understands policy context for climate change mitigation
Understands climate change patterns and the corresponding rationale for global greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation efforts and low-emission development strategies (LEDS)
Differentiates between climate change policy instruments that are voluntary, regulatory, and/or market-based Aware of knowledge gaps and corresponding cost-effective climate change strategies that can make climate policy more effective, and development climate-compatible
Situates a climate change related issue within development planning approaches
Locates climate change mitigation within existing practices
Interprets GHG and LEDS mitigation efforts through relevant policy information, cultural competence, and context-based practices
Documents approaches to integrate national development priorities, goals under international agreements and scientific projections towards sustainable institutional structures and arrangements towards climate change
Employs human-centric processes of inquiry to identify development pathways through GHG and LEDS mitigation efforts
Identifies key sectors affected and/or involved in mitigation measures
Maps windows of opportunities and relevant sources of funding (within the domestic ecosystem) for developing climate change policy instruments
Supports climate change plans
Frames climate change issues within existing local, regional, and national standards
Leverages existing climate change policies and action plans to amplify current and future solutions, with a focus on measuring current GHG levels
Supports translation of climate change related goals and visions into outcome-based plans, through research, documentation, and stakeholder mapping
Competent in using Energy Forecasting Framework and Emissions Consensus Tool (EFFECT) to forecast greenhouse gas emissions from a range of development scenarios at the regional and national levels.
Designs climate change policy instruments
Designs short, medium, and long-term policy instruments that consider global emissions reductions and local development opportunities, while accounting for competing priorities and resources in key mitigation sectors (socio-economic impacts, energy efficiency, energy security, co-benefits, etc.)
Integrates governance structures into climate change policy instruments (transparency, accountability, information, equity)
Uses monitoring and evaluation methods to determine economic opportunities through the deployment of low emission development strategies
Ability to scale-up lessons learnt while recognising limitations of existing systems (disintegrated and scattered data sources, knowledge gaps, etc.)
Champions climate-compatible development
Promotes an interdisciplinary, cross-sector orientation towards sustainable development efforts
Champions climate-compatible development approaches
Collaborates with relevant stakeholders to address resistance to change in the context of decoupling economic growth and social development from GHG emissions growth
Establishes a culture of innovation to develop strategies, initiatives, and plans that maximise long-term development through GHG mitigation efforts