Achieving Sustainable Development with Low Carbon Action Asia Pacific Carbon Forum Rakshya Thapa Regional Technical Specialist, UNDP Global Environment Finance 7 Sep 2016, Jeju Island, Republic of Korea

2015 – An Important Year for our Planet! Paris Agreement December Sendai Framework on DRR March Addis Agenda on Financing for Development July 2030 Agenda and SDGs September

Delivering Sustainable Development Goals National Leadership is Paramount to global change. Increased efforts and continued leadership to ensure climate action is implemented at an accelerated pace and at scale  Partnership is Critical to Success on both climate change and sustainable development Climate Action is Development Action Implementation of the Paris Agreement not only about achieving affordable clean energy (SDG #7) and climate action (SDG #13), but also about economic and social development and protecting the environment.

The UNDP work on Climate Change supports all 17 SDGs

1.73 100 422 933 In Asia and the Pacific in 27 Million people Countries 933 Communities million tCO2eq directly reduced 422 leading to impacting 1.73 Million people Low carbon Projects 100 benefiting Over

Sustainable Development Tool SD benefits of mitigation action central element for climate finance and encouraging country ownership. An important impact on the long-term sustainability of the mitigation actions. Allow policy makers to track and highlight the effects of a mitigation action on environmental conservation, economic growth, poverty reduction and public welfare. It is currently one of its kind tool that quantifies SD impacts through carefully identified parameters. Link between the SDGs as integrated, indivisible set of global SD priorities and low carbon indicators chosen with corresponding targets.

Measuring Sustainable Development Improve quantitative and qualitative measurement of SD outcomes - enhancing understanding of impacts of mitigation actions on overall national development Evaluate SD performance indicators and SD results achieved over the lifetime of the interventions; real and transparently measured and reported SD impacts linked to national SDG goals. Improved knowledge of SD impacts of mitigation actions and contribution to global and national SDGs Domains Parameters Indicators 5 domains: (i) Environment, (ii) Economic, (iii) Social, (iv) Growth & Development; (v) Institutional Each Domain consists of indicators. Each indicator is defined through parameters relevant for the specific action http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/environment-energy/mdg-carbon/NAMA-sustainable-development-evaluation-tool/

Conclusion New systems to report against the SDGs being rolled out in 2016. Committed to help countries meet their post-Paris ambitions by supporting their economies transition toward low carbon development and implementing Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Integrating low carbon action into development planning across key sectors at the national and sub-national levels. Delivering Sustainable Energy. Closing the energy access gap including through on and off grid electricity access, promoting renewable energy, energy efficiency and conservation. Energy market transformation and de-risking investment -> conducive to private sector investment climate. Reducing Emissions through Protecting Forests while also promoting sustainable livelihoods.

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