Development policies as a vehicle for addressing climate change

In doing so, the article also introduces and assesses intervention theory as a novel approach to analyse the link between international institutions and national policies. The conclusions are based on an analysis of Sustainable Development – Policies and Measures (SD-PAM), a precursor to National Appropriate Mitigation Action, a suggested mechanism in the current climate negotiations, built around a set of national case studies in Brazil, China and Mozambique, covering a diverse set of sectors – biofuels, bioenergy, agriculture and transportation.

The article concludes that a mechanism like SD-PAM could play a vital role in promoting the changes in socio-technical systems necessary to meet the 2°C target defined as a precondition to avoid dangerous climate change. Most critically, it constitutes a means to provide recognition for national activities that are otherwise not viewed as climate policies.

This could in turn generate;

1. new commitments;
2. additional direct funding;
3.  indirect financing in the form of tradable permits; and
4. different forms of technology transfer.

Note: This is part of a special issue on achieving sustainable-development and climate goals together.

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