The Low Emissions Development Strategies Global Partnership (LEDS GP) aims to advance climate-resilient low emission development and support transitions to a

low-carbon economy A low-carbon economy (LCE) or decarbonised economy is an economy based on energy sources that produce low levels of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. GHG emissions due to human activity are the dominant cause of observed climate change since the mi ...

through coordination, information exchange and cooperation among countries and programs working to advance low-emission

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. The partnership was launched in 2011 and brings together more than 160 governmental and international institutions. The implementation, knowledge management, and outreach of LEDS GP is coordinated by a co-secretariat of the

Climate & Development Knowledge Network The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) works to enhance the quality of life for the poorest and most vulnerable to climate change. CDKN does this by combining research, advisory services and knowledge management in support of local ...

(CDKN) and the

National Renewable Energy Laboratory The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in the US specializes in the research and development of renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy systems integration, and sustainable transportation. NREL is a federally funded research and d ...

(NREL). LEDS GP delivers support through its three regional platforms, the Africa LEDS Partnership (AfLP), th
Latin America and the Caribbean Partnership
(LEDS LAC) an
Asia Partnership
(ALP). It aims to: *Strengthen support for low-emission climate-resilient development in all regions, *Mobilize capacity and advance peer-to-peer learning and collaboration on low emission climate-resilient development across countries, international institutions and practitioners, and *Improve and support coordination of low-emission climate-resilient development LEDS activities at the country, regional and global level.

Working Groups

LEDS GP delivers support through six technical working groups on the following topics. *Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use (AFOLU) *Benefits Assessment of LEDS *Energy *Finance *Subnational Integration of LEDS *Transport

Technical Assistance

Through it
Remote Expert Assistance on LEDS
(REAL) service, the LEDS GP provides virtual technical assistance to developing country government agencies or initiatives—as well as their consultants, technical institutions, and

non-government organizations A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in ...

—working on LEDS plans and implementation.

Fellowship Program

In May 2016, LEDS GP announced the launch of it
Fellowship Program
which aims to embed individuals or teams of practitioners in leading institutions to learn practical lessons that they can apply to low emission development strategies (LEDS) and/or

Intended Nationally Determined Contributions A nationally determined contribution (NDC) or intended nationally determined contribution (INDC) is a non-binding national plan highlighting climate change mitigation, including climate-related targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions. Thes ...

in their home countries.

References

External links

* {{Official website, 1=http://ledsgp.org/?loclang=en_gb International climate change organizations Low-carbon economy .