The Global Climate Action Partnership (GCAP), formerly 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) is an economy which absorbs as much greenhouse gas as it emits. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to human activity are the dominant cause of observed climate change since the mid-20th century. There are many proven ...
through coordination, information exchange and cooperation among countries and programs working to advance low-emission
economic growth
In economics, economic growth is an increase in the quantity and quality of the economic goods and Service (economics), services that a society Production (economics), produces. It can be measured as the increase in the inflation-adjusted Outp ...
. The partnership was launched in 2011 and brings together more than 160 governmental and international institutions. The implementation,
knowledge management
Knowledge management (KM) is the set of procedures for producing, disseminating, utilizing, and overseeing an organization's knowledge and data. It alludes to a multidisciplinary strategy that maximizes knowledge utilization to accomplish organ ...
, and outreach of LEDS GP is coordinated by a co-secretariat of the
Climate & Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) and the
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (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
A developing country is a sovereign state with a less-developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to developed countries. However, this definition is not universally agreed upon. There is also no clear agreeme ...
government agencies or initiatives—as well as their consultants, technical institutions, and
non-government organizations
A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an independent, typically nonprofit organization that operates outside government control, though it may get a significant percentage of its funding from government or corporate sources. NGOs often focus ...
—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 in their home countries.
References
External links
* {{Official website, 1=https://globalclimateactionpartnership.org/
International climate change organizations
Low-carbon economy .