Developing Country Participation in Addressing Climate Change: Analyzing Issues and Options for Implementing NAMAs

As part of the long term partnership between TERI and The Royal Norwegian Embassy in India, the project on ‘Developing Country Participation in Addressing Climate Change: analyzing issues and options for implementing NAMAs, TERI organized an international event on 24 July 2014, at Jacaranda-I Hall, India Habitat Center in New Delhi. Dr Prodipto Ghosh, Distinguished Fellow and Director, TERI invited HE Eivind S Homme, Ambassador, The Royal Norwegian Embassy for his remarks on the theme of the event. On the occasion Mr J M Mauskar, Former Special Secretary, MoEF (Ministry of Environment and Forests) and Advisor, ORF (Observer Research Foundation) delivered the keynote address on ‘Policies and Measures for Mitigation in Developing Countries’. He noted that the approach developed by TERI for assessing appropriateness of NAMAs is a useful contribution and may help in articulating the intended nationally determined contributions in the ambiguity of the climate negotiation outcomes.

The event brought together the project partners from BASIC countries including Dr Fei Teng, Tsinghua University; Ms Kim Coetzee, ERC, University of Cape Town; and Prof Carolina Dubeux, COPPE/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro who presented the key findings of the project ‘Analyzing issues and options for implementing NAMAs’ and deliberated on their country perspective on the ‘NAMA deliberation tool’ designed by TERI. Mr Job Taminiau from the Join Implementation Network and University of Delaware, and Mr Tobias Dorr from GIZ-India also shared their perspectives on harmonization of various mechanisms under the UNFCCC and the perspective of NAMA Facility respectively in facilitating NAMA implementation. The event witnessed participation from various experts, funding agencies, corporates, government organization, and multilaterals working in the field for meaningful deliberation during the event. HE Ambassador Eivind S Homme said that the study and continued partnership between TERI and The Royal Norwegian Embassy are beneficial for global good.