Climate negotiations
NewClimate Institute conducts research and analysis to support the international climate negotiations, including options for the implementation of the Paris Agreement.
Climate finance
NewClimate Institute analyses climate finance flows and develops policies and instruments to maximise the impact of finance on the ground.
Tracking climate action
NewClimate Institute tracks, evaluates and compares climate change mitigation actions from a wide range of national, subnational, corporate and civil society stakeholders.
Carbon market mechanisms
NewClimate Institute evaluates and designs domestic and international market mechanisms, with the mission to support the successful transition from existing to emerging mechanisms.
Climate and development
NewClimate Institute supports the design and implementation of stakeholder-driven initiatives that contribute to the goal of a sustainable world with net zero greenhouse gas emissions.
Sustainable energy
NewClimate Institute supports countries to design, evaluate and implement sustainable energy policies and measures that drive sector transformations and the transition to sustainable low-carbon energy systems.
Publications
Tracking climate-related investments and finance flows Jan 2020 - This paper discusses ways to identify investments that can be accounted as low-carbon activities and offers further recommendations regarding the solutions that help to reduce the gap between current financial structures and the objectives of the national low-emission transition.
Supporting vulnerable CDM projects through credit purchase facilities Jan 2020 - This paper analyses the impact of credit purchase facilities for supporting vulnerable CDM projects.
Ambition in the making: analysing the preparation and implementation process of the Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement Jan 2020 - This article analyses under what conditions countries can be expected to develop NDCs that are sufficiently ambitious to contribute to fulfilling the Paris Agreement goals.
Raising the Game on Paris Alignment – Six Memos on the Multilateral Development Banks’ Paris Alignment Approach Dec 2019 - This document provides six separate memos on the building blocks of Paris alignment introduced by the Multilateral Development Banks and provides suggestions on how to design different tools for a robust framework for Paris alignment.
Greenhouse gas mitigation scenarios for major emitting countries – Analysis of current climate policies and mitigation commitments: 2019 Update Dec 2019 - This report provides an overview of projected greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 25 major emitting countries/regions up to 2030, taking into account the emission trajectories based on current policies and the implementation of nationally determined contributions (NDCs).
