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Policy
Norway
2022
National Methane Action Plan
The government of Norway submitted its National Methane Action Plan to the Climate & Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) in November of 2022. The Plan reviews the country's progress on methane reduction to date and identifies the ministries and agencies responsible for implementing methane targets across different sectors. The document covers the following topics:Emissions: The majority of methane emissions (55.2%) come from the agricultural sector, followed by waste (23.3%), energy (21.1%), and small amounts from the land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) and industrial processes sectors. The most prominent sources of emissions from the…
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Policy
Cote D'ivoire
2019
National action planning document for the reduction of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCP)
Since 2013, Côte d’Ivoire has been working with the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to reduce short-lived climate pollutants and other air pollutants. Following this cooperation, the National Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Action Plan was adopted in 2019 by the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development. It outlines 16 mitigation measures which, if fully implemented, would lead to a 59% reduction in black carbon emissions and a 34% reduction in methane emissions by 2030.The plan outlines two key actions to abate methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, with the goal of reducing 50% of avoidable…
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Policy
Kazakhstan
2017
Green Standard of Kazakhstan 2017
There is also voluntary certification of Real Estate Objects “Green Standard of Kazakhstan 2017” developed by the Association of Legal Entities “The Coalition for the Green Economy and Development of G-Global”. The main objectives of the functioning of the NGO Standard are:assistance in ensuring the environmental safety of real estate;-minimization of environmental pollution by real estate objects, both during construction and in operation;rational use of natural resources required in the construction and operation of real estate;promotion and promotion of green building in the Republic of Kazakhstan;assisting buyers in the competent choice of real estate…
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Policy
Netherlands
2019
National Agenda on charging infrastructure
The NAL (Nationale Agenda Laadinfrastructuur) is a multi-year policy agenda, supported by a broad coalition of parties, formulating ambitions and planned actions. The ambition is that the charing infrastructure will not form an obstacle in deployment of electric transport. The agenda includes actions on infrastructure coverage, strategic extension (before actual demand emerges), accessible information on locations and tariffs, smart charging infrastructure etc.
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Policy
Netherlands
2015
Administrative Agreement on Zero Emissions Transport
29 Dutch Municipalities, along with several industry representatives have formed a so-called "Coalition of the Willing" and have signed an administrative agreement (and accompanying covenant) calling for zero-emissions transport in the Netherlands by 1 January 2025 or earlier.
The agreement promotes cooperation between the signatories to share knowledge and collaborate to scale-up technology solutions. While primarily focussed on electric vehicles, the agreement also notes the importance of providing charging and refueling infrastructure.
The most recent version of the agreement was published on 31 May 2018.
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Policy
Germany
2018
Omnibus Energy Act
The Omnibus Energy Act adopted in 2018 aims to launch the special auctions decided on in the coalition agreement. Within the next three years additionally, 4 GW for wind and 4 GW for photovoltaic panels shall be announced. Furthermore, the act provides technological neutral innovation auctions and it implements several European provisions.
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Contributor
Dymphna van der Lans
Chief Executive Officer, Clean Cooking Alliance. Dymphna van der Lans is the Chief Executive Officer of the Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA). Dymphna brings more than 25 years of experience managing and leading global development, energy, and climate initiatives in the nonprofit and private sectors. Most recently, she led international corporate engagement with the World Wildlife Fund’s Climate & Energy team. Previously, she worked with the Clinton Foundation as CEO of the Clinton Climate Initiative and has served as the senior director for public policy programs at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Dymphna has also served as the director of global renewables, infrastructure, and energy efficiency at a specialist investment banking firm in London, and for seven years at BP, where her last appointment was as BP Alternative Energy’s director of distributed energy markets.
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