Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) become even more relevant after Paris, to achieve emission reductions while contributing to low-carbon development. A new short study has investigated the role NAMAs will play in the implementation of the Paris Agreement in developing countries.

Based on interviews with representatives from ministries of eight developing countries that lead on NAMAs, the paper finds that countries recognise multiple benefits from NAMAs: they are a practical instrument to implement national policies, allow to achieve further sustainable development goals, and can decarbonise sectors while increasing their productivity. 

The pace of NAMA implementation, however, is slower than the pace of NAMA development. Countries still face a major obstacle in gaining access to implementation finance. There is also a clear need for more integration of actors such as regions and cities and the private and financial sectors.

Yet despite the challenges, interviewees agreed that NAMAs can be the vehicle to accelerate implementation of sectoral plans embedded in national climate strategies and INDCs.

Find the report available for download at: mitigationmomentum.org