Originally posted on UNEP-CCC website (here).
Out of the box thinking is needed to transform our societies, in ways that not only limit the rise in temperatures but also allow society to adapt to the realities of climate change.
As emissions continue to rise and temperatures show no sign of declining, disruption of the status quo with innovations aimed at combating climate change is moving up the agenda. As part of the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) project in Argentina, UNEP-CCC, as implementing partner in the project, has co-authored a new paper assessing disruptive innovations and behaviours for decarbonising the economy in Argentina, while strengthening climate resilience. The paper highlights opportunities to secure both ‘quick wins’ and more strategic, longer-term options and outlines how future assessments can be done for other technologies and country partners, using standardized methodologies.
Download Application of the ICAT Transformational Change and Sustainable Development Methodologies to Assess Disruptive Innovations and Behaviours in Support of Climate Action in Argentina here.
The paper identifies five innovations that could potentially be used to meet both Argentina’s mitigation and adaptation targets and for which longer-term planning and/or investment strategies are needed, to become mainstream in the economy.
The paper was co-authored with Argentinian consultants hired as a part of the ICAT project by the National Climate Change Directorate under the Secretariat of Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Innovation of Argentina.
It followed the ICAT Transformational Change Methodology, developed with the support of several institutions including the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre, for assessing the transformational impacts of climate policies and actions. The project is an example of how the ICAT methodologies can be applied in support of national climate change policy and planning.
The process of assessing these disruptive innovations involved five key steps:
The assessment and new paper demonstrate that thinking creatively and embracing change can pave the way to a more sustainable future.
The original data used to prepare this paper is available in Spanish here.
Read more about ICAT’s work in Argentina here.
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