Asia LEDS Partnership Highlights and Membership Snapshot
The Asia LEDS Partnership focuses on priority areas such as assessing benefits, policy formulation, training curation, and financing for LEDS and green growth implementation. The partnership engages members in collaborative efforts across sectors like AFOLU and Energy, aiming to build capacity and support decision-making processes. Featured activities include training curation challenges and initiatives to mobilize private investment for LEDS in Asia.
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Asia LEDS Partnership: Highlights John Bruce Wells, Asia LEDS Partnership Secretariat
Snapshot Membership: 128 organization members and an additional 203 individual members (September 30, 2015) Member prioritized themes for collaboration (2015 2016) Sectors: AFOLU, Energy Cross-cutting: Benefits Assessment, Finance
Focus Area 1: Assessing and communicating benefits of LEDS Priority: Capacity building on using economic benefits assessment tool(s), and applying results for decision making Activities: Publish case studies on LEDS-related modeling and decision support tools (e.g., use of Asia-Pacific Integrated Model policy support in Thailand)
Focus Area 2: Policy formulation and decision making for LEDS in priority sectors Sector(s): AFOLU, Energy Priority: Capacity building on low-emission land use planning and low-emission energy planning Activities: New Training Resources section on ALP website to direct members to existing, high-quality training In-person training in support of low emission approaches in agriculture Webinar series on tools to help advance low emission energy planning
Featured Activity: Training Curation Challenge: Good resources are out there, but there is information overload and resources are too dispersed. Response: Review available training resources in priority LEDS topics. Curate information to streamline access for members through the ALP website. Result: Launched new Training section on ALP website. First curriculum on Overview of LEDS and the LEDS Process is comprised of free, online, quality resources from more than 20 content developers worldwide on how to advance steps of the LEDS process. Next steps: Two more curricula on the way!
Focus Area 3: Financing LEDS and green growth implementation Sector(s): AFOLU, Energy Priority: Learning and sharing on investment planning, financing instruments, enabling environments to mobilize private investment Activities: Regional workshopon Mobilizing Investment for LEDS in Asia s Agriculture Sector Crop Production and Value Chains in Vietnam, October 2015 Guest blog series on ALP website to share insights on innovative finance approaches in energy sector Support global Clean Energy Grid Integration Network activities in Asia, including on mobilizing investment
Special Topic: Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) Priority: Integrate the international discourse on INDCs and use the ALP as a forum for knowledge sharing on this national and global initiative Activities: Publish issue briefs on country progress and support resources available to countries Include panel or group work session on INDC updates and learning at ALP events
