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The concept of transformational change is gaining significant traction among climate change and sustainable development decision makers and practitioners.
In this context, there is an increasing need to assess the transformational impacts of policies and actions, and understand whether they can catalyse a sustained paradigm shift in economic, political, social and technical systems.
The Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) Transformational Change Methodology establishes a definition of transformational change and unpacks this to provide a stepwise approach to assessing the transformational impacts of a policy or action towards targets such as nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The ICAT Transformational Change Methodology helps policymakers and other users understand the relationship between policies and actions (hereafter referred to as “policies”, for brevity) and the expected or achieved transformational impact.
Series of ICAT assessment guides ICAT aims to help countries assess the impacts of their climate actions, and to support greater transparency, effectiveness, ambition and trust in climate policies worldwide.
