Overview of the ICAT Series of Assessment Guides

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The unprecedented challenge of climate change requires rapid and deep transformations – in virtually all sectors and all parts of society – away from the prevailing carbon-intensive, high-emission modes of production and consumption.

The Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) aims to help countries assess the impacts of their climate actions, and to support greater transparency, effectiveness, ambition and trust in climate policies.

ICAT – Series of Assessment Guides The core of the series is the impact assessment methodologies for assessing the GHG, sustainable development and transformational impacts of policies, including a methodology for aggregating the impacts of non-state and subnational actions; these impact assessment methodologies are shown in dark blue in the diagram on the cover page.

The guides are a result of collaboration with technical experts from around the world.
Incentive mechanisms are a core driver of the expansion in renewable energy capacity in many countries.

Activities such as afforestation, sustainable forest management and reducing deforestation are often low-cost mitigation options, and can play an important role in reducing GHG emissions and enhancing carbon stocks.