Analyze qualitatively development and climate impacts of LEDS technologies and measures
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Stage 3
- 2.1. Assess current country plans, policies, practices, and capacities
- 2.2. Compile lessons learned and good practices from ongoing and previous sustainable development efforts in the country
- 2.3. Assess public and private sector capacity to support initiatives
- 2.4. Assess and improve the national GHG inventory and other economic and resource data as needed for LEDS development
- Greenhouse Gas Inventory Development Toolkit
- 3a. Analytical Decision Making - Developing BAU Scenario
- 3b. Analytical Decision Making - Assessing Opportunities
- 3b.1. Assess technical potential for sector technologies
- Renewable Energy Technical Potential Toolkit
- Building Energy Assessment Toolkit
- Power System Screening and Design Toolkit
- Land Use Assessment Toolkit
- Bioenergy Assessment Toolkit
- Transportation Assessment Toolkit
- 3b.2. Assess economic and market potential of technologies and initiatives
- Clean Energy Market Analysis Toolkit
- 3b.3. Prioritize development options
- 3c. Analytical Decision Making - Developing and Assessing Low Emissions Development Scenarios
- 3c.1. Develop low emissions growth scenarios
- 3c.2. Assess institutional framework for LEDS
- Financing Initiatives Toolkit
- Policy and Program Design Toolkit
- 3c.3. Assess in-depth contributions of selected scenarios to goals across sectors
- Land-use Scenario Analysis Toolkit
- Energy System and Scenario Analysis Toolkit
- 3c.4. Perform multi-criteria impact analysis and assess stakeholder responses
- Clean Energy Impact Assessment Tool
- Sustainable Land-use Impact Assessment Toolkit
3b.6 Analyze qualitatively development and climate impacts of LEDS technologies and measures
Technologies and initiatives considered under LEDS can directly and indirectly contribute to development and long-term climate resiliency goals.
- Establish preliminary near-and long-term emissions and development goals and secure endorsement of goals by public and private sector leaders
Drawing from this identification of climate and development goals for the country and the techno-economic analyses, at this step technical teams and stakeholders can work together to qualitatively assess potential impacts of technology and land-use initiatives and how these might support climate and development goals.
- Potential impacts that could be qualitatively assessed include:
- Economic: employment, job creation, income, food production, rural electrification and stability in supply, terms of trade, energy intensity and cost impacts in industry, buildings, and transportation
- Social: urban and rural development, literacy, health impacts, education, innovation
- Environmental: climate resiliency; air, soil, and water quality, water use, biodiversity, GHG emissions
From this qualitative assessment, the teams can also begin to identify criteria or indicators to measure these impacts. One example of a guide for establishing such criteria is: Energy Indicators for Sustainable Development: Guidelines and Methodologies. Country studies using this framework can also be reviewed at: Country studies for Brazil, Cuba, Lithuania, Mexico, Russian Federation, Slovakia and Thailand