LEDSGP

The Low Emissions Development Strategies (LEDS) Global Partnership was founded to advance low emissions development through coordination, information exchange, and cooperation among programs and countries working to advance low emissions growth. Launched in early 2011, the partnership currently brings together 103 governmental and international institutions. The LEDS Global Partnership is open to any interested parties that performs relevant work.

Program Objectives

The LEDS Global Partnership’s objectives are to:

• Strengthen support for low emission development in all regions and by all stakeholders
• Foster peer learning and capacity building on LEDS across developing and developed countries and international institutions
• Improve and support coordination of LEDS activities at the country, regional and global level

Work Program and Working Groups

The LEDS Global Partnership has established a collaborative work plan and is currently implementing several tasks. The work plan is currently under development and more information will be posted soon. Each task is guided by a Working Group:

Regional Platforms:

• Latin America and Caribbean Regional Platform
• African Climate and Development Society
• Asia LEDS Partnership

Work Streams:

• LEDS Planning
• Analysis and Tools
• Finance
• Sector-specific Resource Pool
  • Transportation
  • Agriculture
  • Energy
  • Waste Management
  • Cities and Sub-regions

LEDS Activity Inventory

The LEDS Activity Inventory was developed to provide information on relevant activities and tools that can inform and support future work. The goals of this inventory activity are to avoid duplication of effort, to promote efficient use of resources, to assess assistance gaps and to support harmonization and coordination of low emission development planning activities internationally.

LEDS Activity Inventory

Merge with CLEAN

As of April of 2012, the LEDS Global Partnership has been merged with the Coordinated Low Emissions Assistance Network (CLEAN) in order to improve efficiency and enhance coordination of LEDS activities. CLEAN falls under the umbrella of the LEDS Global Partnership as a network of practitioners from around the world that collaborate on and share experiences with LEDS data, tools, methods, and assessments.

This new structure allows for streamlined management of the two groups, reduces burden on organizations engaged in both networks by establishing one set of working groups under the LEDS GP, and helps to achieve consistency and avoid duplication or confusion about the roles of the two networks.

LEDS GP Steering Committee

The Steering Committee (SC) provides guidance, oversight, and fund-raising support. Members of the SC are gathered from among the LEDS GP organizations:

• Africa Climate and Development Society (ACD-Soc)
• Asia LEDS Partnership
• Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)
• Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)
• ClimateWorks Foundation (CWF)
• Energy Center, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana
• German Federal Ministry of Environment (BMU)/Programme Office International Climate Initiative
• European Climate Foundation (ECF)
• Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
• Kenyan Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources
• Latin America and Caribbean LEDS Regional Platform
• Mitigation Action Plans and Scenarios (MAPS)
• UK Department for International Development (DFID)
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• U.S. Department of State and United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
• The World Bank
• World Resources Institute (WRI)

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If interested in joining the LEDS Global Partnership, or would like further information, please contact:

Sadie Cox

LEDS Global Partnership Secretariat

US National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Caroline Spencer

Climate and Development Knowledge Network

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