The German environment and economic development ministries are teaming up with the World Resources Institute (WRI) to help developing countries plan their nationally determined contributions to the Paris climate change agreement, the organizations announced Monday.
The Paris Agreement is the first universal climate change agreement, requiring action from both developing and developed nations. Participating governments submitted intended nationally determined contributions, most of which comprise a target and minimal detail as to how the nation will reach that goal. Under the new initiative, Germany will help developing nations “transform these targets into specific strategies and measures,” according to a release.
“In Paris we all pledged to stop dangerous climate change. We now have to achieve the targets we have set ourselves and to breathe life into the Paris Agreement. We are ready to support developing countries in tackling this challenge and to share our experience with them,” German Federal Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks said in the release.
The program will officially launch at the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change being held in Marrakesh, Morocco, in November.
