Vertically Integrated Climate Policies (VICLIM)

Vertically Integrated Climate Policies (VICLIM) is a global programme working in five partner countries: Mexico, Costa Rica, South Africa, Indonesia and Georgia. The programme aims at strengthening capacities of climate relevant decision makers and institutions to include sub-national mitigation potential into an ambitious national climate policy. To this end, framework conditions for enhancing sub-national mitigation efforts in partner countries are being improved, existing municipal approaches are being supported and expanded, and international learning processes initiated. The programme is being implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and funded through the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU).

Further Reading

Mexico

• Check out the programme's products and lessons learnt here (only in Spanish)
• Read more about experiences in mainstreaming of climate change at local level
• Follow in detail how the Municipal Climate Change Programme of Puerto Vallarta was developed (only in Spanish)

Costa Rica

• Read here, how the Costa Rican government gets the municipalities on board by a system of recognition of the municiplaities' efforts in GHG emissions reduction.
• Check out the programme's lessons learnt here

South Africa

• Read more about South Africa's efforts in Energy Efficiency
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