A limitation of global warming to well below 2°C or even below 1.5°C requires a fundamental restructuring of important areas in the economy and society. This includes the use of renewable energies, increasing energy efficiency, reducing extremely climate-damaging fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases) as well as sustainable mobility and city planning. The development of a climate and resource-friendly recycling and waste management combined with sustainable production and consumption (SCP) contribute to the achievement of the climate targets, especially in the mitigation context.
In the mitigation context, IKI supports partner countries in the development and implementation of innovative instruments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The goal is a transformation towards a sustainable and low-emission economy and supply structure. The Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), in which the contracting states to the Paris Agreement formulate their reduction targets, are of great relevance for this purpose. In addition, Low Carbon Development Strategies (LCDS), National Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs), and Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) systems, as well as mitigation activities, are being developed. Numerous projects continue to pursue the goal of mobilizing additional public and private capital for climate change.
In the area of mitigation, the conceptual focus is on policy advice, capacity building and suitable training measures as well as technology cooperation. The IKI projects are focusing on the increasingly important regional level in their implementation. By the end of 2017, more than 300 projects had been approved in the area of mitigation. These include so-called lighthouse projects, which are characterized by particularly high visibility in the partner countries and the international climate dialogue.