Scientific Publications Learning by Doing: Co-Benefits Drive National Plans for Climate and Air Quality Governance Published 2021 Share SHARE Facebook share Twitter LinkedIn Copy URL Email Breadcrumb Home Resource Library Learning by Doing: Co-Benefits Drive National Plans for Climate and Air Quality Governance What drives countries to realize more integrated policymaking? The co-benefits concept highlights the win–win situations that can arise if one policy measure addresses two or more policy goals, e.g., air quality and health benefits resulting from a climate policy. Scholars have suggested that decision makers, if confronted with the evidence of co-benefits, would update their beliefs and adopt stronger or more ambitious climate policies. In other words, a learning process takes place. This paper looks at the policy processes in two countries, Mexico and Nigeria, as part of the Supporting National Action and Planning (SNAP) initiative under the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC). The SNAP initiative supports governments with policymaking and implementation for a reduction in short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs). This paper seeks to reveal how learning processes and their outcomes are influenced by co-benefits as a specific type of information. Looking at an example of how the co-benefits concept is applied in political practice offers valuable insights into how learning is part of the policymaking process and can shape its outcomes, such as national (climate) action plans.   See the publication here Authors Research Institute for Sustainability Helmholtz Centre Potsdam (RIFS) Tags Themes National policy and planning Regions Global Similar resources Reports, Case Studies & Assessments 2023 Full Report: Integrated Assessment of Air Pollution and Climate Change for Sustainable Development in Africa Guidelines & Tools 2023 Introductory Framework for Measurement, Reporting, and Verification for Clean Cooking Energy Initiatives Scientific Publications 2022 Beyond CO2 equivalence: The impacts of methane on climate, ecosystems, and health Scientific Publications 2021 One Atmosphere: Integrating Air Pollution and Climate Policy and Governance
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