Nationally appropriate mitigation actions by developing country Parties
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A: Introductory material (Principles, objectives and nature//)
1. To enhance the implementation of Article 4.1 of the Convention, enabled and supported through enhanced implementation of commitments of developed country Parties and other Parties included in Annex II under Article 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5, in accordance with Article 4.7 of the Convention.
2. Abide by the principles of the Convention embodied in its Article 3, in particular the right to sustainable development enunciated in Article 3.4 and recognize that nationally appropriate mitigation actions by developing country Parties are taken in the context of sustainable development.
3. Nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) by developing country Parties, as defined in the Bali Action Plan, paragraph 1 (b) (ii), are distinct from the mitigation commitments of developed country Parties under its paragraph 1 (b) (i), both in magnitude and in their legal nature and should not constitute binding obligations or targets for developing country Parties, or be used as a basis for differentiating between them.
4. The NAMAS by developing country Parties shall be different for different groups of countries, depending on the level of development of their economies [, particularly in the case of the least developed countries (LDCs) and small island developing States (SIDS,)] and on their respective capacities and specific national circumstances [, including limited opportunities that may be available for using alternative energy sources].
5. Nationally appropriate mitigation actions by developing country Parties are voluntary and the extent [level] of mitigation [actions] [effort] will [depend on] [be commensurate with] [be contingent on] the effective provision of financial, technical and capacity-building support as embodied in Article 4.7 of the Convention.
6. Recalling Article 4.1 (b) of the Convention, the NAMAs by developing country Parties should evolve over time as their respective national circumstances, economic development and respective capabilities change. The Conference of the Parties should review the circumstances of each Party periodically based on objective criteria.
7. The NAMAs by developing country Parties shall be formulated consistent with the levels of ambition needed to contribute to meeting the ultimate objective of the Convention.
8. To enhance the implementation of Article 12.4 of the Convention, that developing country Parties may, on a voluntary basis, propose projects for financing, including specific technologies, materials, equipment, techniques or practices that will be needed to implement such projects, along with, if possible, an estimate of all incremental costs, of the reduction in emissions and increments in removals of GHGs, as well as estimates of the consequent benefits.
9. PartiesÂ’ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is affected by their access to alternative energy options; to this effect, pursuant to Article 4.10 of the Convention, the difficulties faced by developing country Parties in switching from fossil fuels to alternative-energy sources shall be quantified and taken into account to reflect their disadvantage in this regard.
10. Give international recognition that developing country Parties are undertaking mitigation actions domestically based on their own resources
Option to paragraph 10
Recognition should also be given to the unilateral NAMAs that continue to be taken without being supported and enabled by technology, financing and capacity-building from developed country Parties.
